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“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock
Word of mouth is one of the most powerful tools films rely on for their success. It can be challenging to win audiences over with a trailer, but once 15 of your friends mention how great a movie was, your interest might finally be piqued. Some great films, however, don’t get audiences talking immediately. Some particularly powerful movies leave audiences stewing in silence, contemplating what they just experienced, for minutes, or even hours, after viewing.
If you’re looking for a shocking or heart wrenching film that might leave you speechless, Reddit users have recently compiled a comprehensive list of the ones that left them “sitting in silence for 10 minutes after watching.” Feel free to take note of the films you haven’t yet experienced, and be sure to upvote the ones that left you at a loss for words as well.
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#1
The Green Mile.
Some friends and I went to see this in the theater. We walked out in silence, sat in the car for a good 30 minutes in silence (long drive to the theater), and one of us finally said, 'Wow.'
DarkQueenie 2 years ago
I read the book in year 9 at school. It was pretty sobering and morbid to read. I loved it though regardless.
Somebodys grandmother 2 years ago (edited)
It is heartbreaking, awfull, breathtaking good! I can't stop my self from watching it and I cry like a baby every time...
Wreathy 2 years ago
Same. There's only a few like this, this is one. Schindler's List is another. So is Once Were Warriors
Load More Replies... Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan - such a lovely man and totally underrated actor....
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Both the book and the movie made me cry, but the movie was way more intense
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
It's well worth it. All of the actors gave it their best.
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Carla Visagie 2 years ago
I am still emotional about this movie. I watched it once, and never again. Not because it was not good, but because it was tragically beautiful.
Marvin HeartofGold (she/them) 2 years ago
One of my favorite movies. Wow is right. And I still hate Percy after all these years. F**k that guy.
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#2
Saving Private Ryan. As people got up and left it stayed quiet, nobody said a word.
The opening scene, my god. Heard the veterans could smell diesel when they saw that.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
The scene was authentic because they hired veterans as advisors for the movie
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
This was the first war film I saw that used like, literal teenagers. And that really struck home for me. My brother could have gone over, they were just kids. So many war movies is like, John Wayne or older dudes. No it was kids. I work with seniors, I had a guy lie about his age to join the navy, he was 15. You should have seen his picture, looked 12
Anne Jones 2 years ago
My dad lied about his age and joined up in WW2. He was 14.
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My father-in-law served in the 29th Division (look for the Blue and Gray yin/yang like symbol on the soldiers arms), 116 Infantry, G Company and landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave of men. The opening scene in "Saving Private Ryan" depicted the experience of A Company 116th. All together the 116th lost 1/3 of their men on D-Day alone. Following 15 months he fought for Europe's freedom, he returned to the US, later participating in the Incheon Invasion, but rarely spoke of D-day. He did watch "Saving Private Ryan" and said it was very realistic. I wonder if there were such a need today, if millions would enlist and fight like these men fought knowing many would die. Hope we do not have to find out.
Bex 2 years ago
The people of Ukraine are doing it right now, but I do wonder about the US.
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Nancy Marine 2 years ago
My dad was a vet of WW2 and he was drafted when he was only 18. He was in a tank battalion that took part in that siege. He started to watch it on DVD one afternoon when I was visiting my parents. He got all of a kit three or four minutes into it when he suddenly shut it off and left the room. We didn't see him again for a couple hours and he'd obviously had more than a couple beers in the garage.
TrippyBanana 2 years ago
My grandpa was a Marine in the Pacific theater. He never spoke about his time. I do know he once admitted to spending time in Palau. WW2 is an interesting time period, and so many things had to go right for the world to come out of it the way it did.
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
There's not a single scene of that film that is not emotional in one way or another; violent, sad, angry, touching, moving, funny ( that scene where Tom Hanks and Matt Damon are talking just them....) are just a few to name....
Laura Mortensen 2 years ago
When I saw it in the theater, and older man, walked out at the beggining of the first scene. He lookedl like he was old enough to have fought in WWII...
#3
Schindlers List.
María Hermida 2 years ago
I saw it. Once. It's a masterpiece. I'll never watch it again. The scene where the little arm in a red coat appears under a pile of dead copses hurt like a kick in the teeth.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I've only watched it once, some sort of self-preservation won't let me watch it again.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I watched half of it in school. The next day the class watched the last half. I stayed home. It was too traumatizing for me. Even my folks didn't mind that I was going to lose some marks on the assignment afterward.
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Hilary Mol 2 years ago
I'd add "Au Revoir, Les Enfants" to this list, too. It's the first French movie I ever saw about WWII, and there's a lot about it that reminds me of Schindler's List. Schindler's List follows the adult Gentile-trying-to-save-the-Jews storyline, while "Au Revoir" follows the Jewish-children-trying-to-stay-alive + the Catholics-and-Gentiles-trying-to-save-the-Jews storyline. We watched it in French class, and it has stuck with me for 33 years.
Hilary Mol 2 years ago
I almost forgot - in the same vein, I'd add "The Official Story", an Argentine movie about the Dirty War of the late 70's/early 80's when their government "disappeared" thousands of men and women, and gave away the children of hundreds of pregnant women that were "disappeared".
Load More Replies... TrippyBanana 2 years ago
I haven't watched this in a while, but it's such a compelling subject matter I feel everyone should see it at least once. My high school did a week of learning about the Holocaust because we had a weird extra week before the next quarter started, and we watched and broke down the movie. It's so powerful.
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
It's on the list of movies (like Sophie's Choice) that were important for me to watch, to understand, but that I never want to see again. So sad.
#4
Se7en...
My mouth was open after watching this the first time and I felt a heaviness that I haven't felt in a movie before this.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Such a good movie! It's my kinda f****d up and Morgan Freeman is.... well Morgan Freeman
Gloria Julian 2 years ago
I have't seen this. From the comments here about it I dont' think I will. But at the same time, the comments make me want to.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
I went with a friend of mine to see it at the old Sandton movie theatres. We watched the whole thing, got up when it was finished, walked out of the theatre, along the corridor and into the lift (which at Sandton had these full-length mirrors on the back) and looked at each other in the mirror. Our eyes were like O.O . Yeah, great movie. Will never watch again.
Ana Ferreira 2 years ago
I watched this for the first time in a nearly empty theater. It was amazing.
#5
Up, 3 mins in
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Everyone I know cried in those first 5 minutes. I still do
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#6
The fox and the hound. I’m 36 and have refused to watch it again since I was a kid.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
One of the few Disney movies with an ending like that they are very rare.
JayWantsACat 2 years ago
"Copper, you're my very best friend." "And you're mine too, Tod." "And we'll always be friends forever. Won't we?" "Yeah, forever." I had this on those books on tape where you listen and follow along in the book. Those quotes still kill me...
Phoenix(or nix)they/them 2 years ago
I love this movie sm. My BIL thinks it's a chick movie. Wrong. This movie is so sad.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
A chick flick!? Oh goodness, they couldn’t be more wrong. The fox and the hound was one of my first introductions to the history of racism and segregation. I remember watching it with one of my closest friends and the both of us trying not to cry afterwards.
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
I loved this movie as a kid, but I haven't seen it in at least a decade or more; it never occurred to me that it was an allegory.
The Mediterranean Fruit 2 years ago
No. It doesn’t. Although my memory of it isn’t perfect I recall it ending with the sweet old lady having to take Tod back to the woods and leaving him there forever because he became too wild. It was so sad.
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#7
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
MoMcB 2 years ago
I've visited Belsen, and watched this. There's a pile of shoes in the museum that belonged to the dead, and the amount of little children's shoes is heartbreaking . We must never forget.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
I cannot understand that some people believe it never happened
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Hagebumi 2 years ago
After the movie i sat there alone and i just didn't know how i was supposed to feel. Brilliant, But i never wanna see this Film again.
