I was looking at IMDB the other day and came across “Most Depressing Movie List”. I am not sure that this list is very good because I kind of like some of the movies on the list. But then some of them are depressing but it kind of depends on the mood you are in. This is what IMDB had to say.
“Firstly Id like to say that this is kind of a response to so many lists of “most depressing movies” that are filled with romantic comedies and action films that I don’t find at all depressing. Having said that this is not a list of the most unheard of bizarre banned films that make you want to commit suicide, I haven’t been searching up the most messed up and depressing movies there are on the internet to seem like some kind of depressing movie badass who watches movies just to make myself even more sad and depressed.”…read more
So here is the list of the top 10 with some selected trailers and selected others as well. Make up your own mind
1. Dancer in the Dark(2000)
Director: Lars Von Trier
Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
2. Breaking the Waves(1996)
Director: Lars Von Trier
Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
3. Cries & Whispers(1972)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin
4. Autumn Sonata(1978)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk
5. Funny Games(1997)
Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
6. Don’t Look Now(1973)
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Stars: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania
7. Il portiere di notte(1974)
Director: Liliana Cavani
Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
8. Biutiful(2010)
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
9. Pollock(2000)
Director: Ed Harris
Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly
10. Requiem for a Dream(2000)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Selected others
12. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002)
13. Raging Bull(1980)
17. The Seventh Seal(1957)
22. Withnail & I(1987)
26. The Pianist(2002)
27. Pi(1998)
31. Taxi Driver(1976)
34. The Thin Red Line(1998)
36. The Machinist(2004)
43. Moon(2009)
44. Black Swan(2010)