BallsToTheWall: Depressing Ass Movies

Satellite 10.09.11	dear zachary is by far the most depressing/upsetting film ever
Hyperion1001 10.09.11	Graves of the Fireflies was really unnerving for being an animated film. 3 and 5 are so depressing if you really get whats going on.
Trebor17 10.09.11	The Outsiders m/
andcas 10.09.11	lars and the real girl, adam, 500 days of summer, blue valentine, spun.
theacademy 10.09.11	DEPRESS DAT ASS BABY
Trebor17 10.09.11	500 Days Of Summer is happy bro
theacademy 10.09.11	10?
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	Im sure I missed a few, i hopped up on booze and caffeine. That sound like a movie I need to see judging from description.
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	I dont give a shit about those pussy movies, they aint dark or played in the movie theatres.
andcas 10.09.11	"500 Days Of Summer is happy bro" not if you've ever been in that type of relationship and been in love with the type of woman zooey portrays in it.
foreverendeared 10.09.11	No Elephant Man?
Trebor17 10.09.11	WE'LL DO IT FOR JOHNNY!!!
Trebor17 10.09.11	I cried my ass off watching The Elephant Man
Hyperion1001 10.09.11	Yeah Lynch is a master.
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	Movies on here are far more important than your puny mortal minds can handle.
Trebor17 10.09.11	elephant man is fucking out of print Why the hell is a classic out of print?
MisterTornado 10.09.11	Requiem For A Dream Yep.
Parallels 10.09.11	I loved the Outsiders movie, but the book is way better
sniper01 10.09.11	how could an ass movie be depressing ass movies are awesome.
Josh D. 10.09.11	What the hell, these aren't ass movies.
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	Needs moar Terry Bradshaw Failure To Launch moneyshot
andcas 10.09.11	speaking of elephant...elephant was a huge downer. the school shooting movie.
AsoTamaki 10.09.11	Fish Tank was awesome and I agree with it on this list. Sopor Aeternus is some depressing shit too.
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	A quality post for once. Yes Aso, she....or he is pretty dark, and visually horrifying. I dont know what it is but it's a talented musician.
sniper01 10.09.11	no one ever laughs at my terrible jokes
foreverendeared 10.09.11	The Virgin Suicides.
BallsToTheWall 10.09.11	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDn2Xp5ctQM
wojodta 10.09.11	totally agree with 16
RosaParks 10.09.11	Pay It Forward The Virgin Suicides
andcas 10.09.11	I thought the endings to slc punk, big fish, and the curious case of benjamin button were pretty depressing. oh, the assassination of jesse james is great.
patrickfannon 10.09.11	I know it's new, but "Biutiful" is about as bleak a movie as I've seen in a long, long time. Oh, and if you want something seriously depressing, checkout the 2009 documentary "Collapse." You'll either scoff at it and dismiss Ruppert as a lunatic, or lie awake all night shaking at the implications of the film.
patrickfannon 10.09.11	Oh, and if any of you wish to spend two hours of your lives making yourselves a tad less human, check out "Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom." Be forewarned: you will wish with every fiber of your being that you had never heard of it, let alone watched it, should you choose to. You're welcome.
Vesper 10.09.11	When I was five, I thought it was the saddest thing when Edward Scissorhands told Kim "I can't" after she asked him to hold her. :( Most of the ones I was thinking of are already on here, but Moon and the storyline of the deaf Japanese girl in Babel get me too. I wish the movie did a better job of this, but Trainspotting is such a depressing book.
Jash 10.09.11	Never Let Me Go Mercy Melancholia (this is by far the most depressing movie I've ever seen, directed by the guy who did Antichrist for all the people on here who have seen that)
americanohno 10.09.11	"Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door" is will fuck you up if you have a positive outlook on humanity. What's worse is that the movie's far more hopeful than the actual real life story. Just read this shit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Likens Also you're talkin' bout Cronenberg's Crash right? 'Cuz that's the only film where you get to see James Spader fuck a scar on Holly Hunter's thight. You also get to see Elias Koteas rape Spader which is sort of emotionally traumatizing.
andcas 10.09.11	"When I was five, I thought it was the saddest thing when Edward Scissorhands told Kim "I can't" after she asked him to hold her. :(" movie still gets to me.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Yeah american.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Actually no. Wasnt aware of a second Crash. This one has Cheade, Dillon, Terrence Howard, etc.
