9 of the Most Depressing Movies Ever Made..
subject, of course, to additions.
Movies which are REAL downers, they could be good movies, but still, just incredibly depressing.
I suppose I should include a few King Lears on the list as well, for good measure, but then, I'd also have to add some operas, such as Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.
Movies which are REAL downers, they could be good movies, but still, just incredibly depressing.
I suppose I should include a few King Lears on the list as well, for good measure, but then, I'd also have to add some operas, such as Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.
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- DirectorKen LoachStarsSandy RatcliffBill DeanGrace CaveA family is shattered over the daughter's forced abortion. As she rebels against her family and their traditional, authoritarian, typical-of-the-time norms, she is hospitalized and otherwise mistreated.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'TooleBernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
- DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsJennifer ConnellyBen KingsleyRon EldardAn abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.
- StarsRobert PowellFiona WalkerJohn Franklyn-RobbinsBorn into poverty, young Jude refuses to accept his lot in life. As his dreams are shattered one by one, his life descends into tragedy.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima IwashitaWhen a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.A truly horrifyingly gruesome and depressing set of events.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicolSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.I eagerly went to see this film when it first came out, and remember the movie experience as being one of the most sad afternoons I have ever spent. Great acting, but who needs this much depression?
- DirectorSean DurkinStarsElizabeth OlsenSarah PaulsonJohn HawkesHaunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.A look at sex abuse and violence inside a bizarre cult and its effects on a young woman. Sound jolly?
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonJessica ChastainShea WhighamPlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.Extremely well done film about a man's descent into psychosis. Terribly sad.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsJo Min-sooLee Jung-JinWoo Ki-hongA loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.I'm afraid I don't know how this film turns out because we simply couldn't bear to watch it after the first 45 minutes, during which we saw nothing but slow-moving vileness. In fact this film is so unpleasant, it is sure to become a favorite with the pseudo-intellectual crowd consisting of film buffs, international film festival attendees, etc., ie those who make themselves feel that they are above everyone else because they embrace what is evil, ugly, and abhorrent. It's all a case of the Emperor's New Clothes.