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martun-baker , 1998 Paramount Pictures Report

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Saving Private Ryan. As people got up and left it stayed quiet, nobody said a word.

The opening scene, my god. Heard the veterans could smell diesel when they saw that.

Final score:

271points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

The scene was authentic because they hired veterans as advisors for the movie

75points

Schindlers List.

bacongrift Report

Final score:

248points

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Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 1 year ago

It's absolutely THE best of all horrible movies.

14points

TechnicalBard , Cecchi Gori Pictures Report

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Se7en...

My mouth was open after watching this the first time and I felt a heaviness that I haven't felt in a movie before this.

Final score:

243points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago

What's in the box?!

68points

Up, 3 mins in

shanksisevil Report

Final score:

231points

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Jojo_hobkin 1 year ago

Proof that no talk is required to have a powerful scene

117points

The fox and the hound.

I’m 36 and have refused to watch it again since I was a kid.

AH0LE_ , macykisstic1 Report

Final score:

225points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

One of the few Disney movies with an ending like that they are very rare.

49points

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

jb108822 , Miramax Report

Final score:

223points

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MoMcB 1 year ago

I've visited Belsen, and watched this. There's a pile of shoes in the museum that belonged to the dead, and the amount of little children's shoes is heartbreaking . We must never forget.

146points

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock The Pianist, a movie from 2002 about a Jewish pianist during WWII.

Loved this movie with a masochistic passion, because it hurt just as much every time I watched it. But Adrien Brody's acting in it was phenomenal.

Zenmron , R.P. Productions Report

Final score:

198points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

That scene when he drops the tin and it rolls...

21points

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Coco broke my heart, when Miguel sings Recuérdame to Coco that set me off, and when her picture was on the Ofrenda the next year and Hector could finally be with his family I just lost it. Such a beautiful film, I watched it for the first time not long after I lost my grandmother :(

Talk about UGLY-CRYING. Can't make it through that scene without sobbing.

miz_moon , AntMan3001 Report

Final score:

182points

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SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

OMG my dad did not want to watch it. We were both sick at my sister's destination wedding, so we were taking turns choosing the movie, and I wanted to watch it. Made it all the way to the part at the end where the cat and dog change, started frantically wiping my eyes because I didn't want dad making fun of me. Then I heard... a sniffle. Did a corner-eye glance so he wouldn't see me looking. Coco made my DAD ugly cry!

70points

#10

Dead Poets Society.

I was just shocked how much it touched me.

unknownfazeA Report

Final score:

181points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Robin Williams was a genius. Follow it up with the Fisher King as a double feature and you have an unforgettable night.

51points

#11

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Marly and me. Didn't say anything for a good while after that.

I wish I could say I was silent. But I was like 7 when I went to see it, and my mom tells me I left the movie theater fucking sobbing uncontrollably, to the point where strangers stopped us to ask if I was okay. LMAO.

RealTrueGrit , Fox 2000 Pictures Report

Final score:

164points

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Phoenix 1 year ago

Hachi: A Dog's Tale. I turned it off, silently walked out to the patio and sat down. Then I just broke down sobbing.

74points

#12

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Grave of the fireflies.

This! I got a Studio Ghibli set for my birthday from my husband. We started a movie marathon, watching all the movies from the set. We stopped after this one because both of us were bawling. We both just kinda sat there trying to pull ourselves back together.

The_Hot_Stepper , Studio Ghibli Report

Final score:

161points

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Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

Brilliant movie, but definitely "one and done." I usually don't cry watching movies, but this one broke me.

49points

SO_SOAKED , Artisan Entertainment Report

#13

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Requiem For A Dream

Final score:

148points

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Babs Ishkabibble 1 year ago

What a wild ride. It's phantasmagoric.

31points

LittleJP34 , Searchlight Pictures Report

#14

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Jojo Rabbit

Holy cow, did that one deliver a gut punch. Such a good film. The silence in the theater, when that one was over, was nothing I'd experienced before.

Final score:

146points

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Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago (edited)

Love this movie. The movie plays one way, then does a sudden 180°. There was a collective "gasp" in the theater. And Sam Rockwell was brilliant.

39points

#15

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind.

Oh man. I watched this in the theater with my partner at the time. Looking back, our relationship was in its death throes, and that was a reaaal uncomfortable watch. We had a 30-minute drive home from the theater, and I’m not sure we said a word the entire drive.

Cristinky420 , Focus Features Report

Final score:

138points

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Persephone 1 year ago

1 of my all time favorite movies!!

21points

#16

Clockwork Orange, watched it at 15 years old. Word of advice: don't do that. I was shook.

deanfranz12 Report

Final score:

138points

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pico diablo 1 year ago (edited)

I've heard all memories are stored, it's the accessing part that is the problem. In 2002 I saw Clockwork Orange for the first time (I knew the plot). Afterword, a *Crystal Clear* forgotten memory from 40 years earlier burst into my mind. ... My parents had just seen 'Clockwork' and as we were driving somewhere, I asked them if the movie was good. My mom, who was usually very easy going, blurted out, "NO. It was horrible". My father, then tried to explain it was really about the Nature vs Nurture debate and whether or not somebody's experiences made them who they are (and whether somebody could be rehabilitated by controlling their experiences if they were criminal), but my mom kept making little interjections while he talked. I now realize she wanted to tell me that any movie showing people reveling in rape and murder was vile and never should have been made -- but since I was a kid, she couldn't give examples. When my dad finished answering a follow up question I had, my mom defiantly said, "The movie was BAD!" I can still see her sitting in the passenger seat, looking towards my father as he was driving, and almost daring him to say something more. My father and I made eye contact in the rearview mirror and I could tell he had more to say, but his steady gaze said now wasn't the time. ... That kind of sums up my mom who was a very caring "sensor" and my father who was a "thinker". ... If you are a thinker, this movie is worth seeing.

66points

#17

American history X

Pastel_princess99 Report

Final score:

130points

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Hume 1 year ago

Excellent movie, it's almost a shame it cannot be shown to high school kids since the lesson in it would be the most beneficial to their age group, I think.

67points

#18

First time I ever watched Shutter Island. Leo got me good. Real good.

anon Report

Final score:

130points

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Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 1 year ago

His last line is what got me.

19points

#19

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Parasite.

Parasite made me silent after the movie ended, silent with no radio playing on the drive home, silent when I went to bed, and silent when I woke up. That’s not hyperbole.

mybackhurtsouch , Barunson E&A Report

Final score:

123points

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Hume 1 year ago

I knew this movie was going to be great once I saw them struggling to get signal/ wifi in their dwelling. The struggle is real for those of us who rely on wireless signals for our internet needs.

27points

#20

It's not a movie, but the last episode of The Good Place.

maninthemoonpie Report

Final score:

117points

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Limoon_22 1 year ago

Cried so hard

30points

#21

The Mist. The whole theatre slumped out in silence. What a gut punch

BurantX40 Report

Final score:

114points

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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

That was a fun movie to watch untill the end. The end was so shocking, that when I saw the movie the second time I stopped the dvd just before the end. I couldn't watch that scene again. Too upsetting.

25points

Fit-Cardiologist6144 , Universal Pictures Report

#22

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Children of men.

I had no idea what to expect from the movie and was only looking for something to fill the time while out of town on a business trip. I saw a movie theater within walking distance from my hotel and went there. I was stunned. I recommended the movie to anyone who was willing to hear me talk about it.

Final score:

111points

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DKH 1 year ago

I immediately thought of this one when I read the title of this thread. Very powerful film. I love the details, like how that entire view out the window in the background of this shot re-creates the album cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals."

27points

#23

We Need to Talk About Kevin.

staffehh Report

Final score:

109points

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Babs Ishkabibble 1 year ago

No kidding. That was quite the jagged pill!

27points

Ms.GB 1 year ago

The book is even better/worse....

10points

María Hermida 1 year ago

I read the novel, and it was "claustrophobic". The mother knew all the time there was something wrong, but nobody believed her. I imagine her despair, and it's almost physically painful.

12points

Lyop 1 year ago

I'm not so sure if Ezra Miller was acting or not.......

