Most depressing and bleak movies without gore
-
Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Lilya 4-Ever
lozza_199 — 12 years ago(June 07, 2013 05:53 AM)
Heyas, I have been very interested in depressing /bleak movies as of late. Watching Requiem for a dream, happiness, snow town murders, and this that's all I have seen so far.
Lilja is just fantastic. I loved it even though hours later it's still messin with my head it's all I can think about. I have been reading through the other threads about other depressing and disturbing movies but I get the impression that some of them are getting that title because of the violence and blood and gore. That does no interest me it generally bores me so I was wondering if people could mention the most depressing movies they know that are more like lilja, more realistic I suppose.
Thanks guys! -
Dismenot — 12 years ago(November 21, 2013 12:18 PM)
Clicked your list so I saw your profile. About seeing the most depressing/disturbing..
My vote for both I did not see in your list.
Watch Aurore (2005) if you haven't already. #1 for horror too, (no gore) because everything you see in the movie (and stuff you don't see in it) happened in real life. You might want to grab some Kleenex beforehand, Aurore was a ten year old girl.
Nice list btw.
http://www.missingkids.com
http://www.amberalert.gov -
Thrillseeker303 — 12 years ago(November 27, 2013 03:53 AM)
Some of the best depressing movies without blood and gore:
Boys Don't Cry
Return To Paradise
Dancer In The Dark
The Life Of David Gale
The Green Mile
American History X
Need harmonic brainwaves to soothe your diligent mind? click
bryanel.com
& relax! -
fedrulez — 11 years ago(August 30, 2014 01:38 PM)
This film completely messed me up tonight. When I read the Wiki that it was based on a true story it made me cry and drink like nothing I've ever seen. I saw the lead actress at the end of Bourne Supremacy which is why I watched this. Had to watch Battleship to pick my mood up again but it's still not the same.
As far as films like this nothing's like this but some are similar:- The Whistle Blower - True story about UN Troops complicit in human trafficking in the Balkans.
- Dirty Pretty Things - Fictional story about the organ trade in London
- Ill Manors - Life in London for drug addicts, gang bangers and prostitutes. Only other film where I've cried as much as Lilja. Perhaps this was due to knowing the area where it was shot. But amazingly powerful and shot on a 50k budget which is incredible.
- Holly - Child exploitation.
- After Lucia - Bullying, horrible scenes in this. Loosely based around the sad story of Amanda Todd.
I'd recommend you watch any 'dumb' hollywood action film to cheer yourself up after any of these, Battleship helped me!
Bauer vs. Bourne, that is the question.
-
JIM_KELLYS_AFRO — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 06:39 AM)
No child of mine. British production. Very very bleak.
http://s2.hubimg.com/u/8010791_f248.jpg -
ElxDiablo — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 03:54 AM)
Ciao Manhattan
(1972)
Angel Baby
(1995)
Actually, you might overlook both because they're not always bleak and depressingbut they're non-formulaic films that have genuinely left me in tearswhereas all the classic tear-jerker movies are like "Meh, whatever" for me.
Imperfect characters that you feel forand in the case of the former, a whole lot of art imitating life (both before, during and in the post-production phases of creating that film).
I'd say there was a lot more "bleakness" in
Ciao Manhattan
than
Angel Baby
, but both are worth checking out if you're looking for something moving and not in the usual formula of "depressing" films.
And while it's not a film, I think an honorable mention should go to "The Body" (Season 5, Episode 16) of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
.
I challenge anyone to fully listen to Anya's dialogue in Willow's dorm room (which at first seems insensitivebut crescendo's into something totally unexpected), and not be moved.
I'm still flawed by Emma Caulfield's ability to effortlessly glide through delivery styles (of which that is merely one example), and do it so seamlessly that the audience doesn't know what has hit them until after the fact.
Even after repeated viewings, this scene still hits like an emotional freight train.
Actually there's more than a few scenes that really did thatand with the exception of credits, not a single note of music throughout the episode to enhance the reality and mundane aspects regarding natural death. -
sybil_vane31 — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 02:32 AM)
The boy in the striped pyjamas (2008)
The lost son (1999)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Sweet movie (1974)
Most of the movies mentioned before are on my list too, like
Boys don't cry is very unsettling
Return to paradise (Joaquin Phoenix eyes will stay with me forever, great performance)
