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Cyrus
12-10-2004, 05:40 AM
There was a thread about "House Of Sand and Fog" and somone called that a "disturbing movie".

Well, I recently watched "Funny Games" of director Michael Haneke and, while I don't exactly get easily fazed, I found that movie to be the most extraordinarily disturbing spectacle I have ever witnessed.

Incidentally, there's very little onscreen blood or violence in it. But I challenge anyone to see it and walk away unaffected.

Tron
12-10-2004, 05:43 AM
I've actually never seen either of those, but the most disturbing movie I've ever seen is "Seven."

Duke
12-10-2004, 06:23 AM
Se7en, as someone else pointed out, and it's not close.

I didn't talk to anyone for 4 days after seeing that movie. I didn't say a word.

~D

thirddan
12-10-2004, 06:29 AM
ichi the killer...

Ulysses
12-10-2004, 06:33 AM
From Justin to Kelly

sthief09
12-10-2004, 06:37 AM
Requiem for a Dream


unbelievable movie but I can't watch it again. I haven't seen Seven though...

Alobar
12-10-2004, 06:38 AM
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Reqiuem for a Dream


unbelievable movie but I can't watch it again. I haven't seen Seven though...

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yeah, RFAD is waaaay more powerful than seven

Nick B.
12-10-2004, 06:44 AM
What about Dee Snyder's Strangeland with Amy Smart. Also 8mm was kind of disturbing.

Duke
12-10-2004, 06:51 AM
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yeah, RFAD is waaaay more powerful than seven

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I liked the movie a lot, and agree that it's powerful. But it never affected me like Seven did.

Maybe it's because I can't relate to drugs like some people can, but I do see a lot of people that I think would be a lot like the "bad guy" in Seven if they were men of action.

~D

bdk3clash
12-10-2004, 06:57 AM
I am actually a huge fan of disturbing movies. To me, the most disturbing films I've seen have been documentaries.

"Chicken Hawk"--about NAMBLA/pedophiles

Honestly, I think I win. Has anyone seen any of these?

"Hated"--about GG Allin, legendary punk rock psychopath (interestingly enough, directed by Todd Phillips, who later went on to direct "Old School," "Road Trip," and "Starsky and Hutch.")

"The Gift"-about people who voluntarily transmit and contract HIV

"Whole"--about people who are into voluntary amputation

bdk3clash
12-10-2004, 06:58 AM
Oh yeah, also, the Japanese film "Tetsuo Iron Man." Badass man/machine biomechanical crap.

thirddan
12-10-2004, 06:59 AM
those sound pretty messed up...

super size me was pretty disturbing because it is such a mainsream thing...your movies sound like small groups of "weirdos," while super size me affects just about everyone in america...

Rick Nebiolo
12-10-2004, 07:03 AM
The movie "Closer" in wide release right now would be disturbing to any couple that isn't absolutely 100% secure in their relationship. See it alone or with a buddy.

~ Rick

Fluffington
12-10-2004, 07:15 AM
Audition and it's not even close. It is also very good.

sthief09
12-10-2004, 07:24 AM
what was the movie with Brittany Murphy about chrystal meth. I heard that was a sick movie too

thirddan
12-10-2004, 07:27 AM
good call, i change my vote to audition...

dr. klopek
12-10-2004, 07:39 AM
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what was the movie with Brittany Murphy about chrystal meth. I heard that was a sick movie too

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Spun.

Requiem for a dream is an excellent film, did anyone see "Pi?" The Most disturbing movie that I have ever seen, the movie that affected me the most, is definitely "The Dark Chrystal." I still can't get over that [censored].

Maybe also "Fire in the Sky," because for some reason I'm horrified of alien abduction.

whiskeytown
12-10-2004, 08:11 AM
I saw it, and you know, it wasn't bad....but it just didn't hit me as bad as people said it would....I dunno why...

on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 6

RB

wacki
12-10-2004, 09:15 AM
Freddy got fingered

If you can sit through that whole movie and not scream in agony, you are a stonger man than I.

fsuplayer
12-10-2004, 09:32 AM
"Fire In the Sky"

that movie freaked me out a bunch when I was a kid.