Philippa Davies 2 years ago
I was exactly the same. I don’t think I could watch it a second time either.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I have never been able to watch the movie in full. It's just too heartbreaking, as I've seen concentration camp museums/memorial sites in person. It was a sobering , horrifyingly experience. Everything was ripped from these poor people, the children especially, they lost their names, their dignity, their futures... we must never forget and we must NEVER repeat.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
I’m terrified that it WILL repeat, as sooo many people seem as if they hate SO much and feel SO entitled that this country or that country might organize enough to try something like that again. Sooo many stupid and cruel people running around these days and killing people they hate simply for EXISTING. It’s just disgusting that people can’t go about their business and keep their noses it Of others’ lives. 😞😞😞
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Amber The bear 2 years ago
The little boy (not the one in the camp) looks slightly like my brother and acts astoundingly like him so, obviously, he’s going to remind me of him, and every time I watch the movie I break down in sobs because it’s like watching my brother die
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
I will not watch this one. I just don't think I can do it.
scteach87161921 2 years ago
I am so glad I watched this at home by myself. I'm pretty sure I screamed out loud and sobbed at the end. :(
#8
The Pianist, a movie from 2002 about a Jewish pianist during WWII.
Loved this movie with a masochistic passion, because it hurt just as much every time I watched it. But Adrien Brody's acting in it was phenomenal.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
The scene that got me was when he’s wearing the Nazi coat to stay warm and screams “I’m Polish!” Puts a lump in my throat because my grandparents were from Krakow and lived there during WW2. They eventually came to live in America and were always very stoic and this movie made me really understand the hell they went through 😞
Lesley Christie 2 years ago
What stayed with me was when they just throw the man in the wheelchair off the balcony.
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
Why? You didn't like it or it was too much h emotionally? I'm not being snarky- I'm just curious.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
This movie... is where ... my gawd.. the world had collective heartache for Mr. Brody. I concluded that I was a fan after watching this movie and seeing how he reacted to getting that smooch from Queen Latifah.
Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
I never saw it because my mother bought it in HDDVD. Remember that s**t?
#9
Coco broke my heart, when Miguel sings Recuérdame to Coco that set me off, and when her picture was on the Ofrenda the next year and Hector could finally be with his family I just lost it. Such a beautiful film, I watched it for the first time not long after I lost my grandmother :(
Talk about UGLY-CRYING. Can't make it through that scene without sobbing.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
OMG my dad did not want to watch it. We were both sick at my sister's destination wedding, so we were taking turns choosing the movie, and I wanted to watch it. Made it all the way to the part at the end where the cat and dog change, started frantically wiping my eyes because I didn't want dad making fun of me. Then I heard... a sniffle. Did a corner-eye glance so he wouldn't see me looking. Coco made my DAD ugly cry!
Evan not Hansen 2 years ago
My grandfather, who pretty much just stares at his TV 24/7, still refuses to watch that show, I don't know why. Something about it being too sad, but I personally think it's because he's very racist. One time I was visiting them and saw him watching the end and was excited because I love the movie, but NO he only watched the last 5 minutes to see if it 'had a happy ending.' He annoys me lol.
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
I still weep like a baby when Miguel sings “Remember Me” to Mama Coco. I then weep again when Mama Coco is reunited with her family in the land of the dead. I watch it every year and I still cry.
GV Martinez-Williams 2 years ago
That just broke me. Mama Coco remaindered me so much of my grandma, who was a little old woman with white hair and had Alzheimer's disease.
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MakeupMama68 2 years ago
My cousin had just died of cancer right before we saw this.. my 2 little girls and I were sobbing our faces off. I also saw huge, muscle bound grown men covered in tats sobbing as well… so very moving.
Ola Polowczyk 2 years ago
When I watched a trailer, I thought this was going to be a funny cartoon about a silly dog. I was so wrong. My sister's husband was badly ill, at the hospital, and they lived abroad at the time when I went to the cinema to watch Coco. What made it worse, they were playing a short Christmas special of "Frozen". Which already made me cry. And then Coco happened. I was so touched that I would burst to tears at random moments for 2 days because of that. I love Coco, one of my fav animated movies ever. I cry everytime I watch it. This is so touching, so heartwarming. Makes you want to hug your close ones.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I watched it for the first time the other week, it's beautiful, my favourite character was the derpy dog/spirit guardian sidekick heh x3
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
When he just wanted to play music and didn’t care if he was remembered by his family in the afuenda I lost it! I am crying just thinking about this movie!!!
Sarah Pryde 2 years ago
so, this movie came out the same month my dad died. My sister took her kids to see it (our dad, "pop-pop" to them, were very close)....
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
I can watch any scene except "Remember Me" and "Proud Corazón". I bawl on those scenes.
Emmy Dumont 2 years ago
My 9 yo told me it was an awesome movie but she would never watch it again while she was sobbing soooooo hard!!!
#10
Dead Poets Society. I was just shocked how much it touched me.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Robin Williams was a genius. Follow it up with the Fisher King as a double feature and you have an unforgettable night.
talliloo 2 years ago
throw in williams film 'what dreams may come' and you have a perfect trifecta for a night of emotional overload
Load More Replies... Hilary Mol 2 years ago
This is my favorite movie of all time. I saw it in the theater when it came out, and I've watched it countless times since. Its impact on me has never lessened. It always brings me to tears multiple times for different reasons. It's a masterpiece.
Ece Cenker 2 years ago
I read the book before I saw the movie. I don't think I cried so much over a book, ever.
Grace Smith 2 years ago
Yeah it hit me quite hard too, I just sat there sobbing on the couch like “surely not!” And my mum was like “unfortunately yes”
Fool of a Took 2 years ago
Almost all Robin Williams movies are a bit of a suckerpunch. I find it so interesting that he's known for being a funnyman but he does heartbreaking so much better.
#11
Marly and me. Didn't say anything for a good while after that.
I wish I could say I was silent. But I was like 7 when I went to see it, and my mom tells me I left the movie theater fucking sobbing uncontrollably, to the point where strangers stopped us to ask if I was okay. LMAO.
Phoenix 2 years ago
Hachi: A Dog's Tale. I turned it off, silently walked out to the patio and sat down. Then I just broke down sobbing.
MadOrca99 2 years ago
That broke my heart as well. Broke it further when apparently it was a true story
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Andrea Wylie 2 years ago
STOP WATCHING THESE MOVIES. https://www.doesthedogdie.com/ go there before you watch a movie with a dog in it, because it's just insane to subject yourself to that kind of trauma for fun.
Awkward lady 2 years ago
Couldn't agree more! Like Old Yeller, broke my heart.
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Leekun 2 years ago
I watched it for the first time just days after we put our dog down. Big mistake
Marion Vambre 2 years ago
So sorry for you and your dog... this movie is sooo sad.
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Marion Vambre 2 years ago
Personal anecdote: When the movie came out, I was reading the book. But I hadn't reached the... heartbreaking part yet. I was still in the funniest chapters, and the trailers portrayed the movie as a comedy. As a result, I had no idea about the last third of the film and the ending... ouch. I cried in the movie theater, I cried in the car, I cried when I got home, and my mom couldn't believe it. I have never watched the movie again, and I never want to see it again.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I've only seen this once. I can't do it again. This and Red Dog are the only two movies about dogs I refuse to watch again
#12
Grave of the fireflies.
This! I got a Studio Ghibli set for my birthday from my husband. We started a movie marathon, watching all the movies from the set. We stopped after this one because both of us were bawling. We both just kinda sat there trying to pull ourselves back together.
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
Brilliant movie, but definitely "one and done." I usually don't cry watching movies, but this one broke me.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I watched it once and I will NEVER watch it again. I cried my eyes out. Miyazaki broke my heart into a thousand pieces. It's beautiful and tragic and I loved it, but I will never watch it again.
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Skara Brae 2 years ago
This is one of the few movies that I'm glad I saw, but I don't need to see it again.
Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
Watched it once. Watched it once more only so I could share the trauma with someone else. Great movie, but never again.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Oh goodness, this has to be one of the most heartbreaking and harrowing films I’ve ever watched. I watched it for my Asian history course in secondary school and just remember feeling so numb that I couldn’t cry. To make it all the more tragic, the movie is semi autobiographical. I think that anybody who is studying WW2 needs to see this movie. It is one of the most heart wrenching anti-war movies and one that I can only see once.
