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Grey Pilgrim : 2/25/2021 9:26 am
The Deer Hunter has to be high on the list.

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RE: Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker  
Matt M. : 2/25/2021 12:15 pm : link
In comment 15161265 Mike in NJ said:
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What a piece of crap, so bad it's depressing.
I was actually going to say the same thing. First Last Jedi was depressing, then Rise of Skywalker's whole purpose seemed to be to undo Last Jedi and the result was a steaming pile of crap. Thank G-d for the Mandalorian.
Agree on  
Now Mike in MD : 2/25/2021 12:18 pm : link
Requiem for a Dream.

For some reason, Vanilla Sky really bums me out
Sophie's Choice circa 1979.  
section125 : 2/25/2021 12:25 pm : link
Most depressing movie I have ever seen...
You watch a film  
HomerJones45 : 2/25/2021 12:30 pm : link
whose title tells you it is going to be depressing,like Requiem for a Dream, it's not surprising the film is depressing.

Now, Barbara Streisand trying to play the ingenue, that's depressing.
RE: What was the movie  
Greg from LI : 2/25/2021 12:41 pm : link
In comment 15161324 John In CO said:
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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.


It was The Day After, and it was indeed a TV movie starring Jason Robards and John Lithgow, among others. I remember watching that in elementary school and it was terrifying.
The Road  
montanagiant : 2/25/2021 12:42 pm : link
Both the book and the movie
Click  
Steve in Greenwich : 2/25/2021 12:53 pm : link
I mean the look in the Fonz's eyes when all he wanted to do was hang out with his son one last time before he died and to teach him his lifelong accomplished coin magic trick only to find out his son knew the trick all along ....
Requiem for a Dream  
ij_reilly : 2/25/2021 1:12 pm : link
Then:
Leaving Las Vegas
Midnight Express

I would call these "good films that are depressing".

Plenty of bad ones that are depressing, but they are not worth mentioning!
A Walk to Remember  
adamg : 2/25/2021 1:33 pm : link
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RE: the ending of The Mist  
GMAN56 : 2/25/2021 1:37 pm : link
When I saw that, I was like finally something new and different in Hollywood but yet again sad. So close.

In comment 15161216 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:
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was pretty depressing.
Manchester By The Sea is so depressing as to....  
MOOPS : 2/25/2021 1:39 pm : link
make it unwatchable for me.

Depressing films that are watchable are a whole different catagory for me. They would include:

Fail Safe
On The Beach
Platoon

A film nobody saw - Miracle Mile  
Stan in LA : 2/25/2021 1:44 pm : link
Los Angeles gets nuked.
Final Scene - ( New Window )
RE: A film nobody saw - Miracle Mile  
Big Al : 2/25/2021 1:48 pm : link
In comment 15161489 Stan in LA said:
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Los Angeles gets nuked. Final Scene - ( New Window )
Why would that be depressing?
RE: RE: A film nobody saw - Miracle Mile  
Route 9 : 2/25/2021 1:52 pm : link
In comment 15161494 Big Al said:
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Los Angeles gets nuked. Final Scene - ( New Window ) Why would that be depressing?


Lol
Learn to swim  
UConn4523 : 2/25/2021 2:02 pm : link
-MJK
Agree on Manchester...  
moze1021 : 2/25/2021 2:10 pm : link

I remember being completely devastated by A Walk to Remember because I had NO idea what it was about

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom... even more depressing knowing it was Chadwick Boseman's last role. He was un-be-lievable in it.
Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge,  
Simms11 : 2/25/2021 2:16 pm : link
Full Metal Jacket....tons of war-related movies.
RE: RE: What was the movie  
Johnny5 : 2/25/2021 2:17 pm : link
In comment 15161415 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 15161324 John In CO said:


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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.



It was The Day After, and it was indeed a TV movie starring Jason Robards and John Lithgow, among others. I remember watching that in elementary school and it was terrifying.

Yeah that movie gave me nightmares as a kid. For more than a few years.
Anyone remember Day of the Dolphins?  
Johnny5 : 2/25/2021 2:23 pm : link
That one made me blubber like an idiot as a kid.

"Fa LOVE Bee!"

lol
Natural born killers...  
Brown_Hornet : 2/25/2021 2:24 pm : link
...Boys Don't Cry

Just toohard to watch.
"Our Friend"  
NDMedics : 2/25/2021 2:30 pm : link
Recently released....Yikes, I haven't watched something this depressing since I took my kid to see Bridge to Terabithia years ago. Yowser!!!!!
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 2/25/2021 2:32 pm : link
'One Day' with Anne Hathaway was a depressing ending.
RE: RE: Requiem for a Dream  
chopperhatch : 2/25/2021 2:34 pm : link
In comment 15161309 Gatorade Dunk said:
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In comment 15161131 Everyone Relax said:


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has gotta be top 5


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).


