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“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Requiem for a Dream it's not a horror movie but definitely one of the most disturbing movies I've watched.

conn_r2112:

I remember watching it when I was younger, and at a certain point I legit had to pause the movie and go outside just to hear some birds chirp and see some sunshine.

kwabsala , IMDb Report

Final score:

88points

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Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

This movie was a masterpiece but I will never watch it again, it's traumatic. But I respect it as it saved a lot of lives by just telling the consequences of the d**g abuse

65points

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Schindler’s List. I will never watch it again.

u/ToBeReadOutLoud:

It’s an extremely good movie and I’m glad I watched it, but once was definitely enough.

Unusual-Caregiver-30 , IMDb Report

Final score:

86points

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Rayne OfSalt 6 months ago

Why is this on a list of "could not be made today" movies? if it didn't already exist, someone would absolutely be making it.

39points

Naturally, the first thing Bored Panda was interested in learning about was the film expert's all-time favorite disturbing movie. Chase shares with us that it's Ghost Stories, a 2017 film starring an ensemble cast that includes Martin Freeman, Samuel Bottomley, Deborah Wastell, and Amy Doyle.

For those who aren't familiar with the movie, he kindly summarized it. "The film centers around a paranormal debunker who tries to disprove three separate supernatural encounters. But he discovers they are connected in a chilling way. What stands out to me in this film are a number of moments that play upon the psyche of both the main character and the viewer."

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized A Clockwork Orange was up there on the list.

VidelSatan13:

I can watch a lot of horror but I watched it once and never again

Outdoor-Snacker , IMDb Report

Final score:

75points

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Deanna Crichley 6 months ago

In my top ten, for both book and movie.

30points

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Grave of the Fireflies (1988).

Foolish_Flame:

That was just such a devastating movie. Must’ve seen it about 20 years ago and I still think about it often. It still gives me goosebumps.

Aggravating_Top7963 , IMDb Report

Final score:

73points

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Alec 6 months ago

Yups, that one is most definitely up there. A less familiar anime movie along the same lines is Barefoot Gen

18points

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized A Serbian Film.

minish4w:

Came here for this. I wouldn’t watch the movie again but, in terms of accomplishing what they set out to accomplish, it was a good movie. I feel bad for even saying that, lol. But man, that’s one that just can’t be unseen. Almost feel terrible for having actually seen it. On that note, if anyone comments about a movie that’s more disturbing than this one… I don’t think I’d want to watch it. And I’ve of gone on horror movie binges that span the globe.

Ill-Organization-719 , IMDb Report

Final score:

66points

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Jrog 6 months ago

The plot synopsis on Wikipedia is a wild ride enough for me.

45points

"A great example of this is found in the second story that he is trying to debunk - where he enters the home of a disturbed young man and sees the boy's parents standing in the kitchen," Chase continues telling us.

"They have their backs to him (and the camera) and appear to be standing at the sink, washing dishes. However, when the protagonist takes a second look, he sees that they are completely motionless. The camera lingers on this image, and the longer it does so, the more disturbing the effect gets.

Why aren't these people moving? Why aren't they speaking? Why do they have their backs to us? And, just as the investigator is about to take a step towards them, the boy gets his attention, and it pulls us away from those faceless characters. It's never revealed why they were behaving this way, which only adds to the mystery of that moment."

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Hotel Rwanda.

u/becuzurugly:

I own it but have only watched it twice. I cry about it for days on end.

lnchkr , IMDb Report

Final score:

66points

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Alexandra 6 months ago

I never watch films like that because I probably wouldn't be able to cope with everyday life after seeing the depravity of mankind.

44points

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Threads... By far.

SV650rider:

I saw it years ago and still think about it regularly. Sometimes my friend and I need to talk about it to continue the processing.

Saintdavus:

This changed my idea of surviving nuclear war. I’m now glad I live in a high target city and I only hope I get vaporized instantly if or when the time comes.

Tomaszmagnum , IMDb Report

Final score:

65points

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Jrog 6 months ago

Threads and The Day After are recognized as the media that most effectively swayed public opinion towards widespread support of nuclear weapon reduction programs. They happened to be published at a time when the media had a predominantly propaganda-driven nationalistic rhetoric.

39points

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized One Hour Photo. Robin Williams as a psycho. Brilliant but disturbing.

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Final score:

65points

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Jrog 6 months ago

I only remember it as bland, pointless and boring psychological pastiche.

30points

To learn more about the film genre itself, we were curious to find out what elements make a movie truly chilling.

Chase explains, "Disturbing films typically come in two varieties - those that are meant to disturb on a visceral level (such as shock-horror films like Hostel or A Serbian Film) and a smaller class of disturbing films that are meant to affect the viewer on a psychological level (such as the aforementioned Ghost Stories, and even non-horror such as Thirteen). I find psychologically disturbing movies to be most effective, much more so than movies with just gore and shock value."

#10

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized American History X.

EgonsBrokenTie:

I can remember by buddy showing me the film. He had the video tape rewound and back in the case and I still had my jaw dropped while staring blankly into the turned off TV.

Jdtdtauto , IMDb Report

Final score:

62points

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Anders Eriksson 6 months ago

One of the best movies ever!

35points

#11

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Come and See, written and directed by two men who were on the eastern front during Germany's genocide campaign in Belarus, the campaign that k*lled 27 million Russians. The movie depicts the writer's experience as a teenage soldier. It was made during the time of the Soviet Union and the actions of the Germans depicted in the movie were deemed so intense and disturbing that even the Soviet Union who basically controlled all media at the time asked then to tone it down. The movie uses a real child actor, real animals, and real live ammunition. It could never be made today. It is haunting, disturbing, and based 100% in reality. It shows there are no heroes in war and will destroy any notion one may have that war is ever a good idea. It makes Saving Private Ryan look like Over the Hedge. Edit: The movie is free in its native Russian on Youtube.

Tantra_Charbelcher , IMDb Report

Final score:

54points

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Alexandra 6 months ago

A pity that this movie didn't prevent Russia from invading the Ukraine: apparently history will repeat itself.

59points

#12

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Johnny Got his Gun. It took me years to watch it all the way through. Being stuck in your body not being able to move or communicate all the while being conscious to everything around you. It's like being buried alive for years.

spytez , IMDb Report

Final score:

47points

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James016 6 months ago

Metallica own the rights to this film. They bought it so they could use snippets in the video for One.

33points

According to Chase, the quality of unsettling cinema might be declining because studios aren't willing to take risks with storylines and are often playing it safe.

"To me, it all comes down to the quality of storytelling," he explains. "In recent years, the quality of storytelling in films has gotten worse. It's not that there aren't great storytellers or even great stories available - it's that, increasingly, studios are unwilling to take storytelling risks and are simply playing it safe. It's difficult to create disturbing content of any kind when the filmmakers are mandated to make content to please audiences rather than disturb them. "

Chase finds an interesting paradox in this. "Disturbing content, by its nature, is meant to throw viewers off and unsettle them, not to please them. And yet, most studios these days are trying to make films that will please as wide an audience as they can. These two viewpoints are in direct contradiction. How can you please a wide audience while also creating content that will disturb them? You just can't."

#13

The Machinist. Surprised I haven’t seen it mentioned!!

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Final score:

45points

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Alessa Gillespie 6 months ago

Amazing movie!

11points

#14

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Irreversible.

Only movie I tapped out on the first time then revisited just to get through it. Not only is it gruesome, the atmosphere and camera angles make it really unsettling.

rupa_rockstar:

This film stuck with me for so long, so awful, tragic and beautiful as well. Quite a feat.

aychedee , IMDb Report

Final score:

44points

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Rizzo 6 months ago

A great movie. Reminded me of "Memento". I will never forget the twist. A must watch.

