Films that are hard to watch..

gladerunner

Schindler's list and in that vein, Sophie's Choice.

jester77

Kids was a hard one to watch, or at least back in the 90s it was, not sure what the impact of it today would be
I spit on your grave (the original one!)

the purple tin

The Garage: an Irish film starring Pat Shortt.
Happiness directed by Todd Solondz.
Both very good films but you will not be in a hurry to watch them again.

Mad_maxx

The uncut version of Event Horizon where they eventually get to see the footage of the previous crew is unwatchable

spodoinkle

Salo, centipede, Serbian film, tusk, seen them all but none of them are close to that one about James bulgers killers; can't remember the name and don't want to, only an hour long and I had to turn off after half an hour, awful, awful, awful, jesus I'm near in tears now thinking about it

Snake Plisken

emo72 wrote: »

Under the skin, I think with scarlett johansson. One or 2 harrowing scenes.

Yes I forgot about that the whole beach scene is harrowing

breezy1985

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The uncut version of Event Horizon where they eventually get to see the footage of the previous crew is unwatchable

That movie properly scared the life out of me especially the scene where Jason Isaacs is translating the old crews final video

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gladerunner wrote: »

Sophie's Choice.

Almost always never included in any DVD video complilation of Meryl Streep collection. I can imagine why.

bunny_mac

the purple tin wrote: »

The Garage: an Irish film starring Pat Shortt.
Happiness directed by Todd Solondz.
Both very good films but you will not be in a hurry to watch them again.

Oh god, The Garage. It's so depressing.

Also, Boys Don't Cry.

Tried to watch Saving Private Ryan and couldn't make it past that opening scene.

breezy1985

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

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.

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Gummo

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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.