Most violent movies

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:39 pm

Here's another list for us to discuss and debate:

15 most violent movies

15. Saving Private Ryan
14. Henry: Portrait of a serial killer
13. Hannibal
12. Seven
11. The Silence of the Lambs
10. Reservoir Dogs
9. The Passion of the Christ
8. Saw
7. The Hills have eyes
6. A History of Violence
5. A Clockwork Orange
4. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Hostel
2. Irreversible
1. American History X

Source: EW.com

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:15 pm

OK...

As soon as I saw Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, I took exception with this list. Unless they are talking about implied violence. IMO, a movie not even on the list that I saw, because I had no idea of how violent it actually was, was way more violent than either SotL or Hannibal.

That movie was J Lo's The Cell.

...hmm...now there's a movie I should list in the strange/dark/weird thread...

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:21 am

The most disturbingly violent film I've ever seen would be Irréversible.

Dead Alive is sometimes considered the goriest film ever, but most of its violence is superfluous enough to be comedic.

Post by **danlo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:23 am

The Cell is dark but not that violent, except for that wacko's body hooks.
Kalifornia was pretty violent as was Last Man Standing...

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:30 am

Re-Animator

Post by **Loredoctor** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:52 am

Esmer wrote:Re-Animator

Good post.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:01 am

I liked The Cell. Really didn't think that Pan's Labrynth was that violent. Not overall anyway. Couple of really brutal scenes, but the rest was more implied.

Spoiler

Glad they didn't actually show the leg amputation though...

--A

Post by **Queeaqueg** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:12 am

Kill Bill was violent

Post by **stonemaybe** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:54 am

and of course, Kill Bill II!

Not quite on a parr with Braindead, however.

And of course, there's the most disturbing type of violence (puppet violence) in Meet The Feebles! Don't ask me why puppet violence is worse that real-live-actor violence, but it is!

Post by **emotional leper** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:36 pm

Oldboy.

You all must watch it.

Post by **matrixman** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:26 am

Menolly wrote:OK...

As soon as I saw Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, I took exception with this list. Unless they are talking about implied violence. IMO, a movie not even on the list that I saw, because I had no idea of how violent it actually was, was way more violent than either SotL or Hannibal.

That movie was J Lo's The Cell.

...hmm...now there's a movie I should list in the strange/dark/weird thread...

The Cell was a strange one, but I ended up liking it a lot.

As for the list, another surprising omission is Sin City. Maybe it's lurking just beyond. I haven't visited EW in a while; those people must have a lot of time on their hands, what with the constant lists they come up with.

I've seen only 7 (including Seven, har har) of the top 15 films listed. The only one of the top 5 I've seen is A Clockwork Orange, which I don't think of as an extremely violent film. I'm sure it's tame compared to the other films in terms of blood and guts. What makes A Clockwork Orange seem outrageously violent must be its subversive POV, forcing the viewer to identify with the gleeful Alex.

Post by **[Syl]** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:11 pm

Schindler's List should've been on there. Any movie that shows blood pumping out of a dead man's head onto the snow or a young boy being shot almost for sport...

Post by **taraswizard** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:33 pm

Godfather (1972) and Godfather II(1974) are extremely violent.

ps. Agreeing with Av about Pan's Labyrinth,

Spoiler

the most potentially violent scene was Capt. Vidal's interview with the captured Republican guerilla,

and not shown on screen.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:14 am

Yeah...I gotta say I was glad about that too.

(I swear, I'm getting more squeamish as I get older.)

--A

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:44 pm

I cant believe Natural Born Killers didnt make the list.

How about.... I Spit On Your Grave.

Post by **Montresor** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:48 pm

Someone add Rambo 4 to that list.

Seriously, though, most of those films are nothing compared to some entries from Asia (the films of Takashi Miike, for instance) and Germany (watch Necromantic . . . actually, don't, it's complete shit).

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:52 pm

Havent seen that yet.

Post by **Chrysalis** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:09 pm

Like Menolly, I disagree with Hannibal and Silence of the Lambs. Yes there are a couple of violent scenes but to me its more the unsaid, psychological angle that implies more than shows violence.

How about adding these to the list:

Apocalypto
Straw Dogs
City of God
Hellraiser
Full Metal Jacket

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:52 pm

How about Last Of The Mohicans, a good scalping, or Tomahawking( is that even a word) always goes a long way on my violence list, and that fight seen at the end, (after the part where the English Major gets burned at the stake) man you can hear the knife slicing around inside that dudes guts, gotta love it.

Post by **emotional leper** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:44 pm

I'll say it again.Oldboy

Ignore for a moment the psychological horror that is the movie and what is done to the main protagonist, under the name of revenged. Ignore what is done to him for a good deal of his life because someone else couldn't admit their own fault.

I haven't seen it in a while, but let's see what I can remember:

Spoiler
Man tearing out his own tongue by the root.
Pulling teeth to get information, shown, in graphic detail.
Several people maimed/killed with clawhammer in very rapid succession.
Live squid/octopus eaten whole on camera.
Man shooting himself in the head.

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