SpritzSpritz 10.10.11	i second elephant and dear zachary
Esky 10.10.11	Grave of the Fireflies for me. Requiem for a Dream and Dancer in the Dark aren't easy watching either. Going to try to watch Dear Zachary and Melancholia when uni wraps up
auberginedreams 10.10.11	"Voicies of a Distant Star" is an anime film that's only around 20 minutes long and is by far the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Grave of the Fireflies doesn't even come close.
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	Didn't find Memento, Million Dollar Baby or Watchmen to be depressive. Especially the last one, I mean it's dystopic but REALLY depressive.. not really, I'd rather go for a "dark mood". But I'm also a Kraut, we don't have feelings for anything else than beer, Sauerkraut und Nazigold.
Zorak 10.10.11	requiem for a dream [2] pay it forward [2] and no one on here mentioned seven pounds?
omnipanzer 10.10.11	"Requiem for a Dream and Dancer in the Dark aren't easy watching either." Dancer moar depressing than Requiem IMO.
BloodSweatandBeers 10.10.11	yeah Elephant Man, man.
dunchal 10.10.11	Anal fucking ass fucks
Omaha 10.10.11	Sniper01 I thought what you said was funny, probably because I would have said if you and the other guy hadn't :[ Shutter Island was depressing, in a beautiful way. But 500 Days of Summer, shit yeah that was depressing especially because I could relate completely to every single moment in that movie. When youve been with a girl that just loses interest, the movie really hits you hard.
dylantheairplane 10.10.11	I just watch a new movie yesterday called Melancholia, which was one of the saddest movies i've ever seen, it is by the same director of Dancer In The Dark (which I highly suggest watching as well)
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	A few of these, including Elephant Man are on my to watch list. However I dont give a shit about 500 Days of Summer, I have no desire to ever watch that.
dylantheairplane 10.10.11	Oh just realized someone already posted about Melancholia haha, my bad. But really, it was so good.
omnipanzer 10.10.11	Less Than Zero (1987)
omnipanzer 10.10.11	My Own Private Idaho (1991)
omnipanzer 10.10.11	Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
omnipanzer 10.10.11	Ronin ? huh ?
andcas 10.10.11	"However I dont give a shit about 500 Days of Summer, I have no desire to ever watch that." you're missing out.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Not my cup of tea andcas.
WhiteWallStargazers 10.10.11	Donnie Darko Schindler's List is very deppressing Let The Right One In is sort of depressing depending on what you think the boy's fate is
Vesper 10.10.11	"But 500 Days of Summer, shit yeah that was depressing especially because I could relate completely to every single moment in that movie. When youve been with a girl that just loses interest, the movie really hits you hard." 500 Days of Summer does not even come CLOSE to Blue Valentine when it comes to relationships that die slowly. If you actually want to break your heart up, you should see that. Also, andcas, if you lived anywhere near me, I'd demand that we have a night of watching old Tim Burton movies and listening to AFI, haha.
Slum 10.10.11	I wasn't the same person after Dear Zachary, that doc fucked me up
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Donnie Darko was good, I have it yet only watched it once. And the reason 500 Days of Summer disinterests is because why do i need to see a movie based on somebody losing interest in somebody when I lose interest in people all the time? I dont date anymore because of this. I realized it's a pointless excursion to further my own indifference.
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	I also don't really see the sense in "OH MY GOD, A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP!"-movies, that's extremely bland.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	The Sword of Doom compels me because well, it's a samurai infatuated with his own apathy. I trust my sword, nothing or no one else type of deal. I recommend it WolfHorde, it's easily most the coldblooded movie I have ever seen.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Are you kidding me riff, when you find out Guy Pearce kills the distraught Natalie's husband, the constant replay of his wife's murder, Natalie abusing Leonard, knowing Teddy is a dead man walking after being popped in the first sequence, Leonard's inability to garner new memories, how is that not depressing?
andcas 10.10.11	lol nice vesper. I mentioned blue valentine as well. eh, I usually can't stand break up movies but 500 days of summer really transcended expectations.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	I felt so too but it depressed the shit out of me. In terms of relationship movies Rebel Without A Cause stands the test of time. James motherfucking Dean is the man.
Voivod 10.10.11	"The Seventh Continent" (Mikael Haneke) slays EASILY everything that has been mentioned in this thread... PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!!! I'M NOT KIDDING!!!