10points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

The kid they cast to play him as a child was eerily spot on as well 😳

5points

kansasmagic 1 year ago

Oh yes, and for extra fun, you can wade into online debates over whether the mom was responsible for Kevin's psychopathy.

7points

Elchinero 1 year ago

WAY too much .. Swinton spot on

6points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

She’s just incredible.

1point

The Doom Song 1 year ago

I've never seen the movie. Only read the book and that was disturbing enough

5points

Dave Brown 1 year ago

This was the most disturbing movie I have ever seen. The teeth....

5points

Ingrid 1 year ago

Same! I seen it years ago, but it still disturbs me

1point

Upstaged75 1 year ago

That is one movie I wish I hadn't watched. Very disturbing.

2points

Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago (edited)

I started the book but couldn't finish more than a couple of chapters. Brr!

2points

hazelfairy1986@googlemail.com 1 year ago

I have an ASD son, I couldn't bare to tell him about it but it totally broke me

1point

cal! at the disco (they/him) 11 months ago

Oh my god... Fr

0points

Carla Olavarría 1 year ago

👍🏼

0points

Carla Visagie 1 year ago

I read the book a few years ago. It left me in awe and angry, sad, and everything all at once.

0points

Wendy 1 year ago

Tilda Swinton was absolutely brilliant in her role

0points

Julia Cargile 1 year ago

I hated this movie.

0points

Jo Cooper 1 year ago

I never saw the movie, but the book blew my mind. I literally woke up in the middle of the night when I was halfway through because I’d worked out a key twist in my sleep.

0points

#24

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock City of God.

This also broke my heart and just did a number on me well after the film ended. It was one of those movies I was glad to have seen but wished I hadn’t. My son was very little at the time, and I just cried and held him for a very long time after I turned the TV off.

NedRed77 , Wild Bunch Report

Final score:

108points

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Babs Ishkabibble 1 year ago

Powerful. Horrible. Unforgettable.

19points

#25

Full Metal Jacket when I saw it in the theater in 1987

unhalfbricklayer Report

Final score:

108points

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LizzieBoredom 1 year ago

Apocalypse Now. I was a kid. Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack.

26points

#26

The Prestige.

I thought it was pretty amazing that the movie blatantly reveals what’s happening but it’s not till the very last *second* you understand the scope of what Robert was doing.

That alone left me saying “…holy s**t”

Then I learned that the entire movie was intentionally setup with the three step structure of a magic trick and I said “Hooooooly s**t!”

WitchTrialz Report

Final score:

107points

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Holly Stevens 1 year ago

It's so good, and didn't get the attention it deserved because a similar movie came out at the same time with Edward Norton

23points

#27

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock *No Country for Old Men* (2007)

EerieArizona , Paramount Vantage Report

Final score:

104points

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Raven Sheridan 1 year ago

The only thing scarier than Javier Bardem in that film, was his haircut. 😬

80points

#28

Everything Everywhere, All At Once.

This movie had me crying and laughing at the same time (not even crying from laughing too hard, but actually crying) — so good.

420mcsquee , Vaelynnn Report

Final score:

102points

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Erin S 1 year ago

I didn't get the hype.

19points

#29

Not a movie but The Haunting of Hill House. After every episode I sat in silence for a bit to take it all in.

BigusBlopus Report

Final score:

98points

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Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

The novel is worth a read, and I relatively enjoyed both movies, too.

16points

mynameissmileyface Report

#30

Inception. I’m still impressed how good and tricky it was.

Final score:

97points

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Reenzy Bennington 1 year ago

You mean trippy :D

15points

#31

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Midsommar. Saw it in theaters and I had to take a shower when I got home. Now it’s one of my favorite films though!

dead_neptune , B-Reel Films Report

Final score:

96points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago

A24 studios puts out masterpiece after masterpiece.

19points

#32

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Oldboy (the original from Park Chan Wook, not the remake).

This was the first movie I've watched where the twist came out of nowhere. I was enjoying the fight scenes and I'm thinking, Yeaaah, kick some ass and get your revenge.

Then the plot twist happened and my jaw dropped.

cavallo_goloso , Show East Report

Final score:

95points

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Higgleton 1 year ago

One of the greatest films ever

19points

#33

Memento

Fenix_Glo Report

Final score:

95points

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Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

Very good film that keeps us in suspense!

10points

#34

Promising Young Woman. I was so filled with rage and despair and realized I really needed to talk to someone about the film but at the same time couldn’t recommend it to just anyone to watch it.

I watched the entire movie while on an airplane and I didn’t have headphones, so I could only read the subtitles. Even with subtitles, I was absolutely drawn in.

I had to rewatch it (with sound!) when I got back home.

FavHello , bhamburguesa Report

Final score:

90points

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MoMcB 1 year ago

It made me so sad and angry.

16points

#35

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock Infinity War. I'd avoided all spoilers and the snap had everyone just silent.

Yeah, the audience was in shock. It reminded me of watching The Empire Strikes Back as a kid. Someone said as the credits rolled something like, 'Did…did the good guys just..LOSE?' It was unexpected, since Star Wars was such a triumphant ending. I remember we all liked Empire but were shocked at what happened.

scarletmanuka , Marvel Studios Report

Final score:

89points

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Admiralu 1 year ago

Same here. The theater was quiet when the film ended. Made up for it with Endgame. I remember Empire as well.

21points

#36

Disney's Soul. Put me through a good ol existential crisis.

Criminally underrated movie.

ReggiePhantom , Malbushim Report

Final score:

87points

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Phoenix(or nix)they/them 1 year ago

Agreed

17points

#37

Arrival

SweetExpletives Report

Final score:

84points

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Libstak 1 year ago

Arrival is a beautiful movie so thought provoking

32points

#38

Not a movie, but Game of thrones season 3 episode 9. The Red Wedding...

The lack of music during the credits was just right

Mahutz Report

Final score:

84points

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Barbara 1 year ago

I read this before watching the series. But I must say that it was very well done, even though I knew what was going to happen, it had as much impact on me as the first time I read it.

17points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#39

12 Years A Slave

SlimJim0877 Report

Final score:

83points

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Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 1 year ago

It was so very powerful.

17points

#40

Once Were Warriors.

I sat staring at the screen for ages. WTF? I had to watch it again immediately because I was very confused as to whether I enjoyed it or not. It was just as moving the second time.

furiousmadgeorge , 2dogs0cats Report

Final score:

81points

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Torben Møller-Nielsen 1 year ago

That movie is just so raw. So very different from the mainstream Hollywood flicks.

20points

#41

The Menu.

That movie was wild.

RedditPenguin02 , maggiesusannah Report

Final score:

80points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago

And the cheeseburger recipe is a damn masterpiece!

21points

#42

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock wasnt at the end but that scene in hereditary... i had to pause it on my tv and stare at the wall for a bit

sunflowersflow , Reid Chavis Report

Final score:

78points

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Earthquake903 Premium 1 year ago

I lost it when Toni Colette's character wept from the deepest depths of her soul. Took me back to my brother's funeral and the sounds my mother made. Couldn't watch the rest of the movie.

32points

Minifig_Monkey , Twisted Pictures Report

#43

“The Whole Theater Emptied Without A Word”: 50 Powerful Films That Left Viewers In Shock The original *Saw*.

Those last few minutes were wild.

I watched it by myself when it came out; I was 14. Few endings have made me feel as upset and fucking EMPTY as that one.

Final score:

78points

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Libstak 1 year ago

Can't even conceive the idea of watching this

33points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#44

Amadeus

Lethallee61 Report

Final score:

74points

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JayWantsACat 1 year ago

Literally my favorite film of all time.

9points

#45

Interstellar in IMAX, opening day. Drove all the way home in broad daylight in complete silence

w6750 Report

Final score:

72points

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Kristal 1 year ago

Hmm I still have not seen this

8points

#46

All quiet on the western front

jucynugget Report

Final score:

68points

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K R 1 year ago

The book

18points

#47

Mulholland Drive. I was like “what the hell did I just watch?… total mindfuck of a movie.

phred_666 Report

Final score:

64points

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SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

It's been about 20 years since I watched it and I still don't know what the hell I watched. But I did suddenly realize that Donnie Darko actually does make sense, if only by comparison.

