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Concrete Donkey
2023-01-27 8:23:21 AM  
List fails without The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
 
drewogatory
2023-01-27 8:26:12 AM  
Schindler's List is less emotionally draining than it is blatantly manipulative.
 
holdmybones
2023-01-27 8:26:15 AM  
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natazha [BareFark]
2023-01-27 8:33:26 AM  
Zero for ten. Schindler's List is the only one I've even heard of.
 
Copperbelly watersnake
2023-01-27 8:34:10 AM  
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OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-01-27 8:46:28 AM  

Copperbelly watersnake: [Fark user image 183x275]


Did a CTRL+F with no matches. StoppedReadingThere.jpg
 
Fano
2023-01-27 8:46:29 AM  

natazha: Zero for ten. Schindler's List is the only one I've even heard of.


Many of these were nominated for Oscars, were written by the world's most best selling author, and or had high profile actors in it. This was the most obvious list short of just being "Old Yeller" ten times over
 
The Envoy
2023-01-27 8:47:06 AM  
1.  Requiem for a Dream:  Agreed.  Even the scene with Jennifer Connolly and a double-ended dildo can't get me to watch that again.

2.  The Road.  Oh god.

3.  The Green Mile:  What?  Disagree.

4.  The Hurt Locker:  Again:  what?  It's not emotionally draining, certainly not for the genre, and in my opinion isn't even very good.

5.  Schindler's List:  Never again.

6.  Dancer in the Dark:  Never seen it but it sounds like hard going.

7.  Hotel Rwanda:  Never seen it, never want to.  I know the stories and am horrified by those alone, no need to add even more images to the ones in my head.

8.  Million Dollar Baby:  not a rewatchable film and is emotionally draining, but not enough for this list.

9.  Precious:  Holy sh*t, why is this not number one?  It's absolutely gruelling.  My ex-wife and I saw it and on the walk home we had to hug each other and have a weep.

10.  Melancholia:  Not seen it and was not a fan of Dunst until Hidden Figures.  I'm emotionally drained as it is, I don't need more.

For me, Saving Private Ryan should be on the list.  That was a brutal watch.  You don't think the beach scene can be topped and then oops!  Ribisi gets his liver shot out, then oops, then oops, then oops.  Unbearable.
 
Snapper Carr
2023-01-27 8:47:12 AM  
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Arguably the greatest anti-war film ever made but super depressing.
 
SiotMoc
2023-01-27 8:48:42 AM  

Copperbelly watersnake: [Fark user image 183x275]


"Fun" fact, Wikipedia claims that this was released as a double feature with My Neighbour Totoro.

Imagine watching Graves of the Fireflies, one of the more depressing anime movies, just to follow it up with the most heart warming anime ever.
 
drewogatory
2023-01-27 8:50:16 AM  

SiotMoc: Copperbelly watersnake: [Fark user image 183x275]

"Fun" fact, Wikipedia claims that this was released as a double feature with My Neighbour Totoro.

Imagine watching Graves of the Fireflies, one of the more depressing anime movies, just to follow it up with the most heart warming anime ever.


I mean, I can't imagine watching even one anime, so 2 is right out.
 
Marcos P
2023-01-27 8:54:47 AM  
Marley and Me is a billion times sadder than any of those.
 
Nimbull
2023-01-27 8:56:59 AM  
The Green Mile wasn't emotionally draining to me. I really enjoyed it.
 
IdentInvalid
2023-01-27 8:57:21 AM  

Copperbelly watersnake: [Fark user image 183x275]


Should've been on the list at #1.

I've only been able to watch it once, but that's because the DVD committed suicide.  I'm not even joking.  No DVD player or PC I tried it in would play it after that initial viewing.  I even tried boiling it to see if maybe the glue between the layers needed to be reset.