Amber The bear 2 years ago
Had to watch this in class, imagine trying not to cry whilst surrounded by teenage boys. Yeah, my guy best friend asked me why I looked like I was about to cry and I stared at him and started crying. Then I punched his arm because I wouldn’t tell him and he was laughing at me. ✋🏻😒
CrunChewy McSandybutt 2 years ago
If Stephen Spielberg were to make an animated film, this is what it would look like. I watch this once yearly when I need a good cleansing cry.
#13
Requiem For A Dream
MissMePhoenix 2 years ago
Pi is too if you haven't seen it, words can't really describe...
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OWL ON A MISSION 2 years ago
The movie Trainspotting, the part with the baby, this movie alone assured that I would not try anything other than weed in my lifetime! Saw it when I was in my early 20s and has stuck with me since!
John Savage 2 years ago
Beautiful and terrible movie, I have seen people spiral down like that and it's heartbreaking.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
My friend who is a former addict said that it truly nails it. I watched the making of and it’s really interesting. My friend did all of the special effects makeup on it.
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Ms.GB 2 years ago
Omg that's exactly what I said! I can't put my finger on it because there are arguably much more disturbing films but this one hurt me.
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Rostit . 2 years ago
One movie I can't watch again. Still have trouble even seeing this picture
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago (edited)
It's one hell of an experience to watch, but the soundtrack, Lux Aeterna... it's phenomenal and one of the best pieces of orchestral music made imo. It makes you feel so much, and also depends completely on mood, it can be despair or it can be hope and determination. It's stunning.
#14
Jojo Rabbit
Holy cow, did that one deliver a gut punch. Such a good film. The silence in the theater, when that one was over, was nothing I'd experienced before.
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago (edited)
Love this movie. The movie plays one way, then does a sudden 180°. There was a collective "gasp" in the theater. And Sam Rockwell was brilliant.
Dark Pigeon 2 years ago
let me guess.. the scene with the shoe with loose laces?
Load More Replies... Lesley Christie 2 years ago
I still can't believe Scarlett Johanssen did not get an Oscar for this.
Dread Pirate Roberts 2 years ago
I love this movie so much 💙 it gives the viewer so many mixed emotions. The part where he's chasing a butterfly, then stands up and you see his mother's shoes dangling behind him where she's been hanged...that was such a gut punch. Amazing movie, so well done!
zak 2 years ago
I was actually just recommending this to my dad on the phone yesterday, but it's not on any of the main steaming platforms at the moment 🫤
Porpoisepower 2 years ago
What I love about this movie is that it's about survival. What it takes for several people trying to survive the final months of WWII. Some make it, some don't, but they all have their own strategy. Hiding, fighting, or simply biding time.they all approach it differently.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
such a good film though. I wasn't interested in it, but a family member put it on and by the end, I'd decided I really liked it as a film. very clever. very nuanced. funny and clever and sad all at once
#15
Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind.
Oh man. I watched this in the theater with my partner at the time. Looking back, our relationship was in its death throes, and that was a reaaal uncomfortable watch. We had a 30-minute drive home from the theater, and I’m not sure we said a word the entire drive.
quinn (they/them) 2 years ago (edited)
This movie was phenomenal but it really made you think. It's a seriously uncomfortable movie to watch but I love it. Seriously phenomenal. Jim Carrey was seriously phenomenal in this movie. I've said this word so much but seriously. PHENOMENAL. But...it's definitely a hard watch for me and I don't know how and when I'm ever going to watch it again.
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
Jim Carrey is so much better when he plays serious roles. The chemistry between Jim and Kate is breathtaking, such a beautiful film....
Dustin Miller 2 years ago
This movie is crazy when you really think about what happens throughout the movie, it's an endless cycle of heartbreak and misery
#16
Clockwork Orange, watched it at 15 years old. Word of advice: don't do that. I was shook.
pico diablo 2 years ago (edited)
I've heard all memories are stored, it's the accessing part that is the problem. In 2002 I saw Clockwork Orange for the first time (I knew the plot). Afterword, a *Crystal Clear* forgotten memory from 40 years earlier burst into my mind. ... My parents had just seen 'Clockwork' and as we were driving somewhere, I asked them if the movie was good. My mom, who was usually very easy going, blurted out, "NO. It was horrible". My father, then tried to explain it was really about the Nature vs Nurture debate and whether or not somebody's experiences made them who they are (and whether somebody could be rehabilitated by controlling their experiences if they were criminal), but my mom kept making little interjections while he talked. I now realize she wanted to tell me that any movie showing people reveling in rape and murder was vile and never should have been made -- but since I was a kid, she couldn't give examples. When my dad finished answering a follow up question I had, my mom defiantly said, "The movie was BAD!" I can still see her sitting in the passenger seat, looking towards my father as he was driving, and almost daring him to say something more. My father and I made eye contact in the rearview mirror and I could tell he had more to say, but his steady gaze said now wasn't the time. ... That kind of sums up my mom who was a very caring "sensor" and my father who was a "thinker". ... If you are a thinker, this movie is worth seeing.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
I'm generally a huge fan of dystopian media. I watched "A Clockwork Orange" once, and once was enough. I'm glad I watched it, but I wouldn't voluntarily do so again.
Penguin Panda Pop 2 years ago
The book and the film have a totally different point at the end. I read the book before seeing the movie. Definitely preferred the book.
Josh Tarjan 2 years ago
When I was in high school (or maybe home from college), my dad and I went to see Clockwork Orange at a local university. The audience, almost entirely college students, laughed like maniacs during the first half hour or so, which is incredibly violent and includes sexual violence. Their laughing was more disturbing than the film itself.My dad and I were appalled. To this day I am still trying to fathom their reaction. (I don't think alcohol sufficiently explains it.) That aside, I promptly went and bought a cassette tape of Rossini overtures (Thieving Magpie, etc.). Also listened to my parent's vinyl recording of Beethoven 's 9th. Brilliant soundtrack.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I've never watched this, though I've seen enough clips of it in programs about films. But I recall a discussion in school (in fairness the teacher was playing devil's advocate and trying to make us think), talking about was it right to destroy the character's delight in music, "just" to stop him raping....
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
This movie is single handily the biggest c**p ever crapped. The storyline is terrible, the ending makes no sense. How many people did this script go through and everyone gave it a thumbs up? A guy goes about his business in the most messed up way possible, gets tossed in prison then undergoes some Nazi-inspired experiment that renders him completely unable to even defend his own life, which at the end doesn’t even cure him of the insatiable urges that led to all of it!
#17
American history X
Hume 2 years ago
Excellent movie, it's almost a shame it cannot be shown to high school kids since the lesson in it would be the most beneficial to their age group, I think.
Jesse Setliffe 2 years ago
Oh I fully agree. It shows how wrong American Nazi culture is better than anything I've ever seen. If you're disturbed watching it good: it succeeded in getting the message across.
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Anon822209 2 years ago
I've tried to get through this movie several times and I just can't. I respect it, I understand that it's a powerful message and that the artists involved are amazing. But that's the problem. It's too real, too good. It makes me literally feel sick. I just can't.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Whenever I get to the end I still yell out "nooooo!" Even though I've seen this movie a hundred times
Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
I did a promo on this movie, i had to stop forna while after watching it, so much hate...
Karri Berkowitz 2 years ago
I think Kids has this one beat... the skateboard scene & the f-ed up ending.
#18
First time I ever watched Shutter Island. Leo got me good. Real good.
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
I was so glad I knew nothing about that movie before I went in to see it. So good
TrippyBanana 2 years ago
The ending still gets me and because I don't watch it often I seem to forget what's happening, but it is such a good trip.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
I read the book. I think the movie (as far as I remember) made the ending more ambiguous.
#19
Parasite.
Parasite made me silent after the movie ended, silent with no radio playing on the drive home, silent when I went to bed, and silent when I woke up. That’s not hyperbole.
Brazen 2 years ago
You are not alone in that. I did not understand the hype at all after I watched it.
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
This is one of the best movies I've seen in years. I rate it up there with The Revenant, Birdman and The Lives of Others.
Jane Cortez 2 years ago
Yes. The grasping desperation, hopelessness. Gritty, grinding poverty with noir humour.
