Directors Name the most depressing film of all time (US or INT.) (1 Viewer)

Kyle Tippett · Oct 20, 2003

Please give your title or thought on the most depressing film of all time -- be it straight drama, love story, epic, period piece, etc.
Any country, any year.

Nick Sievers · Oct 20, 2003

Counting the time until someone mentions Requiem for a Dream

Simon_Lepine · Oct 20, 2003

Probably some italian neo-realist movie, a lot of them were quite depressing, like Bicycle Thief, Germany Year Zero, etc.

MartinTeller · Oct 20, 2003

One of my favorites, El Norte.

Greg_R · Oct 20, 2003

Grave of the Fireflies would certainly be high on my list...

Lew Crippen · Oct 20, 2003

Salò—an indictment of power and corruption without any sense that it won’t happen or can be prevented.
Vertigo—obsession with the dead to the detriment of the living.
The Piano—the use and exploitation of others.
Taxi Driver—down and out in NYC
I Live in Fear—it makes me wonder how many felt this way in post-war Japan

I too find much of the Italian neo-realists to be depressing.

There are lots of others, this is just a sampling.

Zen Butler · Oct 20, 2003

Xiu-Xiu The Sent Down Girl

Randy Korstick · Oct 20, 2003

Waterloo Bridge
A Place in the Sun

Matt Pelham · Oct 20, 2003

Combat Shock

Nick Sievers · Oct 20, 2003

Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo

SteveGon · Oct 20, 2003

Hmmm, the most depressing movie I've ever seen?

Voyager (1991) - Starring Sam Shepard and Julie Delphy, directed by Volker Schlondorff, based on the novel Homo Faber by Max Frisch.

Honorable mention: Louis Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants.

Walter Kittel · Oct 20, 2003

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

( This may seem like a joke, but it really isn't one. )

- Walter.

Tommy G · Oct 20, 2003

Days of Wine and Roses, Schindler's List, Wuthering Heights.

Elizabeth S · Oct 20, 2003

The Dreamlife of Angels

Dome Vongvises · Oct 20, 2003

Grave of the Fireflies

Rob P S · Oct 20, 2003

Monster's Ball (excellent film, though)

Kyle Tippett · Oct 20, 2003

--No Order--

Lilya 4-Ever
Ju Dou
Raise The Red Lantern
In a Year of 13 Moons
Blue
Dekalog - Short Film About Killing
Freeze-Die-Come to Life
Beijing Bicycle
Last Exit to Brooklyn

Brook K · Oct 20, 2003

Hearts & Minds

MartinTeller · Oct 20, 2003

Oh yes... I was very depressed after Hearts & Minds.

And yeah, Last Exit to Brooklyn isn't too cheery, either.

Kyle Tippett · Oct 20, 2003

Hearts & Minds is good... but if we go down the route of documentaries we will drift off.

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