11points

#15

Jacob's ladder traumatized me.

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Final score:

43points

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LaserBrain 6 months ago

First time I saw it, I was on LSD. That was scary.

12points

#16

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Midsommar.

u/woahwoahwoah28:

That was one of the first movies I saw where nausea set in while I was watching it.

pleasure-delayer , IMDb Report

Final score:

41points

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Elin Sandman 6 months ago

As a Swede this was a movie that just felt completely ridiculous. I saw it at the cinema with family and I have never experienced a whole theatre audience laugh so hard during a horror movie. I’ve tried to watch it again because I am a big fan of his other movies but no, I find it ridiculous.

40points

#17

I Spit On Your Grave. The Hills Have Eyes. Both originals and remakes.

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Final score:

41points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago

I love i spit on your grave! I've tried showing it to friends and they can't get to the point where the revenge starts, which is SO SATISFYING. very few movies have gotten me so invested in a character and wanting them to do terrible things to rapists. Such a good and disturbing movie!

25points

#18

Apocalypse Now.
It had an impact on me like no other. The movie feels so intensely real, and unfortunately it is a very accurate depiction of what happened in the Vietnam War. The way that the movie dehumanises Vietnamese people (which is what the Americans did) just kills me. It’s absolutely horrifying.

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Final score:

41points

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Jrog 6 months ago (edited)

It's horrifying, but it is so on purpose and with a clear message behind. The approach to evil of the protagonist through its journey and its steps, is mirrored by the sacrificial ascension of the antagonist posing a lot of questions about what's good and what's bad in ethically challenging scenarios. It's another film that could not be made today but only because it takes a great director and a lot of artistic freedom to commit to a story without falling into the temptation of turning it into a rhetoric, generic war movie.

18points

#19

Deliverance.

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Final score:

40points

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Caroline Nagel 6 months ago

Excellent movie. Wouldn't watch it again.

23points

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#20

Lars von Trier's Antichrist. Specifically the scene involving scissors….

Final score:

38points

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Ms. Mack 6 months ago

Very disturbing. This should be higher up.

6points

#21

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Not the most disturbing, but the car scene in Hereditary shocked the absolute s**t out of me more than any other horror scene. I’ve watched a lot of horror movies.

bokin8:

It was so unexpected in that moment of the movie for some reason that's why it was so shocking too. That one is really burned into my brain.

SassafrassPudding:

Hereditary stayed with me. It's a long, slow burn until it hits you again, and again. I've watched a whole bunch of "deep dive" video essays to try and work through it, but the effects remain, like a spot on my soul

Dangerous_Mouse_1475 , IMDb Report

Final score:

36points

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Susie Elle 6 months ago

The entire movie was gut wrenching

11points

#22

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Eraserhead. You are welcome.

AreYouMeIAmYou:

I saw it for the first time last year and it left a very foul taste in my mouth. Oh, and I'm going to be a dad for the first time this year and the movie is even more unsettling now.

sweetsour9 , IMDb Report

Final score:

35points

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Fat Harry 6 months ago

I just felt this one was absolute nonsense.

19points

#23

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Eden Lake.

SamRaimisOldsDelta88:

I had to scroll far too long for this one. Other movies might be more viscerally upsetting but this one just hurts deep down inside. I’ve seen pretty much all of them. Terrifier, TCM, Martyrs, Cannibal Holocaust…

It’s mean, realistic, and doesn’t give you a payoff or relief in the end.

Dependent-Stuff-8574 , IMDb Report

Final score:

33points

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Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

Glad to see this here. I watched it late at night thinking some brainless horror past time and then got sucked into actual violence with believable characters and unbearable tension with no relief. I've avoided it since.

5points

#24

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Funny games. I watch A LOT of horror movies/ thrillers etc. I consider it my favorite genre. That movie got me to my core for some reason. Something felt so real about it.

unoeyedwillie:

I watch a lot of horror and read a lot of true crime, I could not finish this movie. It did feel very real.

DrZoid1984 , IMDb Report

Final score:

33points

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Castles 6 months ago

I hate home invasion films especially as horrible as this. This and a British film called Cherry Tree Lane are both of the films I will never watch again

16points

#25

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Probably Event Horizon.

doomonyou1999:

I still have nightmares related to this film.

ladderboy124 , IMDb Report

Final score:

32points

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alaina66 6 months ago

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! Have it on dvd!!

16points

#26

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Mother….

u/TalkativeTree:

This is the only movie I actively wish I could un-watch.

u/Clom_Clompson:

The only movie I’ve ever seen that truly and I mean truly felt like an unfolding nightmare. I will never watch it again.

AttractiveLizard , IMDb Report

Final score:

32points

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Alessa Gillespie 6 months ago

Saw it on a plane. Hated it and made my anxiety spike up like crazy!

7points

#27

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Ok, Bone Tomahawk.

Ricemandem:

Only film I've ever watched where I have to actively avoid thinking about it for my own peace of mind

not_your_google , IMDb Report

Final score:

31points

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Castles 6 months ago

Brilliant film

13points

#28

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974 original.

It just feels so grimy, unpleasant and most of all, REAL. It feels realistic and truly disturbing in a way a lot of horror movies don't, to the point where you almost feel like you shouldn't be watching, but you can't look away. The title makes you think you're in for a gorefest, but there's actually very little blood and gore to speak of (Tobe Hooper was shooting for A PG RATING, but the MPAA decided that the subject matter was just too macabre to be anything less than an R). It's all about the atmosphere, the tension, the extremely f****d up imagery in that house, and the erm... eccentric Sawyer family. And it's all made even scarier by Marilyn Burns' uncomfortably realistic terror at everything around her... and much of her fear was genuine.

Yeah, about that... the making of the film was no picnic. Just look up what a nightmare the dinner scene was for everyone involved. Edwin Neal (who played the hitchhiker) said it was the worst experience of his life.... and he'd served in Vietnam.

BenMitchell007 Report

Final score:

31points

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Ken Beattie 6 months ago

The hammer scene is incredibly brutal and realistic. It's one of the simplest, but most effective horror movie kills ever.

8points

#29

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized I found Tusk very disturbing. I love horrors and don’t mind body horror usually, but that one left me with a really uncomfortable feeling.

Brief-Leader-4015:

I'm glad I'm not the only one, everyone laughed at it but I found it very unsettling.

Lux-Raven , IMDb Report

Final score:

30points

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Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

Don't watch it. It is not worth the trauma. It has no purpose and proper storyline except to disgust the viewer. Just a mess of a movie.

26points

#30

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Pink Flamingos for sure.

unicornichopia , IMDb Report

Final score:

26points

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SBocker78 6 months ago

Disturbing? Kinda. Hilarious? Absolutely!

27points

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#31

The boy in the striped pajamas, it is truly a movie you watch once and never return back to it.

Final score:

20points

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Elchinero 6 months ago

Got THAT right. Was scrolling for this (so as not to double-post)

2points

#32

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized HAPPINESS (1998) with Dylan Baker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (one of the greatest actors ever, imo). It's.......well, uncomfortable to say the least.

HypoxiaJones:

I vomited after this one. I’ve seen some of the more upvoted films on this list. This one did it.

jeffjsw , IMDb Report

Final score:

19points

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Kate Jones 6 months ago

Dylan Baker is really such a great, underrated actor. And the scene where his son is asking why he isn't good enough to abuse was so messed up.

