# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/122 "2011-01-24T16:08:31Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Trainspotting. Very good movie, very disturbing images. Alice, that’s just the movie I came in here to add. The scene with the baby… woah. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/123 "2011-01-24T16:13:44Z")
Leaving Las Vegas The Last of the Mohicans The Passion of the Christ [Gerry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_(film)) gets an honorable mention here. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/124 "2011-01-24T17:16:26Z")
_The Road_ made me want to jump off a cliff. Loved it, no desire to watch again. When I first saw _Se7en_, I said it was the best movie I never wanted to see again. However, I have seen it several times. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/125 "2011-01-24T18:35:55Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > As a matter of fact, Roger Ebert’s movie glossary has a listing for “Any film which is undeniably good, perhaps great, but once you’ve seen it, there is absolutely no reason to ever want to see it again,” which he calls…[“Gandhi Movies.”](http://books.google.com/books?id=48gFm7DSI5QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ebert+glossary&hl=en&ei=Z804TZuRK4H6swOt87W2Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=gandhi&f=false) I don’t understand this one. I’ve seen it a number of times, and it is nothing like most of the films mentioned. It is not an unremitting pain-fest - it has moments of humor (“My name is Walker - haw!”), sweet romance (Gandhi and his wife), triumph (particularly the “I will not pay one Rupee” scene) that perfectly counter-balance the violence that Gandhi and Indian people suffered in their heroic struggle. Yes, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre shocks and appalls, as it should, but not enough to avoid watching the film. No idea why this should be lumped in with many of the other films mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/126 "2011-01-24T18:58:58Z")
_American Me_. Just left me feeling so hopeless. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/127 "2011-01-24T19:08:10Z")
I know I’m late getting back, and I’m on my phone so no fancy links, but films that I’ve shown to others which engender the “thanks but never again” reaction include Dead Ringers Santa Sangre White of the Eye Tetsuo: Iron Man Videodrome ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/128 "2011-01-24T19:33:36Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > Dancer in the Dark Yes. Yes yes yes. I agree with **infinitii** that practically the entire Lars Von Trier catalog will do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/129 "2011-01-24T19:45:35Z")
Schindler’s List and Brokeback Mountain Both of which have already been mentioned. We bought the DVD for Brokeback Mountain but still haven’t watched it. I have a feeling that only one of us will. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/130 "2011-01-24T19:57:47Z")
> [@Any\_Other\_Name](#): > > Some, like Saving Private Ryan, have a scene that makes watching them again difficult. I’ll get past that, especially since it’s in the beginning of the movie. Mellish (Adam Goldberg)'s death scene is much more disturbing to me than the opening scene. > [@Iggins](#): > > _The Road_ made me want to jump off a cliff. Loved it, no desire to watch again. I haven’t seen the movie, but I can guarantee I won’t be reading the book again anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/131 "2011-01-24T21:15:33Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Well, all else aside, watching it without 3D is kinda like watching The Wizard of Oz on an eight inch B&W. The Wizard of Oz is still a good movie no matter what kind of tv you watch it on, don’t know if Avatar can say the same. Anywho… I nominate **We Were Soldiers** because that movie left me so emotionally drained I just wanted to fall over. and **American Beauty** because I felt so depressed after watching it that I wanted to jump off a bridge. Ugh. I don’t get why people like that movie. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/132 "2011-01-24T21:15:48Z")
I’ve been trying to see Inland Empire again in years. I just get a little discomforted by the feeling of discomfort at the time. So, I move on. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/133 "2011-01-25T02:41:06Z")
Just saw **Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead** on Netflix streaming and it fits this thread beautifully… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/134 "2011-01-25T03:00:37Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Schindler’s List. > > Never. ever again. Same here. I walked out on it in the theater because I couldn’t handle it. I’ve watched it once since then, but I have no desire to ever see it again. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/135 "2011-01-25T06:47:41Z")
Downfall. Utterly amazing. Cannot bring myself to put the DVD in the player ever again. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/136 "2011-01-25T07:02:59Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I don’t understand this one. I’ve seen it a number of times, and it is nothing like most of the films mentioned. It is not an unremitting pain-fest - it has moments of humor (“My name is Walker - haw!”), sweet romance (Gandhi and his wife), triumph (particularly the “I will not pay one Rupee” scene) that perfectly counter-balance the violence that Gandhi and Indian people suffered in their heroic struggle. Yes, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre shocks and appalls, as it should, but not enough to avoid watching the film. > > No idea why this should be lumped in with many of the other films mentioned. This is much my reaction to the numerous mentions of The Elephant Man. Sure he’s deformed & some people treat him cruelly, but it’s so much more about compassion & inner nobility & after a while, you just get used to how he looks. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/137 "2011-01-25T07:27:32Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > This is much my reaction to the numerous mentions of The Elephant Man. Sure he’s deformed & some people treat him cruelly, but it’s so much more about compassion & inner nobility & after a while, you just get used to how he looks. That film has a special place in my heart as it was the first film I saw with my wife. We were both emotional wrecks by the end. It has been years since I’ve seen it, but would gladly watch it again, and if it plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center will definitely go see it. Some films (and songs) make such a deep impression on me that I have a physical reaction just recalling particular scenes. John Hurt is justly praised for his work as John Merrick, but Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Frederick Treves was equally impressive in it’s own way. Just reading through the [IMDB Quotes page](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/quotes) has got me choked up, particularly this line: **Dr. Frederick Treves:** \*Am I a good man? Or a bad man? \* ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/138 "2011-01-25T11:30:15Z")
**Apocalypto**. It was good, powerful, epic, bloody. I never want to watch it again. I want to see \*\*Titanic \*\*again but I think of how it all went down(heh) and I just can’t do it. I’m going to make the kids watch **Der Untergang** , if nothing else for that one popular scene 😃 **The Princess Bride.** I’ve seen it so many times I don’t want to see it again. OK that and when Inigo Montoya asks the six fingered man for his father back it’s always choked me up just a little. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/139 "2011-01-25T18:59:54Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I’m going to make the kids watch **Der Untergang** , if nothing else for that one popular scene 😃 I’ve never seen this movie or heard of it. What’s the scene? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/140 "2011-01-25T19:30:09Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’ve never seen this movie or heard of it. What’s the scene? The movie is about the last days of Hitler’s life. The scene in question has Hitler completely losing his shit in anger. It’s been [parodied](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8617454.stm) many many times, juxtaposing Hitler’s tirade with the notion that he is really angry about things like Hillary Clinton, getting banned from XBox Live, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729/141 "2011-01-25T20:04:37Z")
Some have already been mentioned. One hasn’t - Boogie Nights. Great movie. I never want to see it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-you-never-want-to-watch-again/567729.md?page=8)