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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again

Watching movies is one of the great ways to spend our free time. The variety of genres allows us to “move” to certain places, feel different emotions and simply escape our reality. Some movies are great for being a “noise” in the background, while others really get us involved. If you are the type of person that doesn’t find it easy to pick a movie worth watching because you simply feel lost in all the variety, the good people of the internet can really save you by sharing their own suggestions on the topic.

Having this in mind, Reddit user u/akambe asked people to share “what movie is so good you'd recommend it to all your friends, but so emotionally traumatic that you'll never watch it again?” The post with 391k views soon became a never-ending list of movies that left people in shock and surprise, from old movies that depict historic events, such as the Holocaust, to dramas that remind us of how short life is and what’s truly important. This question led to a discussion of why people find certain things in these movies touching or even traumatizing: a strong character portrayal, emotionally hard movie scenes, unexpected plot twists, or the mix of it all.

Do you see your choice on the list? If not, what movie did you watch that left you speechless and that you probably won’t watch again? Feel free to leave your recommendations in the comments down below!

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Came here to say this.

This movie... no words. Still haunts me. Still f***s me up, takes me back there, breaks my heart.

They hired the lead actor, Asa Butterfield, for his innocence. He knew nothing about the holocaust. They didn't tell him anything about the holocaust or the gist of the story, he was just playing a little boy who played with another little boy through a fence. They maintained that brilliant innocence of his throughout the movie. THAT'S what makes the ending of this movie just so very soul wrenching. I'm still so very moved by this film.

kaelyyna , The Movie Planet Report

Final score:

293points

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denzoren 3 years ago

I have read the book (didn't see the movie) and I just had to sit there when I was finished and just....I had to process what happened.

84points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I just watched this for the first time about a month ago. I held it together fine until Oskar broke down crying because he couldn't save more people. Then came the waterworks.

drowninginteger , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

263points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Any holocaust movie is difficult to watch...but it's a great movie

75points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again The last line gets me thinking everytime; "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?"

JesusWearsVersace , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

248points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)

I have watched this movie countless times. Good movie and the soundtrack is great.

66points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I love Stephen King and tried to read this book...big nope. Then watched the movie and I'm forever traumatized by John saying he's afraid of the dark...among other sad scenes in this movie. Dropping tears just typing this comment. F**k.

Composer_Academic , SceneScreen Report

Final score:

244points

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Gustavo Vanni 3 years ago

True, some sad parts indeed, but I watch it everytime it's on TV.

63points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I thought I was going in to see a cool fantasy flick... And it turned out to be a movie dealing with trauma, abuse, and coping mechanisms

Still a great film, but so gut-wrenching

JDazzleGM , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

230points

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Libstak 3 years ago

I love this movie, would watch it again anytime, there are deeper spiritual nuances in the storyline, it's not just about coping mechanisms, that's not what I got from it at all.

37points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I'm never, EVER, gonna watch that s**t again. It's from Studio Ghibli, the same from Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro). An absolute masterpiece for sure, but don't expect to find happy little creatures in it.

V02D , Madman Anime Report

Final score:

211points

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Minnie-me 3 years ago

Absolutely loved the realness of the war in this storyline. Heart-wrenching for a cartoon.

55points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Dude the f*****g curb stomp is still clear in my mind and it's been years

BeanpoleAhead , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

198points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

That's an amazing movie with deep meaning... hard to watch but it has a positive message that people change so i wouldn't put it here....

24points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again It hit me HARD mate!

DarkSorceress_007 , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

198points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Unpopular opinion but i find it a little boring even though Robin Williams is of course amazing

48points

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40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again This movie is unspeakably tragic. But its also profoundly beautiful. The love that the family had for each other gets me every time. Roberto Benigni was perfection in this role!

mgeezysqueezy , Miramax Report

Final score:

191points

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago (edited)

I watched it several times. It's poetic, tragic and besides the horror able to give you some smiles, that's quite a piece of art. My favorite one about the Holocaust, with Shindler's list (who is in this list too of course lol, i had not seen it yet)

21points

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#10

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Very well made; almost everything about that movie is incredible but it’s so emotionally intense and has such graphic subject matter that I’ll never watch it again. It’s one of those movies you see because it’s great but once you’ve seen it you’re like “Ok, cool. Mark that one off the list” and never touch it again

SomeGuyinaHood1e , GustavdeskMovies Report

Final score:

188points

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

Should be far higher on the list, that's a really disturbing and violent one on so many levels.

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#11

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again That ending montage made me physically ill.

Only movie that's ever done that to me.

Gargle_Marbles , DeFilmBlog Report

Final score:

182points

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François Carré 3 years ago

Best. Antidrug. Campaign. Ever. (Well, ex aequo with Trainspotting, maybe).

85points

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#12

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Like just knowing it happened brings me so much pain

ok-ash , MoviemanTrailers Report

Final score:

182points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

I don't know why i watch it every time it's on tv!!! I can't help it but I'm so depressed afterwards.....

40points

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#13

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again My childhood literally ended after finishing that movie.

ElvenNeko , MovieStation Report

Final score:

180points

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glowworm2 3 years ago

Also known as the king of the "Never Trust a Trailer" movies, which makes it look like a whimsical fantasy movie like Harry Potter.

87points

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#14

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Its the most beautiful movie and I think everyone should watch it at least once, but I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it since Robin Williams died. I actually haven't watched anything he's in since he died.

Leather_Mango , MARCOS EC Report

Final score:

175points

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Jennie-Lind Normand 3 years ago

A group of us randomly decided on seeing this in the theatre, it was a 'compromise' when none of us could decide on the other features playing and we all ended up loving this movie so much! Robin was a brilliant comic, but his performance in this movie was just amazing

50points

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#15

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I can't bring myself to watch it again. The anger and hopelessness I felt for that man and those people is beyond compare

VibinWithDoggo , MaxMedia Studios Report

Final score:

166points

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denzoren 3 years ago

Now I really need to watch this film.

23points

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#16

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I watched the very first bit of it when I was in officer training and thought it was a comedy. A few months later I sat down and watched the whole thing. It's not a comedy...

Titanomicon , Warner Bros. Entertainment Report

Final score:

160points

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glowworm2 3 years ago

It's because of R. Lee Ermey screaming at the soldiers in the beginning isn't it?

22points

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#17

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again It made me depressed for days.

IrianJaya , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

160points

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Jods 3 years ago

And then you realise it really happened.

89points

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#18

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again For a kid's movie it's so emotionally crushing right from the get go and then you have the tragic murder of the 10-year-old voice actress for Ducky that just adds more sadness to that film.

-eDgAR- , Movieclips Report

Final score:

160points

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Stevie 3 years ago

Man I didn't know her father killed her and her mum in a murder–suicide. Now I am really depressed.

57points

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#19

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again I was 18 when I first saw it for the last time. Joaquin Pheonix's line about people seeing a story about genocide on the news and not caring was a crushing "weight of the world" moment for me.

dumbamericanqueer , Movieclips Report

Final score:

153points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

It's a sad truth.... we get used to death around us and don't care! You can see it even now with the crazy numbers of Corona cases around the world...