17points

#48

Blair Witch Project. I was young at the time and believed all the marketing hype that it was “found footage”. My friend and I just sat there in silence afterwards…

Later I learned it wasn’t a documentary…

AntonioPanadero Report

Final score:

62points

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Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 1 year ago

I heard that the three main characters were required to stay out of the public eye to sell the ending better. Whether that's true or not, I don't know.

25points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#49

Dancer in the Dark. It was Bjork’s only movie and the end scenes are haunting. The whole theater sat in stunned silence. It took over an hour for me to fully snap out of it.

PrancingSatyr521 Report

Final score:

59points

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S M 1 year ago

That film has haunted me for over twenty years. I saw it with an old friend I hadn’t seen for ages and we both just had to go home afterwards. Brutal and you know the end is coming the whole damn time just hope it won’t.

16points

#50

Der Untergang (Downfall)

A_guy_named_Tom Report

Final score:

58points

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Pandasong! 1 year ago

We watched that in school... And discussed it, was very powerful conversation that I hope made all of us in class better humans

10points

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#51

Black Swan

emeraldrose484 Report

Final score:

30points

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Mary Reeves 1 year ago

Absolutely wonderful, you gotta watch it

3points

#52

BlacKkKlansman - Good movie, but after it ended Spike Lee takes real footage and swings one final time for the gut.

SonOfGreen Report

Final score:

23points

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Tesla Sulu 1 year ago

cannot upvote this enough

1point

#53

Pursuit of happiness.

This!!! I can never watch it again. HEAVY.

venielsky22 , Own-Series-2076 Report

Final score:

22points

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Dan 1 year ago

Happyness

7points

#54

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, went into it blind and it was quite something.

BoardRoutine536 Report

Final score:

21points

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Sherri Harvey 1 year ago

I've told everyone that it's possibly the worst gut punch from a film of any kind I've ever had. Destroyed me!

3points

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

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#55

Her

Just because it took me a second to move beyond Theodore's sadness and understand what exactly happened by the end.

NomenNescio13 Report

Final score:

21points

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#56

Logan. When the screen faded to black and you saw Logan. The whole theater was quiet except for a few people sobbing.

TheDeadGunslinger Report

Final score:

21points

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Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

My son is named after Professor Xavier because I loved the 90's and earlier version of his character so the film was extra disturbing for me.

1point

#57

Sausage Party.

Whole theatre was quiet after that s**t show.

FizzySpew Report

Final score:

20points

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Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

Actually quite enjoyed this one

6points

#58

Banshees of inisheerin

redoctober2021 Report

Final score:

18points

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Moosy Girl 1 year ago

I was quiet for quite a while after this one too, trying to figure out how I felt about it. :p

1point

#59

Spotlight took a bit of time to digest. Great movie though

DavosLostFingers Report

Final score:

17points

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Admiralu 1 year ago

The book is just as good. Still makes you angry

2points

#60

Moonlight. It was one of the single most original and unexpected movies I watched in a long time. I watched it knowing nothing about it (had never even heard of it until a few weeks before).

Yes, it was the last movie to really hit me like that emotionally.

ppsmol42069 , klughn Report

Final score:

17points

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Bee 1 year ago

I don't understand what was unexpected about this movie

0points

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

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#61

Under The Skin - little known movie with Scarlett Johansson in it. The director used common people to act in the movie that they met while filming in Scotland(?), not just actors.

Won't spoil it and suggest watching without reading a synopsis. It was something else...

NickyDeeM Report

Final score:

16points

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Karen Lyon 1 year ago (edited)

Yeah, no. I've gotten burned too many times watching a movie without knowing what it's about. I don't get books without checking reviews first either. The only books I might read without vetting them are the ones that are chosen by my book club. Even then I don't necessarliy finish the ones that I think are dreck. (Hello, Lincoln in the Bardo.) Books and movies should make us think, and I don't go out of my way to avoid those that deal with tough themes, by any means. I just know what my tolerance level is. Besides, films and books are also supposed to be somewhat of an escape, as far as I am concerned. There's already so much grief and nastiness in the real world! Life is too short to spend time on films or novels that are confusing, badly done, gratuitously dark/violent, or just flatout stomach churning. Since I did read a synopsis on this film -- it's a pass for me. Not my cup of tea. Rant over.

2points

#62

Come and See

Truly a nightmare

Marxistincamo Report

Final score:

16points

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K- THULU 1 year ago

Oh, yessss.....

2points

#63

Martyrs (French movie), i was silent and depressed for far more than 10 minutes.

Melancholic84 Report

Final score:

15points

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Higgleton 1 year ago

Too scared to watch

2points

#64

Ex Machina. God I love that movie.

HatefulTwon Report

Final score:

14points

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the redqueen 1 year ago

I have watched that movie at least 20 times by now. If you liked that movie, you should watch " Uncanny". The ending will mess with your head!

1point

Far_Palpitation9651 Report

#65

Not a movie…but the Sopranos finale. I went through all kinds of emotions that day.

Final score:

13points

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Laughing otter 1 year ago

My now ex husband hated it. I loved it. He couldn't handle the ambiguity, which I thought was perfect.

2points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#66

Not a movie but a series . Ending scene of “Mind hunter season 1 “ . I have seen every kind of horror movies , i have seen things but that damn last scene send me into full panic attack .

alphaa_qq Report

Final score:

12points

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Walter Bravenboer 1 year ago

What impressed me most, was the sudden change in the character of Ed Kemper, you almost think he is a nice guy. Brilliant series, too bad it is cancelled

0points

#67

Prisoners.

Fernandizzle Report

Final score:

12points

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#68

The Whale

iSniffMyPooper Report

Final score:

11points

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Jonathan Labelle 1 year ago

if you are remotly sensitive It slap hard it did to brendan fraser what lost in translation did too Bill Muray

1point

#69

Well, a show. Season 6, Episode 7 of Better Call Saul. Good lord.

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Solidhog 1 year ago

ON THE BEACH - 2000 TV Movie Version This beats all the other hands down! If you have children then this will kill you. Short version is nuclear war has destroyed most of the planet and the radioactive cloud is heading towards Australia. In the end they realise there is nothing they can do and so prepare for the worst. This includes "end of life" kits for some families. The scene where a navy lieutenant is about to give his two children some special orange juice and put them to bed before giving himself and his wife an injection is a killer. Jacqueline McKenzie playing the mum is fantastic at conveying the hurt and dilemma that a mum would have to go through to do this while Grant Bowler as the dad tries to stay strong and knows it is the less horrible option. Me and my wife sat there for 30 minutes speechless and with tears in our eyes and both stood and watched our 6 year old sleeping for a while before going to bed. I'm tearing up thinking about it now.

4points

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Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

Watership Down. Saw it when I was younger. Mistake.

33points

Elita One 1 year ago

That movie traumatised me as a kid, still can't watch it.

7points

Moosy Girl 1 year ago

We watched it on TV every Easter when I was little… and then mom would make rabbit for dinner… and then they act surprised when you become a vegetarian. :p

3points

Lilsomms 1 year ago

Plague Dogs (another animated adaptation of Richards Adams' lesser known work) is so much more gut wrenching. The book ends on a high note, but the movie is so vague and they play a goddamn sad as hell folk song. Just leaves you sobbing like a baby.

1point

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

It's shown on TV for children because it's a cartoon with bunnies. Yeah, right!

1point

Willow Scammell 1 year ago

I literally just came here to comment this. I didn't watch it until grade 12 for an assignment and it messed me up badly 🥲

1point

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

That and the animals of farthing wood scarred me. :(

1point

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

NOT for preteens

0points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

"I am Legend" would be mine because Sam dies. Millions of people bit the dust - no problem, but killing the dog was too much for the audience

25points

talliloo 1 year ago

with you on this. i don't care who dies in the film as long as the dog lives.

