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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 7:07 am
by The Leper Fairy
I've never cried so much at a movie than I did at My Dog Skip.
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.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 7:46 pm
by Ylva Kresh
Most swedish movies are depressing (yes, we have movies here too
). Even the ones that are supposed to be comedies.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:07 pm
by [Syl]
But all those Bergman movies were so uplifting...
. Heh. The Seventh Seal definately deserves a spot on the list.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 12:25 am
by Furls Fire
Philedelphia...beautiful, sad, inspiring, uplifting, courageous and an ending that still makes me bawl even after watching it at least 100 times...
sigh
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:42 am
by matrixman
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:51 pm
by dlbpharmd
SHATTERSTAR wrote:I was profoundly moved after watch Saving Private Ryan the first and only time.
So was I, Shatterstar.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 9:03 pm
by Fist and Faith
*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?
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:03 am
by [Syl]
Yes.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:11 am
by Dromond
You can say you just saw a great film, but who really felt good after watching Apocylapse Now?
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:41 am
by Loredoctor
There is a documentary-film about an Australian town named Cunamulla. Warning, it's bleak. I was depressed after watching it.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:15 pm
by Furls Fire
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:26 am
by matrixman
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:01 am
by Guest
Bowling for Columbine with Michael Moore is pretty depressing...
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:29 pm
by Skyweir
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!!
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:12 pm
by Mica
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
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:24 pm
by Vector
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.
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:42 pm
by Worm of Despite
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.
(I mean, when the Chief escaped the asylum and that soaring music was playing! Gave me chills the first time I saw it!
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:54 pm
by Vector
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 !
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:10 pm
by dlbpharmd
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.
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 12:37 am
by Loredoctor
The Phantom Menace