Se7en

GREAT movie, but didnt really find it disturbing, well...other than that guy chained to the bed with all the car air fresheners hanging from the ceiling. maybe i dont find it disturbing bc i have seen it so many times.

RFAD

wins my vote. good though.

"Pi"

weird, weird movie. if not for the needle scene towards the end of RFAD, this might be the most disturbing for me.

I also put a second round vote in for Texas Chainsaw Massacre (sp.). the original, not that awful remake with Diablo's crush.

lastly, honorable mention goes to Apocalyspe Now, esp. the redux version. 4 hrs of that movie makes me squirmy.

sthief09
12-10-2004, 09:34 AM
yeah, Pi was way too weird for me. it went over my head completely

Beerfund
12-10-2004, 09:36 AM
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did anyone see "Pi?" The Most disturbing movie that I have ever seen

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That's one of my favorite movies but everyone else that I know that has seen it hated it, I think you actually have to like math to like that movie. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

sthief09
12-10-2004, 09:36 AM
my girlfriend couldn't get enough of that movie. I think she probably made me watch it like 5 times in the span of 2 weeks after she first saw it

WDC
12-10-2004, 09:37 AM
Straw Dogs

wacki
12-10-2004, 09:45 AM
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my girlfriend couldn't get enough of that movie. I think she probably made me watch it like 5 times in the span of 2 weeks after she first saw it

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I'm so sorry. Did she do anything to repay the favor?

elwoodblues
12-10-2004, 09:46 AM
Leaving Las Vegas
American History X
Blood in the Face
Life is Beautiful

All very good. All very disturbing in their own way.

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 09:54 AM
Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man

Lazymeatball
12-10-2004, 09:54 AM
Clockwork Orange is pretty cool. The characters in it are definitely disturbing, but I don't think anyone watching it would be totally freaked out, although maybe people watching at the time of it's release would be.

And for the smartass joke answer, i would have to nominate Twister, disturbing how so much money could be spent on something so crappy.

razor
12-10-2004, 09:57 AM
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yeah, RFAD is waaaay more powerful than seven

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Agree.

Lawrence Ng
12-10-2004, 09:57 AM
Alice in Wonderland and Snow White - both created by pedophiles.

Lawrence

Lawrence Ng
12-10-2004, 09:58 AM
Gambling is a sin too no?

razor
12-10-2004, 10:04 AM
maybe not the most disturbing movie I've seen but...

The War Zone directed by Tim Roth

wacki
12-10-2004, 10:07 AM
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Alice in Wonderland and Snow White - both created by pedophiles.

Lawrence

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Really? I didn't know that. Links? Proof? Any more info?

Rushmore
12-10-2004, 10:12 AM
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"Hated"--about GG Allin, legendary punk rock psychopath (interestingly enough, directed by Todd Phillips, who later went on to direct "Old School," "Road Trip," and "Starsky and Hutch.")

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Hated is just magnificent. The Geege was the best. His spoken word performance thing was great. I love the haughty hippy girl. Guess she shouldn't bluff so much.

A friend of a friend put together a documentary about Rockets Redglare. It's called... Rockets Redglare, and it's really nicely done. Not "disturbing," but very effective. Find it and watch it.

Rushmore
12-10-2004, 10:16 AM
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lastly, honorable mention goes to Apocalyspe Now, esp. the redux version. 4 hrs of that movie makes me squirmy.

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The Redux was awful, and should never have been shown to anyone. The only worthwhile axtra is the plantation scene, and even that is horribly out of place.

I mean, suddenly Captain Willard is stealing surfboards, screwing bunnies and generally yukking it up? Please.