I literally refuse to watch that movie ever a-fucking-gain because of how low it got me.

Im going to have to think about this, because my top 3 were taken already in Requiem, Leaving LV andThe Deer Hunter. Yes Million Dollar Baby was rough too. That family of Swanks, I would have beaten the shit out of them all when they came to the hospital in their Disneyland shit.
Old Yeller..... won't ever watch that shit again.  
chopperhatch : 2/25/2021 2:39 pm : link
20 years a Slave was really tough.

I remember being taken to Awakenings when I was younger, started watching that one recently and stopped.
I thought the Pianist  
chopperhatch : 2/25/2021 2:42 pm : link
Was far more depressing than Schindler's List. I mean, at least Oskar Schindler saved many Jews' lives (albeit not altruistically at first). Szpilman emerged from the Holocaust with everybody he loved dead. But I am able to still watch both of those films.
wow for me its "road to perdition"  
Rory : 2/25/2021 2:45 pm : link
severely underrated Tom Hanks performance as a bad ass gangster but distant father/husband who ends up switching roles over time
J.T.  
rnargi : 2/25/2021 2:55 pm : link
...
Passion of the Christ  
Jimmy Googs : 2/25/2021 2:56 pm : link
.
Midnight Express  
No Where Man : 2/25/2021 3:04 pm : link
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Angela's ashes  
TheEvilLurker : 2/25/2021 3:05 pm : link
Really long...I guess it ends happier, but depressing.
RE: Learn to swim  
j_rud : 2/25/2021 3:09 pm : link
In comment 15161509 UConn4523 said:
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-MJK


See you down in Arizona Bay
RE: I thought the Pianist  
Matt M. : 2/25/2021 3:11 pm : link
In comment 15161559 chopperhatch said:
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Was far more depressing than Schindler's List. I mean, at least Oskar Schindler saved many Jews' lives (albeit not altruistically at first). Szpilman emerged from the Holocaust with everybody he loved dead. But I am able to still watch both of those films.
Equally as depressing for me. No doubt.
RE: Click  
Beezer : 2/25/2021 3:12 pm : link
In comment 15161425 Steve in Greenwich said:
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I mean the look in the Fonz's eyes when all he wanted to do was hang out with his son one last time before he died and to teach him his lifelong accomplished coin magic trick only to find out his son knew the trick all along ....


Ugh. Yes.
What Dreams May Come (Robin Williams)  
Beezer : 2/25/2021 3:16 pm : link
is a great and goddamn brutal film.

Mystic River. Just leaves me with a stomach ache every time. Terribly depressing.

Local Hero. It's great and I love it. But man ... when that phone rings in the Scottish phone booth along the water's edge, and Mack is back in Houston just waiting for someone to talk to? Gets me every time.
Reign Over Me  
Beezer : 2/25/2021 3:18 pm : link
Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle.

Rough.
RE: wow for me its  
montanagiant : 2/25/2021 3:19 pm : link
In comment 15161563 Rory said:
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severely underrated Tom Hanks performance as a bad ass gangster but distant father/husband who ends up switching roles over time

Excellent movie
The Deer Hunter  
Pete in MD : 2/25/2021 3:25 pm : link
was pretty interesting IMO. A lot to take in. It's somewhat over the top from an anti-war stance but it does a good job of showing a group of guys from a working class area being sent to war and coming back damaged. DeNiro's character takes it all in and changes the way he looks at killing, so the audience does too. Now using deer hunting as a parable for war is interesting and debatable but I think the movie gets it's message across, and in an affecting way. Depressing? Yes but a really well-made movie IMO.
Blue Valentine  
Go Terps : 2/25/2021 3:30 pm : link
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. If you're married, were married, or are thinking about getting married this movie is scarier than any horror flick. Nightmare.
RE: Blue Valentine  
djm : 2/25/2021 3:36 pm : link
In comment 15161623 Go Terps said:
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Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. If you're married, were married, or are thinking about getting married this movie is scarier than any horror flick. Nightmare.


seen it! and not long after we got married...

still married...fuck that movie. it's well done but brutal.