16points

Trish Christoffersen 1 year ago

Agreed! When the dog started to get sick...I left the theatre.

0points

Bex 1 year ago

There is another ending. Try to find that version and rewatch

0points

Tarryn Ball 1 year ago

Think I cried myself void of tears for 10 years after that. Then my own dog died.

0points

Alexandra Hughes 1 year ago

The Deer Hunter. Saw it when it first came out. We all got in the car and just sat there. And then I cried all the way home.

18points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago

I was too young to understand it when I saw it as a young child, but it floored me as a teen.

1point

Phred 1 year ago

Nobody's mentioned Pan's Labyrinth? I left the theater feeling like I had been run over by a bus. The box office had a sign warning people that it was rated R for extreme violence--some parents had been bringing their children thinking it was a charming fantasy.

17points

Silre 1 year ago

First time I watched it, I was okay. Second time? Blubbering mess.

4points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

Amazing, beautiful, disturbing, and heartbreaking. Great movie 💙

3points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago (edited)

It's a beautiful film, but also... yikes. And the pale man still freaks me out

2points

norabest321 1 year ago

The end...when she sees her father with her mother and she and they are each others royalty....tears even now.

1point

Jacky Newman 1 year ago

What dreams may come. I cried so much while watching it as a teen. Sad, but wholesome Movie in the end.

13points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

Same!!!

3points

Amy Broderick 1 year ago

One of my favorite movies and I never fail to ugly sob most of the way through

2points

Selena McGowan 1 year ago

This is mine as well. A friend lent me the DVD and said I needed to watch it. So I popped it in one night, with no context. OMG I was shook. It still remains one of the most powerful moments in my life.

2points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

YES. This was the first one I thought of. Sooo saaadd >_< I ugly cried through the entire movie the last time I watched it. And the ending was so beautiful.

2points

Erin King 1 year ago

Hotel Rwanda. I watched it in school and my teacher looked at me like 👀

12points

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 1 year ago

That one tore into me when I watched it.

3points

VonBlade 1 year ago

About Time. Sat quietly for ten minutes. Rang my Dad.

10points

Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

I love that movie. Loved Bill Nighy's character. Especially since at the time everything I'd seen him in prior he was either playing a jerk or like some kind of vampire overlord type. Everything in the movie goes against tropes and there's so much warmth in the story and relationships.

4points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

Thank you all for the heads up on films that I need to never watch

10points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

most of these are more sad than disturbing, and are still well worth the watch, but again, completely understandable for someone to decide not to watch them xP

2points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

surprised "My Girl" isn't on the list. That movie tackled some insanely heavy stuff for a childrens movie to tackle. The scene with the glasses still makes me cry thinking about it.

9points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

I had forgotten about that one. Thanks for returning my feelings for the movie. I didn't need them.

1point

Lousha 1 year ago

Brokeback Mountain. Had the pause it halfway through to go outside and get some air. The despair was suffocating me.

9points

Melissa Powell 1 year ago

That is the only movie in this that I saw. So sad. I have not been in a movie theater in 20 years.

0points

Bart 1 year ago

Hotel Rwanda didn't make it but should have...

8points

Masha Zlotkina 1 year ago

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Hands down. Watched with a friend at the cinema. Lived every bloody second with them. Still think it's been the strongest film in my lifetime.

8points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

Love this one. So powerful, emotional, and thought provoking; and it put Frances McDormand on my top favorites list.

2points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

Das Boot has such an unexpected and shocking ending that I was stunned. I actually couldn't move after the movie was over.

8points

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

It was raw. Also kinda depressing. The valor shown was simple and hard. Loved the subtitled version. Can you say, Stupid war for stupid things?

0points

Shannon Mallory 1 year ago

Tusk. It's a Kevin Smith movie, so the whole way through we kept waiting for the ironic humor, but joke was on us, because this movie just keeps getting stranger and more disturbing until at the end you're silent and weeping

8points

Cat Chat 1 year ago

That one tear coming out of his eye.

2points

SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

City of Angels. Had me low key depressed for two weeks afterwards. About Time has haunted me for a few years now.

8points

Cat Chat 1 year ago

Passion of the Christ. Watched it in the theater when suddenly the emergency lights start flashing but nobody stopped the movie, so nobody got up and left. Just stood up, minute pause, get to the aisle, minute pause, ssllooowly take a few steps, minute pause.... The lights stopped after 10 minutes and it ended up being a fake bomb scare. The part in the movie was really intense and with only about 15 people, with the emergency exit door that opened to outside (so if signs of fire were visible we could get out in time), no actual signs of a fire, and nobody who worked there coming to ensure an empty room, it was like nope, I will die before I miss the end (figuratively and literally). I popped my head out another door to ask an employee what was happening. He said it was looking like a prank. I stayed and watched from there, ready to leave if need be. That door was out of sight from the seats, so as far as everyone else knew, it was an emergency, but still didn't move. It was surreal.

7points

Selena McGowan 1 year ago

I watched this one without the emergency. The entire theater sat in silence for about 10 minutes after it ended.

2points

Amo Mazzuchelli 1 year ago

Rabbit Proof Fence - directed by Phillip Noyce. Adapted from the book Follow the Rabbit a proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. True story my mum and me cried from about 5 minutes in till the end.

7points

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

Incredible film

1point

Hotrodmom 1 year ago

The Killing Field...So much silence leaving the theater...

7points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

I read the actor was a prisoner of war himself, he was a dentist and had some resemblance to de real Dirh Pran, they met at a ceremony and huged and Dirh said to him 'I am you, and you are me' The actor Haing Gnor was later killed in a robbery. Really sad story for both of them.

2points

Maren Gärtner 1 year ago

Melancholia. It is getting more and more disturbing.

7points

tuzdayschild 1 year ago

One and done for both of these. The Color Purple. Far too much pain to get to the bittersweet ending. Most of all, Pan’s Labyrinth. I don’t even have words to describe how sad, angry, or disgusted I was at the end of this movie.

6points

Melissa Peck 1 year ago

Million Dollar Baby. When it was over there was total silence, could hear a pin drop and remained that way as we all went to our cars. My friend and I barely spoke on the way home.

6points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago (edited)

Yep, the whole time I was hoping some miracle would happen and she would somehow get better....nope. :

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

Thank you for the list of movies never to watch. I solumnly swear never to watch any of these movies.

6points

Ample Aardvark 1 year ago

I think you need to watch at least some of them. I watched most in this list and apart from one or two it didn't stir any strong and/or lasting feelings. The ones based in real facts make me think a bit more but very very rarely I'm shocked speechless. Some are really good movies well worth a watch

2points

Spellflinger 1 year ago

The Crying Game.

5points

missbutterflyjh89 1 year ago

One flew over the cuckoo's nest and changeling

5points

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 1 year ago

I didn't watch the movie, but the book was so disturbing. Especially because I'm mentally ill.

1point

Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

Never Cry Wolf. The true story of a biologist who is asked to investigate wolves in the Far North, because they are believed to be the reason for the extinction of caribou. Then he discovers the truth...

5points

Blarrg 1 year ago

Ordinary People. 6 Oscar nominations with 4 wins (1981) including Best Picture. Powerful movie.

4points

Kalon Suszko 1 year ago (edited)

One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest. Chief at the end. Chokes me up every time. Jacob's Ladder Saw that in the theater with 3 friends and that was a silent drive home as everyone was trying to grasp the ending. After a second watch of the movie you get it though. Vanishing Point (1971) Ending leaves everyone speechless.

4points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)

La Jetée (the short film 12 Monkeys was based on) & Sans Soleil, for a Chris Marker double feature. Part of my Creative Studies degree was Film Theory, so I was being exposed to many benchmark, esoteric, auteur films. After sitting through both of these, I think wandered around silently & aimlessly for the weekend, trapped in my head. They definitely had a lasting affect on me.

4points

Q B F T 1 year ago

San Soleil also by Chris Marker knocked the audience I was with for six - particularly the footage of the giraffe being killed.

1point

Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

This movie inspired Twelve Monkeys

0points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

I first saw La Jetée when I was about 10 years old. I can still see the images in my head.