Il_Mostro
12-10-2004, 10:19 AM
Tears of the sun

Incredibly disturbing on so many levels. It also happens to be one of the absolutely worst movies I have ever seen, in all aspects bar photo.

Rushmore
12-10-2004, 10:24 AM
Repulsion, Eraserhead, Salo, and Tetsuo, The Iron Man. All four are the very definition of disturbing.

I forgot. One more: How Stella Got Her Groove back.

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 10:24 AM
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I mean, suddenly Captain Willard is stealing surfboards, screwing bunnies and generally yukking it up? Please.

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Were those scenes added in Redux? I didn't remember them, but just chalked it up to it having been so long since i saw the original.

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 10:25 AM
Most distrubing movie ever is Gigli. And it's not close.

Rushmore
12-10-2004, 10:31 AM
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Were those scenes added in Redux? I didn't remember them, but just chalked it up to it having been so long since i saw the original.

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Yep. I mean, remember, the movie is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. There is supposed to be some of Kurtz in Willard. Humanizing Captain Willard is the last thing you want to do in the movie. In Redux, there's actually a scene where Willard turns and smiles and says "Now don't leave without me," and laughs. It's just not the character at all. As I said, I don't mind the plantation scene, because the French seem like ghosts along the way to see God, sort of. Plus, it enhances the Vietnam aspect a bit. I still don't prefer it, though.

The original edit is nearly perfect.

Rick Diesel
12-10-2004, 10:31 AM
Definitely the most disturbing movie I have ever seen.

Rick Diesel

IndieMatty
12-10-2004, 10:35 AM
I've seen "The Gift". Cringeworthy the whole time.

Incidentally the otherr "The Gift" with Katie Holmes is equally cringeworthy, what a horrible movie.

IndieMatty
12-10-2004, 10:37 AM
I can't remember the name, but there was a documentary on HBO with a father (divorced) that go's to Raves with his two kids, and does ecstasy/crystal meth, etc. So bizzarre, and the father was so out there, theres times where you I had to put a pillow over my face.

Honorable TV Mention: Any episode of Real World.

Aces McGee
12-10-2004, 11:13 AM
Se7en is one of my favorite films. It's effect on me was profound, as well. I was very much in awe of the person who wrote it.

-McGee

Uethym
12-10-2004, 11:17 AM
I felt compelled to register because my answer hadn't been given yet.

The Miracle Mile: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097889

This movie messed me up as a teenager. Haven't seen it since, though, so it may seem dated.

kgrad5
12-10-2004, 11:22 AM
kids

Cyrus
12-10-2004, 11:22 AM
OK, here’s what movies you 2+2 posters find disturbing (with some comments from me).

I will include your documentaries although they are not movies, for me. They are documentaries.

Strangeland

Chicken Hawk (documentary about paedophiles – which gives it an unfair advantage)

Hated (documentary about now-deceased hate-rocker G.G. Allin who would perform naked onstage and, among other things, throw his excrement to the audience – I found the documentary hilarious, man!)

Whole (voluntary amputation, also hilarious – who are these people?)

The Gift (transmission of HIV+/AIDS on purpose)

OK, the proper movies:

Ichi The Killer (excellent call!)

The Audition (do you like injections with long needles?)

Seven (ignore the marketing puke-cute numeral, Se7en)

Requiem for a Dream

8mm

Super size (never heard of it – is it disturbing porn?)

Freddy Got Fingered (ditto)

Ironman (Japanese human driller)

Closer (about a …relationship gone sour! Take it to Oprah, man.)

Pi (people mistake weird with disturbing!)

Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man (people mistake bad with disturbing!)

Spun (submitted by a poster who finds abduction by aliens to be ...disturbing and who shall remain nameless) (Hi, dr klopek!)

Straw Dogs (name check, there, for the brilliant Sam Peckinpah)

Clockwork Orange (name check, there, for the brilliant Stanley Kubrick)

Salo, 120 Days in Sodom (name check, there, for the brilliant Pier-Paolo Pasolini)

Eraserhead (name check, there, for David Lynch)

Sleepers (for the paranoid among ya – that’s all of ya, right?..)