Beth Gietl 2 years ago
If this was 4 hours long, I wouldn't have noticed. I was glued to the screen. One of the best.
#20
It's not a movie, but the last episode of The Good Place.
Fennecfoxcat 2 years ago
YESSSSS!! I watched it when I was younger and it was so fun!!! My parents watched it recently and were shocked that I had watched it lol
Anna Drever 2 years ago
Just literally finished my second watching of the whole programme tonight. I knew what was coming up but I watched it all the same. 😢
#21
The Mist. The whole theatre slumped out in silence. What a gut punch
Caroline Nagel 2 years ago
That was a fun movie to watch untill the end. The end was so shocking, that when I saw the movie the second time I stopped the dvd just before the end. I couldn't watch that scene again. Too upsetting.
LAWLAWLAW 2 years ago
I f*****g LOVED the end of that film, far too many films have unrealistic happy endings
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The ending was impressively dark, which made the film much more interesting and memorable than the average monster movie.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
One of the few movies which I thought was better than reading the book
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
God, the ending was absolute toilet compared to the novella. Good film, last thirty seconds turned into a comedy!
Fester Sixonesixonethree 2 years ago
Crushing grief... I couldn't even talk about this film... still haven't after many years.
MsPlants 2 years ago
I think im the only person I know that laughed out loud at the ending because of 2 reasons, one was the irony of just having killed everyone to save them and the Calvary arriving and TWO which is the most important part, OF COURSE this is the ending, Steven effing King wrote the storing and he is a wonderfully twisted writer! I loved the twist at the ending it was so damned perfect and out of left field that I wanted to give that man a high five!
Dolly_of TheCowboy 2 years ago
I was sitting watching the dvd of this movie - had just started it and never seen it before. Flatmate came in and sat down to watch with me. Got to the ending and we are both in stunned silence. Flatmate then suddnely shouts at me "why did you make me watch that. That was horrific" and stormed off. I burst into tears at that point as I had just been keeping it together with the final scene and them absolutely screaming at me was too much
#22
Children of men.
I had no idea what to expect from the movie and was only looking for something to fill the time while out of town on a business trip. I saw a movie theater within walking distance from my hotel and went there. I was stunned. I recommended the movie to anyone who was willing to hear me talk about it.
Capo3Tanya 2 years ago
Oh yes, what a powerful film. When they are walking out of that building with the crying baby, it makes me cry every time I've seen it. One of the best films ever made.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 2 years ago
I concur. I tell people "It's an action film, but with an actual plot."
Devon Archer 2 years ago
This movie is incredible and one of the greatest ever, and the ways things are going it could be prophecy in the future since plastics in the food we eat lowers fertility in men and women. Hope that isn’t true but this movie is so powerful and I’m grateful I have kids as they bring so much light into my life.
Josh Tarjan 2 years ago (edited)
Agree. I saw it then dragged a friend to see it with me again. Will never forget the extended one-shot scene in the refugee camp. Also, great soundtrack.
Seabeast 2 years ago
That scene where she is walking out of the building with the baby in the middle of a battle and everyone stops fighting to get a look at it is very powerful.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Indeed, I love that it's such a bleak film but that final scene holds so much hope for the future. I felt much the same with "The Road" (Viggo Mortensen). It so unrelentingly bleak right until the end when there's finally a small glimmer of goodness and hope.
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Kurtz Frausun 2 years ago
One of my favorites ever. And the scene when blood spray hit the camera...it was a mistake the director decided to leave in and I think that shot is one of the best in the film.
#23
We Need to Talk About Kevin.
María Hermida 2 years ago
I read the novel, and it was "claustrophobic". The mother knew all the time there was something wrong, but nobody believed her. I imagine her despair, and it's almost physically painful.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
The kid they cast to play him as a child was eerily spot on as well 😳
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kansasmagic 2 years ago
Oh yes, and for extra fun, you can wade into online debates over whether the mom was responsible for Kevin's psychopathy.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I've never seen the movie. Only read the book and that was disturbing enough
Irishwoman abroad 2 years ago (edited)
I started the book but couldn't finish more than a couple of chapters. Brr!
hazelfairy1986@googlemail.com 2 years ago
I have an ASD son, I couldn't bare to tell him about it but it totally broke me
#24
City of God.
This also broke my heart and just did a number on me well after the film ended. It was one of those movies I was glad to have seen but wished I hadn’t. My son was very little at the time, and I just cried and held him for a very long time after I turned the TV off.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Movies like City of God and Sin Nombre (Nameless) are powerful, raw, disturbing, yet so important. Sin Nombre showed me why so many young men and women undertake some of the most harrowing and dangerous journeys to the US to escape the unspeakable poverty and truly horrible violence in their home countries. Once you have seen a favela or witness firsthand the poverty and violence these people live in your brain wants to put up blinders to protect you. This is why I get so angry when some people in the US or other parts of the world say that refugees and people fleeing should be turned away.
Tumbah Chamberlain 2 years ago
I saw this after spending time in Brazil and meeting kids who lived in the favelas. Hit so hard, as I clearly had blinders on as when I was there. I couldn't/wouldn't accept how bad it was.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
This movie... was so... brutal.. another "Watch.. but.. just once is enough" - even the behind the scenes documentary was hard to watch (you know... usually where things are 'softened' because it's disrupted by all the cameras, the rigs.. making it obviously fake... not this time!!!)
#25
Full Metal Jacket when I saw it in the theater in 1987
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I loved the smell of the soundtrack in the morning.
Load More Replies... kansasmagic 2 years ago
When I was in elementary and middle school, a whole slew of Vietnam movies came out: Platoon (1986), FMJ (1987), Good Morning Vietnam (1987), Hamburger Hill (1987), Born on the 4th of July (1989), Casualties of War (1989). It was kind of weird how many of my classmates were watching these movies at 10-12 years. Not exactly kid friendly!
Rick 2 years ago
I took a 1st date to this movie. Not a good idea. I was lost in my own thoughts afterwards, so was she and the evening was pretty much a bust after that.
Brent Echols 2 years ago
Yeah, rape movies don't make good dates...and almost all movies (late 70s/80s) had it.
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The Prestige. I thought it was pretty amazing that the movie blatantly reveals what’s happening but it’s not till the very last *second* you understand the scope of what Robert was doing. That alone left me saying “…holy s**t” Then I learned that the entire movie was intentionally setup with the three step structure of a magic trick and I said “Hooooooly s**t!”
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
It's so good, and didn't get the attention it deserved because a similar movie came out at the same time with Edward Norton
Tim 2 years ago
I feel like people remember The Prestige more today, though.
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Phandom Apostolis 2 years ago
Saw it a couple of days after "The Illusionist" and I think both of them are excellent!
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
The book's very good as well, by Christopher Priest. But it has an entire present-day storyline that they wisely cut from the book to tell one story well rather than two stories sloppily. Which means once you've enjoyed the film, you can read the book and get extra bonus goodness.
#27
*No Country for Old Men* (2007)
Raven Sheridan 2 years ago
The only thing scarier than Javier Bardem in that film, was his haircut. 😬
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Watch this and There Will be Blood back to back. Come for the cinematography, stay for existential angst.
Russell Bowman 2 years ago
I know that this is an over used comment ... read the book. Explains a lot of the story ... and adds to the creep factor
#28
Everything Everywhere, All At Once. This movie had me crying and laughing at the same time (not even crying from laughing too hard, but actually crying) — so good.
lakitha tolbert 2 years ago
You got the hype if you had a complicated mother /daughter relationship though. My mother passed the year before and that's part of why the movie made m bawl like a baby!
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Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Utter stupidity. Example? Grandpa rolling around in a super-fastforward wheelchair. But don't worry about explaining it, because DIMENSIONS! 🙄
Ervin Conn 2 years ago
I guess I need someone to explain it to me in cartoon form. After watching that I felt like "dafuq did I just watch?" That movie made zero sense to me. If you have a big enough box of crayons and the time maybe you could tell me why people thought it was so good.
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Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
So nice to have something original and unique and good in these days of sequels and remakes.
Coyote Osborne 2 years ago
I think it may be one of my all-time favorite movies. I encourage anyone to see it.
