I need a list of movies that will drive me over the edge of depression

[LynneSin]

"Requiem for a Dream" is a movie that is extremely well done but man you feel awful at the end of it. There is no happily ever after for the 4 main characters, played amazingly well by Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayons.

[SCantiGOP]

1. Leaving Las Vegas

where Nicholas Cage decides to drink himself to death. Nothing redeeming about the movie at all.

[LynneSin]

6. I can't watch that movie very often - it's just super depressing

But it's probably Nicolas Cage's best acting performance ever. Everything else he's done pretty much sucked (ok Raising Arizona was good too)

[charlie and algernon]

2. The Mist

One of the biggest mindfucks of an ending I've ever seen.

[Boojatta]

3. Three movies

"What about Bob?" with Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss
"Con Air" with Nicolas Cage
"Michael" with John Travolta

[kick-ass-bob]

4. Don't hate on What About Bob.

Just sayin'

:P

[charlie and algernon]

5. Groundhog Day is a hell of a lot more depressing than What about Bob

I didn't think Bob was depressing at all.

[Boojatta]

14. Perhaps I misunderstood the request.

Over the edge to which side?

[dimbear]

44. "Education for Death" 1942 Disney cartoon.

That's going to save you some time because it's only a few minutes long.

[edbermac]

7. Night Of The Living Dead

Certainly one of the most depressing endings ever.

[HopeHoops]

8. "Harold & Maude" or if you REALLY want to go all out - "Last House on the Left"

And I mean the original one, not the recent slasher flick remake.

[LeftinOH]

9. "Buried" with Ryan Reynolds.

(although putting it on this list probably gives it away)

[sarge43]

10. Apocalypse Now

Chinatown
Ran
Rope
Sunset Boulevard

[RedCloud]

11. Gandhi

[IcyPeas]

12. Sid & Nancy -- eom

[hedgehog]

13. Knowing - I think it's a good film, but it's such a downer everyone hated it.

[ohiosmith]

15. The Vanishing. The 1988 version. Not the bullshit 1993 remake.

[raccoon]

16. "They Shoot Horses, Don't They" nt

[alfredo]

17. "Woman Under The Influence" Gina Rowlands and Peter Falk

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072417/

Sometimes this movie was so intense I had to leave the theater to collect myself. Excellent movie.

[Enrique]

18. "Never Say Never"

the Justin Bieber concert movie.

[alfredo]

19. "Hunger" "Barton Fink" "Face To Face" and "Cries and Whispers"

"Hunger"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061042/


The last two are excellent Bergman films. These movies were made after Bergman went through Primal Therapy. The emotions are raw.

"Barton Fink" is highly recommended for those who like to look for text illustration in the visuals. John Goodman is so good, so evil it is probably why he was cast as he was in "Brother Where Art Thou."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. The Pawnbroker

Million Dollar Baby
Grave of the Fireflies

[nolabear]

21. Old Yeller ******SPOILER ALERT!*****

He has to shoot his dog. HE HAS TO SHOOT HIS DOG!!! Oh, God...

[Throd]

22. If you liked "Requiem" then try "Last Exit to Brooklyn"

[rug]

23. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

[PufPuf23]

24. Seize the Day from the Bellows novel

starring Robin Williams.

Despair.

[Brickbat]

25. "The Deer Hunter" and "The Killing Fields."

Hide the guns before you watch them. :hide:

[LynneSin]

26. The Killing Fields had a happy ending

I mean at least they found the guy.

I love that movie

[Brickbat]

28. It wrecked me when I saw it. It was not in ideal conditions, though, so that may have had

something to do with it.

[Ahpook]

36. The Deer Hunter for sure

I rented that one evening. I don't think my girlfriend has forgiven me yet :)

To the OP, try Eraserhead. The content is extremely abstract which can be hard to follow. Doesn't matter since the film itself leaves an itchy feeling. Yeck :)

[LynneSin]

61. Eraserhead just creeped me out

yuck!

[Throd]

27. Gallipoli

[Brickbat]

29. Oh God yes. Devastating.

[Maccagirl]

35. Midnight Express w/Brad Davis

I couldn't get it out of my mind for days.

[Seedersandleechers]

30. London to Brighton

[Lydia Leftcoast]

31. Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers

Do NOT see this when you're already depressed.

[sakabatou]

32. Howl's Moving Castle

They might help.

[MiddleFingerMom]

33. In college, I and my roommate and 3 or 4 of her GF's rented "Frances" & "Death of a Salesman"...

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.
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... and watched them back-to-back.
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.
.
I think the only way ANY of us survived was that I had
run out of razor blades the week before.
.
.
.
I also survived a univeristy-sponsored double-feature
of "A Clockwork Orange" and "Pink Floyd's The Wall".
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.
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I told you I'm fucking immortal.
.
.
.