38points

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#20

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Leonardo DiCaprio is phenomenal in that. He did character studies to get his role to be believable.

houseofprimetofu , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

153points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

One of his best performances and really underrated

65points

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#21

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again It was such a beautiful film, so very emotional and then it just broke me. Watched it once in the movie theater and never again after.

makikoigami , DeFilmBlog Report

Final score:

141points

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Brandi VanSteenwyk 3 years ago

Love it.... MULTIPLE TIMES.

21points

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#22

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again That scene where they're sleeping in the bathroom was hard.

edgarpickle , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

133points

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denzoren 3 years ago

I watched this once. I can't watch it again. It was too sad and too real. The performances were great.

25points

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#23

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Steel Magnolias, especially now that I have kids. I can't even think about Sally Field's breakdown without tearing up.

evelynnross , Movieclips Report

Final score:

133points

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Shelby P 3 years ago

this is my go to movie if I need a good cry

26points

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#24

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Man, I rarely cry during movies, but I teared up with that movie. The symbolism is absolutely beautiful.

Pyxos , SearchlightPictures Report

Final score:

125points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

I need to see this. It looks amazing

29points

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#25

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again My favourite bit of trivia about that film is when Stephen King watched the ending, he apparently said that he wished he had thought of it.

Usedbeef , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

125points

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Minnie-me 3 years ago

omg the ending is so depressing

62points

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#26

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again That was a truly visceral experience.

crackosaurusrex , Movieclips Trailers Report

Final score:

113points

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Synsepalum 3 years ago

Wonderful. Tilda Swinton is a goddess

50points

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#27

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Incredible movie but I'll never watch it again. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a sociopath too well; so much so that I struggle to watch him in other things now.

lowerrr , Movieclips Trailers Report

Final score:

108points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

So he did his job well

32points

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#28

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again watched this with a girl on a netflix and chill date cus we'd both heard good things, but had no idea what it was about. There was no chill, and no second date.

CommercializedPan , Trailer Chan Report

Final score:

107points

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Christie Schmitz 3 years ago

I love this movie! I still watch it ever now and then.

17points

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#29

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Nicolas Cage is amazing in it (Won an Oscar for it!), but as a recovered alcoholic, that film hits WAY too close to home. Good film though.

Kryodamus , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

106points

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François Carré 3 years ago

I mentioned this film a few days ago in another post and got downvoted to hell, I don't know why.

18points

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#30

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again soul crashing. can’t bring myself to watch it 2nd time. but must see. alcohol fueled domestic violence abusive families all over the world are the same. it was so on point.

dudettte , Quinn Phillips Report

Final score:

106points

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Fred L. 3 years ago

Awesome depressing movie.

17points

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#31

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Saw the screener with my film class and had no idea what to expect. Needless to say I was completely blown away and have re-watched it quite a few times since.

Jim Carrey’s performance is phenomenal.

shogun101 , Movieclips Report

Final score:

88points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Isn't the post about what movies you cannot see ever again?

101points

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#32

Amazing performance by Bjork and brutally sad. I bought a copy of the DVD after seeing the movie because I loved it so much. I lent the disc to several friends and looked at it many times myself, but could just never summon the energy to watch it again.

Trump_Card_Played Report

Final score:

81points

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Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago

Same! I was in BITS at the end!

17points

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#33

Watched it when it first came out. Loved it. Can’t put myself through it again though. It’s so hard going and heartbreaking.

Chemical_Robot Report

Final score:

81points

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Ramona Rhein Premium 3 years ago

I read the book. Needless to say, couldn’t watch the movie.

35points

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#34

This movie showed how a man can be fully socially functional while suffering from major depression. That aspect hit me the hardest.

iam_saikat Report

Final score:

80points

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Dana Grunwald 3 years ago

This movie made me really cry.

6points

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#35

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Really disturbing. Don't think I've ever really gotten over it.

haliella , triviatrailers Report

Final score:

80points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Lars von trier movies are always disturbing

29points

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#36

I got really invested in it when I was watching it for the first time, and I've had an absolute fear of cults since I was a kid. I don't find the film scary at all, but by the end of it, I was just completely frozen.

I've watched it since then cuz I love it but I have to take like months to prepare myself to watch it again lmao

killtoryscum Report

Final score:

78points

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Flash Henry 3 years ago

I could watch that movie over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over forever

17points

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#37

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again That. F*****g. Movie.

Things it shows:

children should not be exposed to pornography

Children who are being questioned to see if they were abused should only have that questioning done by a specially trained expert and possibly with potentially a trained advocate present because it’s too easy to lead them to a conclusion they think the questioner wants to hear, especially if they think they are in trouble

(note: I edited this due to the several very good points several people said about parents shouldn’t be present, some people are also saying best practice is one on one with that trained forensic questioner.)

basically everyone in that story ended up f****d up

Wunderbabs , Movieclips Trailers Report

Final score:

76points

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

I loved it, Mads was excellent as usual, you can feel the tension during all of it, mostly through him.

17points

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#38

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again It's such a beautiful movie and so damn sad. I've recommended it to lots of people but it's hard to find.

Ghostrider_119 , Movieclips Classic Trailers Report

Final score:

61points

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François Carré 3 years ago

Again, not a movie for kids.

15points

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#39

I've actually put myself through watching this movie multiple times because it's so good but, wow, traumatizing. For anyone on the fence about it, it does have a satisfying conclusion.

nicolewasnthere Report

Final score:

58points

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Maripat Webber 3 years ago

Very underrated, under appreciated film. But I couldn't see it again.

8points

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#40

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Wonderful movie, but even more devastating than Grave of the Fireflies, in my opinion.

Mimameird , Film Forum Report

Final score:

53points

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V33333P 3 years ago

This. This film made me throw up after I saw it. I've never been more affected by a film in my life

18points

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#41

Loved it but wanted to shoot everyone at the end.

Edit: also Hostel. Walked out of the theater freaked out

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Final score:

40points

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Fred L. 3 years ago

The Game is shamefully little-known today. I think it's a masterpiece with a really cool story.

18points

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#42

Made in 1984, it's a harrowing depiction of a major nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.

It is incredibly bleak and tragic--the most effective representation of the horrors of nuclear war that I've ever seen.

Everyone should watch it once, in my opinion. But no one needs to see it twice.

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Final score:

38points

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MaryAnn Ryan 3 years ago

By, "exchange," do you mean, "war?"

7points

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#43

Just watched "Promising Young Woman" two days ago and still can't get over it. I highly highly recommend it. But I don't think I can watch it again.

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Final score:

37points

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Mattie 3 years ago

it was such a great movie in my opinion. Misogynists hated it, because for once it's a movie that doesn't cater to male audiences, and it calls them out on their problematic behavior

13points

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#44

Dear Zachary, hands down. However I've seen it 4 times

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Final score:

33points

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MaryAnn Ryan 3 years ago

There's tragedy and then there's, TRAGEDY.