0points

Annik Perrot 1 year ago

"Des Hommes et des Dieux" ( Men and Gods) a French film about monks that were abducted and killed by muslim fanatics in Algeria. The whole audience remained seated and silent throughout the end credits. Also "Un long dimanche de fiançailles", I think the English title is "A very long engagement, in which à disabled girl, played by Audrey Tautou ( Amelie) refuses to believe her fiancé died in WW1 and starts à long, obstinate investigation to find out what happened, just before the armistice, in the trench where he had been sent. There, too, people remained silent till the screen went dark.

4points

XenoMurph 1 year ago

Movies have been dominated by marvel for over a decade. There was one instance in this whole list. Let's hope better movies can get some support and focus now that the juggernaut has slowed its blanket domination

4points

Rostit . 1 year ago

im looking forward to movie's with substance again.

6points

BoredMomster 1 year ago

Shoah. Saw it at the Ogden Theater in Denver over two nights. It's something like 8 hours of interviews. The theater emptied silent, both nights.

4points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago

I watched this entire film on a trunk load of VHS tapes. More horrific than Schindler’s List, imo

3points

Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer definitely had some scenes that haunt me to this day. Saw it just once and that was more than enough. Around the same time Henry came out C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) was released. Also about a serial killer. Starts out funny and ends in a nightmare. I can recommend.

4points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

I worked with the actor (Michael Rooker) who played Henry after and told him how much it disturbed me. He said he had a hard time after those scenes too.

2points

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

Who can forget Life of Brian? Perfect comedic storm. Laughed so hard that I was literally slipping out of the theater seat (I'm that old.)

3points

DBear 1 year ago (edited)

Not in a theater but on tv. Von Ryan's Express. Colonel Ryan was brilliantly played by Frank Sinatra. The ending took me completely by surprise. Then I found out that was the ending Frank had insisted on and I was stunned again. For anyone who has never seen the movie I highly recommend it.

3points

Martine 1 year ago

The piano. (Probably because I play piano myself ...)

3points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago

"The Lobster." I watched it before bed and then lay there for a couple of hours thinking about that strange film.

3points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)

Lilya 4--Ever. Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. Nocturnal Animals. Platoon. Smoke Signals. Black 47.

3points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

The scene in Platoon in which the Lt. is running for the helicopter reduced me to sobs. Using Barber's Serenade for Strings as part of the soundtrack in that section just made it more heartbreaking.

3points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

I haven't see Sophie Scholl - The Final Days, but I did see Die Weiß Rose (The White Rose). It's what Sophie Scholl - The Final Days was remade from. The actress, Lena Stolze, also did another movie as Sophie Scholl called Fünf letzte Tage (Five Last Days). Both movies came out in the same year.

2points

Theoretical Empiricist 1 year ago

At the end of Platoon, I was surprised I was still breathing.

1point

Nadine Debard 1 year ago

Martin Scorsese 's Silence, with Liam Neeson and Adam Driver. Left me speechless.

3points

Ian Webling 1 year ago

I'm amazed no one mentioned Shine. I was in a bad way mentally when I saw it. I didn't speak for two days.

3points

GFSTaylor 1 year ago

I saw the original Dutch version of 'The Vanishing' at a fairly full cinema. When it got to the end, you could feel a chill of horror washing through the auditorium as we took in what had happened. (The Hollywood remake chickened out of the original ending)

2points

Cecilia 7603 1 year ago

The Lovely Bones would be my pick, it devastates me every time.

2points

Trish 1 year ago

Buried. The phone calls he was making put me into a whirlwind of emotions.

2points

Skye Ragsdale 1 year ago

I made the mistake of getting hella baked with my friend before we went to see that 😅

0points

Nizumi 1 year ago

The Stoning of Soraya M. I did NOT want to watch that scene. And even though I knew it was "just" a film, it was based on actual events. So I forced myself to watch it, as witness to the constant crimes against women in the name of so-called religion.

2points

InfamousBerry34 1 year ago

Bridge to Teribithia. Watched it as a kid, I was fine. Watched it years later, I don't cry because of movies, but I cried at the end.

2points

Jonathan Labelle 1 year ago

Encanto when we discover what happer to abuela

2points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

That entire scene was heartbreaking especially with the song “Dos Oruguitas” playing in the background. The film was totally about generational trauma and breaking the cycle of the pressure caused by it.

2points

Tarryn Ball 1 year ago

May top 5 fav movies on order, RUSH (Niki Lauder, James Hunt) Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Men of Honour, Fried Green Tomatoes.

2points

the_harbinger_of_doom s/t/h 1 year ago

Homeward bound really messed me up, havent seen it again

2points

Lyric 1 year ago

There is an anime called belle, it’s slightly based off of beauty and the beast, I was sobbing by the end. I also listen to just the music a lot still and I saw it months ago

2points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

I love Belle. And it is amazing they found an English voice actor for Suzu who sings very similar to the Japanese VA.

2points

JonandLynn Venable 1 year ago

Field of Dreams. I remember the adults leaving crying. For anyone who has lost a parent…

2points

Philly Bobcat 1 year ago

Hair, The Rose and Steel Magnolias all got to me at the end.

1point

Quinn McKinlay 1 year ago

One I didn't see mentioned was "bridge to terabithia". Great book and good movie. Even though I knew what was gonna happen the movie blew my thoughts out of the water and still was devastated.

1point

Keks 1 year ago

Plague Dogs. It's just depressing.

1point

Marc 1 year ago

Where were Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects?

1point

norabest321 1 year ago

The Whale. The whole theater was crying and no one spoke or wanted to make eye contact.

1point

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Not a movie, but K-drama, Beyond Evil. Its detective thriller drama.

1point

Ivona 1 year ago

I've seen many wonderful, touching movies, none of them are mentioned here. What I still remember is that everyone in the salon laughed when Thelma and Louise floored their car and flew into the abyss. People here (the U.S.) tend to laugh at movie scenes which aren't funny.

1point

PazDores 1 year ago

Recently watched one: "Sound of Freedom." It follows a man helping free kids from child trafficking. Hard to watch and was super quiet afterwards. Everyone I saw in the theater was crying.

1point

PazDores 1 year ago

It's still in theaters and people have been getting refunds from the theaters bc theaters don't want it to be #1 in the box office. Check it out.

-1point

A perfect Nightmare 1 year ago

Brokeback Mountain. That movie broke me. After it finished I cried for at least 25 minutes and felt like I was never going to be happy again

1point

Bex 1 year ago

Brokeback Mountain. Saw it in the theater, and sobbed uncontrollably for the entire hour ride home on the subway. I bought it the day it came out on DVD because I wanted to support it, but I've never opened it or watched it again. It's probably one of the top 3 best movies I've ever seen in my life, but it completely destroyed me.

1point

Willow Scammell 1 year ago

Watership Down & Shawshank Redemption for me. Didn't watch either until my teens but they had me bawling/in shock at times.

1point

KLo 1 year ago

The Curious story of Benjamin Button

1point

Sara Wilson 1 year ago

Predestination with Ethan Hawke! Easily one of my favorite movies and a TOTAL mind f*ck

1point

Otis B Driftwood 1 year ago

I bought the movie Men without seeing it first. I was confused when I watched it. Then I looked up an explanation and it made a lot of sense.

1point

The Doom Song 1 year ago

"The power of one" excellent book and excellent movie. I thought about both for ages afterwards

1point

Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Great book buy damn awful film.

0points

Anni 1 year ago

The Father. Brilliantly done but boy did I bawl in the theatre. Almost got to loud sobs.

1point

Heather W 1 year ago

A Time to Kill was that way for me. Glad I watched it once, but will never be able to watch it again.

1point

Trish Christoffersen 1 year ago

Wow - I've only seen 2 of these movies. LOL! I cry way too easily, so I don't dare watch some of these. They stay in my head and haunt me for years. One I did watch, which I knew the ending to, but still affects me to this day...The Passion of the Christ.

0points

Amy Broderick 1 year ago

For me it would be The Crow. Saw it in the theater when it first came out and it just broke me for a while.

