You're most depressing movie ever?

[Buftex]

The movie I was most depressed with at the end was No Country for Old Men........I was depressed because such a gripping and excellent movie ended so stupidly.

 

 

That was one of those endings that I liked, the more I thought about it. IMO, the biggest flaw, with the best Hollywood movies, few good ones as there are, is that they never end satisfactory. I have a good friend who is a screenplay writer, done some big movies, he says writing the end is normally the hardest part.

[Chilly]

That was one of those endings that I liked, the more I thought about it. IMO, the biggest flaw, with the best Hollywood movies, few good ones as there are, is that they never end satisfactory. I have a good friend who is a screenplay writer, done some big movies, he says writing the end is normally the hardest part.

 

That's why I tend to love the "depressing" movies mentioned in this thread, and am a big coen bro's fan. Such great stories.

 

IMO, story > everything else with movies

[Mark Vader]

Me and wife enjoy the Indie flicks. Our poster MarkV... that gives us the reviews is a great resource.

 

We only view the PG-13 and down flicks - IMO, if you sit through an Indie R rated or above movie, you will leave the theater with your knuckles dragging on the pavement debating in the mind the best way to do yourself in.

Thank you stuckincincy.

 

You are right about the indy movie scene. I do not see that many of them and if you are referring to the "R" rated drama's, then yes you do leave the theatre with a huge feeling of gloom.

 

Although "Juno" was an "R" rated comedy/drama, and I felt violated after watching that crap. But "Little Miss Sunshine" was a gem.

 

I am very much looking forward to "Buried" next month. With all the glowing reviews it got at Sundance, and Ryan Reynolds really starting to become a big name, it should be exciting. The real challenge will be if audiences can stand watching an entire movie about a guy trapped in a coffin.

 

I also saw a trailer for the unrated remake of "I Spit on Your Grave". I'm surprised that this movie got a remake, since the original has such a cult following. Nevertheless, it looks extremely brutal, and with it being unrated, who knows how far they will push boundaries.

[Mark Vader]

Jennifer Connely movies being mentioned reminded me of another, House of Sand and Fog. Bonus that it has Ben Kingsley who can be one of my favorite actors when he's playing the right roles (unfortunately he's played some really bad ones too).

Ben Kingsley is one actor that is tough to figure out.

 

Here's a guy that will be in movies like, "Gandhi", "Schindler's List", "Sexy Beast" & "Shutter Island".

 

Then all of a sudden he's in "Species", "Bloodrayne", "A Sound of Thunder" & "Prince of Persia".

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Thank you stuckincincy.

 

You are right about the indy movie scene. I do not see that many of them and if you are referring to the "R" rated drama's, then yes you do leave the theatre with a huge feeling of gloom.

 

Although "Juno" was an "R" rated comedy/drama, and I felt violated after watching that crap. But "Little Miss Sunshine" was a gem.

 

I am very much looking forward to "Buried" next month. With all the glowing reviews it got at Sundance, and Ryan Reynolds really starting to become a big name, it should be exciting. The real challenge will be if audiences can stand watching an entire movie about a guy trapped in a coffin.

 

I also saw a trailer for the unrated remake of "I Spit on Your Grave". I'm surprised that this movie got a remake, since the original has such a cult following. Nevertheless, it looks extremely brutal, and with it being unrated, who knows how far they will push boundaries.

 

Juno wasn't really what I'd called indie, though. It sorta pretended to be indie for the sake of drawing in that audience, but was actually pretty mainstream. Quirky, but mainstream.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Ben Kingsley is one actor that is tough to figure out.

 

Here's a guy that will be in movies like, "Gandhi", "Schindler's List", "Sexy Beast" & "Shutter Island".

 

Then all of a sudden he's in "Species", "Bloodrayne", "A Sound of Thunder" & "Prince of Persia".

 

Kingsley, in my opinion, is a great actor who also chooses to sometimes make a quick buck as a stock bad guy because he is vaguely threatening for whatever reason.

[Wooderson]

Requiem for a Dream

 

The last 5-10 minutes was one of the most f-ed up endings I've ever seen.

