I can't say movies really depress me, they are an escape outlet for me and usually entertaining even if sad/depressing. I guess if I had to pick a couple off the top of my head it would be "Silence" and "Manchester by the Sea".
Just watched that a couple of weeks ago. That scene at the end in the locker room was sad as Hell. Rickey Schroeder was a better actor at 8 than at any time in his adult life.
But, another was The Green Mile. Not that I expected a happy movie in prison, it was being advertised as "from the writer of Shawshank Redemption." I know that is Stephen King, but they specifically chose to leave his name out and specifically tied this film to Shawshank, which is about as light a prison film can be. When they executed Michael Clark Duncan at the end, I just couldn't take it.
definitely. My first thought was, "Why did they make this movie?"
Sleepers messed with my head. A bunch of young boys get sent to juvy for a stupid prank that goes wrong and get sexually abused by the guards. That was a fun night at the cinema. Once again, why did they make this movie?
But the one that leapt to mind when I saw the topic was Leaving Las Vegas. A hopeless alcoholic sells everything and goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, becomes close to a hooker, she gets beaten and raped, they get kicked out of her apartment, he dies. Roll credits.
but the ending to Vanilla Sky always gets me. Choose between entering the world 150 years after you entered a cryonic, frozen state, or choose to live in a dream state for the rest of your life that isn't real. Oh, and you can't be with the women you love because she died years ago, unless you choose the fake, dream state, you can be with her, but it obviously isn't real.
Yup, and I loved it for that reason, haha. I didn't read the novel so I don't know if that's the true ending or not. But it definitely flips the routine endings of these movies on its head.
Rife with loneliness, poor interfamilial dynamics, depression, suicide, etc.
However, the "O Captain My Captain" scene with the boys standing on their desks in support of Mr. Keating was something to behold and always brings a tear to my eye (though not the depressive kind, if you catch my drift).
The Last American Virgin. One of those teenage age sex comedies of way back when but it gets real serious at the end and what I remember someone calling a real punch in the gut. A sad statement on human nature which crushes the main character.
The Last American Virgin. One of those teenage age sex comedies of way back when but it gets real serious at the end and what I remember someone calling a real punch in the gut. A sad statement on human nature which crushes the main character.
It's #1 by a mile on my list. It's so well made, but leaves me feeling so awful whenever I've watched it (which hasn't been for a while because of how depressing it is).
released in, im thinking, 1983 that depicted the post-nuclear world? I think it was a TV movie.. The Day After, Morning After...something like that. I was in the Navy at the time and I remember seeing that with my co-workers while we were out at sea and man, really got to a lot of us....pretty damn impactful for its time.
RE: RE: Here’s one that no one else would ever mention.
The Last American Virgin. One of those teenage age sex comedies of way back when but it gets real serious at the end and what I remember someone calling a real punch in the gut. A sad statement on human nature which crushes the main character.
oh man that ending was brutal.
" I did my best but I guess my best wasn't good enough".. great soundtrack as well...
Yup, and I loved it for that reason, haha. I didn't read the novel so I don't know if that's the true ending or not. But it definitely flips the routine endings of these movies on its head.
I believe that Stephen King was a big fan of the ending, which is different in the book. It wasn't exactly a great movie but definitely a classic ending I won't forget.
"Nightcrawler" is another movie that's kind of depressing. I would say Jake Gylenhaal's performance in that movie is some of the best acting I've seen, it's just a really good movie that I think gets overlooked sometimes when discussing best movies/acting of the last decade or so.
Agree about Avalon. But also some of the greatest stuff, too.
"You cut the toykee without me?"
"Stop running with the car."
And the scene(s) with fireworks and the grandchildren.
Such a terrific, underrated film.
I sat in the car in a daze for like 45 minutes after that one.
Read it and watched it. Brutal.
The book is so far superior to the film that I was more disappointed than depressed.
Made me want to kill myself. :)
That movie was horrifically sad.
Some more somewhat recent ones:
"The Florida Project" was pretty depressing.
"Fault in our stars"
"Up"
That was 30 straight hours of Manchester By The Sea.
We need to put some comedies in the queue.
That was 30 straight hours of Manchester By The Sea.
We need to put some comedies in the queue.
Sleepers messed with my head. A bunch of young boys get sent to juvy for a stupid prank that goes wrong and get sexually abused by the guards. That was a fun night at the cinema. Once again, why did they make this movie?
I mean, why?
"The Plague Dogs"
Plague Dog Incredibly sad ending - ( New Window )
Christ.
Yup, and I loved it for that reason, haha. I didn't read the novel so I don't know if that's the true ending or not. But it definitely flips the routine endings of these movies on its head.
However, the "O Captain My Captain" scene with the boys standing on their desks in support of Mr. Keating was something to behold and always brings a tear to my eye (though not the depressive kind, if you catch my drift).
Also "Sideways". An unremittingly depressing bout of wineing and whining.
Was the one that immediately came to mind for me as well.
oh man that ending was brutal.
It's #1 by a mile on my list. It's so well made, but leaves me feeling so awful whenever I've watched it (which hasn't been for a while because of how depressing it is).
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The Last American Virgin. One of those teenage age sex comedies of way back when but it gets real serious at the end and what I remember someone calling a real punch in the gut. A sad statement on human nature which crushes the main character.
oh man that ending was brutal.
" I did my best but I guess my best wasn't good enough".. great soundtrack as well...
Manchester by the Sea...I think I was so put off by the try hard attempt at "realism" that the depressing reveal never sunk in that deeply.
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was pretty depressing.
Yup, and I loved it for that reason, haha. I didn't read the novel so I don't know if that's the true ending or not. But it definitely flips the routine endings of these movies on its head.
I believe that Stephen King was a big fan of the ending, which is different in the book. It wasn't exactly a great movie but definitely a classic ending I won't forget.
"Nightcrawler" is another movie that's kind of depressing. I would say Jake Gylenhaal's performance in that movie is some of the best acting I've seen, it's just a really good movie that I think gets overlooked sometimes when discussing best movies/acting of the last decade or so.
He was fantastic in Nightcrawler, one of the biggest award snubs in recent memory.