The top ten most disturbing films

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
The Exorcist
A Clockwork Orange
Schindlers List

[lars573]

I've never seen many disturbing movies. I ususally find horror movies funny. I would hold up any (and I mean any) video made for a song by Tool to be 10 times more disturbing than any movie.

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.

You mean traffic? Which version the US or UK one?

[JimBob]

Sin City gets in without a doubt, any movie that has three guys bits blown off in 20 minutes gets in. And the "he made me watch" part still makes me shiver.
Deer Hunter for the Roulette scenes alone
And Clockwork Orange is a messed up book, a messed up movie and a generally messed up idea.

[Puzz3D]

Men Behind The Sun
Come and See
Judgement at Nuremberg
Grave of the Fireflies
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Red and the White
Uprising
Irreversable
American History X
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The Silence of the Lambs
The Hillside Strangler
Vampyr
Los Olvidados
The Great Silence

[Dutch_guy]

American History X

I was going to name that one.. good but disturbing too..

[Roark]

1. I Spit on Your Grave

2. Necromantik

3. Salo

4. Faces of Death

5. Make Them Die Slowly

6. Cannibal Holocaust

7. Requiem for a Dream

8. Naked Lunch

9. Un Chien Andalou

10. Jacob's Ladder

[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 .

[Aenlic]

Das Boot - for portraying raw emotions (the translation into english sucks, see it in german)

I don't see Das Boot as being extremely disturbing, so much as seriously thought-provoking. I consider it one of the 10 best anti-war movies around for its wonderful portrayal of the utter futility of war at times. The final scene just blew me away. I agree that it is much better in German, with subtitles in English. And in surround sound, the digital director's cut is amazing. You loose that in the English-dubbed version.

I mentioned it above, but I think it deserves more time as one of the truly sickest movies ever - Basket Case. Look for it in your video store's horror section. It's part horror, part comedy and some parts are absolutely sick.

[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".

[Puzz3D]

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).

It's the combination of the visuals, the acting and the story that gives it the impact. Eventhough it's fiction, the characers really come to life, but you have to stay with it because it's a long movie that builds slowly to the climax. A lot of people won't want to sit through this movie, and I almost turned it off half way through since I was completely baffled. It's quite stylized mixing modern day and historical visuals. The director of the movie was the theatrical director of the New York stage play.

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".

The uncut version of Robocop is pretty intense. The only way you can get it now is in the box set of all 3 movies. The comentary track which was done for the out of print Criterion Collection version is included.

[Tricon]

I don't see Das Boot as being extremely disturbing, so much as seriously thought-provoking. I consider it one of the 10 best anti-war movies around for its wonderful portrayal of the utter futility of war at times. The final scene just blew me away. I agree that it is much better in German, with subtitles in English. And in surround sound, the digital director's cut is amazing. You loose that in the English-dubbed version.

I mentioned it above, but I think it deserves more time as one of the truly sickest movies ever - Basket Case. Look for it in your video store's horror section. It's part horror, part comedy and some parts are absolutely sick.

The first post said:
"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."

Das Boot definately hit me in the gut and stayed with me for a long time. It is definately in my top 20 of all time.... but still... it was disturbing. It should be a school mandatory, IMO.

[BDC]

Donnie Darko.

Just confusing.

[Zalmoxis]

What's so confusing about a rabbit?

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I didn't get Donnie Darko...DID HE GET LAID OR NOT???? blegh...sorry. Random outburst.


Anydizzles, Deliverance was a great movie, but for disturbing, hrm... maybe American History X, I love the movie but the end kind of stuck with me, you know?

[poirot]

Salo

[GoreBag]

Once I read "Caligula" in the list, I immediately thought of Ilsa, She-Wolf of the Nazis. My friend's mother had the privilege of seeing it the night it was released, and is now one of the few, since it was taken off the market three days after it hit theatres.

While I'm on the disturbing porn mindset, I'll toss up a link to a porn spoof of H.P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator.

(Not appropriate-BKS) Not safe for work.

[Beirut]

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[Adrian II]

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Holy sausage on a stick, Batman -- you are cleaning out this stable!

[R'as al Ghul]

I once watched this 3 hour documentery about the aftermath of the holocaust. All the German officers were made to clean up the mess, and it is some of the most despicable things I have ever seen. Endless bodies were being dragged through the street and through the mud to reach the mass graves. All of the so skinny and decomposed you could see some of their bones and entistines. Talk about sick!

You hear the numbers, but it's only when you see the actual effects for yourself that you realize what inhumanity is.

Now that I think about it, it might be the most disturbing thing I've ever seen.

I saw that at age 13. It's how you get confronted with it in Germany.
It still follows me and the pictures keep popping up.

I haven't seen Blue Velvet mentioned here.
"We're going on a tour, neighbour!"

[King Arthur]

i find Memento a truly disturbing film im suprised it has not been mentioned yet.....its film noir at its best..i find Guy Pearces character truly unsettling at the end(or not!)

[Dutch_guy]

American History X, I love the movie but the end kind of stuck with me, you know?

yeah the end was kind of , well ... sad ...
but it wasn't the part that stuck with me the most though... that would be that part were he kills the guy who tried to steal his car... that was brutal..

[Slyspy]

My two most disturbing films:

Battle Royale - a brutal film with no joy at all.

Meet The Feebles - the muppets gone very very wrong.

[Tricon]

Meet the feebles! Right. Forgot that one.