3points

#33

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Dear Zachary.

/MacduffFifesNo1Thane:

I only remember the movie when these threads come up. And good thing, because I need to be reminded every so often that the world is cruel.

DomingoLee:

If you haven’t seen it, please... Just don’t.

wgn431234 , MSNBC Report

Final score:

18points

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Michael Vickery 6 months ago

When I watched this, I had no idea what was coming. I felt like I got kicked in the face. I can watch fiction, because it's just acting. This made me cry myself to sleep.

8points

#34

The Road. I had to just sit and think for a little while after watching it.

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Final score:

18points

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Alessa Gillespie 6 months ago

I read the book and that was enough torment for me

9points

#35

Kids.

funkyhomo:

So good and so heartbreaking.

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Final score:

17points

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Blaze Onyx 6 months ago

Scrolling through to find this! My dad told me about it and I wanted to watch it until I read the plot-

0points

#36

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Martyrs.

Brief-Leader-4015:

I lay awake all night after this film. Nothing has ever bothered me except this.

punky67:

Just watched this a couple of weeks ago. Brutal film. It starts off a really good revenge movie as well, but Jesus, it gets much darker. The relentless torture just becomes downright depressing

Sorry_Reference8436 , IMDb Report

Final score:

17points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 months ago

This movie is simply torture porn.

2points

#37

There is Something Wrong with Aunt Diane.
It had a very shocking still at the end but it's overall a horribly sad event followed by a family deep in detail.

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Final score:

17points

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Upstaged75 6 months ago

This is a true story BTW. A documentary really.

2points

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#38

Cannibal Holocaust.

Final score:

17points

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Amy Smith 6 months ago

This was banned in so many places and with good reason. Didn't the film crew and director get taken to court to prove no humans were actually killed? I think I read that some of the bodies on sticks were so realistic it got complaints.

5points

#39

*Hard Candy*

Good f*****g hell is this an uncomfortable movie.

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Final score:

16points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

I've seen this several times. It's one of the most surreal things I've ever seen. Page was 17 at the time, and his portrayal of Hayley was masterful, and raised the movie's bar. We see the situation from Hayley's eyes, but Page's performance gave a LOT of wiggle room. I think that's the thing that makes it so freaky. The situation isn't cut-and-dried. Was Hayley's view the truth? Was Jeff's? Some combination thereof? That movie haunts me, in part because I don't know if the right person won. I don't know how Page feels about the movies he portrayed in his teens, but I think his personal ambiguity certainly enhanced the movie. (For those who don't know, Elliott Page was born female, and had exclusively female roles as a child and teenager).

17points

#40

Give Salò a try.

apb2718:

I only watched this film once but I felt it was just weird until the end where it finally goes over the top.

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Final score:

16points

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Elles Sylvester 6 months ago

I was hoping someone would mention this. And then I could just put it all out of my mind again.........

5points

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

This is another one I'm surprised is so low on the list.

2points

kiteman 6 months ago

This is the one I would have listed. The dinner scene is probably one of the grossest things conceptually. And the movie isn’t even entertaining. Honorable mentions for movies that are pretty disgusting but very entertaining on the other hand, are 8mm and I Saw the Devil.

4points

Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

I'd say DON'T give it a try. But you do you. I felt nauseous

1point

Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

Do not watch it. I warn you. Do not.

1point

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

At my masters degree, a teacher in a class of Totalitarian Regimes put it in class. Two students vomited...

0points

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

This is a close rival for " A Serbian Film " in terms of just pure disgusting and horrible to watch....

0points

#41

Jaws. Hear me out: I'm a horror fan and find demons and ghosts as scary as the next guy, but at worst I can't sleep for three nights after a particularly disturbing movie. But it's been decades since I watched Jaws and I am still scared to tread water. So it might not have hit the hardest, but for me it's reverberated the longest.

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Final score:

15points

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Gia SDP 6 months ago

When my granddaughter was 4, she loved this movie. Now she's 6 and still isn't afraid.

2points

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#42

I can't understand exactly why but "saltburn" ignoring all the obviously uncomfortable parts. When that end song starts playing I feel horrible haha.

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Final score:

15points

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Dirk Daring 6 months ago

I found that dreck on (whatever streaming service) and it was listed as a comedy. Somebody needs to be effing FIRED.

7points

#43

Boys don't cry. I was a teenager trying to find some lgbt representation and someone recommended this.

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Final score:

15points

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WayoftheStarPrincess 6 months ago

That's how I found and watched Mysterious Skin. It was a tiny trauma and I can still sometimes have nightmares about it.

2points

#44

I dont think its traditionally disturbing , but “The killing of a sacred deer” really left me feeling weird.

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Final score:

14points

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Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

It is disturbing.

4points

#45

The Audition. The look of pre glee on her face as she took the Molly wire to his ankle.

TheHammer987:

I still freak out about this like, 20 years later.

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Final score:

13points

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Ken Beattie 6 months ago

Another top 10 movie for for the same reason as the OP. It's so grotesque but so real at the same time. Far more disturbing to think a crazy person could do that to you than any demonic possession/alien creatures/horrific monsters type gore fest.

3points

#46

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Meghan is Missing.

becuzurugly:

It took me three tries to get through the second half of that movie, and then I spent at least a week looking up how to escape being buried alive.

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Final score:

13points

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Kate Jones 6 months ago

I honestly thought this movie was silly but the scene where he opens the barrel was top notch, lol. From there onward to the last 20 or so minutes of the movie it was really disturbing. Probably the worst possible way to die was being put in a barrel with a dead, decomposing body and then being buried alive. It was memorable.

2points

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#47

Girl In The Box.

What's terrifying is that everything in that movie happened for real.

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Final score:

13points

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#48

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized The movie Splice. One of the last scenes where the “father” has s*x with his “daughter”. It wasn’t a scary movie, just disturbing af!

KatieLily_Simmer:

I’ve had nightmares from this movie for years. I’ve watched much more disturbing content but something about this film just messed me up. I can’t watch anything else with the main actor in it because I only think of this movie.

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Final score:

12points

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Lara Verne 6 months ago

It was weird movie, but not good enough to actually scare someone.

7points

#49

Phantasm.

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Final score:

12points

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SBocker78 6 months ago

Phantasm is great.

6points

#50

There's this French indie film, shot on a shoestring budget, called Man Bites Dog. It's a story of a documentary crew following a serial killer around as he, well, kills people. It has some pretty visceral scenes in it. It's actually a black comedy but I always found it interesting how it sort of predates our modern documentaries and reality tv series that are rather exploitative.

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Final score:

12points

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Sander Van Loo 6 months ago (edited)

Not a French movie, a Belgian movie

8points

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#51

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Aniara. It’s about a spaceship that’s ferrying humans from Earth to Mars because Earth has become uninhabitable due to climate change, and right after they start towards Mars they have to swerve to avoid space junk and it ends up disabling the ship. They’re now stuck hurdling away from Mars with no way to maneuver back. I can’t really explain it but it’s so incredibly unnerving and disturbing seeing what these humans devolve into while being lost in space, and it gives a sense of isolation and desperation unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It also gives me a sense of claustrophobia despite the ship being absolutely massive.

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Final score:

11points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago

I'm cultivating quite a list of "to watch" movies from this list. Thanks!

17points

#52

Faces of Death.

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Final score:

11points

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Ken Beattie 6 months ago

Another one I was waiting to see mentioned.

3points

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#53

Cube 2 that films makes me vomit every time I see a single frame from it.

Final score:

11points

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Michelle C 6 months ago

Love the Cube movies!