8points

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#45

It was so realistic to my life that it made me uncomfortable.

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Final score:

31points

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Susan 3 years ago

It's such a beautiful film in every way. I was so blown away by it the first time I saw it.

9points

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#46

40 Movies People Praise As Great But Too “Emotionally Traumatizing” To Be Watched Again Good movie. Can't watch it again because of that highway scene.

JohnnyJayce , ONE Media Report

Final score:

29points

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denzoren 3 years ago

Damn....great film but I agree with OP.

6points

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#47

One of the best movies I have ever seen (I am old), but leaves you with a lot of phantoms.

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Final score:

29points

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Lynne Stark 3 years ago

This is a beautifully made movie

7points

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#48

Extremely well-put-together film and it shook me to my core. 10/10, will never watch again

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Final score:

25points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Gus van Sant?

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#49

The tension in the film ratchets up nicely, you get a sense of the desperation these folks on the tribe are experiencing, the hopelessness in their search for justice. I enjoyed the dynamic with Renner's character and the locals - he's from the place and still an outsider, which is something we can all identify with in some way. The big shootout at the remote camp ("why is he flanking me?!?!") was INCREDIBLE in every aspect of filmmaking. My heart was actually pounding during that scene, a response I rarely get while watching a film.

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Final score:

24points

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Monika Rhodes 3 years ago

Love that film. So sad but the last guy getting justice is a pleasure to watch.

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#50

There are no words to describe that movie.

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Final score:

18points

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Jace 3 years ago

Glad for no spoilers, but this minimalism also makes for an uninteresting list entry.

12points

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Johnny 3 years ago (edited)

One movie that I found to be surprisingly emotionally intense (since it's an animated children's movie) is "Up". Not the whole movie, just the montage with carl and ellie as they age - I've watched the movie several times and always fast forward to the start of the balloon scene.

43points

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago (edited)

I watched the crime documentary "Don't F*ck With Cats" on Netflix. I am a crime buff and watch and read this stuff all the time but that one got to me. I could not get it out of my mind and had sleepless nights and/or nightmares for well over a week... I still can't think about it too much or my mind gets flooded with it again.

21points

Amanda Panda 3 years ago

Precious was really difficult for me to watch. It's just too real. There are so many children suffering horribly at the hands of their own parents.

19points

Abby Parker 3 years ago

The Lovely Bones. Book was amazing. Film didn’t follow along too closely but, the villain was genuinely creepy and omg, the tension in the last part of the film? Never again.

16points

Shelby P 3 years ago

I will not watch a movie that is 'critically acclaimed' if it's going to make me cry or feel bad. Movies are for entertainment and that is just not entertaining to me.

10points

Marianne Bosch 3 years ago

I saw Watership Down when I was kid and was scarred by one scene with the fence. The same animation company did Plague Dogs, and I read the synopsis, and decided to pass because I could not think of experiencing another trauma

9points

lara 3 years ago

These are all "crying" films but none even begin to approach SOPHIE'S CHOICE. That film broke my heart.

8points

Troux 3 years ago

A true children's movie that hits me hard: 'The Fox & the Hound'. The heavy dose of realism that just steps on everything you fell in love with in the movie. Ugh, it hurts. I cry just thinking about it. -"And we'll always be friends forever, won't we?" -"Yeah, forever."

7points

Nikole 3 years ago (edited)

The White Ribbon. It's a German movie and everything that happens in it is terrible. I still get incredibly disturbed thinking about what the group of kids did to one boy. Very well done movie but I'll never watch it again. And I've seen A Serbian Film unedited multiple times. Edit: I just realized it's by the same guy who did Funny Games...

6points

Maja-Stine Foged 3 years ago

1917. I have never been so touched by a film before. It ruined the rest of my day. I recommend it and think everybody else should watch it, but I myself would never want to watch again. MV5BMGQ0N2...556b2d.jpg

6points

Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

I ran movie theaters as a projectionist for many years... I've seen them come and go. Imagine having to watch some of these films for 2 to 20 weeks sometimes! But one that made me literally cry in the theater in front of my friends though was "The Rose." Great movie, love Bette Midler's performance. Never watched it again.

5points

Sonia Bailey 3 years ago

Can't believe When the Wind Blows was not mentioned. Based on the story by Raymond Briggs, it is beautifully animated and hauntingly tragic watching these two very ordinary people try to make sense of a devastating nuclear war. The ending was desparetly sad.

4points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Watership Down. An animated film of the book of the same name. Rabbits running around either fighting and killing each or dying of Myxomatosis. To this day I cannot understand why my dad thought it was suitable viewing for a 7 year old. I had nightmares for ages afterwards. I wouldn't watch it now 40 years later. The video of the song of the film "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel is bad enough. See here . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyQmH9NZcw

4points

Roadkill The Brave 3 years ago

Radio. I can't do it. Cuba Gooding JR did an amazing job but I can't watch it again. Animal Farm. I moved around a lot and I've seen at school but I won't watch it again. Everyone should see it at least once though. Marley and Me. I can't watch it again but it's a good movie. Lorenzo's Oil (1992) very good movie but I can't watch it again. I've had to face some stuff in life and the realism in that movie of everything that's going on and how time doesn't care or stop gets to me in a way it never used to.

4points

Jon Parker 3 years ago

It's probably cliche to say "Joker," but for me it's true. I have Social Anxiety Disorder, and while I'm good for the most part due to medication, so many scenes pushed me to the edge of a panic attack for the first time in years.

3points

Esther (she/her) 3 years ago (edited)

studio ghibli does have some good movies but spirited away.. some time back when I watched it i was shocked and couldn’t get it out of my head. Im the type of person that if i get scared or shocked i admit it. Last time i got like this before i watched the movie was when i was 7/8

3points

CP 3 years ago (edited)

Sleepers is a tough film to watch more than once. Also Million Dollar Baby.

3points

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

The Color Purple. Once only. No one should have to live like Celie was force to live.

3points

Chillace 3 years ago

as a kid i watched the disney movie benji in the wild once. and there was a reason. a nice dog woodland adventure right? wrong! its a grisly survival movie. a kitten is eaten by an eagle. when the wolf was yeeted off the cliff i cried

3points

Eevi 3 years ago

Okay has anyone seen the Dancer in the dark?? Because I've seen most of these films on the list and comments, and nothing beats that.

3points

Doc Thissen 3 years ago

I just caught the end of "Crash", (2004). I had almost forgot how gut-wrenching this film is. Not just facing bigotry head on, but the scene with Don Cheadle's mother who blames him for his brothers death. Really tough film to watch.

3points

Alethia Nyx 3 years ago

What about Atonement? That was such a well done movie, that dress will forever be an iconic costume, but it was so raw and devastating. I left the cinema feeling so heartbroken. I've never been able to reach it.

