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I've never cried so much at a movie than I did at My Dog Skip. :oops: granted I was a just a little kid when I saw it... but ooh man it was so sad!

Also, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is pretty depressing.
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Most swedish movies are depressing (yes, we have movies here too :wink: ). Even the ones that are supposed to be comedies.
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But all those Bergman movies were so uplifting... ;). Heh. The Seventh Seal definately deserves a spot on the list.
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Philedelphia...beautiful, sad, inspiring, uplifting, courageous and an ending that still makes me bawl even after watching it at least 100 times...

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I agree with you about Philadelphia, Furls. It moved me in many different ways, which is why I don't think it's really fair to label it as mainly a "depressing" movie.
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*sigh* Well, I'll go ahead and say it. K-Pax.

I had no idea what was going to happen, regarding his family. I am unable to deal with that kind of thing. I imagine such things happening in my life enough as it is, and actually wouldn't have seen the movie if I'd known. I had been loving the movie up until that point, but I couldn't shake that for days afterward.

But I guess the question is: Is it a depressing movie, or am I an obsessive neurotic?
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Yes. ;)
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You can say you just saw a great film, but who really felt good after watching Apocylapse Now?
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There is a documentary-film about an Australian town named Cunamulla. Warning, it's bleak. I was depressed after watching it.
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Matrixman wrote:I agree with you about Philadelphia, Furls. It moved me in many different ways, which is why I don't think it's really fair to label it as mainly a "depressing" movie.
Your right, Matrix...I should have put it in "Uplifting Movies". I put it here because it just makes me cry and touches me on so many levels. I have to say, that of all the movies I have ever seen, includeing LOTR, Philadelphia is my favorite. And always will be I think.
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Wow, Furls! That's powerful praise! It's great that you have found a movie that can move you so deeply. That kind of emotional connection is rare and magical. I couldn't help but shed tears myself at the end of Philadelphia, when they showed those home movie images. It just beautifully summed up the film's message: we all come into this world the same, innocent and fragile yet full of potential, before all the world's hate and prejudice has had its way with us. :(
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Bowling for Columbine with Michael Moore is pretty depressing... :cry:
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lol .. Snow falling on Cedars is bloody awful .. and consequently depressing ..

I really dont enjoy dramas much :( ;) Babettes Feast is kind of art house but its also depressing.

and that awful storm movie with that guy from ER <which i also have never watched> .. oh George Clooney .. A perfect storm .. was blech ..

mind numbingly boring .. and consequently depressing!!
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Hmmm, the most depressing movie I had ever seen is Schindler's list. I was pulling kleenex after kleenex for about 4 hours. Very sad movie.
Another favorite one is Ghandi. I guess I like to torture myself :screwy:
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A couple that I can think of off the top of my head:

1) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2) The Vanishing (European Version - The American one is pretty shallow next to it)
3) The ending of Amadeus is pretty tragic

I am sure there are others that are even more depressing - but somehow I have trouble remembering the movies that make me sad - even though I think they are great movies.
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Vector wrote:A couple that I can think of off the top of my head:

1) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
I can see how one would find the ending depressing, but, at the same time, it was pretty damn uplifting.
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(I mean, when the Chief escaped the asylum and that soaring music was playing! Gave me chills the first time I saw it!
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Lord Foul wrote:I can see how one would find the ending depressing, but, at the same time, it was pretty damn uplifting.
I absolutely agree, it is so tragic in so many ways at the end, yet the very last scene was such a redeemer !
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I can see how one would find the ending depressing, but, at the same time, it was pretty damn uplifting.
That's what I was going to say about Schindler's List.
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The Phantom Menace ;)
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