Part of the reason I’ve never seen this movie is that I don’t want to watch it in my living room on my small TV, with distractions around (kids chattering, phone ringing etc).
I want to watch it in a dark cinema on a big screen where I can properly focus on it, but it’s tends not to play in cinemas these days. I keep an eye on the local arts cinema to see if they’ll show it at some point though.
That’s my other never-watch-again film.
I came in to say this. But I’d actually be lying. I sometimes just feel like watching a movie that is going to diturb and shock me…so i’ll put on Lilja 4 ever, Requiem for a Dream, Schindlers List, The Pianist, etc.
Pan’s Labyrinth – very creepy. Well, I probably will watch it again some day but a few scenes were really horribly disturbing.
The Piano.
Schindler’s list, Saving Private Ryan, Amistad.
I agree. I couldn’t talk to my wife for at least 15 minutes after. I’m a VERY non-violent kind of guy, but I felt like eviscerating someone after that movie.
J.
Sixth Sense, and Dances with Wolves.
Otara
Sophie’s Choice for me.
I’m Still Here by Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck. Hilarious, brilliant, and too disturbingly painful to watch again.
Titanic: A visual and cinematic masterpiece. Also made me want to crawl into a hole and die.
Schindler’s List: See above.
Alive: Just when you think it can’t get any more depressing, it does. But it’s also an incredible bit of filmmaking.
Cape Fear (the 1990-something version): I am neither squeamish nor a prude, but this movie crossed several lines. But it was brilliantly made.
Million Dollar Baby with Clint Eastwood.
All in all its not that intense of a movie, but the ending is just a bit too true to life, life really sucks sometimes for me.
Come and See.
Makes Schindler’s List and Grave of the Fireflies look like Bambi, as well as being really good (Spielburg allegedly screened it for his crew when filming Schindler’s List, so that they could see what they were aiming for).
I can’t imagine wanting to watch it twice.
Ah, *once were warriors *‘New Zealand’s favourite romantic comedy’ I actually kinda like the non-squicky parts - perhaps just recognition of the locations and culture or something.
Lord of war was perhaps just a little too black humor for me. How the hell did that end up on my DVD shelf.
I opened the thread to add this movie. It’s intense.
When I watched it, I knew what was going to happen. I’d seen the musical, but the producers of the play screwed up so badly that I was entirely unprepared for the film, which was just real and raw and incredibly well done. I highly recommend it though I will not watch it ever again.
Seconded, thirded, whatever.
Special mention goes to Grave of the Fireflies as “Best Movie I’ve Never Seen Because I Was Too Afraid To Watch It”. 
I love the Studio Ghibli movies and GotFF is one of the few I don’t have a copy of because just the thought of watching it (after seeing the trailer) is simply too depressing.
Bit of trivia: When Grave of the Fireflies was released in Japan it was shown as a double feature with My Neighbor Totoro and marketed to children. :eek: (More than a few upset parents apparently).
You must be joking. 
Ditto. I don’t think it would have bothered me before I was a parent, but now that I have a little girl, I just can’t watch it again. Nope.
I’m afraid he’s not. I too thought as you did until I checked the Wiki. It’s mentioned in both the page for Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro, with the latter even having a citation. Chalk up another notch in the WTF Japan column.
This is a bit embarrassing, but the ending of Dragon Heart made me such a bubbly mess that I didn’t desire to rewatch it again for many years.
The Believer
It was very well-done, and I’ve recommended it to people (with careful thought), but I found it really disturbing. I’m glad I saw it, but I don’t want to watch it again.