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Wont get around to 95% of these rec's guaranteed.
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	That sounds awesome, Wylie. Definitely gotta check that one out. I'm generally not a huge fan of movies with an emphasis on relationships, unless there's more to those relationships than just the relationship itself. (e.g. Black Hawk Down)
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	The lone samurai is begged by his opponent's wife to throw the match so her husband can win and become a dojo teacher. If he loses he will be shamed she says and no job. He says he will relent but if she bangs him. Next day, guy finds about his wife, divorces her and goes to the match. the two duel and ends a draw. The angry husband charges him and is killed instantly. Leaving town the wife tells him she has nowhere to go, he throws her out of the way. An ambush emerges from the forest to avenge their friend, the loner kills them all instantly walks away. Movie gets progressively darker and amoral from there.
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	That sounds awesome. Definitely gotta get around that. How old is that movie?
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	1960. Black and white and subtitled, ending is a cliffhanger somewhat not detracting from it's insanity. It was supposed to have a sequel but never was finished.
iFghtffyrdmns 10.10.11	fuck yes thank you for including 13. I came here to tell you it was necessary on such a list but you've apparently got your shit together. the book is honestly even more of a bummer than the movie, good read though. just real despondent and shit
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	As long as I can find a rip with decent quality it should be good.
Leatherneck 10.10.11	Dancer In the Dark now.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	Cant find it man. I ordered it twice off amazon, never got it, I cant find it in stores either.
ZombicidalMan 10.10.11	I always found Anvil! The Story of Anvil to be majorly depressing.
Goatlord 10.10.11	Strozsek. I will second and third the mentioning of Grave of the Fireflies and Dear Zachary. Gut-wrenching.
Scoot 10.10.11	50/50 is pretty fucking depressing at parts
andcas 10.10.11	123 scoot. it's kind of a funny story was pretty sad in some parts as well.
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	"Cant find it man. I ordered it twice off amazon, never got it, I cant find it in stores either." The Sword Of Doom? Can't find it either which I find pretty crappy because it sounds exactly like my thing.
omnipanzer 10.10.11	http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Doom-Criterion-Collection/dp/B0007989YS http://www.amazon.de/Sword-Doom-OmU-Intro-Asien/dp/B003H1K0K4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318271941&sr=8-1
foxblood 10.10.11	About Schmidt was pretty effective in depressing the hell out of me
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	That's a new version, omni. Date is 2010 so it's probably not the original, and I'm not necessarily a big fan of remakes.
Sanders 10.10.11	I always thought The Green Mile was depressing as foook.
LegendofPittman 10.10.11	Never seen Schindler's List? Oh man, I will never watch that movie again.
Emim 10.10.11	Hell yes @ Million Dollar Baby
AsoTamaki 10.10.11	No, that's the original Sword of Doom by Okamoto Kihachi that omni linked. It was remastered and re-released on dvd (obviously they didn't have dvd back in 1966). A friend of mine owns the Criterion version.
Iamthe Nightstars 10.10.11	The Patriot
omnipanzer 10.10.11	@ Wolf: what AsoTamaki said. I verified by matching up the director and stars and left the american link in for you to make your own parallels ;^P
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	Ah, okay. Maybe If I'll have some bucks left I'm gonna go for it.
OnlyAnchors 10.10.11	the road [2] im still in the process trying to forget that scene where they rob the black dude of everything including his clothes. revolutionary road is like the same idea as 500 days of summer cept wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more gritty.
patrickfannon 10.10.11	These all fail in comparison to "Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom." That film was created with the intention of destroying your soul. I swear. It is beyond depressing; it literally kills a part of you. I feel ashamed even having seen it, but there it is. Most soul-crushingly dreadful film of all time.
jefflebowski 10.10.11	'Salo' isn't so much depressing as it's utterly horrifying. Emotionally, it doesn't hit you as hard as, say, Dancer in the Dark. Still a one-of-a-kind film though, I don't think I've ever fwatched anything else even remotely as mentally scarring
Wolfhorde 10.10.11	Sounds like it'd be so exaggerated that it's unauthentic, which happens very often.
BallsToTheWall 10.10.11	No I was talking about Dancer In the Dark which i never got Wolf. I got Sword on criterion for about 20 bucks in stores, you could get it cheaper im sure online.