[7wo7rees]

34. Eraserhead

The Wrestler
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
House of Sand and Fog
Kids
Gummo
Another Day In Paradise

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. I thought "Eraserhead" was more weird than depressing,

although the whole atmosphere was pretty oppressive and disturbing. "House of Sand and Fog" was depressing as hell.

[struggle4progress]

38. Un Chien Andalou

[hunter]

39. Das Boot...

The plot description at Wikipedia covers it pretty well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

[Mopar151]

40. Of Mice and Men

Charly/Flowers for Algernon

Henry- Portrait of a Serial Killer

Grifters

[trof]

41. Days of Wine and Roses

Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick

Joe Clay is a top-notch public relations man. Anything a client wants Joe can arrange for them, whether it be dancing girls or an article in a prominent magazine. Part of the job however is drinking and Joe's ability to consume alcohol seems boundless. When he meets the very pretty Kirsten Arnasen, she prefers chocolate to alcohol but Joe has a solution to that in the form of a Brandy Alexander (made up of brandy and creme de cocoa). They eventually marry but their love is insufficient to prevent them from the downward spiral that alcohol brings to them. They try desperately to break the habit but continually relapse until only one of them manages to break free.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055895/

[blue neen]

43. Oh lordy, I was going to mention that one.

"Days of Wine and Roses" left a lasting impact...and the acting was superb.

[Orrex]

42. Sex and the City II

[A-Schwarzenegger]

45. "Wendy and Lucy."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. "La Vie en Rose" (the life of French singer Edith Piaf)

No matter how awful your life is, no matter how unfortunate you are, only a few of you will match the string of misfortunes that characterized the life of Edith Piaf.

[Aristus]

47. "Idiocracy", because really, we're there.

Man, I was depressed for DAYS after watching this so-called 'comedy'...

[Tikki]

48. "Miracle Mile"....

with Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham. Should do the trick...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile_(film)


Tikki

[nytemare]

49. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Holy hell, that movie took my breath away, and left me saying "no!" and "WTF" for hours.

[ThoughtCriminal]

50. Grave of the Fireflies

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies

Warning! Not kidding. It's a gut punch.

And then there's Testament:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(film)

For anyone who thought "On the Beach" wasn't depressing enough.

[Frank Cannon]

72. I don't know if I would call Grave of the Fireflies depressing, or just plain sad

But it is absolutely one of the saddest movies ever made, if not THE saddest. It actually causes projectile crying.

[pokerfan]

51. A River Runs Through It

Doctor Zhivago
Green Mile
Million Dollar Baby

[pa28]

52. I'd suggest "Threads".

If you are really on the edge get supervision before watching that one.

[Capn Sunshine]

53. Bambi

vs Godzilla

[Waiting For Everyman]

54. Johnny Got His Gun.

[Frank Cannon]

55. "Dancer in the Dark"

Easily the most depressing movie ever.

[Orrex]

60. Certainly the most depressing musical!

:rofl:

[Frank Cannon]

68. It's actually a good movie, and Bjork was terrific in it.

But when it was over, I had to ask myself why I shouldn't just forget it all and suck on the business end of a 12-gauge.

[Orrex]

69. We saw it in the theater and own it on DVD

Great stuff!

[Quantess]

56. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

It's french with english subtitles. That alone is sad enough, LOL!

No but seriously, it was the saddest movie I've ever seen. They give you a bit of hope, and then he dies at the end. True story.

[MrScorpio]

57. Jacob's Ladder, Fail Safe and The Paralax View. nt

[givemebackmycountry]

63. I mentioned Jacobs Ladder to a poll of "Saddest Movies Ever" a few weeks ago...

And I got blown off.

By the time that movie ended, I was reduced to a puddle on the floor.

[HappyMe]

58. Blow

Sid & Nancy

[NewJeffCT]

59. Fahrenheit 9/11

depressing as shit

[KamaAina]

67. Similarly, "W"

:(

[MilesColtrane]

62. The Wall

Nineteen-Eighty Four (the one starring John Hurt)

Brazil (Terry Gilliam's cut)

[Inspired]

64. Sophie's Choice

[muffin1]

65. "The Lost Weekend"

[Glorfindel]

66. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" - simply unbearably depressing

heartbreaking, and appalling.

[arbusto_baboso]

70. Manos, The Hands of Fate

Not that depressing, but so unutterably, atrociously BAD that you'll be reaching for the razor blades...

[MilesColtrane]

71. Ironweed

A very good feel-bad movie

[GoCubsGo]

73. An Inconvenient Truth

Global climate change AND scenes of the 2000 election theft all in one film. Enough to make one want to slit one's wrists.

[ZombieHorde]

74. The Road. nt