Films that are hard to watch..

Sadler Peak

Son of Saul is a rather grime watch.

sheepondrugs

I found Open Water ( about a couple left behind at sea) just awful and immediately came to mind even though I haven't seen it in over 10 years.

by awful I dont mean it's a crap film just a very bleak watch

razorblunt

+1 for Requiem for a Dream. Brilliant movie but he ending stayed with me for a while. I don't think I'll ever rewatch it.

Mother, too.

Not a movie but I wish I never saw Dear Zachary, though the story needs to be told and heard.

Delta2113

Resurrection Man - 1998 film about the Shankhill Butchers. Hard to watch at times as in 'stomach churning'.

Tec Diver

I find any movies with either Adam Sandler or Nicholas Cage hard to watch :-)

beans

grassylawn wrote: »

A Serbian Film ...

Yup, agreed. I enjoy being unsettled by films, but this was another level of awful. Horrendous concepts all round.

Irreversible is a good film, at least. But this, jesus...

Jequ0n

Tec Diver wrote: »

I find any movies with either Adam Sandler or Nicholas Cage hard to watch :-)

You forgot to list Jim Carey

Homelander

Irreversible, for the sheer raw brutality of it, it's stomach churning stuff. Can't look at a fire extinguisher the same ever since.

Manchester by the Sea for the emotional side of things. The acting is so unbelievably terrific, but it's haunting.

Other mentions that come to mind, probably The Road, Threads, Schlinders List, Come and See, The Painted Bird. Probably dozen others that I can't think of right now.

I see other people are mentioning things like Serbian Film or Human Centipede, but they're quite different - just nasty exploitation trash that try their hardest to shock and disgust. A Serbian Film is so out there (I saw the original unrated one), I was laughing at some of the more disgusting stuff.

trashcan

shazzerman wrote: »

Come and See

Thats the one that came to mind immediately for me. Savage depiction of the Nazi atrocities in Belorussia. Good film , but my God its a tough watch. I wouldn't view it again. The main actor in it is outstanding. He starts off as a fairly carefree young lad, you can see him visibly aged by the end of the film.

Sadler Peak

Hunger

breezy1985

Just googled that Serbian Film and it sounds like it is the actual definition of torture porn.

I don't think I would even bother attempting to watch it

yerwanthere123

Watched an Afrikaans movie called Skoonheid. The final act is.. grim

Also the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes is a pretty tough watch. Graphic violence and rape just for shock factor, doesn't add anything to the story.

Gummo

breezy1985

breezy1985 wrote: »

Downfall would be a very bleak movie if it was about almost anyone else

Some difficult scenes in that alright notably the magda Goebbels and her children scene.... But it's great movie based of real events and quite accurate apparently...
That Serbian one though.. I just Googled it and it sounds horrific think il be giving that a miss.. Just shocking for the sake of it

DuckFeather

Not the full Film which was already mentioned but one particular scene - The 'Bite the Curb' scene in American History X. Horrific.

The One Doctor

Threads. Great story but very hard to watch.

breezy1985

DuckFeather wrote: »

Not the full Film which was already mentioned but one particular scene - The 'Bite the Curb' scene in American History X. Horrific.

Also the shower scene. Add to that anything involving the Sisters in Shawshank

MarkR

Whatever the neighbors were watching last night. Curtains were barely open, and the security light scared me off.

xtal191

The Snowtown Murders was a tough watch

Nigel Fairservice

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Found United 93 a hard watch knowing what the end result was going to be and trying to imagine what it would feel like to be in that situation.

Very much agree with this, especially the final scene of the movie when Todd Beamer says Lets Roll and the film just ends abruptly. You know what happens.

arcticmonkeys

The Girl next door not the 2004 comedy staring the guy from justified. Based on a book by Jack katuem about the torture and abuse inflicted on two sisters in the 1950s suburbs.

Strange thing is its starts like a lifetime made for TV movie than suddenly descends into a hostel movie. The fact that it's based on a true story and it focuses so much on the abuse inflicted on the two girls just left a bad taste.

Fuascailteoir

Saint Maud. Really good horror by a first time director but is pretty harrowing. Deals with social isolation and mental illness and a genuinely scary scene. A good accomplishment

The Babadook, I turned it off after about half an hour thinking to myself "how has she not killed that kid yet?"

grassylawn

Earthlings. A collage of humans being horrible to animals. I actually turned it off at one point where there was casual horrific cruelty to a dog. It is an argument for veganism narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. Don't remember whether it was good or not but it certainly pulled no punches.

Fahrenheit 11/9. The segment on Flint Michigan made me extremely angry, to a much greater extent than anything on TV usually could.

Niamh:>)

District 9 is actually a tough watch at times too.
When he realises what exactly is happening

Oldcrow90

Two that stand out,
1, Father, soldier, son. Netflix was documentary type film.
2, Land of mine, german/Danish subs, BBC 4, based on true events.
Never heard of these films before I watched them not particularly hard to get through but I found nearly impossible to revist, tried with the latter but had to stop about 10 minutes in, they both stayed in my head far longer than they took to watch.