7points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#54

I don’t watch a lot of unsettling movies but The Devil All The Time got me bad. I had to watch it in two sittings.

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Final score:

11points

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Libstak 6 months ago

It's a great movie though, totally unexpected.

2points

#55

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Very Bad Things - it isn't necessarily a scary movie or one trying to send some weird/dark message. It's just a movie that starts bad and keeps getting worse. As though it wants your hopes to get dashed no matter who you're trying to root for throughout it.

I've seen horror flucks and heard of other disturbing movies In not willing to watch. But for me, this is the one movie I will never return to given the way it keeps getting so... just hopeless.

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Final score:

11points

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Der Kommissar 6 months ago

horror comedy

4points

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#56

Bad Boy Bubby, an Australian movie, can't really explain it, But flo...

u/Cattle-dog:

Absolutely unique movie with a horrific beginning and a surprising ending.

Final score:

10points

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Gary 6 months ago

Its a damn fine movie though to be fair.

2points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#57

House of a thousand corpses.

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Final score:

10points

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kissmychakram 6 months ago

Not disturbing just very, very stupid. I had to watch it as part of an audience participation thing for my niece's dissertation and I'm furious that I wasted part of my life to this self-indulgent wank. Terrible.

2points

#58

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons.

SirPotatoToes:

I watched it with my dad not knowing what it was about bc we both liked ari aristers’s films… yeah it was awkward

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Final score:

9points

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Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

The strange thing about the Johnsons is that they're at the pinnacle of British society despite being universally terrible at everything

0points

#59

The House That Jack Built.

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Final score:

8points

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iseefractals 6 months ago

This is an incredible movie. Twisted AF, but the actions of the protagonist are portrayed brutal and real, while still having a fair amount of absolutely pitch black comedy. The pay off at the end was absolutely brilliant. Whenever someone asks me to recommend a movie, this is my go to, and i never tell them anything about it, just that they need to watch it.

1point

#60

Terrified (Aterrados) Argentinian scary movie. I love scary movies but this one had me sleeping with my lights on, and I’m 40 😭.

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Final score:

8points

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Castles 6 months ago

Omg this is one of the freakiest movies I have ever seen. I was actually scared watching it!

3points

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#61

Snowtown.

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Final score:

8points

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Hassel Davidhoff 6 months ago

This is about some very terrible things done by truly frightening people in Australia. I've not seen the film but I know the real life story and it is a particularly disturbing tale of greed and murderous madness.

2points

#62

Maybe not the worst, but one that comes to mind is Mean Creek. Kids going through an emotionally grueling experience figuring out what to do with another kids body. Those kid actors did an amazing job on that film.

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Final score:

8points

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#63

Soft and Quiet. I’m pretty desensitized to a lot, but this movie really had me anxious and cringing for most of it. Not disturbing in a traditional grotesque way but it’s crazy bc it felt rather believable.

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Final score:

8points

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#64

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized Dogtooth. Saw it on a list of WTF films back in the early 2010s, so I gave it a watch. It was really uncomfortable and unsettling to sit through. Without going into too much detail, it's about a controlling father who isolates his wife and three kids from the rest of society on a private estate. It's a Greek foreign film. I recommend it solely based on how bizarre it was; but be warned, you'll feel icky after watching it.

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Final score:

8points

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Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

I saw it on a disturbing movie iceberg video on yt. Probably from wendigoon. Just the summary of it is disturbing

2points

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#65

An American Crime (2007)

This one hurt my soul truly, its based on a true crime of a single mom who was being paid to watch & care for two sisters (15&16) in 1965. It has Catherine Keener & Elliott Page (formally Ellen Page).

Not gonna go into detail but I only finished it because I felt the victim deserved to have her story told/heard.

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Final score:

8points

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Der Kommissar 6 months ago

The Girl Next Door (2008) is about the same horrific crime. Cannot watch either of these ever again

2points

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#66

I found Maniac with Elijah Wood very disturbing.

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Final score:

8points

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Elchinero 6 months ago

add "ROOM". (and "The Room" ... joke)

3points

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#67

I watched MEN the other night and that was pretty F*****G DISTURBING, holy f**k.

Final score:

7points

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MagicJacket 6 months ago

Saw the last hour of this the other day. Good Lord, what was the writer/director thinking? Must have had a bunch of spare latex birthing scene vagina appliances laying around.

2points

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#68

Menu - i still don't understand the purpose.

Final score:

7points

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Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

I liked it! Not disturbing for me as much as unexpected

3points

#69

“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized The Poughkeepsie Tapes. It was quite unpleasant. Nothing happy or positive what so ever.

edwpad:

I had a fascination with horror movies out of curiosity when I was younger and this one creeped me out a lot.

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Final score:

6points

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Lyoness 6 months ago

I started this movie and it's one of the only ones I had to stop watching because of the first kidnapping.

2points

#70

Civil War (2024).

I don't know if it was because of the amplified effect in the theater or I'm just a wuss, but I genuinely left the place traumatized and about to throw up. Was 100% worse than all quiet on the western front. I have never seen a modern film pull something off like it. Other than that it was a good movie though, I suggest you watch it.

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Final score:

6points

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Lara Verne 6 months ago

It has a lot of over the top senseless violence, but I can't take this movie seriously. Like reporters, jumping in the middle shoot-outs like idiots, running next to tanks, and almost never get harmed. It was just ridiculous.

4points

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#71

Girl, interrupted. Still haunts me to this day.

Final score:

6points

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FT.Freddychickenlover 6 months ago

What? That’s not even a horror movie! I love that movie. It’s based off of a book. It is really a true story

5points

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#72

Speak No Evil.

Final score:

5points

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1point

#73

Fire in The Sky. Based on a TRUE story. Terrifying!

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Final score:

3points

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Jrog 6 months ago (edited)

Yeah, sure, a "true story" of an UFO abduction. It's loosely based on the book written by a UFO maniac and known prankster, who had the incentive of creating the hoax to collect tabloid money. Is that a "true story"? Also, the movie is quite terrible and badly written.

11points

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SCP 4666 6 months ago

I got one - Watership down. There you go

26points

Just_for_this 6 months ago

How that ever was deemed a Childs movie i dont know!

8points

Marla 6 months ago

Really brilliant though. The book is amazing

2points

ynyrhydref56 6 months ago

Traumatised for life!

0points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

Two for me: The Fly (the 80's version) REALLY freaked me out as a teenager. The other is Pan's Labyrinth. Was Ofelia really Princess Moanna? Was she merely escaping the horror in fantasy? The character of Captain Vidal was both very well done and horrible. That one will stick with me forever.

18points

Kate 6 months ago

Oh gods, Pan's Labyrinth was so beautifully done, absolutely gut-wrenching. To your question, though, my guess: doesn't matter. No matter how terrifying the monsters in the "fantasy" world were, nothing is as evil as what people do to each other.

17points

Diolla 6 months ago (edited)

Yeah! I saw The Fly in in a theatre and ppl actually walked out, it was soooo disgusting.

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

Captain Vidal is one terrifying movie villain.

2points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

I was surprised not to see Pan's Labyrinth in the list.

1point

Alexandra 6 months ago

A lof of films I won't ever watch...

12points

Kylie 6 months ago

You and me both.

7points

Jrog 6 months ago

A few of them should be in school curricula though. Apocalypse now, Schindler's list, A Clockwork Orange, Jaws (why it's here baffles me), American History X...

2points

Diolla 6 months ago

Only one I actually saw was Jaws LOL...

0points

Alessa Gillespie 6 months ago

We need to talk about Kevin

11points

Nikole 6 months ago

Oh that was good!