I still haven't thrown it away, hoping maybe it'll magically work someday.  The $2 Vincent Price double feature I bought didn't work and sat on a shelf for over a year, and suddenly played fine, so who knows.
 
little red bot
2023-01-27 8:58:01 AM  

Copperbelly watersnake: [Fark user image 183x275]


Came here to say this. Only movie I've ever seen that comes close is Hotel Rwanda.
 
Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:02:36 AM  
We hope you enjoyed this Reddit[link] recommendation list of movies that will leave you an emotional wreck. This article is inspired by the internet and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Boss Level Gamer.

I'd rather have the reddit link at the beginning, tyvm.

/inspired ha!
//I wonder when articles will be written about Fark threads
 
GypsyJoker [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:03:30 AM  

Snapper Carr: [Fark user image 300x168]

Arguably the greatest anti-war film ever made but super depressing.


Was going to post this one. Holy shiat.
 
Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:03:40 AM  
Oh, and The Notebook is one movie I saw once, liked it, and never wanted to see it again.
 
GypsyJoker [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:04:31 AM  
Wine Sipping Elitist: //I wonder when articles will be written about Fark threads

HELP. SO VERY SCARED.
 
Metaluna Mutant
2023-01-27 9:07:19 AM  
Try the 70s film "They shoot horses, don't they?" Great acting, surprisingly gripping story & a character study on desperation & exploitation. I remember it vividly, but just couldn't watch it a second time
 
SpaceMonkey-66 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:10:14 AM  

The Envoy: 1.  Requiem for a Dream:  Agreed.  Even the scene with Jennifer Connolly and a double-ended dildo can't get me to watch that again.

2.  The Road.  Oh god.

3.  The Green Mile:  What?  Disagree.

4.  The Hurt Locker:  Again:  what?  It's not emotionally draining, certainly not for the genre, and in my opinion isn't even very good.

5.  Schindler's List:  Never again.

6.  Dancer in the Dark:  Never seen it but it sounds like hard going.

7.  Hotel Rwanda:  Never seen it, never want to.  I know the stories and am horrified by those alone, no need to add even more images to the ones in my head.

8.  Million Dollar Baby:  not a rewatchable film and is emotionally draining, but not enough for this list.

9.  Precious:  Holy sh*t, why is this not number one?  It's absolutely gruelling.  My ex-wife and I saw it and on the walk home we had to hug each other and have a weep.

10.  Melancholia:  Not seen it and was not a fan of Dunst until Hidden Figures.  I'm emotionally drained as it is, I don't need more.

For me, Saving Private Ryan should be on the list.  That was a brutal watch.  You don't think the beach scene can be topped and then oops!  Ribisi gets his liver shot out, then oops, then oops, then oops.  Unbearable.


#1 and #2.  #2 particularly for the basement cannibal larder.  The Road was a really good read though, still same story but wasn't as bad.  YMMV
 
SpaceMonkey-66 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:11:20 AM  
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Capo Del Bandito
2023-01-27 9:11:36 AM  
No Train to Busan? That movie wrecked me.
 
The Envoy
2023-01-27 9:12:44 AM  

SpaceMonkey-66: The Envoy: 1.  Requiem for a Dream:  Agreed.  Even the scene with Jennifer Connolly and a double-ended dildo can't get me to watch that again.

2.  The Road.  Oh god.

3.  The Green Mile:  What?  Disagree.

4.  The Hurt Locker:  Again:  what?  It's not emotionally draining, certainly not for the genre, and in my opinion isn't even very good.

5.  Schindler's List:  Never again.

6.  Dancer in the Dark:  Never seen it but it sounds like hard going.

7.  Hotel Rwanda:  Never seen it, never want to.  I know the stories and am horrified by those alone, no need to add even more images to the ones in my head.

8.  Million Dollar Baby:  not a rewatchable film and is emotionally draining, but not enough for this list.

9.  Precious:  Holy sh*t, why is this not number one?  It's absolutely gruelling.  My ex-wife and I saw it and on the walk home we had to hug each other and have a weep.