3points

IcyRedWaffle 3 years ago

Absolutely hated a dog's purpose but it was so good at the same time

3points

Tammie Johnson 3 years ago

Se7en....the scene about lust....that scene made me wince, shudder, tremble, made me angry, disgusted, dejected, nauseated...made me feel all sorts of things I'd never EVER felt before or since. The way the whole movie was portrayed, the way the scenes were visualized and acted out was detestable to me, BUT THE LUST SCENE.....the lust scene was absolutely repulsive! I have never even thought about watching it again, much less thought for a split second to suggest this movie to anyone else within the entire 16 years since it's release! I've never even tried to finish watching the movie myself. Once they showed the guy being interrogated and the scene went back to show what the guy was forced to do to the woman, HUH UH! I turned it off and threw the disc away and never gave it a second thought as far as trying to finish it. Turned my stomach and emotions inside out for weeks after! I can handle at of things. I love scary movies! I love horror, suspense, thrillers, psychological movies even. Se7en was way too much for me, though. Completely crossed the line for what I can handle. It's the only movie I've ever seen that I could not handle....and I've seen almost every abhorrent film out there.

3points

Zee Koza 3 years ago

The final scene in Braveheart hurt my heart. William Wallace prays to be brave before he knowingly goes to his death by cruel torture.

3points

a_dork 3 years ago

Welcome to the Dollhouse is the cruelest, but most realistic portrayal of early adolescence.

3points

Nikole 3 years ago (edited)

Oh and goddamn Sybil. We watched it in high school and holy crap (the Sally Field one).

3points

Isabela Ivan 3 years ago

Mother ,starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. That' s the epithome of cruelty

3points

Kimberly Brown 3 years ago

I’m quite surprised Silent Running isn’t on this list. It’s the most depressing movie ever made.

2points

𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 3 years ago

I'm never watching Grave of the Fireflies again. My parents and I have never seen it before, so we decided we wanted to watch it because we all love Studio Ghibli movies. I wanted to cry through 99.99999999% of it lmfao

2points

Tacos Are Tasty 3 years ago

Kids, from 1995 or so was one of the most disturbing movies I've ever watched. I think that movie launched the careers of Chloe Sévigny and Rosario Dawson, but it can only be watched once.

2points

Luna W. 3 years ago

Monster. 2003

2points

Yayaboobo 3 years ago

Wow BP folks really have amazing taste in movies!

2points

Arieke 3 years ago

Open water. I will never watch it again.

2points

Sheila Stamey 3 years ago

A.I. Haley Jo Osmet tore my heart apart.

2points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

The Killing Fields. Not just the movie, but the story behind Dith Prang (the real one) and the actor who played him is sad.

2points

Angela Jester 3 years ago

Blindness 2008= the world is afflicted by a virus that makes nearly everyone in the world blind, suddenly. It's really good,very deep and though I'm glad I did see it I couldn't rewatch it.

2points

Shine Caramia 3 years ago

Gummo

2points

Shine Caramia 3 years ago

Trainspotting. Butterfly Effect. White Fang.

2points

Kamila Podolak 3 years ago

The tale (2018) I was crying for about 1/3 of the movie and couple times after (I do not cry easily, soooometimes I shed a tear). Even writing this comment puts me near crying, after almost two years after seeing the movie. I guess that's a mild PTSD (sorry if someone felt offended, but it's not normal to react like I am), seeing Laura Dern makes me sick (and I used to really like her).

2points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Night of the Living Dead 1968 black and white, George Romero. Brilliant, terrifying, and still timely. Only reason I saw it the second time was to introduce my hubby to it. He then went on to become a Romero film buff. (Yeah, that didn't work out for me, did it...)

2points

kjorn 3 years ago

Marley & me. Who want a dog slowly going to die?

2points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

'A Serbian Film'. Watched it with my wife, both agreed it was a good film and well-made/directed. But watch it again? No, it’s dark, I mean REALLY dark and I've only seen the cut version.

2points

La Petite Morte 3 years ago

I'm genuinely surprised no one has mentioned Closetland. Only 2 actors, Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman. One room, nothing brutal happens on screen but the use of sound is... I spent weeks afterwards going '...what? I... what?...just... what?...'

1point

Diana Murtaugh 3 years ago

The movies (but mostly one (The girl next door), based on the terrible cruelty that led to Sylvia Likens death in 1965. That s*it f'd me up!!

1point

Arenite 3 years ago

The Grey Zone. It’s about the failed revolt by crematory workers in Auschwitz. Heartbreaking and horrifying. You need to see it.

1point

LuckyPineapple 3 years ago

I’m surprised Inside Out isn’t on this list. Great movie, but effffff putting myself through that again

1point

Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

Saving private ryan. The sound effects were too realistic..

1point

Monica Siciliano 3 years ago

and "Million Dollar Baby"?

1point

Nicole Holt 3 years ago

Now I have a huge list of movies to watch :)

1point

Jackie Butts 3 years ago

For me it was "Million Dollar Baby". I was depressed for about 2 weeks after watching it. I was a great movie, but I will never watch it again.

1point

Heather Lindsley 3 years ago

No Country for Old Men...

1point

Jacques de Wit 3 years ago

Beasts of No Nation - I will not be able to ever watch that movie again; when a 12-year-old child soldier asks “God, are you watching what we are doing?”

1point

Emerald Dent 3 years ago

For me, it was Lassie

1point

Brenda Gollihue 3 years ago

The Stoning of Saraya M. Well done, but I sobbed and will never watch it again.

1point

H.L.Lewis 3 years ago

No one mentioned Bambi. I know it's animated and a kids movie, but I didn't see it until I was in my 30's. Never Again. What was Disney thinking!

1point

Karen Fahel 3 years ago

I'm not a particularly "strong" person, and I'm a classic movie crier (heck, I cry at a well-made commercial!), but I've seen quite a few movies on this list multiple times: Grave of the Fireflies; Schindler's List; A Clockwork Orange; The Green Mile...just to name a few. The only ones that are on this list that I've seen and never want to see again are "What Dreams May Come" and "The Mist"...because they both p*ssed me off...and I've lightened up on "the Mist" since hearing that King, himself, liked the ending.

1point

Eleonora Capsaicin 3 years ago

"my girl" is missing on the list

1point

Melissa Angel 3 years ago

Quills, about the Marquis de Sade. Great movie, amazing cast, but that ending just f****d me up and still haunts me. It’s been 15 years since I first watched it and I’m still not ready to watch it again.

1point

Carito alias La Cototina 3 years ago

They forgot 12 Years a Slave. I had nightmares after watching it. I felt like a witness more than a spectator.

1point

Turnip and a Frog 3 years ago (edited)

My Week with Marilyn. I saw it only once. I’’ve always been interested in the life of Marilyn Monroe. I think Michelle Williams was perfect in not trying to look like, or imitate Marilyn - she managed to emanate her character and psychological struggles, that innocence and robust sexuality, toned down emotion and state of hyper awareness. Amazing acting job. And Jane Fonda talks about her in a touching manner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9GYhQUpGFk

1point

Ras Par 3 years ago

Das Experiment

1point

Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

I know I'm not the only veteran who couldn't handle the opening of "Saving Private Ryan." It was reported that many who were at the D-Day and other WW2 invasions just got up and left. I went to the lobby and waited until a friend came and told me that part was over before going in and finishing it.