0points

B Jones 1 year ago

Sanctum. I bought it partly because I have a 3d TV. Didn't really know what to expect but definitely played on some deep dark fears.

0points

Shannon Mallory 1 year ago

The marble game episode of Squid Game. Tears for the old man (and i want them back, he didn't deserve them!) and for the 2 girls, who deserved them and more.

0points

Cathy Roberts 1 year ago

Apocalypse Now - as the child of a Vietnam vet who saw contact and was still very messed up when I was little....I couldn't make it past the opening scene. The other I don't see here is the dead baby scene in Trainspotting. Ugh.

0points

Cassandra Redmond 1 year ago

Sound of Freedom. Just came out on 7/4

0points

Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 1 year ago

Decent list! Good job! I'd add Silence of the Lambs.

0points

Amanda Beveridge 1 year ago

Bastard Out of Carolina. This movie broke me.

0points

Nattie Rice 1 year ago

"Dance With the White Dog" the idea of loving someone that much, loving them enough that even God will send you back to wait for them, and protect them until they join you is enough to leave anyone ugly crying.

0points

COCO puff 1 year ago

90% American movies and still a lot of movies are greater than the list.

0points

Donkey boi 1 year ago

'Shooting dogs' & 'Hotel Rwanda' are 2 films covering the same subject that left my wife in pieces. Even I was a little taken aback. Up until those films I didn't know really know anything about the genocide, it really opened my eyes (and filled the wife's eyes). Such impactful films.

0points

FunOldGuy 1 year ago

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0points

Grouchy Bear 1 year ago

Watched The Day After in my 9th grade science class. We all left class in complete stunned silence.

0points

AngelWingsYT 1 year ago

1. Puss in Boot 2. When he has that panic attack the whole theater went DEAD silent. 2. Infinity War whole theater shreaked "NO" When Spiderman died. 3. The utter roar oh cheers in both spider man 3 when all 3 spidermen came on screen and end of End Game when the portals opened.

0points

MasterJoseph 1 year ago

Not a movie, but the official music video for Tally Hall's Hidden in the Sand.

0points

Spring Ortis 1 year ago

The Japanese version of The Dog Of Flanders. Got a VHS and a soundtrack CD from a Goodwill. Listened to the soundtrack on a school trip. Absolutely stunning music and all of it is perfect for an 8 hour bus ride. Got home and watched the movie. I can no longer listen to the final track without fighting tears.

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Not without my daughter. Left me speechless.

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Sophie's Choice. Saw the movie and read the book. Hated Germans for years after that.

0points

Lisa H 1 year ago

Irreversible and All Over Me. Both VERY powerful and intense movies in their own ways, especially Irreversible

0points

Carla Olavarría 1 year ago

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

0points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

I’m going to add Guillermo Del Toro’s “El Labertino del Fauno” (Pan’s Labyrinth). I think so many people went in expecting a darker yet fun fantasy movie a’la Tim Burton and we’re caught off guard when they were met with a disturbing, haunting, and just plain sad allegory for the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The Pale Man still has to be one of the creepiest horror movie characters. I’ll also add another Guillermo Del Toro movie—let’s not forget about that very….ummm…how do I put it…”just plain wrong” twist in Crimson Peak.

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Annihilation. F*****g disturbing. That bear thing. I cannot watch it again.

0points

Rick 1 year ago

Didn't see The Exorcist on the list. Thought about that movie for days after I saw it.

0points

Griffy 1 year ago

Das Boot. Saw the end and went "wow". The actors literally lived in something like the sub during the making of the movie, so when you see them at the end, it's not all makeup.

0points

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

One Day In September. A documentary about the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich when Palestinian terrorists kidnapped and murdered part of the Israeli Olympic athletic team. It is a chilling film, and remarkable that this episode in history is largely forgotten.

0points

Juliana Blewett 1 year ago

Amistad is breathtaking.

0points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

I'll add a couple, as a kid Blade Runner was a stunner. Went with my parents and expected a kinda sci-fi romp like Star Wars. The ending where the villain accepts the inevitability of death and understands the value of life and saves the hero was pretty mindblowing at the time. I also saw Basic Instinct in the theatre on a date. I for one just thought it was going to be a kinda action, police thriller. The icepick scene though... jesus. That really killed the whole date vibe.

0points

JustinTime 1 year ago

Sicario

0points

Der Kommissar 1 year ago

Paris By Night (Une Nuit) (France, 2012). Now THAT was shocking.

0points

DaBoizMaccasRun 1 year ago

Wonder, show's what the world is really like for people. Cried my eyes out

0points

K- THULU 1 year ago

Japanese art house film " Tetsuo: iron man" by Shinya Tsukamoto.... The ultimate WTF? movie.... Starts weird and just escalates into total insanity by the end..... And the sequel "Tetsuo: Body hammer" starts insane and ends insane x100.... Weirdest sh!t I have ever seen....

0points

Quantum Zyzyx 1 year ago

Under the Skin.

0points

Beff Jezos 1 year ago

I have tons of movies that traumatized me such as Piggy, Martyr, Skins, (and this isn’t a movie but it shook me up)Salad fingers

0points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

This one is random but the Larry Clark film “Ken Park” was one of those films you just feel like you need to take a shower after. What an absolutely disturbing movie. I don’t shock easily and this one made me ill.

0points

Q B F T 1 year ago

A screening of Punishment Park just after the Iraq war started left the audience in palpable silence filing out the auditorium

0points

cerinamroth 1 year ago

Son of Saul

0points

marianne eliza 1 year ago

Easy Rider and Paradise Road.

0points

jasper 1 year ago

For me, a highly underrated movie called "A Love Song for Bobby Long." John Travolta, Scarlett Jo, Gabriel Macht. Heartbreaking and lovely. Amazing performance by Travolta.

0points

Mrs. Dearly Regret 1 year ago

Beyond the horizon - it shattered my world

0points

kansasmagic 1 year ago

The Fellowship of the Ring, after Gandalf dies. Packed theater, total silence.

0points

talliloo 1 year ago

"Night Mother" with anne bancroft and sissy spacek. it is an emotional rollercoaster throughout the movie and by the end you think things may be okay. then it takes you to this pinnacle of hope and drops you.

0points

Vermonta 1 year ago

Flipping channels and I watched Women Talking. I would never watch it on purpose but I was glued to my seat. If it was a book I would call it a page turner

0points

C K Sharpe 1 year ago

It is a book! Good one, too.

0points

~MushroomFrog~ 1 year ago

Hunger games for me. When rue dieeeeeess

0points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago

The Hunger Games for me, before I even watched it, when people went apesh*t over the black characters being played by actual black actors. Devastating.

2points

Michelle W 1 year ago

I'm so surprised no one said Uncut Gems. I was shook to my core.

0points

kansasmagic 1 year ago

Didn't see that one, but Good Time is stunning, visceral and heartbreaking.

0points

Arrow 1 year ago

All The Bright Places. The first time I watched it I absolutely bawled my eyes out. Now I've got the book because the film was so hauntingly sad and sorrowful, but equally beautiful and hopeful in some way.

0points

Rostit . 1 year ago

Serbian film, drugstore cowboys, and Stalker

0points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago

How did you watch a Serbian Flim? I was scarred just by reading a paragraph about it.

3points

Ebony 1 year ago

The last 10 minutes of Blackkansman. The entire theater was silent. The amount of hate that people have towards others because of the color of their skin is still mind blowing.

0points

Monsen 1 year ago

My sister's keeper

0points

Must Be Bored Again 1 year ago

Ode to Billy Joe.

0points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)

Billy Joe McAlester jumped off the Tallahassee Bridge. Saw it at the drive-in as a wee little gaylet & it was my first (ominous; horrifying) self-awareness of my sexual identity. I related so much with him and bawled my eyes out. My mother says she knew before then, but seeing this at age 5 confirmed it for her.

2points

Agfox 1 year ago

The original Austrian film "Ich seh, Ich seh" but released in English as Goodnight Mummy/Mommy. Very unexpected twist in the ending

0points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 1 year ago

Howl From Beyond the Fog. Great film. Loved Nebula.