Draga Millani 2 years ago
I was sobbing for the last 20 minutes... it was definitely the catharsis my generation (Z) needs.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
Wasn't a fan. I don't like the whole "mother daughter bonding" thing. Made it into a chick flick. LOL
#29
Not a movie but The Haunting of Hill House. After every episode I sat in silence for a bit to take it all in.
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
The novel is worth a read, and I relatively enjoyed both movies, too.
Cathy Roberts 2 years ago
Shirley Jackson always makes me frustrated, she's so understated. Brilliant, yes, but frustrating.
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Cara G 2 years ago
This series gave me the biggest jump scare of my life. If you've seen it you know the scene I'm referring to. But there is so much visual storytelling across its ten episodes that it requires multiple viewings to find and/or appreciate all of it. Ghosts hiding in the background of practically every scene, Mike Flanagan's expert camera work, his use of the colors blue and red, the cinematic marvel that is all of episode 6, THOHH really is a breathtaking work of art that stays with the viewer for a long time.
Saracynthiasylviasnout 2 years ago
Yes! Along with the jump scares, the old man floating down the hallway, checking every door and building suspense all the while. Holy c**p this entire series was superb! I loved every actor as well.
Load More Replies... Wreathy 2 years ago
This is one of the most poignant, haunting (no pun intended!) series I've ever seen. I've watched it three times.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I watched it twice, even though it scared the hell out of me!
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HARRY KOPPERS 2 years ago
The original B&W move, The Haunting-minimal special effects, not especially good acting, but still was riveting. The cenematography was stunning. Story was deliberately kept simple. Kept me on the edge of my seat.
JP Purves 2 years ago
I was hoping someone would mention the original movie. It was amazing, especially Julie Harris and Claire Bloom. No CGI or cheesy special effects, just sound and camera movement. Scared me as a kid and I've seen it several times since, still gives me chills.
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Shelly Callender 2 years ago
There's a website that highlights all of the hidden ghosts in each episode. Had to go back and rewatch each episode of course! Loved this show
Ece Cenker 2 years ago
I do NOT like horror genre on screen (Reading is something else.) I don't remember how I got to watch that series, but boy am I glad I did! Vewry well done.
Roger9er 2 years ago
I once saw a TV movie called The Haunting (never made it to theaters). It was based on true events of an American family, which was plagued by an evil entity in their home. The movie started quite innocently, but as the movie progressed, it became more and more intense, aggressive and scary. It's the scariest movie I've ever seen, all the more so because what they experienced was completely different from all those standard horror movies.
#30
Inception. I’m still impressed how good and tricky it was.
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
I wish I hadn’t been with friends when I saw this in the theater, as I found myself hating it on deeper and deeper levels as it went on. I would had walked out had I been alone.
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago
Theory: apply quantum mechanics and Schrödinger’s cat to the spinning top.
Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
The music in the deepest leve is the same music used to wake them up, slowed down.
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago (edited)
Also, the song is 2 minutes and 28 seconds long, while the film is exactly 2 hours and 28 minutes long.
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Midsommar. Saw it in theaters and I had to take a shower when I got home. Now it’s one of my favorite films though!
Cara G 2 years ago
They really do. I've never seen one of their films and not enjoyed it. Now I'll watch anything they offer.
Load More Replies... talliloo 2 years ago
maybe i need to watch this again as i have only seen it once. i can't say that i didn't get it; i just wasn't impressed by the end and thought "well, that's a couple of hours i will never get back." maybe i was thinking too much. so many people have told me that they thought it was great and it was an emotional ride. apparently, i never got on and was stuck at the station.
Wet Dolphin 2 years ago
Watched it. Now I get PTSD when hearing/saying the word Midsommer in any context...I could just puke tbh
#32
Oldboy (the original from Park Chan Wook, not the remake).
This was the first movie I've watched where the twist came out of nowhere. I was enjoying the fight scenes and I'm thinking, Yeaaah, kick some ass and get your revenge.
Then the plot twist happened and my jaw dropped.
Fool of a Took 2 years ago
Agreed! the octopus scene has just stayed in my head so clearly all these years. Made me laugh my a**e off, though, when I saw that video not too long ago of that girl trying to eat a live octopus and it stuck itself to her face.
Load More Replies... zak 2 years ago
I won't watch the remake. Some things are better left untouched.
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Binky Melnik 2 years ago
I continue to exhort people to watch this if I think they can handle it, and to stay the hell away from the crapacious remake. Chan-Wook Park is the greatest director alive! The other two films in the trilogy are outstanding, too (though SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE is merely terrific and not a masterpiece). His other work of art, JOINT SECURITY AREA, about two guards who befriend each other (one from North Korea and one from the south) and what happens to them will absolutely WRECK you. I’ve tried to watch it a second time many, many times, but I just can’t because I know what’s coming. 😞
#33
Memento
Spellflinger 2 years ago
Love this movie. As a side note don’t be high the first time you watch it. At least not indica.
Coyote Osborne 2 years ago
Apparently, my friends made me watch this while I was suffering from a brain injury that made it difficult to form new memories (like the guy in the movie). I watched it a few years later after I recovered, and had no memory of seeing it - only the assurance of a dozen people that I had. But I did used to leave myself notes during that time. So I'd be driving down the road, look over next to me, and there'd be a note on the car seat in my own handwriting that said "You got the milk. You are driving home now."
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Guy Pearce is a great actor who tends to fly a bit under the radar, but he's always great in his roles. He's been in some amazing films but never quite managed to hit the A list in the US as the main lead. Still, hell of a long way from Neighbours. Side note: Loved him in Lockout - best Snake Plisken that wasn't actually Snake Plisken. Some hilarious one liners.
Ru Bee 2 years ago
Watch it the right way round and you realise the guy is just a major arsehhole ...weird!
#34
Promising Young Woman. I was so filled with rage and despair and realized I really needed to talk to someone about the film but at the same time couldn’t recommend it to just anyone to watch it. I watched the entire movie while on an airplane and I didn’t have headphones, so I could only read the subtitles. Even with subtitles, I was absolutely drawn in. I had to rewatch it (with sound!) when I got back home.
Cara G 2 years ago
I've watched PYW many times. In fact, my ringtone is the slowed down creepy string version of Toxic that introduces the third act of the film. It is so deeply powerful and delivers an absolutely scathing commentary on our culture. My respect for Emerald Fennel skyrocketed after I saw it and her Academy Award was very much deserved.
PotatoNinja5000 2 years ago
It made me recognise some of my own behaviour and got me to seek help for SA recovery. The ending was bittersweet as well and I had to blink nack a few tears.
#35
Infinity War. I'd avoided all spoilers and the snap had everyone just silent.
Yeah, the audience was in shock. It reminded me of watching The Empire Strikes Back as a kid. Someone said as the credits rolled something like, 'Did…did the good guys just..LOSE?' It was unexpected, since Star Wars was such a triumphant ending. I remember we all liked Empire but were shocked at what happened.
Jojo_hobkin 2 years ago
Superheroes movies have a long lasting traditions of always making the good guys win, I think it's a good reminder that it is not always the case, and that the bad guys can achieve what they want too. Same goes for Rogue One, even if it is a bit debatable.
Snorkeldorf 2 years ago (edited)
Visited my daughter in Chicago and she put this on for me. She had already seen it several times and took a nap while I watched. I was exhausted from my trip and I thought I'd fall asleep too. No way......I was glued to the TV. I don't think I even moved the entire time it was on. Wonderful, wonderful movie.
Reenzy Bennington 2 years ago
It was absolutely phenomenal. I loved that they pushed Thor into a dark self-loathing, self-blaming phase afterwards. He's precious and I adore him, but my god, he screwed up bad.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
He saw the destruction of his people and had to witness the brutal and pretty damn disturbing death of his brother who he thought he just got back. Grief is a truly horrible beast that comes out in many forms. I never understood why people blamed Thor and Star Lord for “messing up” causing the snap. I thought that infinity war was a really good movie about the nature of grief.