 

 

Most depressing film I have ever seen. There is another which I can't remember the name- but it is about a women dying from cancer. Butterfly Effect was depressing too. And the most disturbing, etched in my memory ending to a film is Being John Malkovich (with Cusack in the babys body leering at this mother)

 

 

came in here only to post Requiem for a Dream.

 

there are a lot of other good, depressing movies mentioned in this thread, but Requiem is the movie that makes you feel like someone just kicked your soul in the crotch. I remember not even being able to get up from my chair when it was over. A really messed up, amazing movie.

 

 

Definitely Requiem.

 

A movie that became more depressing as I researched it a little bit was Apocalypse Now. Martin Sheen almost committing suicide and being drunk during multiple scenes, Coppola going crazy during shooting and on drugs, taking over 15 months to film in the jungle, the slaughtering of the bull being real. Pretty crazy stuff for an already crazy movie.

[The Dean]

Kingsley, in my opinion, is a great actor who also chooses to sometimes make a quick buck as a stock bad guy because he is vaguely threatening for whatever reason.

 

 

Some actors (Michael Caine comes to mind) simply like to keep busy.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Some actors (Michael Caine comes to mind) simply like to keep busy.

 

Samuel L. Jackson is the best example. He's a more than competent actor (and a cult icon superstar to boot), but he's been in a TON of bad movies because he claims that acting is work and should be like any other profession, any other 9-5 job. So unlike most actors, he doesn't sit around at home waiting for the perfect script (a la two of my favorites, Daniel Day Lewis and Kevin Kline), he just acts and acts and acts. Something of a refreshing attitude, actually.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Angela's Ashes.

 

Close second: Schindler's List

[The Dean]

Samuel L. Jackson is the best example. He's a more than competent actor (and a cult icon superstar to boot), but he's been in a TON of bad movies because he claims that acting is work and should be like any other profession, any other 9-5 job. So unlike most actors, he doesn't sit around at home waiting for the perfect script (a la two of my favorites, Daniel Day Lewis and Kevin Kline), he just acts and acts and acts. Something of a refreshing attitude, actually.

 

 

Pretty much what I recall Caine saying many years ago. When he is done with one job he expects to start another and it's his manager's job to keep him employed.

[Terry Tate]

Pretty much what I recall Caine saying many years ago. When he is done with one job he expects to start another and it's his manager's job to keep him employed.

I once had a close call with death, and my life flashed before my eyes. The parts of myself and all the people I've ever known in my life, including the female roles, were played by Michael Caine and Gene Hackman.

[The Dean]

I once had a close call with death, and my life flashed before my eyes. The parts of myself and all the people I've ever known in my life, including the female roles, were played by Michael Caine and Gene Hackman.

 

 

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[Mark Vader]

Juno wasn't really what I'd called indie, though. It sorta pretended to be indie for the sake of drawing in that audience, but was actually pretty mainstream. Quirky, but mainstream.

It became mainstream because of all the positive reviews and large word-of-mouth it got, yet it was an independent film. Now it did have recognizable names in the movie instead of a bunch of "unknowns", so from that perspective it may not have been a typical independent film.

[Fingon]

The Road is definitely the most depressing movie I've seen in a long time.

[Rob's House]

came in here only to post Requiem for a Dream.

 

there are a lot of other good, depressing movies mentioned in this thread, but Requiem is the movie that makes you feel like someone just kicked your soul in the crotch. I remember not even being able to get up from my chair when it was over. A really messed up, amazing movie.

 

That's how I felt at the end of Glen Gary Glen Ross.

 

I always thought chicks liked Requiem b/c of the name (and every girl has this one on her list) but with the responses it's getting here I think I'll have to rewatch it.

[boyst]

Did anyone point out that it should be your and not you're? I am too lazy to check.

[Pete]

The Champ

Brian's Song

[BLZFAN4LIFE]

Did anyone point out that it should be your and not you're? I am too lazy to check.

 

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[The Jokeman]

Perhaps these aren't the most depressing ever but some little known titles that made me shake my head and want to take a cold shower after seeing include "Little Children" and "Towelhead (Nothing is Private)". Ironically enough Jennifer Connelly is in the first.