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Films that are hard to watch..

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    #122
    arcticmonkeys
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    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.


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    #123
    Fuascailteoir
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    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


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    #124
    [Deleted User]
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    The Babadook, I turned it off after about half an hour thinking to myself "how has she not killed that kid yet?"


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    #125
    grassylawn
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    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.


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    #126
    Niamh:>)
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    District 9 is actually a tough watch at times too.
    When he realises what exactly is happening


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    #127
    Oldcrow90
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    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.


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    #128
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    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.


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    #129
    Laviski
    Registered Users Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭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.


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    #130
    tdf7187
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    Christiane F. - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. The scenes of drug taking are a bit much for me.


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    #131
    TomSweeney
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    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!!!


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    #132
    the purple tin
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    No Country For Old Men.
    It went completely against the grain of the standard Hollywood action movie.


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    #133
    Sadler Peak
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    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.


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    #134
    silverharp
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    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

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    #135
    breezy1985
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    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"


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    #136
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    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...


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    #137
    brevity
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    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


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    #138
    stuboy01
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    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


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    #139
    Esho
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    Requiem for a Dream cut me to the heart.

    The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke was tough- a real Trainwreck


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    #140
    Joe Don Dante
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    A Serbian Film..... Google it , horrendous stuff


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    #141
    beans
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    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!


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    #142
    breezy1985
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    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


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    #143
    Sadler Peak
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    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 :confused:


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    #144
    eviltwin
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    The documentary Dreams of a Life.


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    the purple tin
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    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 :(


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    #146
    Jequ0n
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    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.


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    #147
    Surreptitious
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    The Cell with J Lo back in 2000. Completely messed up stuff but I imagine it dated horribly.


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    #148
    breezy1985
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    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


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    #149
    Jequ0n
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    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


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    #150
    breezy1985
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    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


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    #151
    valoren
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    Found Apocalypto to be an intense, brilliant and anxious watch. Wouldn't be quick to rewatch it.


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