2points

Virgin Panda 6 months ago

Trainspotting!! Especially the bit with the baby

10points

The Doom Song 6 months ago

Put me off wanting to take d***s

1point

Robert T 6 months ago

The Wizard of Oz. Had me in tears and running through to the kitchen. Way too scary for an 6 year-old to watch on their own.

6points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Return to Oz?

4points

Hotrodmom 6 months ago

I'm old but, "The Killing Fields". Could hear a pin drop in the theater when it ended.

6points

Rayne OfSalt 6 months ago

That is the most misleading title I have seen on a bored panda article for quite some time. Good lord.

6points

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

Right!

0points

The Doom Song 6 months ago

I watched the movie "Kids" recently. That movie stuck with me and I find myself wondering about it quite often especially the burning question "Did Telly know he was HIV positive?"

5points

Nikole 6 months ago

I don’t think he did, but knowing wouldn’t have changed any of that little fúckers actions.

0points

Becca not Becky 6 months ago

Lovely Bones. Never saw the movie but if it's anything like the book, I'm out

5points

Elin Sandman 6 months ago

The book is more disturbing than the movie.

2points

Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

This list has made me remember scenes l really didn't want to 😂 gonna go for a walk in the sun

5points

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

Yep, same here!

2points

Charlotte A. 6 months ago

I have hardly watched any movies on this list but if I were to mention a couple that really upset me (so maybe not "disturbing" in the sense this list intends? But I was upset/angry) was One flew over the cuckoo's nest, and Taming of the Shrew (with Elizabeth Taylor). But just made me so upset at the unfairness that I cried with anger.

5points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

Have you read the book of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? It's even more disturbing than the movie, because it's told entirely from Chief Bromden's point of view, and he's very obviously not sane. Or is he?

7points

Narcissistic_Alcoholic 6 months ago

I'm surprised Special Bulletin [1983] is not on the list or mentioned. Very similar in vein to The Day After, but in a much more visceral first-person manner. This broadcast badly messed with people, to the point that schools had to have assemblies, and letters were sent home to parents the following week.

4points

MotherofGuineaPigs 6 months ago

The Deer Hunter - just wow...

4points

Nikole 6 months ago

Yes!

1point

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

An honorable mention should also go to The Mist. Great film, nice Stephen King adaption with some cool scenes, good cast and then right at the very end one of the bleakest sucker punch endings ever. I think there are also a ton of "gore" movies that are disturbing just because they're gross, Nekromantik, the Guinea Pig series, Hostel, the later Saw films (the first was excellent). Xtro, mostly because I saw a trailer for the alien monster attacking someone when I was a kid and it grossed me out. Seeing it later it wasn't as bad but I guess an early horror sticks with you.

4points

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

The book is better

0points

Katie Lutesinger 6 months ago

I'm surprised We Need To Talk About Kevin isn't on this list. Brilliant movie which I will never watch again. A year or two later I saw the poster for The Perks of Being a Wallflower and couldn't figure out why looking at it upset me. It was just three kids standing in front of a green wall, so why did it disturb me so much? Then it hit me. One of those kids was KEVIN (well, the same actor, obviously).

3points

Tessana Nemenski 6 months ago

Surprised this isn't there. Ill be honest, it left such a mark on me as a kid when i first saw it I honestly think it has contributed to a reoccuring nightmare. ...... But that would be the TV movie "The Day After" released back in the 80s. I had buried it so much in my brain that I nearly forgot about it until I saw a doc about making the movie. It wouldn't get passed the studio brass today (hell it barely did back in the 80s) ... I just remember this one scene with a mom holding her baby and just thinking of it brings tears to my eyes

3points

Philenzortia 6 months ago (edited)

This list reminded me of two movies: The Good Son, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood, which I found disturbing. I saw it when I was very young and it really scared me. The other movie, which I think was amazing but I won't watch again, is Taxidermia. That movie is just weird

3points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

I loved The Good Son. Both boys performed well, but Culkin took it to the next level. I did hold my breath at the climax. I don't know what I would have done.

2points

michael Chock 6 months ago

Shocked "The Peanut butter Solution" isn't on this list. There is a community of people that were convinced it was a horrible dream from their childhood.

3points

SBocker78 6 months ago

No one I know seems to remember this movie and they look at me like I'm crazy when I try to describe it.

2points

ZGutr 6 months ago (edited)

WHY is the wave (the 3rd wave) not on the list???? A teacher that starts en experiment after students ask how Hitler got to do what he did. It did not scared the hell out of me for days but weeks probably months and acually still does...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(1981_film)

3points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

I saw that in school. Very frightening.

0points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Our school was obsessed with this story; we had to read the (translated) book, went to see a live play based on the book once and watched the movie every year. I was pretty sick of it by the end of high school. But I watched the german version a few years later and it still made an impact.

0points

Kata Stropha 6 months ago

Wawe was best and it totally f.cked my mind. And it really happend.

0points

robecca leyden 6 months ago

How was Gummo not on this list??

3points

Nikole 6 months ago

His films make me want to take a hot shower afterward

0points

Ru Bee 6 months ago

The coffee table (Spanish: La mesita del comedor, lit. 'The dining room's small table') Horrific and devastating.

3points

Charlotte Sandoval 6 months ago

Life is Beautiful. I watched it once decades ago and still tear up now remembering.

2points

Carl Roberts 6 months ago

"Man Behind the Sun"......tells the true story of the horrific medical experiments and tortures that the Imperial Japanese Army did to Chinese & Russian POWs at Unit 731 during WWII. It's estimated that up to 300,000 people were tortured and killed there. One of the most graphic and disturbing films I've ever seen.

2points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

Had to scroll down to find this. To me, this is the most horrific film I have ever seen.

0points

Alexandra Nara 6 months ago

painted bird and the boy with the striped pajama I may watch monsters and demons but I never get over human cruelty

2points

Anna Ekberg 6 months ago

City of god, that movie shook me bad. Had just become a mom and the scene when they shoot the orphan kid i just lost it and started crying.

2points

Cloakred_Is_Bored 6 months ago

I don’t think The Talented Mr Ripley belongs on this list, but I watched it when I was 8 and it SCARRED me

2points

Sardonyx_3 6 months ago

Oh, same here. The surprisingly realistic murd3r scenes were a little too scary for me back then... recently rewatched it and got a similar effect, especially when Mr. Ripley hit the guy with the statue head/bu5t - such a messy scene. (Thanks, BP censors).

1point

2DB 6 months ago (edited)

*Nekromantik II* & *We Need to Talk About Kevin* come to mind. One I saw decades ago about a girl who goes to stay with her eccentric grandmother, the grandmother dies & the girl doesn't know what to do--can't remember the title. No sex, no gore, just an all-too-believable nightmare.

2points

Miloslava Erika Kadeřábková 6 months ago

Water by Deepa Mehta. I have seen it more than 10 years ago and it still resonates in me.

2points

Data1001 6 months ago

I would add "We Need To Talk About Kevin" to this list. Absolutely horrid film. All copies should be burned and then burned again.

2points

Alicia M 6 months ago

Can't believe The Mist is not on this list. I won't spoil it, but anyone who has seen the movie knows exactly what I'm talking about.

2points

Nikole 6 months ago

Meh.

-2points

Kelly Scott 6 months ago

We Need to Talk About Kevin. That was...disturbing.

2points

Andrew Read 6 months ago

Why is Wolf Creek not on this list?

