# The Best Movie You Never Want to Watch Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729 "2011-01-15T18:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/61 "2011-01-16T21:01:47Z")
_Wit_. Vivian’s journey now sits in the back of my mind, and will never leave. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/62 "2011-01-16T21:11:25Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Schindler’s List. > > Never. ever again. I couldn’t watch it all the way through the first time. Never **ever** again. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/63 "2011-01-17T01:27:35Z")
**Monster.** I could barely take it, although Charlize Theron was volcanically brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/64 "2011-01-17T01:35:19Z")
i wanted to say **Kids** but i’m not sure it was that great a movie to begin with, just a movie i never want to watch again. **oldboy** was another, but then again i’m also not sure it was really a GREAT movie to begin with. i agree with the general board consensus though, **requiem for a dream** , **trainspotting** , **schindler’s list** , and **passion of the christ** are all never-views for me. in fact, i saw **dear zachary** on the doc thread and wanted to watch it, but in knowing the synopsis beforehand, it made me SO sad that i have yet to actually see it. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/65 "2011-01-17T02:17:04Z")
Edward Scissorhands. When it comes on, I demand that whoever’s got the clicker change the channel. If they won’t, I have to leave the room. Obviously this isn’t in the same category as Shoah or even Requiem For a Dream. But Winona Ryder treats him like such dirt it makes me sick to my stomach. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/66 "2011-01-17T03:36:58Z")
Dancer in the Dark Pi ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/67 "2011-01-17T03:49:07Z")
A couple of recent ones: [Blue Valentine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/)…brilliant, and too depressing to watch again. [127 Hours](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/)…Excellent movie, well-acted, but too squirmy to re-watch. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/68 "2011-01-17T03:52:07Z")
**Notes on a Scandal.** Highly, highly recommended. My friend and I still talk about it 5 years later. “Hey…remember when we saw…” “Yep.” Awful glances exchanged. I love but also fear Judy Dench. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/69 "2011-01-17T04:08:52Z")
I know it was posted in the very first reply and probably a dozen times since then, but Requiem For A Dream. Wonderful movie, will never watch again if I can help it. The soundtrack on the other is also wonderful but I do listen to quite regularly. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/70 "2011-01-17T04:20:31Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > How come? That’s one of my favorite movies ever. That’s hard to answer because it’s been a long time since I saw it: at least ten years. I know that I came away from it feeling depressed and miserable; something about the intensity of it all, perhaps… _The Third Man_ hit me much the same way, come to think of it, and I first (and last) saw that one a lot more recently. ---
**Author:** ![joew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@joew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/71 "2011-01-17T04:33:20Z")
Surprised that no one has said Deer Hunter. That movie is so intense that I am not sure I could stand it again. Also not sure I could watch all of Boogie Nights wither. But I COULD watch the roller girl scenes all day ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/72 "2011-01-17T04:33:39Z")
**Dogville** and **Dancer in the Dark** have both been mentioned, but most of Lars von Trier’s movies are like that for me (except **The Five Obstructions** )…most of Peter Greenaway’s work would qualify as well. Brilliant filmmakers, but it takes a lot for me to want to re-watch any of their work. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/73 "2011-01-17T04:36:51Z")
**Boys Don’t Cry** for me. I really didn’t enjoy the rape scene… I don’t like rape scenes in general, but this one seemed harsher because of what Tina/Brandon was. Schindlers List doesn’t bother me enough to not watch it again. I find it an interesting study in a period of time, human nature, and how people of all stripes acted and justified their actions. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/74 "2011-01-17T04:38:58Z")
> [@joew](#): > > Surprised that no one has said Deer Hunter. That movie is so intense that I am not sure I could stand it again. Also not sure I could watch all of Boogie Nights wither. But I COULD watch the roller girl scenes all day I would have said the Deer Hunter, except the reason I wouldn’t watch it again is the painfully long wedding scene. Good grief, that was boring. And long. Given all of the gore, violence, and intensity, my reason isn’t really good. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/75 "2011-01-17T04:56:10Z")
Besides several mentioned here, Lars Von Trier’s _The Element of Crime_ is one that I couldn’t sit through again - some of the hypnosis nightmares really creeped me out. I avoid movies like _Requiem For a Dream_ because I know I won’t be able to handle them. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/76 "2011-01-17T05:55:06Z")
_District 9_ for me. It’s well-acted, well-produced, and unrelentingly unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/77 "2011-01-17T06:17:27Z")
> [@TheTerribleTako](#): > > \ > After watching Children of Men, I was an absolute wreck. Great cinematography, but I’ll never watch it again. I re-watched it last year; it is such a good movie, but it is (almost) unrelentingly depressing. The scene where everyone stops fighting to let him take the baby out of the tenement building, however, is worth the rest of the non-stop gloom to me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/78 "2011-01-17T06:23:56Z")
> [@Number](#): > > _District 9_ for me. It’s well-acted, well-produced, and unrelentingly unpleasant. Good one. I have no interest in seeing that again, though I recognize it’s a well-made movie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/79 "2011-01-17T06:33:43Z")
_Audition_ ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/80 "2011-01-17T10:36:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Grave of the Fireflies I, too, felt sad after this film, but then I watched _Nanjing_ immediately afterward and then found it hard to sympathize with the characters of GOFF, especially as Seita and his sister came from a military family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729.md?page=5)