1point

Autumn 3 years ago

Okay, I have two. First of all, The Isle of Dogs was an interesting movie. Would probably be able to watch it again but it was dark. This second one isn’t a movie but anyone who’s seen it will get it: Banana Fish

1point

HermitCrab 3 years ago

One flew over the cuckoos nest. It left me horrified and heartbroken...

1point

Natalie Zayas-Bazan 3 years ago

I’ve watched a lot of These more than once. I think I’m A psychopath. 🤣 Mine was the 2018 ‘a star is born’. Never been so messed up EVER.

1point

Luke Fosbury 3 years ago

Definitely missing 'The House of Sand & Fog' from this list! Also, 'Old Boy' is one of my favourite Movies, I must have watched in a dozen times.

1point

Margot Snijder 3 years ago

First movie that I think of is 'the terminal' ... so much different feelings when I watch this. Made me sad, mad, happy etc all at the same time. A Rollercoaster for me .

1point

Neil Bidle 3 years ago

I met a girl. Amazing film

1point

Debra Robinson 3 years ago

I've never seen even a few seconds of any and I won't now.

1point

Denise Shoopman 3 years ago

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest! It just destroyed me for a while!

1point

Llewella 3 years ago

Her name was Sarah, although the film isn't nearly as heart wrenching as the book. The thought of the little brother slowly starving in that locked closet had me depressed for days.

1point

Donna Troy 3 years ago

How about the very disturbing old movies? Could never watch Black Beauty, White Fang, even Bambi, where hunters are trying to kill the main characters.

1point

Michelle MyBell 3 years ago (edited)

What about Hunger (2008, dir. Steve McQueen)? That was a powerful film. And anyone remember the movie Threads (1984)? That did a number on my teenage head for years and years after. Thinking about it now, at that time, Chernobyl hadn't happened yet. Oi! When she gives birth alone and has to cut the umbilical cord with her teeth!

1point

Jovana Stojanova 3 years ago

Into the wild? No one?

1point

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

The Art of Racing In the Rain. Read the book. Once. I still have it. Maybe I'll read it again. Maybe. The movie just broke me. The opening scenes start wrenching your heart. It is joyful in some places. Some places, really hard. Kevin Costner does the voice of Enzo. Yes it anthropomorphizes, but who doesn't with their pet? The end is sweet and heart wrenching at the same time. There were men crying. For those who have read the post about losing a pet, you will have read about my Lucy. It took me there. I ran to my car and broke down. After one scene you will never express out & out anger at your pet again. I have recorded it on my TV, but haven't watched it. I may never. But its there in case.

1point

Radek Suski 3 years ago

Bicentennial Man

1point

BlueReaper 3 years ago

Some movies that hit me hard were The Plague Dogs and Barefoot Gen. Both are animated movies but don’t take them for granted they are extremely dark, I recommend them to anyone who is prepared.

1point

M Calad 3 years ago (edited)

Omg... nobody mentioned "Irreversible"! That movie is just so disturbing that left me with nightmares for a week and I don't dare to see it ever again. The direction, production and performances in this movie are impecable, though! I would also include "The Wall" by Pink Floyd. I got very depressed every time I saw it (twice).

1point

Aunt Messy 3 years ago

Also, "Donnie Darko", "A Thousand Acres", "Night of the Hunter", "The Joker"..... I'm sure there are more.

1point

Ausrine Ciapaite 3 years ago

I would definitely add "Mr Nobody" to the list. It is a move with so much to teach, that every time you watch it, you will find something you have missed last time. I watched it 6 times already and I will watch it 6 more.

1point

Raccoon Queen 3 years ago

I’m going to add my own movie that although I love it, I spent 40 minutes of it sobbing. Mockingjay pt2. When people start dropping like flies and then Prim, destroys me every time

1point

Snowy Tundra 3 years ago

The Joy Luck Club. I saw this one with my mom. I was crying so hard. Mom took me into the bathroom after it was over so I could compose myself. To this day, I'm not sure what it was that made me so emotional.

1point

Arthur Waite 3 years ago

War Horse. Barbed wire - bad stuff!

1point

MacDudu 3 years ago

Climax, directed by Gaspar Noe, should be here. It was incredibly watchable, but utterly offensive and visceral in its depiction of a group of dancers out of their minds on secretly spiked punch at a party.

1point

Nikole 3 years ago

The first time I saw Silence of the Lambs (as a kid) the part where Starling was wandering around the pitch black house while Bill had the night vision goggles made me nauseated with anxiety.

1point

Holly Allen 3 years ago

I'm going to add Mystic River... Recently watched it and oh man...

1point

albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago

The Killing Fields.

1point

Piglet 3 years ago

'When the Wind Blows' is eery and uncomfortable, even more so because it's animated. I aways crumble if I see 'Marley and Me' too.

1point

Kristal 3 years ago

The Sacrament (2014).Messed. Me. Up. THEN I find out it was based on a real event??!!? My gosh. Until this movie I thought the phrase "don't drink the kool aid" was cause kool aid is yummy and if something tastes so yummy, you shouldn't trust it. WRONG.

1point

Laura Green 3 years ago

For me it's the Gaga and Bradley "A Star is Born". Walked to my car silently after and then burst into tears when I got in. Had to call my mom. Beautiful soundtrack and amazing performances, but I will never watch it again. The dog. The dog!

1point

Laura Green 3 years ago

For me it's the Gaga and Bradley "A Star is Born". I had never seen the previous ones and although I knew it wasn't going to be happy, I was destroyed by it. I walked silently to my car after the theater and then burst into tears and called my mom. The soundtrack is amazing, but I will never watch it again.

1point

Kira Okah 3 years ago

Bodyguards and Assassins still messes me up, still have trouble watching it. Hong Kong film set near the start of the Chinese Xinhai Revolution in 1911, where they are protecting Dr Sun Yat-Sen from being assassinated in Hong Kong. The way it goes through the effort of exploring each character involved and their backstory, before pretty viciously slaughtering them to show their sacrifice in saving Dr Sun and so the Xinhai Revolution.

1point

Albino 3 years ago

Inside out. Watching that shortly after a break up, never watching that ever again.

1point

Whawhawhatsis 3 years ago

One amazing but emotionally destroying movie, based on an equally amazing but emotionally destroying movie,was "On the Beach, "story written by Nevil Shute. (He also wrote another wonderful WWII book that was dramatized on Masterpiece Theater called "A Town Like Alice" that is one of my favorites to this day.) The movie is about the last humans left, in New Zealand plus the crew of an American submarine that got that far, as nuclear fallout is drifting over them, and everyone has to die. It's not like it's a secret. But oh my god, I cried and cried and cried over both the book and the movie, and to this day can't decide which one was the move powerful. Just astonishingly wrenching!