0points

Lucie Van Pelt 1 year ago

Coming Home

0points

Steve 1 year ago

Cats - A woman sitting next to me gouged her own eyes out with her fingers while her date set his ears on fire with a lighter. At the same time an older Asian gentleman in front of me stabbed himself in the carotid with a straw and was spraying blood like a fire hose. This was in the first 30 seconds

-1point

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Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

Watership Down. Saw it when I was younger. Mistake.

33points

Elita One 1 year ago

That movie traumatised me as a kid, still can't watch it.

7points

Moosy Girl 1 year ago

We watched it on TV every Easter when I was little… and then mom would make rabbit for dinner… and then they act surprised when you become a vegetarian. :p

3points

Lilsomms 1 year ago

1point

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

It's shown on TV for children because it's a cartoon with bunnies. Yeah, right!

1point

Willow Scammell 1 year ago

I literally just came here to comment this. I didn't watch it until grade 12 for an assignment and it messed me up badly 🥲

1point

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

That and the animals of farthing wood scarred me. :(

1point

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

NOT for preteens

0points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

"I am Legend" would be mine because Sam dies. Millions of people bit the dust - no problem, but killing the dog was too much for the audience

25points

talliloo 1 year ago

with you on this. i don't care who dies in the film as long as the dog lives.

16points

Trish Christoffersen 1 year ago

Agreed! When the dog started to get sick...I left the theatre.

0points

Bex 1 year ago

There is another ending. Try to find that version and rewatch

0points

Tarryn Ball 1 year ago

Think I cried myself void of tears for 10 years after that. Then my own dog died.

0points

Alexandra Hughes 1 year ago

The Deer Hunter. Saw it when it first came out. We all got in the car and just sat there. And then I cried all the way home.

18points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago

I was too young to understand it when I saw it as a young child, but it floored me as a teen.

1point

Phred 1 year ago

17points

Silre 1 year ago

First time I watched it, I was okay. Second time? Blubbering mess.

4points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

Amazing, beautiful, disturbing, and heartbreaking. Great movie 💙

3points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago (edited)

It's a beautiful film, but also... yikes. And the pale man still freaks me out

2points

norabest321 1 year ago

The end...when she sees her father with her mother and she and they are each others royalty....tears even now.

1point

Jacky Newman 1 year ago

What dreams may come. I cried so much while watching it as a teen. Sad, but wholesome Movie in the end.

13points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

Same!!!

3points

Amy Broderick 1 year ago

One of my favorite movies and I never fail to ugly sob most of the way through

2points

Selena McGowan 1 year ago

2points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

YES. This was the first one I thought of. Sooo saaadd >_< I ugly cried through the entire movie the last time I watched it. And the ending was so beautiful.

2points

Erin King 1 year ago

Hotel Rwanda. I watched it in school and my teacher looked at me like 👀

12points

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 1 year ago

That one tore into me when I watched it.

3points

VonBlade 1 year ago

About Time. Sat quietly for ten minutes. Rang my Dad.

10points

Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

4points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

Thank you all for the heads up on films that I need to never watch

10points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

most of these are more sad than disturbing, and are still well worth the watch, but again, completely understandable for someone to decide not to watch them xP

2points

Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago

surprised "My Girl" isn't on the list. That movie tackled some insanely heavy stuff for a childrens movie to tackle. The scene with the glasses still makes me cry thinking about it.

9points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

I had forgotten about that one. Thanks for returning my feelings for the movie. I didn't need them.

1point

Lousha 1 year ago

Brokeback Mountain. Had the pause it halfway through to go outside and get some air. The despair was suffocating me.

9points

Melissa Powell 1 year ago

That is the only movie in this that I saw. So sad. I have not been in a movie theater in 20 years.

0points

Bart 1 year ago

Hotel Rwanda didn't make it but should have...

8points

Masha Zlotkina 1 year ago

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Hands down. Watched with a friend at the cinema. Lived every bloody second with them. Still think it's been the strongest film in my lifetime.

8points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago

Love this one. So powerful, emotional, and thought provoking; and it put Frances McDormand on my top favorites list.

2points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

Das Boot has such an unexpected and shocking ending that I was stunned. I actually couldn't move after the movie was over.

8points

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

It was raw. Also kinda depressing. The valor shown was simple and hard. Loved the subtitled version. Can you say, Stupid war for stupid things?

0points

Shannon Mallory 1 year ago

8points

Cat Chat 1 year ago

That one tear coming out of his eye.

2points

SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

City of Angels. Had me low key depressed for two weeks afterwards. About Time has haunted me for a few years now.

8points

Cat Chat 1 year ago

7points

Selena McGowan 1 year ago

I watched this one without the emergency. The entire theater sat in silence for about 10 minutes after it ended.

2points

Amo Mazzuchelli 1 year ago

7points

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

Incredible film

1point

Hotrodmom 1 year ago

The Killing Field...So much silence leaving the theater...

7points

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

2points

Maren Gärtner 1 year ago

Melancholia. It is getting more and more disturbing.

7points

tuzdayschild 1 year ago

6points

Melissa Peck 1 year ago

Million Dollar Baby. When it was over there was total silence, could hear a pin drop and remained that way as we all went to our cars. My friend and I barely spoke on the way home.

6points

Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago (edited)

Yep, the whole time I was hoping some miracle would happen and she would somehow get better....nope. :

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

Thank you for the list of movies never to watch. I solumnly swear never to watch any of these movies.

6points

Ample Aardvark 1 year ago

2points

Spellflinger 1 year ago

The Crying Game.

5points

missbutterflyjh89 1 year ago

One flew over the cuckoo's nest and changeling

5points

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 1 year ago

I didn't watch the movie, but the book was so disturbing. Especially because I'm mentally ill.

1point

Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

5points

Blarrg 1 year ago

Ordinary People. 6 Oscar nominations with 4 wins (1981) including Best Picture. Powerful movie.

4points

Kalon Suszko 1 year ago (edited)

4points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)

4points

Q B F T 1 year ago

San Soleil also by Chris Marker knocked the audience I was with for six - particularly the footage of the giraffe being killed.

1point

Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

This movie inspired Twelve Monkeys

0points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

I first saw La Jetée when I was about 10 years old. I can still see the images in my head.

0points

Annik Perrot 1 year ago

4points

XenoMurph 1 year ago

4points

Rostit . 1 year ago

im looking forward to movie's with substance again.

6points

BoredMomster 1 year ago

Shoah. Saw it at the Ogden Theater in Denver over two nights. It's something like 8 hours of interviews. The theater emptied silent, both nights.

4points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago

I watched this entire film on a trunk load of VHS tapes. More horrific than Schindler’s List, imo

3points

Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

4points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

I worked with the actor (Michael Rooker) who played Henry after and told him how much it disturbed me. He said he had a hard time after those scenes too.

2points

HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

Who can forget Life of Brian? Perfect comedic storm. Laughed so hard that I was literally slipping out of the theater seat (I'm that old.)

3points

DBear 1 year ago (edited)

3points

Martine 1 year ago

The piano. (Probably because I play piano myself ...)

3points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago

"The Lobster." I watched it before bed and then lay there for a couple of hours thinking about that strange film.

3points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)

Lilya 4--Ever. Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. Nocturnal Animals. Platoon. Smoke Signals. Black 47.

3points

Laughing otter 1 year ago

The scene in Platoon in which the Lt. is running for the helicopter reduced me to sobs. Using Barber's Serenade for Strings as part of the soundtrack in that section just made it more heartbreaking.

3points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

2points

Theoretical Empiricist 1 year ago

At the end of Platoon, I was surprised I was still breathing.

1point

Nadine Debard 1 year ago

Martin Scorsese 's Silence, with Liam Neeson and Adam Driver. Left me speechless.

3points

Ian Webling 1 year ago

I'm amazed no one mentioned Shine. I was in a bad way mentally when I saw it. I didn't speak for two days.

3points

GFSTaylor 1 year ago

2points

Cecilia 7603 1 year ago

The Lovely Bones would be my pick, it devastates me every time.