2points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Because this movie is a must watch every time you’re considering travelling to the Australian outback. :p

1point

Chewie Baron 6 months ago

For me it’s The Impossible, about the 2004 Tsunami. I’ve seen it once and that’s it. I never want to see it again.

2points

Kylie 6 months ago

For some reason I found Melancholia very disturbing and the final scenes have stayed with me.

2points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

I found it oddly comforting, I felt very much at peace at the end of the movie.

1point

Tamiko 6 months ago

Escape from Sobibor. Everyone should watch it, and I wish Gustav Wagner got more than just a knife to the chest in the end, he deserved a lot worse for what he did.

2points

Guess Undheit 6 months ago

"Safe", with Julianne Moore. No blood, no gore, no violence, but a disturbing downward spiral of person's mental health. [ ................ ] "The Long Good Friday", Bob Hoskins. Cripes, the violence in this movie is brutal. It's like "Deadpool" without any comedy. No heroes, no good guys, no winners.

1point

Thomas 6 months ago

The French movie 'Martyrs' is also quite intense. When you check IMDb comments, you can read that horror fans will not watch it again.

1point

DB 6 months ago

"The Fly" Original and remake.

1point

tuzdayschild 6 months ago

No one mentioned Pan's Labyrinth. I was so angry at the end of that movie I wanted to hit someone. And I am very non violent.

1point

Floeckchen 6 months ago

No mention of "Speak no Evil" so far? You'll find yourself shouting at the protagonists "get the f out you idiots" through the entire movie.

1point

Nikole 6 months ago

The Deerhunter

1point

Heather W 6 months ago

A Time to Kill. Glad I watched it once, will never watch it again.

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

Forgot about that one " Now, imagine she was white " is a fantastic line, such a perfect way to sum up the film....

1point

SBocker78 6 months ago

"The Fourth Kind" - Horrible and the pseudo-documentary style just made it worse.

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

Not many people have heard of this film, let alone seen it, I think it works very well...,

0points

Kata Stropha 6 months ago

Dogville - unknown masterpiece! A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace (Nicole Kidman) hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

1point

Alexandra Nara 6 months ago

Love the film and the plottwist at the end.. it was intense and disturbing.

0points

TheGoodBoi 6 months ago

I'm surprised the Saw series isn't on here. I know a lot of people love the series but for me it's a hard hell nope.

1point

Ada Hunter 6 months ago

two movies, by the same guy. raising the red lantern and to live. saw them both when i was 14 and it scarred me

1point

Nizumi 6 months ago

The Stoning of Soraya M.

1point

Kathlena 6 months ago

Where the f is Salo120!!?

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

It was on the original list, however, it's now shorter, but it was on there....

0points

COCO puff 6 months ago

Just watch the movies at an appropiate age, most of the list is full of masterpiece movies.

1point

Fred L. 6 months ago

Perdita Durango fits in here. It is a good film but man it has some messed up stuff.

1point

Violet Radar 6 months ago

Santa Sangre.

1point

Dan Flo 6 months ago

The Kindred gave me nightmares for years. But the movie nobody should ever watch? That must be "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom". Just dont. Seriously. Do. Not. Watch.

1point

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

I'm surprised The Last King of Scotland isn't on here. That was f***ing brutal to watch! Also Children of Men really did a number on me.

1point

Kate Jones 6 months ago

A Serbian Film is by far the best/worst disturbing film on the list. I'm a real fan of disturbing movies and I haven't seen anything else come close. But a close second was a movie called No Child of Mine. You can watch it on YouTube but I'm not sure if they cut scenes (I can't imagine they didn't). I just downloaded it. It's a 90s movie about a 10-year-old child who is r@ped and abused by her father and he ends up pimping her out to his friends. Her mother does nothing to help. She gets taken away only to be abused in the foster system by both a social worker and a foster parent. She becomes a prostitute just so she can save money. It's pretty graphic for a cable movie. A good story about how horrible the system is and how easy kids slip through the cracks. A movie like that would never be made today. The closest you'd find to it is probably Bastard Out of Carolina, with Jena Malone, who should've gotten an Oscar for that role.

1point

ThisIsMe 6 months ago

Blood Sucking Freaks. I think I saw maybe 20 minutes of it before I walked out. Only movie I've ever walked out of.

1point

Some guy 6 months ago

The super-cheesy effects kept me grounded enough to finish that one.

0points

Piglet 6 months ago

Vanilla Sky disturbed me, but after reading a few of the plot lines foe the films in this list, I appear to be a bit of a lightweight.

1point

Auntriarch 6 months ago (edited)

I am a total wuss, I've only seen one of the films on this list, and I will be sure to avoid all the others. I approve of historical films because we need to know, and films are the way to reach the most people. But I don't see it as entertainment

3points

SBocker78 6 months ago

I'm surprised the original "The House at the End of the Street" wasn't on here. That movie was so uncomfortable to watch.

1point

Sioux White 6 months ago

Creep the uk one made by pathe.

1point

Griffy 6 months ago

Blade II for me. I liked Blade and Blade:Trinity, but the blood and gore of II just made me almost walk out of the theatre.

0points

Jane Alexander 6 months ago

How did 'Lolly Madonna' aka ''The Lolly Madonna Wars' escape this list? That actress had problems after the filming and I may have had a few myself..

0points

Philly Bob Squires 6 months ago

The Theatre Bizarre! Anyone see that one?

0points

Nikole 6 months ago (edited)

The Eyes of My Mother is really good and sticks with you. Edit - ha, this is a quote from a critic: "The Eyes of My Mother uses a shocking trauma to fuel a hauntingly hypnotic odyssey whose nightmarish chill lingers long after the closing credits."

0points

Belladonna.dreams 6 months ago

Bug with Ashley Judd

0points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

I have one to top them all: Men Behind the Sun (1988). On the subject of human experiments on Chinese civilians by the Japanese Unit 731. Historical, accurate and very real. The director used corpses to get a realistic effect on body horror.

0points

Robin DJW 6 months ago

"Don't Look Now" with Donald Sutherland. I went into the theater expecting fun and games, because the film M.A.S.H. was still fresh to me. I had bad dreams for weeks.

0points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Not a movie but I never want to watch episode 5 of Them again.

0points

YouBetTheyDie 6 months ago

Peeping Tom, vilified at release now viewed as a classic Once Were Warriors, brutal shocking, tragic but important to watch once

0points

Lori Harper 6 months ago

Terrified (NOT Terrifier, with the annoying clown). Although I don't usually watch foreign films (my eyes have trouble focusing on screen and Close Caption at the same time) and this one was filmed in Argentina, I watched the trailer and decided to give it a try. Whoa...some really weird things going on there! I'm a HUGE horror fan, but there were things in this film I've never seen before! Just...see it and you'll see what I mean...

0points

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

Is that the one called Aterados?

1point

M Palmer 6 months ago

The move 7, wish I had never seen it. And Interview with a Vampire

0points

Goth Mouse (he/they) 6 months ago

The Thing, the original one, where the dog turns into the alien is the only movie moment that gave me a jumpscare but i love it, the practical effects are amazing wish they didnt go over them with cgi in the remake

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

That’s not the original

2points

Susan Stead 6 months ago

The Guilty. I couldn't stop watching it and it was so damaging.

0points

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

" Switchblade Romance " ( " High Tension " ), " Incident In A Ghostland " , " Landmine Goes Click " - very enjoyable films, however, can't watch more than once....

0points

Ash 6 months ago

Brazilia (1985), but I had read "1984" some time before that so it kinda saved me ftom being more "traumatized".