1point

Katie Morris 3 years ago

Withnail and I is a great movie

1point

pinkk-sugar 3 years ago

And to a lesser degree: Lord of the Flies, AI, Bicentennial Man, The Green Mile, What Dreams May Come (especially now 😭😭)

1point

pinkk-sugar 3 years ago

Boys Don't Cry

1point

Sam Martin 3 years ago

How is Goya's Ghost not on here??

1point

Lara Verne 3 years ago

Malèna (2000) House of Sand and Fog (2003) Aurore (2005) Le Fils/The Son (2002) La ciociara/Two Women (1960)

1point

I'm lay sheep in China 3 years ago

Suicide Room (2011) also leave me traumatised. Good movie for teenagers and Parents who r against Love and didn't have times for their child(ren)

1point

Seabeast 3 years ago

The silent film The Blue Angel is supposed to be a film masterpiece and a classic. I thought it was one of the most depressing movies I'd ever seen.

1point

Sugar Cargill 3 years ago

Mandingo was left out. Horrible and too real.

1point

colonel Kira Nerys 3 years ago

WHERE IS SERENITY ON THIS LIST? SERENITY NEEDS TO BE ON THIS LIST

1point

Auntriarch 3 years ago

I haven't seen a single one of these films. Not bloody likely to either. As a lifelong wuss, thanks for the heads up fellow Pandas

1point

glowworm2 3 years ago

The Dark Knight. My boyfriend really wanted me to see it. Afterwards, he apologized like crazy to me because I was absolutely distraught by it. I forgot how depressing Batman could be at times.

1point

Tahani 3 years ago

The Magdalene Sisters about what truly happened to unwed mothers in Ireland in the ‘50’s. Once and never again. Jacob The Liar, the most beautiful and heartwrenching film with Robin Williams.

1point

ScarlettofHydraIsland 3 years ago (edited)

Naked Among Wolves. The movie was incredible and the actors spot on, but holy crap it was disturbing. It literally gave me repetitive nightmares for years after watching it (I was 12 when I first saw it and probably way too young)

1point

Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

Not really a movie, but an english translation of RK Narayan's story of which I forgot the name. Basically the student keeps failing and commits suicide in the end.

1point

Charlotte A. 3 years ago

I don't care to see most movies more than once and these two I guess I might try to see again if the opportunity presents itself, but they made me literally cry with rage when I saw them. In both cases because I felt things were just so unfair. One was the Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor (I felt that she was being forced into something she didn't want) and the other was One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. I hated that nurse! (Or was there more than one? It's been so long...)

1point

Juririn 3 years ago (edited)

Taxi Driver. Dead Man Walking. About Schmidt. Babel.

1point

Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

Here's a few from me. Oseam -> Korean animated film about two orphans (little brother and blind big sister), will make you cry from start until the end. Hadashi no Gen. If you liked Grave of the Fireflies, chances are high you will like this one too, it's the same topic, BUT! This one is a film made by the manga created by Keiji Nakazawa, who survived the bombing of Hiroshima and created the manga as a form of therapy for the trauma. The (animated) film is such a sad horror movie, it terrified me more than any classic ghost or gore story out there. Turtles Can Fly, Kurdish war film starring child characters working at a mine field. I think I said enough. Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo, about two brothers fighting in the Korean war at opposite sides, and, finally, another one about the Korean war, Welcome to Dongmakgol. If you liked Life if Beautiful and Jojo Rabbit, this may be the film for you. A touching anti-war comedy-drama. Have a nice movie marathon! ♡

1point

Black Pug Puppy 3 years ago

Sad that children can't watch these movies

1point

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Bad boy bubby. Never ever again it's so screwed up

1point

LuckyL 3 years ago

For me it's the Revenant - just because of the bear scene. I really liked the movie but I can never watch it again. And Captain Phillips, because that was just too "real" for me, and eye-opening how easy it is to hijack such a large ship with just a little boat

1point

Misha Writer 3 years ago

Savior with Denis Quaid.

1point

ilikeplants 3 years ago

Nurse Betty. Holy sh*t. I grew up watching horror movies, but the scalping scene in that movie messed me up for a looooong time. I had nightmares for weeks and was terrified to stay home by myself. And I was a full grown adult at the time. I don't know what it was about that particular movie, but I swear to god I've never watched anything gorey or horror related ever again. Messed. me. up.

1point

Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

Celebration should be on this list (I think the American version is Rachel Getting married?). Such an excellent film that I will never see again--you don't need to--it is seared into your brain--and it tells you everything you need to know about the damage abuse wrecks.

1point

Dawn Welton 3 years ago

The first John Wick movie should be on this list...

1point

Anid 3 years ago

Hard Candy

1point

Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago

Instinct with Anthony Hopkins...Great Movie but the end and how we looked upon other beings, upset and haunted me and sometimes still does. Also a lot more older movies. Not surprising as nowadays we are more used to violence in games and on TV because we see much more of it and it's more accessible so there is a lot less that shocks us and there are to many to choose from. For some younger people, triggers aren't the same and their "normal" has changed a lot too.

1point

juice 3 years ago

even though it's not a movie, i would definitely add the series Bojack Horseman. it's amazingly written, but some of the episodes f***ed me up. especially the finale.

1point

Viviane 3 years ago

For me, several of the films listed. Plus: the Russian film "Loveless"; "The Invitation" - slow and brooding, then picks up speed halfway through; "The Gift" with Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall - partway through, I found myself questioning who the real villain is...

1point

Matt Sharack 3 years ago

I'm gonna add Amores Perros. Beautifully movie but was only able to watch it once.

1point

Susan Stead 3 years ago

The Guilty was riveting. It's an amazing movie. I'll never watch it again.

1point

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

How is Notebook not on here? Talk about a gut wrenching beautiful movie.

1point

Markus Weiler 3 months ago

Is there a list of the mentioned flicks? From a screenshot I can't figure out the title...

0points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Where the hell are the movie titles??!!

0points

Evelyne Rabe 2 years ago

Ben X, that one sticks

0points

Evelyne Rabe 2 years ago

ben x, that one sticks.

0points

FRUHD 2 years ago

Where is Never Ending Story?

0points

JessRS 2 years ago

Why is Irreversible (2002) not on this list?

0points

Lisa Carter 2 years ago

Ordinary People is one of these movies for m

0points

Johanna Swanson 2 years ago (edited)

I'd add in Happiness. I have not been able to rewatch that movie. It's a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie. Also 5 Years a Slave was brutal watch.

0points

Fafnyr 2 years ago

Coraline could be on that list too.

0points

Thea Sieling 3 years ago

I saw "I am Sam" once, that's another one I will never be able to watch again. Semi happy ending, but too sad.

0points

Camille 3 years ago

Masterpieces, all of them. (well, all those I've already seen) I wonder why Christiane F. isn't in the list. I will definitely watch those I've missed.

0points

Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago

Birth with Nicole Kidman was a pretty messed up movie.

0points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

Two words - Watership Down. traumatised me as a kid.

0points

Sue Phillips 3 years ago

This is probably a reflection on me in some way, but I started crying about a third of the way through the Aileen Wournos biopic, Monster, and did not stop until it was over. Full on sobbing, not just tears. As a comparison, I was the only one in the theater not crying at the end of Titanic.