10.  Melancholia:  Not seen it and was not a fan of Dunst until Hidden Figures.  I'm emotionally drained as it is, I don't need more.

For me, Saving Private Ryan should be on the list.  That was a brutal watch.  You don't think the beach scene can be topped and then oops!  Ribisi gets his liver shot out, then oops, then oops, then oops.  Unbearable.

#1 and #2.  #2 particularly for the basement cannibal larder.  The Road was a really good read though, still same story but wasn't as bad.  YMMV


Read the book too, the baby bit...shudder.  He can write "hopeless" extremely well.  Mercifully it was short.
 
mangobunny
2023-01-27 9:16:50 AM  
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SpaceMonkey-66 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:19:07 AM  

The Envoy: SpaceMonkey-66: The Envoy: 1.  Requiem for a Dream:  Agreed.  Even the scene with Jennifer Connolly and a double-ended dildo can't get me to watch that again.

2.  The Road.  Oh god.

3.  The Green Mile:  What?  Disagree.

4.  The Hurt Locker:  Again:  what?  It's not emotionally draining, certainly not for the genre, and in my opinion isn't even very good.

5.  Schindler's List:  Never again.

6.  Dancer in the Dark:  Never seen it but it sounds like hard going.

7.  Hotel Rwanda:  Never seen it, never want to.  I know the stories and am horrified by those alone, no need to add even more images to the ones in my head.

8.  Million Dollar Baby:  not a rewatchable film and is emotionally draining, but not enough for this list.

9.  Precious:  Holy sh*t, why is this not number one?  It's absolutely gruelling.  My ex-wife and I saw it and on the walk home we had to hug each other and have a weep.

10.  Melancholia:  Not seen it and was not a fan of Dunst until Hidden Figures.  I'm emotionally drained as it is, I don't need more.

For me, Saving Private Ryan should be on the list.  That was a brutal watch.  You don't think the beach scene can be topped and then oops!  Ribisi gets his liver shot out, then oops, then oops, then oops.  Unbearable.

#1 and #2.  #2 particularly for the basement cannibal larder.  The Road was a really good read though, still same story but wasn't as bad.  YMMV

Read the book too, the baby bit...shudder.  He can write "hopeless" extremely well.  Mercifully it was short.


I think it was just seeing it visually as opposed to imagining it, in my case.
 
Greystoke
2023-01-27 9:19:08 AM  
I expected to see The English Patient on that list.
 
Snapper Carr
2023-01-27 9:19:16 AM  

mangobunny: [Fark user image 194x259]


I've been meaning to watch that for a while but every time I come across it, I realize I'm not in the right state of mind for it (been a rough couple of years)
 
mangobunny
2023-01-27 9:22:33 AM  

Snapper Carr: mangobunny: [Fark user image 194x259]

I've been meaning to watch that for a while but every time I come across it, I realize I'm not in the right state of mind for it (been a rough couple of years)


It's a good film that I don't recommend to anyone
 
hoyt clagwell [OhFark]
2023-01-27 9:31:51 AM  

drewogatory: Schindler's List is less emotionally draining than it is blatantly manipulative.


Yeah, gotta hate that blatant pro-Semitic propaganda

/s, if you couldn't tell
 
drewogatory
2023-01-27 9:33:28 AM  

hoyt clagwell: drewogatory: Schindler's List is less emotionally draining than it is blatantly manipulative.

Yeah, gotta hate that blatant pro-Semitic propaganda

/s, if you couldn't tell


Yes, because I was complaining about the content, not the ham fisted technique involved.
 
stoli n coke
2023-01-27 9:46:59 AM  

Metaluna Mutant: Try the 70s film "They shoot horses, don't they?" Great acting, surprisingly gripping story & a character study on desperation & exploitation. I remember it vividly, but just couldn't watch it a second time


Kino Lorber put out the Blu ray I think last year. Still holds up.