2points

Trish 1 year ago

Buried. The phone calls he was making put me into a whirlwind of emotions.

2points

Skye Ragsdale 1 year ago

I made the mistake of getting hella baked with my friend before we went to see that 😅

0points

Nizumi 1 year ago

2points

InfamousBerry34 1 year ago

Bridge to Teribithia. Watched it as a kid, I was fine. Watched it years later, I don't cry because of movies, but I cried at the end.

2points

Jonathan Labelle 1 year ago

Encanto when we discover what happer to abuela

2points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

2points

Tarryn Ball 1 year ago

May top 5 fav movies on order, RUSH (Niki Lauder, James Hunt) Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Men of Honour, Fried Green Tomatoes.

2points

the_harbinger_of_doom s/t/h 1 year ago

Homeward bound really messed me up, havent seen it again

2points

Lyric 1 year ago

There is an anime called belle, it’s slightly based off of beauty and the beast, I was sobbing by the end. I also listen to just the music a lot still and I saw it months ago

2points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

I love Belle. And it is amazing they found an English voice actor for Suzu who sings very similar to the Japanese VA.

2points

JonandLynn Venable 1 year ago

Field of Dreams. I remember the adults leaving crying. For anyone who has lost a parent…

2points

Philly Bobcat 1 year ago

Hair, The Rose and Steel Magnolias all got to me at the end.

1point

Quinn McKinlay 1 year ago

One I didn't see mentioned was "bridge to terabithia". Great book and good movie. Even though I knew what was gonna happen the movie blew my thoughts out of the water and still was devastated.

1point

Keks 1 year ago

Plague Dogs. It's just depressing.

1point

Marc 1 year ago

Where were Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects?

1point

norabest321 1 year ago

The Whale. The whole theater was crying and no one spoke or wanted to make eye contact.

1point

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Not a movie, but K-drama, Beyond Evil. Its detective thriller drama.

1point

Ivona 1 year ago

1point

PazDores 1 year ago

Recently watched one: "Sound of Freedom." It follows a man helping free kids from child trafficking. Hard to watch and was super quiet afterwards. Everyone I saw in the theater was crying.

1point

PazDores 1 year ago

It's still in theaters and people have been getting refunds from the theaters bc theaters don't want it to be #1 in the box office. Check it out.

-1point

A perfect Nightmare 1 year ago

Brokeback Mountain. That movie broke me. After it finished I cried for at least 25 minutes and felt like I was never going to be happy again

1point

Bex 1 year ago

1point

Willow Scammell 1 year ago

Watership Down & Shawshank Redemption for me. Didn't watch either until my teens but they had me bawling/in shock at times.

1point

KLo 1 year ago

The Curious story of Benjamin Button

1point

Sara Wilson 1 year ago

Predestination with Ethan Hawke! Easily one of my favorite movies and a TOTAL mind f*ck

1point

Otis B Driftwood 1 year ago

I bought the movie Men without seeing it first. I was confused when I watched it. Then I looked up an explanation and it made a lot of sense.

1point

The Doom Song 1 year ago

"The power of one" excellent book and excellent movie. I thought about both for ages afterwards

1point

Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Great book buy damn awful film.

0points

Anni 1 year ago

The Father. Brilliantly done but boy did I bawl in the theatre. Almost got to loud sobs.

1point

Heather W 1 year ago

A Time to Kill was that way for me. Glad I watched it once, but will never be able to watch it again.

1point

Trish Christoffersen 1 year ago

0points

Amy Broderick 1 year ago

For me it would be The Crow. Saw it in the theater when it first came out and it just broke me for a while.

0points

B Jones 1 year ago

Sanctum. I bought it partly because I have a 3d TV. Didn't really know what to expect but definitely played on some deep dark fears.

0points

Shannon Mallory 1 year ago

The marble game episode of Squid Game. Tears for the old man (and i want them back, he didn't deserve them!) and for the 2 girls, who deserved them and more.

0points

Cathy Roberts 1 year ago

0points

Cassandra Redmond 1 year ago

Sound of Freedom. Just came out on 7/4

0points

Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 1 year ago

Decent list! Good job! I'd add Silence of the Lambs.

0points

Amanda Beveridge 1 year ago

Bastard Out of Carolina. This movie broke me.

0points

Nattie Rice 1 year ago

0points

COCO puff 1 year ago

90% American movies and still a lot of movies are greater than the list.

0points

Donkey boi 1 year ago

0points

FunOldGuy 1 year ago

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0points

Grouchy Bear 1 year ago

Watched The Day After in my 9th grade science class. We all left class in complete stunned silence.

0points

AngelWingsYT 1 year ago

0points

MasterJoseph 1 year ago

Not a movie, but the official music video for Tally Hall's Hidden in the Sand.

0points

Spring Ortis 1 year ago

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Not without my daughter. Left me speechless.

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Sophie's Choice. Saw the movie and read the book. Hated Germans for years after that.

0points

Lisa H 1 year ago

Irreversible and All Over Me. Both VERY powerful and intense movies in their own ways, especially Irreversible

0points

Carla Olavarría 1 year ago

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

0points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Annihilation. F*****g disturbing. That bear thing. I cannot watch it again.

0points

Rick 1 year ago

Didn't see The Exorcist on the list. Thought about that movie for days after I saw it.

0points

Griffy 1 year ago

Das Boot. Saw the end and went "wow". The actors literally lived in something like the sub during the making of the movie, so when you see them at the end, it's not all makeup.

0points

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

0points

Juliana Blewett 1 year ago

Amistad is breathtaking.

0points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

0points

JustinTime 1 year ago

Sicario

0points

Der Kommissar 1 year ago

Paris By Night (Une Nuit) (France, 2012). Now THAT was shocking.

0points

DaBoizMaccasRun 1 year ago

Wonder, show's what the world is really like for people. Cried my eyes out

0points

K- THULU 1 year ago

0points

Quantum Zyzyx 1 year ago

Under the Skin.

0points

Beff Jezos 1 year ago

I have tons of movies that traumatized me such as Piggy, Martyr, Skins, (and this isn’t a movie but it shook me up)Salad fingers

0points

MakeupMama68 1 year ago

0points

Q B F T 1 year ago

A screening of Punishment Park just after the Iraq war started left the audience in palpable silence filing out the auditorium

0points

cerinamroth 1 year ago

Son of Saul

0points

marianne eliza 1 year ago

Easy Rider and Paradise Road.

0points

jasper 1 year ago

For me, a highly underrated movie called "A Love Song for Bobby Long." John Travolta, Scarlett Jo, Gabriel Macht. Heartbreaking and lovely. Amazing performance by Travolta.

0points

Mrs. Dearly Regret 1 year ago

Beyond the horizon - it shattered my world

0points

kansasmagic 1 year ago

The Fellowship of the Ring, after Gandalf dies. Packed theater, total silence.

0points

talliloo 1 year ago

0points

Vermonta 1 year ago

Flipping channels and I watched Women Talking. I would never watch it on purpose but I was glued to my seat. If it was a book I would call it a page turner

0points

C K Sharpe 1 year ago

It is a book! Good one, too.

0points

~MushroomFrog~ 1 year ago

Hunger games for me. When rue dieeeeeess

0points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago

The Hunger Games for me, before I even watched it, when people went apesh*t over the black characters being played by actual black actors. Devastating.

2points

Michelle W 1 year ago

I'm so surprised no one said Uncut Gems. I was shook to my core.

0points

kansasmagic 1 year ago

Didn't see that one, but Good Time is stunning, visceral and heartbreaking.

0points

Arrow 1 year ago

0points

Rostit . 1 year ago

Serbian film, drugstore cowboys, and Stalker

0points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago

How did you watch a Serbian Flim? I was scarred just by reading a paragraph about it.

3points

Ebony 1 year ago

The last 10 minutes of Blackkansman. The entire theater was silent. The amount of hate that people have towards others because of the color of their skin is still mind blowing.

0points

Monsen 1 year ago

My sister's keeper

0points

Must Be Bored Again 1 year ago

Ode to Billy Joe.

0points

ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)

2points