0points

Greg Mingus 3 years ago

The Passion of the Christ.

0points

Requiem 3 years ago

ONLY this generation would get f*****g traumatized by movies that were out before they were born or old enough to watch them. Ive got the same friends I met in 1992! Just turned 13 so basically the same as Stand By Me, Im 42 now

-1point

sylvanticx 3 years ago

Avengers: Endgame. Not like the others on this list, but it made me cry and **SPOILER ALERT** my two favorite characters, Tony Stark and Black Widow died and then Cap decided to become elderly so now U.S. Agent is in the MCU and honestly who likes that guy he sucks. Only read him in Marvel Civil War comics and he made me want to punch him. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU, JOHN WALKER. YA BASIC AND ALSO YOU AIN'T STEVE ROGERS SO YOU'RE OBSELETE AND I'M DONATING YOU TO THE CITY COLLEGE.

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Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago (edited)

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Amanda Panda 3 years ago

Precious was really difficult for me to watch. It's just too real. There are so many children suffering horribly at the hands of their own parents.

19points

Abby Parker 3 years ago

The Lovely Bones. Book was amazing. Film didn’t follow along too closely but, the villain was genuinely creepy and omg, the tension in the last part of the film? Never again.

16points

Shelby P 3 years ago

I will not watch a movie that is 'critically acclaimed' if it's going to make me cry or feel bad. Movies are for entertainment and that is just not entertaining to me.

10points

Marianne Bosch 3 years ago

9points

lara 3 years ago

These are all "crying" films but none even begin to approach SOPHIE'S CHOICE. That film broke my heart.

8points

Troux 3 years ago

7points

Nikole 3 years ago (edited)

6points

Maja-Stine Foged 3 years ago

6points

Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago

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Sonia Bailey 3 years ago

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

4points

Roadkill The Brave 3 years ago

4points

Jon Parker 3 years ago

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Esther (she/her) 3 years ago (edited)

3points

CP 3 years ago (edited)

Sleepers is a tough film to watch more than once. Also Million Dollar Baby.

3points

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

The Color Purple. Once only. No one should have to live like Celie was force to live.

3points

Chillace 3 years ago

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Eevi 3 years ago

Okay has anyone seen the Dancer in the dark?? Because I've seen most of these films on the list and comments, and nothing beats that.

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Doc Thissen 3 years ago

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Alethia Nyx 3 years ago

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IcyRedWaffle 3 years ago

Absolutely hated a dog's purpose but it was so good at the same time

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Tammie Johnson 3 years ago

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Zee Koza 3 years ago

The final scene in Braveheart hurt my heart. William Wallace prays to be brave before he knowingly goes to his death by cruel torture.

3points

a_dork 3 years ago

Welcome to the Dollhouse is the cruelest, but most realistic portrayal of early adolescence.

3points

Nikole 3 years ago (edited)

Oh and goddamn Sybil. We watched it in high school and holy crap (the Sally Field one).

3points

Isabela Ivan 3 years ago

Mother ,starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. That' s the epithome of cruelty

3points

Kimberly Brown 3 years ago

I’m quite surprised Silent Running isn’t on this list. It’s the most depressing movie ever made.

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𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 3 years ago

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Tacos Are Tasty 3 years ago

Kids, from 1995 or so was one of the most disturbing movies I've ever watched. I think that movie launched the careers of Chloe Sévigny and Rosario Dawson, but it can only be watched once.

2points

Luna W. 3 years ago

Monster. 2003

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Yayaboobo 3 years ago

Wow BP folks really have amazing taste in movies!

2points

Arieke 3 years ago

Open water. I will never watch it again.

2points

Sheila Stamey 3 years ago

A.I. Haley Jo Osmet tore my heart apart.

2points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

The Killing Fields. Not just the movie, but the story behind Dith Prang (the real one) and the actor who played him is sad.

2points

Angela Jester 3 years ago

Blindness 2008= the world is afflicted by a virus that makes nearly everyone in the world blind, suddenly. It's really good,very deep and though I'm glad I did see it I couldn't rewatch it.

2points

Shine Caramia 3 years ago

Gummo

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Shine Caramia 3 years ago

Trainspotting. Butterfly Effect. White Fang.

2points

Kamila Podolak 3 years ago

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

2points

kjorn 3 years ago

Marley & me. Who want a dog slowly going to die?

2points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

'A Serbian Film'. Watched it with my wife, both agreed it was a good film and well-made/directed. But watch it again? No, it’s dark, I mean REALLY dark and I've only seen the cut version.

2points

La Petite Morte 3 years ago

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Diana Murtaugh 3 years ago

The movies (but mostly one (The girl next door), based on the terrible cruelty that led to Sylvia Likens death in 1965. That s*it f'd me up!!

1point

Arenite 3 years ago

The Grey Zone. It’s about the failed revolt by crematory workers in Auschwitz. Heartbreaking and horrifying. You need to see it.

1point

LuckyPineapple 3 years ago

I’m surprised Inside Out isn’t on this list. Great movie, but effffff putting myself through that again

1point

Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

Saving private ryan. The sound effects were too realistic..

1point

Monica Siciliano 3 years ago

and "Million Dollar Baby"?

1point

Nicole Holt 3 years ago

Now I have a huge list of movies to watch :)

1point

Jackie Butts 3 years ago

For me it was "Million Dollar Baby". I was depressed for about 2 weeks after watching it. I was a great movie, but I will never watch it again.

1point

Heather Lindsley 3 years ago

No Country for Old Men...

1point

Jacques de Wit 3 years ago

Beasts of No Nation - I will not be able to ever watch that movie again; when a 12-year-old child soldier asks “God, are you watching what we are doing?”

1point

Emerald Dent 3 years ago

For me, it was Lassie

1point

Brenda Gollihue 3 years ago

The Stoning of Saraya M. Well done, but I sobbed and will never watch it again.

1point

H.L.Lewis 3 years ago

No one mentioned Bambi. I know it's animated and a kids movie, but I didn't see it until I was in my 30's. Never Again. What was Disney thinking!

1point

Karen Fahel 3 years ago

1point

Eleonora Capsaicin 3 years ago

"my girl" is missing on the list

1point

Melissa Angel 3 years ago

1point

Carito alias La Cototina 3 years ago

They forgot 12 Years a Slave. I had nightmares after watching it. I felt like a witness more than a spectator.

1point

Turnip and a Frog 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Ras Par 3 years ago

Das Experiment

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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

1point

Autumn 3 years ago

1point

HermitCrab 3 years ago

One flew over the cuckoos nest. It left me horrified and heartbroken...

1point

Natalie Zayas-Bazan 3 years ago

I’ve watched a lot of These more than once. I think I’m A psychopath. 🤣 Mine was the 2018 ‘a star is born’. Never been so messed up EVER.

1point

Luke Fosbury 3 years ago

Definitely missing 'The House of Sand & Fog' from this list! Also, 'Old Boy' is one of my favourite Movies, I must have watched in a dozen times.