0points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

Is that the Terry Gilliam film starring Jonathan Pryce? It's known as "Brazil" in my country. Michael Palin is creepy as hell in that.

5points

Wysteria_Rose 6 months ago

The Girl Next Door. I had no idea what it was based on and the true story that inspired it is even WORSE. Made me cry watching it and I'll never see it or any film that's remotely like it again. (TW: child torture/r@pe/k*lling)

0points

zak 6 months ago

I can't remember the name of it, but I remember watching a movie that used a ton of weird audio and visuals that made me physically ill. This was back around 2005 but it might have been made in the 90's. It was a jumbled mess of nonlinear scenes with nonsensical visuals/static/audio. I just tried to find it but I couldn't 🫤

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Wintermute 6 months ago

A disturbing film that I highly recommend everyone watch is "The Endless." It's not disturbing like the gory ones on this list, but it lingers in your mind forever afterwards. Or maybe it's just me, but the entire premise is mind-bending in a way that makes it hard to sleep if you dwell on it too long.

0points

OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago

Not as bad as A Serbian film but Saviour with Dennis Quaid. Can't unwatch that

0points

OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago

The Tall Man left me speechless

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Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

...the terrible comedy film with Emma Thompson and Jeff Goldblum?

0points

Kate 6 months ago

How is Munich not mentioned?

0points

tarryn norwich 6 months ago

The Children under the stairs, and Voices with Ryan Renyolds, for sure.

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

Children under the Stairs was hilarious!

1point

CrazyKnitter 6 months ago

Not a horror, but Bridge to Teribithia is very shocking and depressing. Did not expect that when I first saw it. May rewatch it eventually, but not anytime soon...

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Ken Beattie 6 months ago

Kinda surprised no one mentioned Men Behind the Sun. Fake documentary style film about the events of the *real* Japanese Unit 731 who performed truly horrific biological experiments on Chinese prisoners in WW2. Some really nasty gore effects made worse because they apparently performed similar experiments for real.

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A James 6 months ago

For me it would be Funny Games (both 1997 and 2007 remake) and the #1 disturbing would be Hostel. F'ed me up for weeks after watching that one.

0points

athornedrose 6 months ago

Suic*de Club. Japanese film. messed me up bad. cannot rewatch. the women tied in bags by the gangs alone just made me sick....

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

I forgot about that movie! It’s all a metaphor about isolation and technology

0points

Lara Verne 6 months ago

Quo Vadis, Aida? It was film about the events of the Srebrenica massacre. Nothing explicit, just incredibly sad.

0points

Mike Crow 6 months ago

Shake Hands With the Devil

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Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

I would add 'Perfect blue' here. It is actually a good anime horror movie. Great storyline and actually watchable amount of horror. Not like some movies here which are plain disgusting. Also I will recommend analog horror on yt for y'all. Especially Mandela Catalogue

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Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

What part of "this s**t is disturbing" equals cancelling? As a former (ancient) art student, l've watched A LOT of cinema, even got my credentials as investigator to get in the filmoteque, and l still wish l could unsee Saló, so what? Get off your very high horse before you fall off and hurt that righteous neck.

10points

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SCP 4666 6 months ago

I got one - Watership down. There you go

26points

Just_for_this 6 months ago

How that ever was deemed a Childs movie i dont know!

8points

Marla 6 months ago

Really brilliant though. The book is amazing

2points

ynyrhydref56 6 months ago

Traumatised for life!

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

18points

Kate 6 months ago

17points

Diolla 6 months ago (edited)

Yeah! I saw The Fly in in a theatre and ppl actually walked out, it was soooo disgusting.

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

Captain Vidal is one terrifying movie villain.

2points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

I was surprised not to see Pan's Labyrinth in the list.

1point

Alexandra 6 months ago

A lof of films I won't ever watch...

12points

Kylie 6 months ago

You and me both.

7points

Jrog 6 months ago

A few of them should be in school curricula though. Apocalypse now, Schindler's list, A Clockwork Orange, Jaws (why it's here baffles me), American History X...

2points

Diolla 6 months ago

Only one I actually saw was Jaws LOL...

0points

Alessa Gillespie 6 months ago

We need to talk about Kevin

11points

Nikole 6 months ago

Oh that was good!

2points

Virgin Panda 6 months ago

Trainspotting!! Especially the bit with the baby

10points

The Doom Song 6 months ago

Put me off wanting to take d***s

1point

Robert T 6 months ago

The Wizard of Oz. Had me in tears and running through to the kitchen. Way too scary for an 6 year-old to watch on their own.

6points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Return to Oz?

4points

Hotrodmom 6 months ago

I'm old but, "The Killing Fields". Could hear a pin drop in the theater when it ended.

6points

Rayne OfSalt 6 months ago

That is the most misleading title I have seen on a bored panda article for quite some time. Good lord.

6points

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

Right!

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The Doom Song 6 months ago

I watched the movie "Kids" recently. That movie stuck with me and I find myself wondering about it quite often especially the burning question "Did Telly know he was HIV positive?"

5points

Nikole 6 months ago

I don’t think he did, but knowing wouldn’t have changed any of that little fúckers actions.

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Becca not Becky 6 months ago

Lovely Bones. Never saw the movie but if it's anything like the book, I'm out

5points

Elin Sandman 6 months ago

The book is more disturbing than the movie.

2points

Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

This list has made me remember scenes l really didn't want to 😂 gonna go for a walk in the sun

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longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

Yep, same here!

2points

Charlotte A. 6 months ago

5points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

7points

Narcissistic_Alcoholic 6 months ago

4points

MotherofGuineaPigs 6 months ago

The Deer Hunter - just wow...

4points

Nikole 6 months ago

Yes!

1point

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

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longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

The book is better

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Katie Lutesinger 6 months ago

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Tessana Nemenski 6 months ago

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Philenzortia 6 months ago (edited)

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

I loved The Good Son. Both boys performed well, but Culkin took it to the next level. I did hold my breath at the climax. I don't know what I would have done.

2points

michael Chock 6 months ago

Shocked "The Peanut butter Solution" isn't on this list. There is a community of people that were convinced it was a horrible dream from their childhood.

3points

SBocker78 6 months ago

No one I know seems to remember this movie and they look at me like I'm crazy when I try to describe it.

2points

ZGutr 6 months ago (edited)

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

I saw that in school. Very frightening.

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Moosy Girl 6 months ago

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Kata Stropha 6 months ago

Wawe was best and it totally f.cked my mind. And it really happend.

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robecca leyden 6 months ago

How was Gummo not on this list??

3points

Nikole 6 months ago

His films make me want to take a hot shower afterward

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Ru Bee 6 months ago

The coffee table (Spanish: La mesita del comedor, lit. 'The dining room's small table') Horrific and devastating.

3points

Charlotte Sandoval 6 months ago

Life is Beautiful. I watched it once decades ago and still tear up now remembering.

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Carl Roberts 6 months ago

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

Had to scroll down to find this. To me, this is the most horrific film I have ever seen.

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Alexandra Nara 6 months ago

painted bird and the boy with the striped pajama I may watch monsters and demons but I never get over human cruelty

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Anna Ekberg 6 months ago

City of god, that movie shook me bad. Had just become a mom and the scene when they shoot the orphan kid i just lost it and started crying.

2points

Cloakred_Is_Bored 6 months ago

I don’t think The Talented Mr Ripley belongs on this list, but I watched it when I was 8 and it SCARRED me

2points

Sardonyx_3 6 months ago

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2DB 6 months ago (edited)

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Miloslava Erika Kadeřábková 6 months ago

Water by Deepa Mehta. I have seen it more than 10 years ago and it still resonates in me.