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
I saw it on opening night. I knew I was going to be in for a wild ride when the audience screamed “what the hell” five minutes into the movie. It all went downhill from there. Usually Super Hero movies don’t have graphic death scenes but Black Widows’ and Lokis’ were pretty freaking disturbing. I lost in at poor Spider-Man. Everyone was silent walking out of the theatre after the infamous “Snap”. I remember one person in the next group waiting to see the midnight showing asking who died….well…
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
My version of this was Fellowship of the Ring. When it ended, half the people didn't know it was a book and assumed it was a full movie. They kept asking if that was all, where the rest was, what happened, etc. My grandpa did that!
Devon Archer 2 years ago
That movie was an event and EndGame was a perfect emotional continuation of that story. Infinity War has more action but I have never gotten chills like I did when the Avengers assemble at the end. That was the MCU’s peak. It’s still been good but mostly downhill ever since.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
Even though I also avoided spoilers, I wasn't surprised by the ending. I knew there was another movie coming, so they had to lose.
#36
Disney's Soul. Put me through a good ol existential crisis. Criminally underrated movie.
Sharon Vaughn 2 years ago
John Batiste won a Grammy for the music. I have yet to see it. Thanks for the recommendation.
#37
Arrival
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
It's remarkable that the film was adapted from a short story, called: 'Story of your Life' by Ted Chiang. The book of shorts has some other great stories in it, too. One of my favourite compilations. Well worth getting. 81DiAKe1P-...dbc4a9.jpg 
Bob Brezniak 2 years ago
By far one of the best written movies. I've never been so intrigued at the end of a movie...
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
This one was heartbreaking. As a professional working in the linguistics field, I went in thinking this would be a trippy science fiction movie about the nature of language as a bridge that unites people. Boy was I wrong…
Danielle Westgate 1 year ago
After the movie I just turned it off and sobbed into my hands. Devasted me thinking about my own children. Total gut punch at the end!
#38
Not a movie, but Game of thrones season 3 episode 9. The Red Wedding... The lack of music during the credits was just right
Barbara 2 years ago
I read this before watching the series. But I must say that it was very well done, even though I knew what was going to happen, it had as much impact on me as the first time I read it.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Yeah I started in on the books about 20 years ago. I keep getting pissed off and putting the books down for a a year or four so I still haven't finished Dance of Dragons. I like to say to say I read his books as fast as he writes them because I need recovery time measured in years when events like that happen.
Load More Replies... Nay Wilson 2 years ago
I remember my sister warning me about ‘The Red Wedding’, that it was traumatic. It I thought the episode was actually called ‘The Red Wedding’ so I went into the episode blissfully unaware of what was about to happen and then… well
Froget abou dit 2 years ago
My mom was visiting when that episode aired. We were so excited and convinced she would LOVE Game of Thrones, not knowing what was coming 😵
devotedtodreams 2 years ago
I have not read the books, and when I watched the series, someone spoiled it for me (though not in detail). I bawled when Catelyn died :( Re-watching the series again now - two more episodes, and that gut punch will return...
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
In a coat of gold or a coat of red A lion still has claws And mine are long and sharp, my lord As long and sharp as yours
Jane Cortez 2 years ago
Agreed. Game of Thrones was masterful. Though it did wane once episodes were no longer based off of George R.R Martins novel, Game of Thrones.
#39
12 Years A Slave
Frances Pitchounetta 2 years ago
We couldn't keep watching it. We were so angry and sad at the same time. Especially since it's a true story!
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
One of the few on this list I've seen. Based on reality. How horrible.
#40
Once Were Warriors. I sat staring at the screen for ages. WTF? I had to watch it again immediately because I was very confused as to whether I enjoyed it or not. It was just as moving the second time.
Torben Møller-Nielsen 2 years ago
That movie is just so raw. So very different from the mainstream Hollywood flicks.
Lord Tubbington 2 years ago
It’s not a Hollywood movie. It’s from Aotearoa
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terry muttahnav 2 years ago
Compulsory viewing for New Zealand. Recommended for everywhere else.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
I saw this movie years ago. I recommend it to everyone, every chance I get, and I do warn them about how devastating it is. I watched it once. I will never watch it again. The book is even more brutal.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
This movie is brutal. It was so well done it definitely needs more recognition
Troy Parr 2 years ago
If you haven't seen the sequel to this: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? then seek it out and watch that one too. It's as powerful but also brings a sense of closure.
Spellflinger 2 years ago
I was a little disappointed in the sequel. It didn’t have the raw power the first one did. Violence wasn’t the only power in the first and I would have liked to have seen more of those powers.
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Heather Hayllar 2 years ago
Powerful film ... Bawled the first time then again 20 years later, damned if I didn't ball again! Kiwi films are usually very good
#41
The Menu. That movie was wild.
RedCorvette 2 years ago
This movie is wild and it reminded of one Twilight Zone episode where a food reviewer destroyed restaurants and his comeuppance was he could see the food but they were so out of reach. It’s revenge is a dish best served cold.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
This one didn't really strike me as a shocker like the others on this list. It pretty much progressed exactly as I'd expected. Well made movie, but nothing really surprising or really thought provoking. Feel much the same about "The Hunt".
Crystal Thomas 2 years ago
I was so confused...I had to watch it 3 times just to understand why they just all stayed. Thought provoking movie; ending was phenomenal.
#42
wasnt at the end but that scene in hereditary... i had to pause it on my tv and stare at the wall for a bit
Earthquake903 2 years ago
I lost it when Toni Colette's character wept from the deepest depths of her soul. Took me back to my brother's funeral and the sounds my mother made. Couldn't watch the rest of the movie.
Cat Chat 2 years ago
There's a scene later on where she is begging her husband (I won't go into details for spoilers sake) where she is just as intense. I'm sorry the movie brought on something like that for you.
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Beck 2 years ago
This scene is exactly what I thought if when I read the title of this post. BONK!! (head rolls away). My jaw dropped when I saw this and had to rewind what happened after because my mind shut off for about a minute.
pico diablo 2 years ago (edited)
Missed and forgot about this movie. 90% critic rating. Just added to my "Watch" list. Thanks BP.
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deathrose 2 years ago
Terrible movie. I was so bored watching it. Like I get it, it's an allegory for schizophrenia but doesn't flow well and it's just so predictable. Toni Colette did an absolutely amazing job though.
Beck 2 years ago
So you predicted the head roll? And the lady floating to the tree house?
Load More Replies... Alessa Gillespie 2 years ago
I think I watched the whole credits just trying to take it all in. One of the best modern horror films but also a great movie, period. Impressive performance by Toni Collette
#43
The original *Saw*.
Those last few minutes were wild.
I watched it by myself when it came out; I was 14. Few endings have made me feel as upset and fucking EMPTY as that one.
Coyote Osborne 2 years ago
It had Cary Elwes in it. I would watch him play Barney the Dinosaur or read a cereal box.
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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago
The first Saw isn't torture porn, it's psychological. The rest of the movies are torture porn.
Load More Replies... Irishwoman abroad 2 years ago
My immediate reaction was, what kind of sick mind thinks these things up? Revolting, cruel and sadistic. At least I saw it on TV, and didn't have to walk home afterwards!
Laughing otter 2 years ago
Don't know why this was downvoted. Your opinion is perfectly valid.
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Skye Ragsdale 2 years ago
Hilariously, it was my GRANDMOTHER who recommended this one to me. Like granny what the hell??
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
the latter ones definitely felt more tongue in cheek than the first. but the only horror film that made me feel sort of soiled was Wolf Creek. it was just so cold
#44
Amadeus
Jesse Setliffe 2 years ago
Eh not really. Oh it's a good movie I highly recommend, but it never really stunned or shocked me.
Rostit . 2 years ago
Fully agree. Don't know why you got downvoted. It was well made but not shocking
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Beth Gietl 2 years ago
One of the greatest movies ever, although not exactly accurate, it was still great.
Willem Oosterhof 2 years ago (edited)
I walked out of the theater and after some distance I heard someone repeat Tom Hulce's high pitch laugh as he did playing Mozart. I had to chuckle a bit.
Willem Oosterhof 2 years ago (edited)
Yes. Got out of the theater and suddenly heard that distict laugh of Amadeus in the distance. Freaked me out a bit, in a good way.