I still think it should have beat Midnight Cowboy for Best Picture.
 
indy_kid
2023-01-27 9:47:27 AM  
The entire first act of "Melancholia", the big wedding, could have been cut from the movie without affecting the outcome.
 
SoupGuru [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:47:41 AM  
All Quiet on the Western Front. A true "war is terrible" film.
 
stoli n coke
2023-01-27 9:48:08 AM  

SpaceMonkey-66: [Fark user image image 258x387]


It lost me with the "Donald Sutherland as Jesus" scene. That was just farking goofy.
 
drewogatory
2023-01-27 9:49:18 AM  

indy_kid: The entire first act of "Melancholia", the big wedding, could have been cut from the movie without affecting the outcome.


If you're going to cut some wedding "The Deer Hunter" would like a word. farking hell, my actual wedding was probably quicker than that.
 
zez
2023-01-27 9:54:15 AM  
Only two Lars Von Trier films? Could add a few more, like this one.

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In a small and religious coastal town, a simple, devoutly religious Scottish woman, Bess McNeill (Emily Watson), finds a partner in an oil rig worker from Norway, Jan Nyman (Stellan Skarsgard). However, the relationship grows strained when Nyman breaks his neck in a horrific work accident on the rig and becomes paralyzed. Unable to perform sexually and suffering mentally from the accident as well, Jan convinces Bess to have sex with other men, which she comes to believe is God's work.
 
cocozilla
2023-01-27 9:54:27 AM  
Holy crap that's was so badly written that even an AI could have done better...
 
Subtonic
2023-01-27 9:54:58 AM  

SoupGuru: All Quiet on the Western Front. A true "war is terrible" film.


Too bad you didn't give a shiat about any of the characters and it was nothing more than war porn.

And Requiem for a Dream definitely deserved to be at the top. It makes grave of the fireflies look like forrest gump.
 
WhiskeyBender [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 9:57:09 AM  
50/50 should have been on the list.
 
Wenchmaster
2023-01-27 10:03:40 AM  
Grave of the Fireflies.
 
leviosaurus [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 10:04:59 AM  
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One of the best and most impactful movies I've ever seen

I never want to see it again

/Helen Mirren was super hot
 
FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 10:24:49 AM  
List fails without Gallipoli and Sophie's Choice
 
SurfaceTension [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 10:28:18 AM  

drewogatory: Schindler's List is less emotionally draining than it is blatantly manipulative.


I found The Pianist to be on par or even exceed Schindler's List in terms of capturing life in the ghettos. Still, Ray Feinnes played his most evil character ever in Amon Goth (And remember, that Feinnes also played Voldemort in the Harry Potter films).
 
Outshined_One [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 10:31:54 AM  
My list:

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But the unquestioned winner?
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Spoiler alert: The dog doesn't die, but it's a close call on a few occasions.
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 10:43:11 AM  
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talkyournonsense
2023-01-27 10:51:01 AM  

WhiskeyBender: 50/50 should have been on the list.


I've watched that at least 3 times. It's a dark comedy. It's not depressing. I find it up lifting.

Now Meloncholia is also supposed to be a dark comedy. It has everything I should like but I'll never watch it again because it's sooooooo boooorrrrriiiiinnngggg.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 10:52:48 AM  
Interesting thread. I never heard of a lot of these movies.
 
Meat's dream [OhFark]
2023-01-27 10:58:26 AM  
 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once belongs on that list.  Those movies are certainly huge downers, but after watching this one, I felt like hamburger.  Just beaten up.  It was a whiplash, back and forth between sublime joy and utter despair, over and over and over.  Ultimately, it was an uplifting movie, but it was such a vicious battle to get there.  I can't recommend that movie enough, yet I also in 6 months haven't been able to bring myself to watch it again.  I just don't have the strength.
 
Cthulhukefka
2023-01-27 11:04:24 AM  
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