The War Zone (yep, brilliant, Tim Roth directing, ‘nuff said)

Tears Of The Sun (WTF? More info, please)

Leaving Las Vegas (what, the goddamn neon disturbs yer eyes?? Go away.)

Kids

Miracle Mile (you got an hour to live before the missiles hit)

American History X (gimme a break!)

Blood in the Face

Life is Beautiful

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Nothing I see in that list compares with <font color="red"> Funny Games</font>. The film, IMHO, is flawed on the theoretical position it espouses, despite the noble and humane intentions. Nonetheless, I challenge anyone to see it and remain unaffected.

"Funny Games" : What are you looking at - and why? (http://www.kinoeye.org/04/01/laine01.php)

Michael Haneke filmography (http://www.ce-review.org/kinoeye/kinoeye5old.html)

Interview (http://www.kinoeye.org/04/01/interview01.php)

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 11:28 AM
You left off Gigli.

IndieMatty
12-10-2004, 11:30 AM
Gonna have to check this one out. I'm shocked no one has mentioned the Neil Labute movie In the Company of Men

or even more Todd Solondz - Happiness.



(Personally I'm not too disturbed by them, but they are way more disturbing then Seven)

Cyrus
12-10-2004, 11:36 AM
The film also contains a near-cathartic moment that must be one of the most incredible violations of filmic rules ever. But I will not spoil it.

The once and future king
12-10-2004, 11:47 AM
The Rock Opera "Tommy" by the "The Who"

Theres a scene where Tommy (The deaf dumb and blind kid who plays a mean pinball) goes to stay with Uncle Jack.

Uncle Jacks a bit mean and in one of the song and dance routines it shows him putting nails on a toilet seat.

I saw this when I was about 6 or 7. Disturbed me immensly.

elwoodblues
12-10-2004, 11:58 AM
What about the scene with all the baked beans...totally weird.

Asufiji2004
12-10-2004, 12:03 PM
Anybody seen "I spit on your grave"

about a woman who moves to the stix and a group of three brothers rape her over and over and over, but then she kills them all..F'd up movie.

MHarris
12-10-2004, 12:03 PM
Strangeland isn't a documentary. If it were, it would be beyond disturbing.

Schneids
12-10-2004, 12:07 PM
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kids

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I thought I was going to be the first to say this one.

I think Kids and RFAD tie at the top for me, followed closely by American History X.

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 12:08 PM
Can you give more detail? Kinda hard to google it with just "kids"...lol

IndieMatty
12-10-2004, 12:10 PM
Kids reminded me of Gummo. Good movie.

IndieMatty
12-10-2004, 12:11 PM
go to IMDB.

www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/

stabn
12-10-2004, 12:11 PM
What about Pi? That was pretty f'ing disturbing man...That drill?

elwoodblues
12-10-2004, 12:19 PM
In general don't "google" movies. Imdb them.

slickpoppa
12-10-2004, 12:25 PM
I remember seeing "The Fly" when I was about 8 years old. The part where he vommitted on the guys arm scared the sh*t out of me.

SomethingClever
12-10-2004, 12:39 PM
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Requiem for a Dream


unbelievable movie but I can't watch it again.

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I'm sure this has received a lot of votes, but I'll add mine as well.

Honorable mention: Pink Flamingos.

I dare anyone to watch the whole thing.

RocketManJames
12-10-2004, 12:47 PM
Mainstream Movie: 8mm

That movie was simply sick, I practically puked.

Not so mainstream: Closet Land

I found this one to be real wack.

-RMJ

elwoodblues
12-10-2004, 12:51 PM
At some point that movie's claim to fame was having the most disturbing moment on film. I highly doubt that holds true today, but I still don't want to watch Divine eat some fresh dog crap.

sfer
12-10-2004, 12:51 PM
Happiness

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 12:56 PM
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I found this one to be real wack.-RMJ

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Wait, is wack good or bad again? I can't keep up with you hipsters.