#45
Interstellar in IMAX, opening day. Drove all the way home in broad daylight in complete silence
Roger9er 2 years ago
You really should! It's quite long, but very worth it.
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albernistuff 4sale 2 years ago
There are a LOT of plot holes and logic is out the window. Details available on request.
Load More Replies... Fennecfoxcat 2 years ago
WE WATCHED IT IN SCIENCE CLASS AND THE ENTIRE CLASS WAS SILENT!!!! SUCH A COOL MOVIE!!! WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE IT!!!! :D
Lady Vader 2 years ago
The first time I watched it I thought it was boring and didn't get it at all, but didn't want to give up. Gave it another go and now I really like it. Just thought I'd share that with you all. 😀
#46
All quiet on the western front
JP Purves 2 years ago
The book or any film version, they are all equally good. Proves war is absolute hell!
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Shoshana Sherrington 2 years ago
Horrifying. The blinded soldier screaming. The hands on the barbed wire. Never again
Jeffrey Diehl 2 years ago
The book and the 1930 movie. the movie was made both as a silent and as a talkie. The versions I saw, talkie and silent with German title cards and then later English title cards are all incredible.
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
The book traumatized me; I can’t even bear to think of watching the movie. It gave me anxiety while reading to the point where I wonder if I had a past life as a WWI soldier.
Francesa Miller 2 years ago
I took a failing grade in my English class rather than read past chapter one in that book.
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#47
Mulholland Drive. I was like “what the hell did I just watch?… total mindfuck of a movie.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
It's been about 20 years since I watched it and I still don't know what the hell I watched. But I did suddenly realize that Donnie Darko actually does make sense, if only by comparison.
talliloo 2 years ago
maybe i need to watch this again and then donnie darko. my partner at the time loves darko - me...not so much.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I really need to watch this one. David Lynch does Film Noir. Those are two things I adore.
Ece Cenker 2 years ago
Two movies that I ever thought of leaving without finishing. This, and Magnolia.
Cee Sparrow 2 years ago
Most of Lynch's movies are like this. I love them all because they're so surreal and you have no idea where it's going.
Fool of a Took 2 years ago
I watched this at my flat with some friends and we had this huge debate after, re-watched it, then looked it up on the internet because we still could not agree wtf happened. David Flippin' Lynch.
#48
Blair Witch Project. I was young at the time and believed all the marketing hype that it was “found footage”. My friend and I just sat there in silence afterwards… Later I learned it wasn’t a documentary…
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
I heard that the three main characters were required to stay out of the public eye to sell the ending better. Whether that's true or not, I don't know.
jasper 2 years ago
Not only that, but they were given little direction and much of it was improvised. They actually lived out of the tents they had, and the crew would sneak around the campsite and make odd noises, or leave the little dolls and stuff to scare them. They were underfed, and had little sleep and by the end were pretty dazed and easily spooked. Masterful, when you realize that they were actually going thru some stuff while filming. :)
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
If you were a teen in the 90s, this was a cultural phenomenon. You'd never be able to pull something like this off again. The deception was so perfect. The emergence of the internet and the speed at which information propagates was just too fast only a couple of years later when they tried for a sequel.
Yoyo 2 years ago
I thought it was a crappy movie, it was so hyped up and I was so disappointed.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
That movie made me crazy. At the end it was quiet until a woman said “that’s it!?” I laughed out loud.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Maybe it was because I didn’t believe the marketing but the characters got on my nerves.
Beth Gietl 2 years ago
I wasn't sure if the thing was real or not, until a Steak and Shake commercial, and it blew it for me. The girl was in the commercial.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
I saw an early screening before it was released. It was fully sold as found footage before that genre was even a thing. Really disturbed me.
JayWantsACat 2 years ago
I saw it in theaters with my g/f at the time and it freaked both of us the f**k out. She lived out in a suburb where you had to take a two lane road next to the woods and a lake and I was literally sweating driving home that night.
#49
Dancer in the Dark. It was Bjork’s only movie and the end scenes are haunting. The whole theater sat in stunned silence. It took over an hour for me to fully snap out of it.
S M 2 years ago
That film has haunted me for over twenty years. I saw it with an old friend I hadn’t seen for ages and we both just had to go home afterwards. Brutal and you know the end is coming the whole damn time just hope it won’t.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
Same same. I loved Zentropa and I love Bjork, so I figured it would be outstanding. I bought the DVD (when they were fresh & new) and never once watched it a second time.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I need to watch this someday. I love Bjork and my BFF keeps recommending it to me but I feel I need to be in a very proper head space if I'm going to shoot Bjork directly into my eyeballs.
josh wampler 2 years ago
Finally. I was starting to fear that it would not be on this list. It could be the entire list. It was the only time, not including funerals, that I've been in a crowded room where almost everyone was crying
Kelly Von Tee 2 years ago
I have never before (or since) cried for 30 minutes AFTER a movie was over.
#50
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Pandasong! 2 years ago
We watched that in school... And discussed it, was very powerful conversation that I hope made all of us in class better humans
devotedtodreams 2 years ago
Totally agree with this one! Bruno Ganz's acting was truly superb. The soundtrack had a great impact on me too, so much so that I went to the CD store and asked them to order it for me.
Mareike Hartmann 2 years ago
Watched in in the Movies with my hubby. The whole cinema was dead silent when the movie was over.
Poppy 2 years ago
I took some German classes as an adult (just got into Rammstein and wanted to learn) and my tutor recommended Untergang as it was the only German made film about Hitler at the time. I was blown away. I never thought I could sympathise with anyone within Hitler's inner circle but Frau Traudl just just such an innocent character (I know she's a real person) and how taken in by Hitler's charisma she was.
#51
Black Swan
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My friend and I didn't realise what we were going to be watching- we were silent for a good 10 minutes after
Frances Pitchounetta 2 years ago
I saw it at the cinema with my boyfriend. In the end, he wondered what was wrong with me, hiding my face with my toque: I was crying. Giving so much for art...
#52
BlacKkKlansman - Good movie, but after it ended Spike Lee takes real footage and swings one final time for the gut.
Dee 2 years ago
Titanic. Where Jack is walking up the stairs to Rose and everyone cheers around them after the wreck sight comes back to "life". The the screen goes bright and the theater just sits in stunned silence.
Widdershins66 2 years ago (edited)
I hate this film of the ill-fated Titanic because of the myriad of historical inaccuracies 🤬
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Pursuit of happiness. This!!! I can never watch it again. HEAVY.
#54
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, went into it blind and it was quite something.
Sherri Harvey 2 years ago
I've told everyone that it's possibly the worst gut punch from a film of any kind I've ever had. Destroyed me!
Pascal’s Swagger 2 years ago
This one was absolutely brutal. Only watch if you’re ok with having your day ruined
Michael Vickery 2 years ago
I could never recommend this movie to anyone, but it was an experience I'll always remember. It was horrific and infuriating. Fiction can only affect me so much, but this hurt so bad.
Mia Nicole Lucas 2 years ago
Truly, an insanely wonderfully done documentary. I was speechless after watching it. It stuck with me. I still think of Kate & David to this very day and wonder how they're doing.
#55
Her Just because it took me a second to move beyond Theodore's sadness and understand what exactly happened by the end.
#56
Logan. When the screen faded to black and you saw Logan. The whole theater was quiet except for a few people sobbing.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
My son is named after Professor Xavier because I loved the 90's and earlier version of his character so the film was extra disturbing for me.
#57
Sausage Party. Whole theatre was quiet after that s**t show.
Ebony 2 years ago
I did too. Although I was drinking when I saw it. Perhaps that has something to do with it
Load More Replies... pat hayes 2 years ago
hated it...totally adolescent humor, turned it off...believe me, i am not a prude by a long shot but....this was just disgusting.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
I mean, I loved how the trailer just shifted gears entirely. it was pretty funny, but I'm in no hurry to see it again. stoner humour CAN be funny, but a lot of it us just , hey! huh huh, drugs, right?
