The top ten most disturbing films

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

This differs from just horror films. I'm talking films that are really disturbing, totally hits you in the gut and shocks you, maybe throughout or for simply having a scene which will forever stay with you.

1/ Man bites dog

2/ Nil by Mouth

3/ Scum ( I think mainly british patrons would have seen this but that scene in the green house has to one of the most horrible scenes ever to be recorded in the history of cinema)

4/ Society( the final scene which just has to be seen to be believed)

5/ Romper Stomper

6/ Once Were Warriors ( a great film but very disturbing. Domestic violence in film can just hit home alot more than horror violence can)

7/ Dead Mans Shoes ( Probably only British patrons might have seen this but it is so disturbing i can't put it into words)

8/ Happiness ( without doubt the most effed up film i have ever seen)

9/ Cannibal Holocaust ( totally insane but for some reason very watchable)

10/ The War Zone ( Vile, sickening and fantastic)


For an ending of a film the most vivid for me is Boys don't Cry. Really warped stuff.

[Papewaio]

0/ Showgirls.

[Geoffrey S]

Requiem for a Dream, Der Untergang, Brazil, Falling Down and The Grinch.

[Dutch_guy]

GS , do you by any chance mean The boys from Brazil ?, about the escaped Nazi's trying to recreate a new Hitler ?

[Ser Clegane]

GS , do you by any chance mean The boys from Brazil ?, about the escaped Nazi's trying to recreate a new Hitler ?

Not that's also a weird movie

But I think GS really meant Brazil (the movie by Terry Gilliam)

[Geoffrey S]

But I think GS really meant Brazil (the movie by Terry Gilliam)

That's the one. Brilliant.
Just saw the mention of Once Were Warriors. Should have put that on my list in the first place. Same for the Exorcist.

[Aenlic]

Once Were Warriors is a wonderful film; but you're right, the family violence is gut-wrenching. It's the point of the film, though. Fans of Star War's Jango Fett will instantly recognize the film's anti-hero as Temuera Morrison.

Some others not mentioned:

Basket Case --- A sick film; but entertaining in a sick, twisted sort of way

Mondo Cane --- The grandfather of the 70's shock schlock films. Must see.

[Moros]

never seen any of the films you listed above, damn it!

well no film has ever really shocked me. tough there was a movie called braindead, mend to be horror but it wasn't scary at all. But just let us say I never finished the pudding I was eating while seeing it. (I always eat while I look tv, I'm eating right now really...pie...)
anyway the movie was horrible.
Reqiuem for a day: well I wasn't shocked much, my sister and mum on the other hand...
those were the most "shocking" movies I've seen not that they were very shocking.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Braindead is one of my fav all time films, made by the great Peter Jackson. Great, stupid and funny all piled together. I have never laughed at a film so much when i first saw it

You mentioned Reqiuem for a dream, i haven't seen it but i have heard alot about it. Is it worth seeing?

Also Aguirre: Wrath of God is very weird and vivid piece of filming, disturbing but not very good.

[Moros]

You mentioned Reqiuem for a dream, i haven't seen it but i have heard alot about it. Is it worth seeing?

well I'd rate it a 77/100, not that shocking but it's not a bad movie.

[Mikeus Caesar]

*~~Spoiler alert!~~*

Pet Sematary. Nothing bad about it up until the point where the undead Gage kills the friendly old man who lives across the road. The way he was killed was quite nasty, but by an undead two year old? Yuck...

[_Martyr_]

I thought Requim for a Dream was a damn good film. It is pretty shocking though.

[Moros]

*~~Spoiler alert!~~*

Pet Sematary. Nothing bad about it up until the point where the undead Gage kills the friendly old man who lives across the road. The way he was killed was quite nasty, but by an undead two year old? Yuck...

read the book never saw the movie but I can imagine it didn't look nice...
I think I'm gonna rend this movie before my vacation ends.

Didn't find Req. for a dream really shocking. But it's quite good.

[ShadesPanther]

9/ Cannibal Holocaust ( totally insane but for some reason very watchable)

Is that the one that was banned in almost every country it was shown in and the cannibals ate a man's manly bits?

[Paul Peru]

I knew I couldn't see Happiness.
Romper Stomper was nasty, but it didn't affect me much.
(I was quite drunk)
Once were warriors was not a feelgood-flick.

The most disturbing film I've seen lately was Kill Bill Vol 2.
It totally made me ... uneasy.
And made me think.
(Not in a way Tarantino had in anyway intended or foreseen, he's just a dumb brat (mentally))
I'm wiser, but still bruised.

[The Stranger]

hmmm, City of God was awesome but really scary.

[edyzmedieval]

I'd have to go with The Ring 2.

Scared the pants off me

[Azi Tohak]

Reqium for a Dream. Mullholland Drive.

That drug movie from a few years ago with a bunch of related but not tangling stories... I can't remember what it was called.

Azi

[Crazed Rabbit]

1) Sin City
2) Titus

Crazed Rabbit

[kayapó]

Another American History
Passage to Kandahar
Schindler's List

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[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Naked by Mike leigh is a twisted film. Also has anyone seen Clean, Shaven with the great Peter Greene? A great and twisted film.

[Haleric]

Not that disturbing or shocking, but twisted and freaky in a good way: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Especially the scene where Johnny Depp wakes up in a flooded hotel room, wearing a pair of fisherman's boots and a giant lizard tail. Priceless.

I haven't had the chance to see Caligula yet, but a friend of mine said it was the most messed up thing he'd seen in a while. He had trouble watching it from the beginning to the end in one go. As for a rainy day movie I don't recommend watching Lilja 4-Ever, Monster's Ball or In The Bedroom.

[Shaka_Khan]

I watched 'Starship Troopers II' on t.v. yesterday. It was very different from the first one. The second one was like 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', 'Resident Evil', and 'Alien' put together.

[Tricon]

Clockwork Orange - for the reoccuring truths in it
Das Boot - for portraying raw emotions (the translation into english sucks, see it in german)
Seven - that drug victim/torture scene was perhaps the single most frightening moment I've witnessed in a movie
Deliverance - for the mood (that movie kind of grew on me over the years)

I'll add some more when I think of them.

[Puzz3D]

I haven't had the chance to see Caligula yet, but a friend of mine said it was the most messed up thing he'd seen in a while. He had trouble watching it from the beginning to the end in one go.

The X rated sex scenes were put into Caligula after it was finished, and they don't fit in well at all. If you are going to watch this film, I'd suggest the R rated version.

The movie Titus will burn some images into your brain you'll wish you could forget. It's an interpretation of Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus .

[drone]

The movie Titus will burn some images into your brain you'll wish you could forget. It's an interpretation of Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus .

I've been wanting to see this movie for a while, it's supposed to be very gory, but well done (Anthony Hopkins plays the lead).

When I first saw Robocop II, I was pretty amazed at the amount of indiscriminate violence. Haven't seen it in a long time, so I can't say how it compares by today's standards. But at the time I think I called it "the violentest movie ever".