Zeno
12-10-2004, 12:58 PM
For me, real life on this planet is the most disturbing thing imaginable.

-Zeno

GrunchCan
12-10-2004, 01:07 PM
"Thirteen" should be on this list, definitely. I saw it with my wife at the theatre, and after all we could say is, "We're never having kids."

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 01:14 PM
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"Thirteen" should be on this list, definitely. I saw it with my wife at the theatre, and after all we could say is, "We're never having kids."

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Are you serious? You were disturbed byt that movie? Don't watch anything else on this list then. your delicate psyche couldn't handle it.

GrunchCan
12-10-2004, 01:20 PM
I'm renting them all tonight.

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 01:24 PM
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I'm renting them all tonight.

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o.k. All in one night? MY delicate psyche couldn't handle that. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

RocketManJames
12-10-2004, 01:31 PM
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Wait, is wack good or bad again? I can't keep up with you hipsters.

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Definition 10 from Urban Dictionary... that's how I used it.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wack&amp;r=f

-RMJ

KJS
12-10-2004, 02:01 PM
I saw the Japanese film Audition at the Seattle Int'l Film Fest years ago. More than half the audience walked out they were so freaked out. I stayed but did turn away at a few moments. Get the unrated version on DVD.

*shudder*

KJS

Tyler Durden
12-10-2004, 02:11 PM
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or even more Todd Solondz - Happiness.

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This movie is really twisted. Pedophilia is just one of the themes.

Rick Nebiolo
12-10-2004, 03:10 PM
[ QUOTE ]
OK, here’s what movies you 2+2 posters find disturbing (with some comments from me).

Closer (about a …relationship gone sour! Take it to Oprah, man.)

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My pick. More than relationships gone sour, more about the hidden demons that lurk within what seem to be the strongest relationships.

I can imagine about 99.9% of couples who see it together looking at each other differently after the movie.

My recommendation stands - see it with alone or with a buddy (and it's playing in a theater near you!).

~ Rick

Senor Choppy
12-10-2004, 03:20 PM
Movies like Pi and Seven are disturbing to people like my mom. I liked them both, (Pi a lot more than Seven), but there was nothing shocking about them.

Kids comes close. Happiness tried a little too hard. American Psycho might be to PC douchebags. I'll toss out Un Chien Andalou for older films.

TheJunkyardGod
12-10-2004, 03:32 PM
Farenheit 9/11 was the most disturbing movie i've ever seen.

But if you're going for fiction, i'll have to say

Cannibal Holocaust
Suicide Club (Japanese horror is messed up)
Ju-on - again, japanese horror
Requiem(I know enough drug addicts for this movie to really effect me, the book is even more upsetting)
Battle Royale (heh, yet again, another Japanese horror)
a few other Gore flicks my friend owns who's names I forget.

Benal
12-10-2004, 04:00 PM
Natural Born Killers was somewhat disturbing.

KJS
12-10-2004, 04:05 PM
Go Tribe!

KJS

BeerMoney
12-10-2004, 04:11 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Happiness

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Ding ding ding ding ding....... AWESOME DISTURBING MOVIE

Also, let's not leave out

KIDS
and

BULLY,
both by the same director.

FatMan
12-10-2004, 04:29 PM
The beheading video of Nicolas Berg. I was disturbed for days after watching that. If I were not too fat and old I would re-enlist just to kick someones ass over that one.

thatpfunk
12-10-2004, 04:53 PM
RFAD is one of my favorite movies.

Thirteen was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I felt uncomfortable the entire movie and even turned it off once.

Also, has anyone seen Bully? It is by the same director as Kids. The movie sucks but the ending makes you feel really [censored] up for watching it. Ugh

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 05:04 PM
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Thirteen was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I felt uncomfortable the entire movie and even turned it off once.