#58
Banshees of inisheerin
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I was quiet for quite a while after this one too, trying to figure out how I felt about it. :p
ispeak catanese 2 years ago
This one was tough. I went in thinking it was a comedy, that cackling crone and hapless Colin in the trailers, but damn it was heartbreaking. That donkey! Colin's devastated sadness over the end of his friendship. Really tough to watch.
#59
Spotlight took a bit of time to digest. Great movie though
#60
Moonlight. It was one of the single most original and unexpected movies I watched in a long time. I watched it knowing nothing about it (had never even heard of it until a few weeks before). Yes, it was the last movie to really hit me like that emotionally.
#61
Under The Skin - little known movie with Scarlett Johansson in it. The director used common people to act in the movie that they met while filming in Scotland(?), not just actors. Won't spoil it and suggest watching without reading a synopsis. It was something else...
Karen Lyon 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, no. I've gotten burned too many times watching a movie without knowing what it's about. I don't get books without checking reviews first either. The only books I might read without vetting them are the ones that are chosen by my book club. Even then I don't necessarliy finish the ones that I think are dreck. (Hello, Lincoln in the Bardo.) Books and movies should make us think, and I don't go out of my way to avoid those that deal with tough themes, by any means. I just know what my tolerance level is. Besides, films and books are also supposed to be somewhat of an escape, as far as I am concerned. There's already so much grief and nastiness in the real world! Life is too short to spend time on films or novels that are confusing, badly done, gratuitously dark/violent, or just flatout stomach churning. Since I did read a synopsis on this film -- it's a pass for me. Not my cup of tea. Rant over.
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
Glad it's not just me who hated Lincoln in the Bardo.
Load More Replies... liam newton-harding 2 years ago
I highly recommend watching the Specials on the DVD/Blu-ray. The amateur actors they decided to use, having to train the Forest Ranger to do one specific thing towards Scarlet Johansson, and the real problem he had with it, as an actual gentle-man.
#62
Come and See Truly a nightmare
#63
Martyrs (French movie), i was silent and depressed for far more than 10 minutes.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Martyrs brought my experimentation with the "new French extremity" to an end. Had to finish it, decided my movie time was better spent on different fare.
Otis B Driftwood 2 years ago
I have this movie. The freaking twists and turns. That was a rough movie.
#64
Ex Machina. God I love that movie.
the redqueen 2 years ago
I have watched that movie at least 20 times by now. If you liked that movie, you should watch " Uncanny". The ending will mess with your head!
Juririn 2 years ago
Uncanny, a masterpiece of a movie, way better than Ex Machina!
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Not a movie…but the Sopranos finale. I went through all kinds of emotions that day.
Laughing otter 2 years ago
My now ex husband hated it. I loved it. He couldn't handle the ambiguity, which I thought was perfect.
#66
Not a movie but a series . Ending scene of “Mind hunter season 1 “ . I have seen every kind of horror movies , i have seen things but that damn last scene send me into full panic attack .
Walter Bravenboer 2 years ago
What impressed me most, was the sudden change in the character of Ed Kemper, you almost think he is a nice guy. Brilliant series, too bad it is cancelled
#68
The Whale
Jonathan Labelle 2 years ago
if you are remotly sensitive It slap hard it did to brendan fraser what lost in translation did too Bill Muray
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
My daughter and I both cried. It’s amazing that a film with 5 cast members all in one set can be so engrossing.
#69
Well, a show. Season 6, Episode 7 of Better Call Saul. Good lord.
Solidhog 2 years ago
ON THE BEACH - 2000 TV Movie Version This beats all the other hands down! If you have children then this will kill you. Short version is nuclear war has destroyed most of the planet and the radioactive cloud is heading towards Australia. In the end they realise there is nothing they can do and so prepare for the worst. This includes "end of life" kits for some families. The scene where a navy lieutenant is about to give his two children some special orange juice and put them to bed before giving himself and his wife an injection is a killer. Jacqueline McKenzie playing the mum is fantastic at conveying the hurt and dilemma that a mum would have to go through to do this while Grant Bowler as the dad tries to stay strong and knows it is the less horrible option. Me and my wife sat there for 30 minutes speechless and with tears in our eyes and both stood and watched our 6 year old sleeping for a while before going to bed. I'm tearing up thinking about it now.
pico diablo 2 years ago
Solidhog: Have you seen the original (1959) version? ... if so, how does this compare? (The original was made with the biggest movie stars at the time).
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What do you think ?
Elita One 2 years ago
That movie traumatised me as a kid, still can't watch it.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
"I am Legend" would be mine because Sam dies. Millions of people bit the dust - no problem, but killing the dog was too much for the audience
talliloo 2 years ago
with you on this. i don't care who dies in the film as long as the dog lives.
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Alexandra Hughes 2 years ago
The Deer Hunter. Saw it when it first came out. We all got in the car and just sat there. And then I cried all the way home.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
I was too young to understand it when I saw it as a young child, but it floored me as a teen.
Load More Replies... Phred 2 years ago
Nobody's mentioned Pan's Labyrinth? I left the theater feeling like I had been run over by a bus. The box office had a sign warning people that it was rated R for extreme violence--some parents had been bringing their children thinking it was a charming fantasy.
Silre 2 years ago
First time I watched it, I was okay. Second time? Blubbering mess.
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Jacky Newman 2 years ago
What dreams may come. I cried so much while watching it as a teen. Sad, but wholesome Movie in the end.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
I love that movie. Loved Bill Nighy's character. Especially since at the time everything I'd seen him in prior he was either playing a jerk or like some kind of vampire overlord type. Everything in the movie goes against tropes and there's so much warmth in the story and relationships.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
most of these are more sad than disturbing, and are still well worth the watch, but again, completely understandable for someone to decide not to watch them xP
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
surprised "My Girl" isn't on the list. That movie tackled some insanely heavy stuff for a childrens movie to tackle. The scene with the glasses still makes me cry thinking about it.
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
I had forgotten about that one. Thanks for returning my feelings for the movie. I didn't need them.
Load More Replies... Lousha 2 years ago
Brokeback Mountain. Had the pause it halfway through to go outside and get some air. The despair was suffocating me.
Melissa Powell 2 years ago
That is the only movie in this that I saw. So sad. I have not been in a movie theater in 20 years.
Load More Replies... Elita One 2 years ago
That movie traumatised me as a kid, still can't watch it.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
"I am Legend" would be mine because Sam dies. Millions of people bit the dust - no problem, but killing the dog was too much for the audience
talliloo 2 years ago
with you on this. i don't care who dies in the film as long as the dog lives.
Load More Replies... Alexandra Hughes 2 years ago
The Deer Hunter. Saw it when it first came out. We all got in the car and just sat there. And then I cried all the way home.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
I was too young to understand it when I saw it as a young child, but it floored me as a teen.
Load More Replies... Phred 2 years ago
Nobody's mentioned Pan's Labyrinth? I left the theater feeling like I had been run over by a bus. The box office had a sign warning people that it was rated R for extreme violence--some parents had been bringing their children thinking it was a charming fantasy.
Silre 2 years ago
First time I watched it, I was okay. Second time? Blubbering mess.
Load More Replies... Jacky Newman 2 years ago
What dreams may come. I cried so much while watching it as a teen. Sad, but wholesome Movie in the end.
Goose of the Ahonkalypse 2 years ago
I love that movie. Loved Bill Nighy's character. Especially since at the time everything I'd seen him in prior he was either playing a jerk or like some kind of vampire overlord type. Everything in the movie goes against tropes and there's so much warmth in the story and relationships.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
most of these are more sad than disturbing, and are still well worth the watch, but again, completely understandable for someone to decide not to watch them xP
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
surprised "My Girl" isn't on the list. That movie tackled some insanely heavy stuff for a childrens movie to tackle. The scene with the glasses still makes me cry thinking about it.
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
I had forgotten about that one. Thanks for returning my feelings for the movie. I didn't need them.
Load More Replies... Lousha 2 years ago
Brokeback Mountain. Had the pause it halfway through to go outside and get some air. The despair was suffocating me.
Melissa Powell 2 years ago
That is the only movie in this that I saw. So sad. I have not been in a movie theater in 20 years.
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