2points

Data1001 6 months ago

I would add "We Need To Talk About Kevin" to this list. Absolutely horrid film. All copies should be burned and then burned again.

2points

Alicia M 6 months ago

Can't believe The Mist is not on this list. I won't spoil it, but anyone who has seen the movie knows exactly what I'm talking about.

2points

Nikole 6 months ago

Meh.

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Kelly Scott 6 months ago

We Need to Talk About Kevin. That was...disturbing.

2points

Andrew Read 6 months ago

Why is Wolf Creek not on this list?

2points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Because this movie is a must watch every time you’re considering travelling to the Australian outback. :p

1point

Chewie Baron 6 months ago

For me it’s The Impossible, about the 2004 Tsunami. I’ve seen it once and that’s it. I never want to see it again.

2points

Kylie 6 months ago

For some reason I found Melancholia very disturbing and the final scenes have stayed with me.

2points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

I found it oddly comforting, I felt very much at peace at the end of the movie.

1point

Tamiko 6 months ago

Escape from Sobibor. Everyone should watch it, and I wish Gustav Wagner got more than just a knife to the chest in the end, he deserved a lot worse for what he did.

2points

Guess Undheit 6 months ago

1point

Thomas 6 months ago

The French movie 'Martyrs' is also quite intense. When you check IMDb comments, you can read that horror fans will not watch it again.

1point

DB 6 months ago

"The Fly" Original and remake.

1point

tuzdayschild 6 months ago

No one mentioned Pan's Labyrinth. I was so angry at the end of that movie I wanted to hit someone. And I am very non violent.

1point

Floeckchen 6 months ago

No mention of "Speak no Evil" so far? You'll find yourself shouting at the protagonists "get the f out you idiots" through the entire movie.

1point

Nikole 6 months ago

The Deerhunter

1point

Heather W 6 months ago

A Time to Kill. Glad I watched it once, will never watch it again.

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

Forgot about that one " Now, imagine she was white " is a fantastic line, such a perfect way to sum up the film....

1point

SBocker78 6 months ago

"The Fourth Kind" - Horrible and the pseudo-documentary style just made it worse.

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

Not many people have heard of this film, let alone seen it, I think it works very well...,

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Kata Stropha 6 months ago

1point

Alexandra Nara 6 months ago

Love the film and the plottwist at the end.. it was intense and disturbing.

0points

TheGoodBoi 6 months ago

I'm surprised the Saw series isn't on here. I know a lot of people love the series but for me it's a hard hell nope.

1point

Ada Hunter 6 months ago

two movies, by the same guy. raising the red lantern and to live. saw them both when i was 14 and it scarred me

1point

Nizumi 6 months ago

The Stoning of Soraya M.

1point

Kathlena 6 months ago

Where the f is Salo120!!?

1point

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

It was on the original list, however, it's now shorter, but it was on there....

0points

COCO puff 6 months ago

Just watch the movies at an appropiate age, most of the list is full of masterpiece movies.

1point

Fred L. 6 months ago

Perdita Durango fits in here. It is a good film but man it has some messed up stuff.

1point

Violet Radar 6 months ago

Santa Sangre.

1point

Dan Flo 6 months ago

The Kindred gave me nightmares for years. But the movie nobody should ever watch? That must be "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom". Just dont. Seriously. Do. Not. Watch.

1point

longlivethequeen554 6 months ago

I'm surprised The Last King of Scotland isn't on here. That was f***ing brutal to watch! Also Children of Men really did a number on me.

1point

Kate Jones 6 months ago

1point

ThisIsMe 6 months ago

Blood Sucking Freaks. I think I saw maybe 20 minutes of it before I walked out. Only movie I've ever walked out of.

1point

Some guy 6 months ago

The super-cheesy effects kept me grounded enough to finish that one.

0points

Piglet 6 months ago

Vanilla Sky disturbed me, but after reading a few of the plot lines foe the films in this list, I appear to be a bit of a lightweight.

1point

Auntriarch 6 months ago (edited)

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SBocker78 6 months ago

I'm surprised the original "The House at the End of the Street" wasn't on here. That movie was so uncomfortable to watch.

1point

Sioux White 6 months ago

Creep the uk one made by pathe.

1point

Griffy 6 months ago

Blade II for me. I liked Blade and Blade:Trinity, but the blood and gore of II just made me almost walk out of the theatre.

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Jane Alexander 6 months ago

How did 'Lolly Madonna' aka ''The Lolly Madonna Wars' escape this list? That actress had problems after the filming and I may have had a few myself..

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Philly Bob Squires 6 months ago

The Theatre Bizarre! Anyone see that one?

0points

Nikole 6 months ago (edited)

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Belladonna.dreams 6 months ago

Bug with Ashley Judd

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

0points

Robin DJW 6 months ago

"Don't Look Now" with Donald Sutherland. I went into the theater expecting fun and games, because the film M.A.S.H. was still fresh to me. I had bad dreams for weeks.

0points

Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Not a movie but I never want to watch episode 5 of Them again.

0points

YouBetTheyDie 6 months ago

Peeping Tom, vilified at release now viewed as a classic Once Were Warriors, brutal shocking, tragic but important to watch once

0points

Lori Harper 6 months ago

0points

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

Is that the one called Aterados?

1point

M Palmer 6 months ago

The move 7, wish I had never seen it. And Interview with a Vampire

0points

Goth Mouse (he/they) 6 months ago

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

That’s not the original

2points

Susan Stead 6 months ago

The Guilty. I couldn't stop watching it and it was so damaging.

0points

Valek Fermiga 6 months ago

" Switchblade Romance " ( " High Tension " ), " Incident In A Ghostland " , " Landmine Goes Click " - very enjoyable films, however, can't watch more than once....

0points

Ash 6 months ago

Brazilia (1985), but I had read "1984" some time before that so it kinda saved me ftom being more "traumatized".

0points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

Is that the Terry Gilliam film starring Jonathan Pryce? It's known as "Brazil" in my country. Michael Palin is creepy as hell in that.

5points

Wysteria_Rose 6 months ago

0points

zak 6 months ago

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Wintermute 6 months ago

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OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago

Not as bad as A Serbian film but Saviour with Dennis Quaid. Can't unwatch that

0points

OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago

The Tall Man left me speechless

0points

Vix Spiderthrust 6 months ago

...the terrible comedy film with Emma Thompson and Jeff Goldblum?

0points

Kate 6 months ago

How is Munich not mentioned?

0points

tarryn norwich 6 months ago

The Children under the stairs, and Voices with Ryan Renyolds, for sure.

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

Children under the Stairs was hilarious!

1point

CrazyKnitter 6 months ago

Not a horror, but Bridge to Teribithia is very shocking and depressing. Did not expect that when I first saw it. May rewatch it eventually, but not anytime soon...

0points

Ken Beattie 6 months ago

0points

A James 6 months ago

For me it would be Funny Games (both 1997 and 2007 remake) and the #1 disturbing would be Hostel. F'ed me up for weeks after watching that one.

0points

athornedrose 6 months ago

Suic*de Club. Japanese film. messed me up bad. cannot rewatch. the women tied in bags by the gangs alone just made me sick....

0points

Nikole 6 months ago

I forgot about that movie! It’s all a metaphor about isolation and technology

0points

Lara Verne 6 months ago

Quo Vadis, Aida? It was film about the events of the Srebrenica massacre. Nothing explicit, just incredibly sad.

0points

Mike Crow 6 months ago

Shake Hands With the Devil

0points

Dr.Caffeine 6 months ago

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10points