The first two films that I immediately thought about have already been said, but deserve another mention:


Garage - a heartbreaking story that feels so authentic and close to home - watching it you just know there are hundreds of these characters in small towns and villages close to where you live, experiencing a similar life.

Precious - another tough story of hardship and struggle that just feels relentless and a bit too real.

Laviski

Hard to watch..... Is subjective so here is two for different reasons

The road
Killer joe, watched in cinema and scenes were very uncomfortable.

tdf7187

Christiane F. - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. The scenes of drug taking are a bit much for me.

TomSweeney

Surreptitious wrote: »

That's one of my favourite movies. Nicholas Cage outdid himself in that.

Amazing acting, that scene in the strip club where he knocked back the half jack .... those EYES!!!

the purple tin

No Country For Old Men.
It went completely against the grain of the standard Hollywood action movie.

Sadler Peak

The Captain ( Der Hauptmann ) 2017

WW2 movie. Based on a true story.
Last days of the war on the Western Front a German deserter poses as a Luftwaffe captain and presides over the slaughter of prisoners.

The soldier was only 22.

silverharp

the purple tin wrote: »

No Country For Old Men.
It went completely against the grain of the standard Hollywood action movie.

I watched that the other night, I'd seen it years ago but didnt remember any of it. Sorta like a human Terminator film. the ending "subverted my expectations" but it was a good watch

breezy1985

tdf7187 wrote: »

Christiane F. - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. The scenes of drug taking are a bit much for me.

Great movie. Have you seen the state of the new TV show based on it they have turned heroin addict child prostitutes into a sanitised pretty teen drama


From the TV shows blurb
" follows six young people who fight vehemently and uncompromisingly for their dream of happiness. They are not victims, but young, brave and strong"

the purple tin

the purple tin wrote: »

No Country For Old Men.
It went completely against the grain of the standard Hollywood action movie.

Was thinking that at first as there's no real hero or 'good guy' in it..

But its a great movie and would watch it again and again...

brevity

Under the Skin
The beach scene was hard to watch.

Martyrs
The whole thing really...

The War Zone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Zone

Anything cheesy Rom-com related. Hallmark movies etc. God they are awful.

I have also found as I get older and have kids now, I’m such a wimp when it comes to grittier or movies that touch a nerve. All that stuff washed over me in my 20’s

stuboy01

noodler wrote: »

In a similar vein, Sleepers.

Was set up on a blind movie date when this came out in the cinema. We never saw each other again. LOL

Esho

Requiem for a Dream cut me to the heart.

The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke was tough- a real Trainwreck

Joe Don Dante

A Serbian Film..... Google it , horrendous stuff

beans

Esho wrote: »

Requiem for a Dream cut me to the heart.

The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke was tough- a real Trainwreck

Most of Aronofsky's films are tough enough!

breezy1985

Esho wrote: »

Requiem for a Dream cut me to the heart.

Can't watch it for a different reason I just can't stand Jared Leto. Any more than 5 minutes of him and I want to turn something off

Sadler Peak

breezy1985 wrote: »

Can't watch it for a different reason I just can't stand Jared Leto. Any more than 5 minutes of him and I want to turn something off

Jude Law does the same for me. There is no real reasoning about it he just makes me switch off

eviltwin

The documentary Dreams of a Life.

the purple tin

A couple from Von Trier

Antichrist- I found the opening scene quite disturbing.

Dogville - Looked like it might actually become a feel-good film at one stage but then human nature takes over

Jequ0n

Alexandros Avranas makes some good films. Not that well known in English speaking countries I believe.


Not so much focused on blood and gore (yawn) but the side of humans that most people refuse to think about.

Surreptitious

The Cell with J Lo back in 2000. Completely messed up stuff but I imagine it dated horribly.

breezy1985

the purple tin wrote: »

A couple from Von Trier

Antichrist- I found the opening scene quite disturbing.

Dogville - Looked like it might actually become a feel-good film at one stage but then human nature takes over

Dogville is actually quite good though despite it looking like the artyist nonsense ever. Antichrist is just pure BS torture porn

Jequ0n

breezy1985 wrote: »

Dogville is actually quite good though despite it looking like the artyist nonsense ever. Antichrist is just pure BS torture porn

Nothing wrong with torture porn
And it's a good film

breezy1985

Jequ0n wrote: »

Nothing wrong with torture porn
And it's a good film

All I can remember of it was a deer and a very close up shot of William Defoe's penis followed by a close up of his face which are both parts of him I didn't want to see. Oh also a pathetically childish attempt to shock with a scene involving a brick

valoren

Found Apocalypto to be an intense, brilliant and anxious watch. Wouldn't be quick to rewatch it.