Honestly, nothing on the tele has depressed me more than NYG football, lately. I think we can all agree on that. Movies aren't real. NYG is like family to me. When they suck, it's like my family is shitting all over me.
RE: RE: RE: What was the movie  
djm : 2/25/2021 3:40 pm : link
In comment 15161533 Johnny5 said:
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In comment 15161415 Greg from LI said:


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In comment 15161324 John In CO said:


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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.



It was The Day After, and it was indeed a TV movie starring Jason Robards and John Lithgow, among others. I remember watching that in elementary school and it was terrifying.


Yeah that movie gave me nightmares as a kid. For more than a few years.


Yep this one was rough and extremely popular even for back then. Everyone watched it.

A few years later, I watched a similar movie called "threads" that took place somewhere over in Great Britain. This movie was even more "gritty" or realistic and perhaps even more highly acclaimed. I was like 12 or so and it was nuts my parents let me watch this. Then again they were pretty liberal with what I could watch. The weird coincidence was I went to bed that night and ended up getting extremely sick --laid out for 3-4 days with high fever. That movie fucked me up but I don't think it made me sick. But if any movie could...be warned.
wiki page on "threads"  
djm : 2/25/2021 3:43 pm : link
..made in 84. Sure enough, I was 12.

If you want to see a movie about nuclear holocaust, this is your movie. It came out one year after TDA.
threads--took place in Sheffield England - ( New Window )
RE: A film nobody saw - Miracle Mile  
djm : 2/25/2021 3:45 pm : link
In comment 15161489 Stan in LA said:
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Los Angeles gets nuked. Final Scene - ( New Window )


I saw it. In the movie theater. It kind of broke some newer ground for touching on some social themes that were taboo. The gay guy, etc.
Eight Below  
JFIB : 2/25/2021 3:46 pm : link
I hate this F&^%$ng movie. My wife and I walked out. 8 sled dogs try to survive an arctic storm that freezes to death all but one or two and the driver. Movie sucks. I will never watch it. Animals dying in a movie is deal breaker for me.
For Me, It was Beaches  
LTIsTheGreatest : 2/25/2021 3:58 pm : link
The way they dragged out Barbara Hershey's illness and death was so depressing
RE: The Deer Hunter  
Victor in CT : 2/25/2021 4:08 pm : link
In comment 15161616 Pete in MD said:
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was pretty interesting IMO. A lot to take in. It's somewhat over the top from an anti-war stance but it does a good job of showing a group of guys from a working class area being sent to war and coming back damaged. DeNiro's character takes it all in and changes the way he looks at killing, so the audience does too. Now using deer hunting as a parable for war is interesting and debatable but I think the movie gets it's message across, and in an affecting way. Depressing? Yes but a really well-made movie IMO.


I agree. Brilliant work of cinematic art.
RE: For Me, It was Beaches  
moze1021 : 2/25/2021 4:25 pm : link
In comment 15161655 LTIsTheGreatest said:
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The way they dragged out Barbara Hershey's illness and death was so depressing


Beaches super sad... I watched that movie way more than I should have as a kid..
I think I need to add...  
moze1021 : 2/25/2021 4:26 pm : link
that I was super down for a few days after La La Land...

RE: Eight Below  
Enzo : 2/25/2021 4:29 pm : link
In comment 15161643 JFIB said:
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I hate this F&^%$ng movie. My wife and I walked out. 8 sled dogs try to survive an arctic storm that freezes to death all but one or two and the driver. Movie sucks. I will never watch it. Animals dying in a movie is deal breaker for me.

you should have stayed for the ending. Most of the dogs live!

For a feel-good Disney movie, Eight Below is pretty good.
Silent Running  
Ron from Ninerland : 2/25/2021 4:37 pm : link
Going way back here, but that was a painfully depressing movie to watch. To this day its tough for me to even listen to the Joan Baez soundtrack.
Speaking of dog  
pjcas18 : 2/25/2021 5:36 pm : link
movies, Marley and Me was pretty depressing, especially since I got it right around the time my kids were pushing to get a dog, and it came to DVD right around Easter and I was tasked when getting stuff for their Easter baskets.

Knowing nothing about the movie (I blame myself - obviously for that) I picked it up at Target when checking out with the Easter basket stuff and got home and told the kids we have a surprise movie to watch and a) it wasn't even a kids movie and b) it wasn't a comedy and c) it was pretty dark (for kids at least). Plus, the dog dies at the end. One of my kids even said she didn't want a dog anymore because she didn't think she could deal with that. The kids were 6 or 7 at the time.

Father of the year, but who the F puts a puppy on the cover of that movie and leaves it by the checkout. I can't be the only one who did that.

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