Most depressing movies you've ever sen?

[Mean Machine]

Saw one called  "these are the damned" and GOOD LORD was it depressing....

It made me think of other depressing movies. Say, "on the beach" which at least served as a possible deterrent to nuclear war.

Anyway, what are some of the most depressing movies you've ever seen?

[Nathan45]

The Mission, particularly when you find out the Vatican pulling the Jesuits out meant nothing, (The Jesuits were still expelled from Portugal).  Ironically, most of the territory was eventually returned to Spain, and slavery officially ended.

[Doggett]

Awakenings.

Genius doctor saves all the coma patients !
YAY!!

...Oh, hang on a minute...

[lester1/2jr]

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,124746.0.html

[diamondwaspvenom]

There's a movie in my film class that we watched called "Trainspotting". Basically, the entire movie revolves around a bunch of scottish junkies. It may not sound like much, but it's really depressing once you actually see it for yourself.

[Allhallowsday]

VITTORIO DE SICA's TWO WOMEN (1960)  FYI: the IMDb plot summary is inaccurate... 

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Hmm, tricky... A german art film called "The Field" comes to mind.  Also, while an amzing movie, Das Boot always gets me.  You like these guys and it's all pointless in the end. 

-Ed

[Flick James]

Million Dollar Baby was a festival of pain.

Mystic River was also dreary and depressing.

Clint Eastwood seemed to be going through a phase a few years ago where hopelessly depressing material was all he wanted to do.

[The Burgomaster]

TESTAMENT was pretty depressing.

[voltron]

Oh, man how about Cutting Moments. I felt like I was kicked in the chest after seeing that one. Threads was a pretty big downer as well.

[Bmeansgood]

There's a movie in my film class that we watched called "Trainspotting". Basically, the entire movie revolves around a bunch of scottish junkies. It may not sound like much, but it's really depressing once you actually see it for yourself.

Agreed.  The part with the baby was the worst.  But yet there are still a lot of great moments in that movie.

[Allhallowsday]

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972) After the crimes which warrant the punishment of these villains, well documented details of their punishment, I was inured and remember almost none of their punishment at all...!!  I... so... hated this movie by the time the raping and killing was done...  I    still    do. 

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

Not sure how many of you were around for the 70's era TV movie like me, but there was a TV movie called The Death Of Richie that I remember very well. It starred Robbie Benson as a drug addicted teenager, and parents who were at their wits end as he becomes increasingly violent.    Like many films of that time, it centered on troubled youths and made many uncomfortable with the growing issue of the reality of drugs and kids. See it if you can.

Also, a Shaw Brothers film called Avenging Eagle starring Ti Lung and the late Alexander Fu Sheng.  Ti Lung plays a member of a murderous bandit clan, running for his life after the last shred of humanity he possesses overtakes him and makes him see the error of his ways.   Fu Sheng plays the drifter who helps him at every turn, but for his own reasons that are far from altruistic.  It all ties into a very sad package at film's end. This was one of the Shaw's much better movies.

[The Burgomaster]

Not sure how many of you were around for the 70's era TV movie like me, but there was a TV movie called The Death Of Richie that I remember very well. It starred Robbie Benson as a drug addicted teenager, and parents who were at their wits end as he becomes increasingly violent.    Like many films of that time, it centered on troubled youths and made many uncomfortable with the growing issue of the reality of drugs and kids. See it if you can.

This is available on DVD in a Mill Creek 50 Movie Pack.  I haven't watched it yet, but you've increased my interest.

[skuts]

It's a toss-up between Fellini's La Strata and Remains of the Day.