1point

Margot Snijder 3 years ago

First movie that I think of is 'the terminal' ... so much different feelings when I watch this. Made me sad, mad, happy etc all at the same time. A Rollercoaster for me .

1point

Neil Bidle 3 years ago

I met a girl. Amazing film

1point

Debra Robinson 3 years ago

I've never seen even a few seconds of any and I won't now.

1point

Denise Shoopman 3 years ago

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest! It just destroyed me for a while!

1point

Llewella 3 years ago

Her name was Sarah, although the film isn't nearly as heart wrenching as the book. The thought of the little brother slowly starving in that locked closet had me depressed for days.

1point

Donna Troy 3 years ago

How about the very disturbing old movies? Could never watch Black Beauty, White Fang, even Bambi, where hunters are trying to kill the main characters.

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Michelle MyBell 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Jovana Stojanova 3 years ago

Into the wild? No one?

1point

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

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Radek Suski 3 years ago

Bicentennial Man

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BlueReaper 3 years ago

Some movies that hit me hard were The Plague Dogs and Barefoot Gen. Both are animated movies but don’t take them for granted they are extremely dark, I recommend them to anyone who is prepared.

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M Calad 3 years ago (edited)

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Aunt Messy 3 years ago

Also, "Donnie Darko", "A Thousand Acres", "Night of the Hunter", "The Joker"..... I'm sure there are more.

1point

Ausrine Ciapaite 3 years ago

1point

Raccoon Queen 3 years ago

I’m going to add my own movie that although I love it, I spent 40 minutes of it sobbing. Mockingjay pt2. When people start dropping like flies and then Prim, destroys me every time

1point

Snowy Tundra 3 years ago

1point

Arthur Waite 3 years ago

War Horse. Barbed wire - bad stuff!

1point

MacDudu 3 years ago

1point

Nikole 3 years ago

The first time I saw Silence of the Lambs (as a kid) the part where Starling was wandering around the pitch black house while Bill had the night vision goggles made me nauseated with anxiety.

1point

Holly Allen 3 years ago

I'm going to add Mystic River... Recently watched it and oh man...

1point

albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago

The Killing Fields.

1point

Piglet 3 years ago

'When the Wind Blows' is eery and uncomfortable, even more so because it's animated. I aways crumble if I see 'Marley and Me' too.

1point

Kristal 3 years ago

1point

Laura Green 3 years ago

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Laura Green 3 years ago

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

1point

Albino 3 years ago

Inside out. Watching that shortly after a break up, never watching that ever again.

1point

Whawhawhatsis 3 years ago

1point

Katie Morris 3 years ago

Withnail and I is a great movie

1point

pinkk-sugar 3 years ago

And to a lesser degree: Lord of the Flies, AI, Bicentennial Man, The Green Mile, What Dreams May Come (especially now 😭😭)

1point

pinkk-sugar 3 years ago

Boys Don't Cry

1point

Sam Martin 3 years ago

How is Goya's Ghost not on here??

1point

Lara Verne 3 years ago

Malèna (2000) House of Sand and Fog (2003) Aurore (2005) Le Fils/The Son (2002) La ciociara/Two Women (1960)

1point

I'm lay sheep in China 3 years ago

Suicide Room (2011) also leave me traumatised. Good movie for teenagers and Parents who r against Love and didn't have times for their child(ren)

1point

Seabeast 3 years ago

The silent film The Blue Angel is supposed to be a film masterpiece and a classic. I thought it was one of the most depressing movies I'd ever seen.

1point

Sugar Cargill 3 years ago

Mandingo was left out. Horrible and too real.

1point

colonel Kira Nerys 3 years ago

WHERE IS SERENITY ON THIS LIST? SERENITY NEEDS TO BE ON THIS LIST

1point

Auntriarch 3 years ago

I haven't seen a single one of these films. Not bloody likely to either. As a lifelong wuss, thanks for the heads up fellow Pandas

1point

glowworm2 3 years ago

The Dark Knight. My boyfriend really wanted me to see it. Afterwards, he apologized like crazy to me because I was absolutely distraught by it. I forgot how depressing Batman could be at times.

1point

Tahani 3 years ago

The Magdalene Sisters about what truly happened to unwed mothers in Ireland in the ‘50’s. Once and never again. Jacob The Liar, the most beautiful and heartwrenching film with Robin Williams.

1point

ScarlettofHydraIsland 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

Not really a movie, but an english translation of RK Narayan's story of which I forgot the name. Basically the student keeps failing and commits suicide in the end.

1point

Charlotte A. 3 years ago

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Juririn 3 years ago (edited)

Taxi Driver. Dead Man Walking. About Schmidt. Babel.

1point

Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Black Pug Puppy 3 years ago

Sad that children can't watch these movies

1point

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Bad boy bubby. Never ever again it's so screwed up

1point

LuckyL 3 years ago

1point

Misha Writer 3 years ago

Savior with Denis Quaid.

1point

ilikeplants 3 years ago

1point

Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

1point

Dawn Welton 3 years ago

The first John Wick movie should be on this list...

1point

Anid 3 years ago

Hard Candy

1point

Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago

1point

juice 3 years ago

even though it's not a movie, i would definitely add the series Bojack Horseman. it's amazingly written, but some of the episodes f***ed me up. especially the finale.

1point

Viviane 3 years ago

1point

Matt Sharack 3 years ago

I'm gonna add Amores Perros. Beautifully movie but was only able to watch it once.

1point

Susan Stead 3 years ago

The Guilty was riveting. It's an amazing movie. I'll never watch it again.

1point

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

How is Notebook not on here? Talk about a gut wrenching beautiful movie.

1point

Markus Weiler 3 months ago

Is there a list of the mentioned flicks? From a screenshot I can't figure out the title...

0points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Where the hell are the movie titles??!!

0points

Evelyne Rabe 2 years ago

Ben X, that one sticks

0points

Evelyne Rabe 2 years ago

ben x, that one sticks.

0points

FRUHD 2 years ago

Where is Never Ending Story?

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JessRS 2 years ago

Why is Irreversible (2002) not on this list?

0points

Lisa Carter 2 years ago

Ordinary People is one of these movies for m

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Johanna Swanson 2 years ago (edited)

I'd add in Happiness. I have not been able to rewatch that movie. It's a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie. Also 5 Years a Slave was brutal watch.

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Fafnyr 2 years ago

Coraline could be on that list too.

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Thea Sieling 3 years ago

I saw "I am Sam" once, that's another one I will never be able to watch again. Semi happy ending, but too sad.

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Camille 3 years ago

Masterpieces, all of them. (well, all those I've already seen) I wonder why Christiane F. isn't in the list. I will definitely watch those I've missed.

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Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago

Birth with Nicole Kidman was a pretty messed up movie.

0points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

Two words - Watership Down. traumatised me as a kid.

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Sue Phillips 3 years ago

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Greg Mingus 3 years ago

The Passion of the Christ.

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Requiem 3 years ago

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