“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

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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

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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

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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)