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I'm trying to understand this. How was this disturbing to anyone? It was just teenage girls being somewhat bad. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

dr. klopek
12-10-2004, 05:14 PM
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did anyone see "Pi?" The Most disturbing movie that I have ever seen

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That's one of my favorite movies but everyone else that I know that has seen it hated it, I think you actually have to like math to like that movie. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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no, no, no. You quoted me all out of context. Those are two different sentences. I asked if you had seen pi, then, I started talking about the most disturbing movie i'd ever seen.

thatpfunk
12-10-2004, 05:16 PM
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I'm trying to understand this. How was this disturbing to anyone? It was just teenage girls being somewhat bad.

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Its hard to express one specific scene that was bad, but just the idea of this loss of innocence (which is oviously inevitable) through such extreme actions and so suddenly was jarring. I think 13 year old girls giving head to a guy they just met, dropping E, etc is pretty bad (I feel old saying this, and hypocritcal, but oh well).

Also, the environment which girls are raised in now frightens me. What it will be like in the future when I have kids?

IhadPocketMes
12-10-2004, 05:16 PM
Eyes Wide Shut, Sleepers, Trainspotting, and Requiem for a Dream

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 05:19 PM
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Sleepers

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Good one.

Phat Mack
12-10-2004, 05:23 PM
Although I doubt it is at the top of anybody's list, I have to vote for "Sid and Nancy." I took a blind date to it, thinking it was a rock 'n roll movie. We both walked out in a daze. I asked my date what she wanted to do next. She said, "I want to go home." Cute girl, too.

All of the math geeks I know hated "Pi". They say the math is bad.

dr. klopek
12-10-2004, 05:24 PM
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Eyes Wide Shut

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this is the reason I used to like Kubrick.

CCass
12-10-2004, 05:27 PM
Why hasn't anyone mentioned "Frailty"?

ThaSaltCracka
12-10-2004, 05:28 PM
I know I am going to catch a lot of flake for this, but "Bad Santa." I did not like seeing an alcoholic screaming at little kids.

There is also another movie I am thinking of right now, that the title of I can't seem to recall. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 05:29 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Although I doubt it is at the top of anybody's list, I have to vote for "Sid and Nancy." I took a blind date to it, thinking it was a rock 'n roll movie. We both walked out in a daze. I asked my date what she wanted to do next. She said, "I want to go home."

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Funniest post of the day. I can almost hear her say this very quietly while looking away from you...I want to go home...lol.

astroglide
12-10-2004, 05:34 PM
jacob's ladder at the time i first watched it

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 05:36 PM
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jacob's ladder at the time i first watched it

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Definitely the first time I watched it. But I saw it again a couple of years later and it wan't that disturbing. Maybe I saw a cut version the second time.

elwoodblues
12-10-2004, 05:36 PM
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There is also another movie I am thinking of right now, that the title of I can't seem to recall

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That really doesn't help us nail it down for you.

ThaSaltCracka
12-10-2004, 05:48 PM
yeah I realize that, it was a newer movie, maybe came out during the past year, and IIRC it was basically pure violence, with no semblance of a plot. Something about it really disturbed me. So vague, I know.

Ulysses
12-10-2004, 05:56 PM
What a great thread. A lot of my favorite movies have been mentioned. Some of them I'd agree are "disturbing" though others I'd probably use a term like "thought-provoking."

Anyway, someone mentioned documentaries. If they are fair game, it's not even close. American Eunuchs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364942/).

jakethebake
12-10-2004, 05:58 PM
nm /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

nothumb
12-10-2004, 06:06 PM
Well, I think "Vulgar" deserves a mention. It's a Kevin Smith movie starring Dante from Clerks about a clown who starts going to bachelor parties as a joke and gets raped by a bunch of sadistic rednecks. I thought it was gonna be funny.

NT

girgy44
12-10-2004, 06:06 PM
You say American History X gimme a break, maybe as a movie but it has one of the best scenes. When you hear his teeth click on the curb, listen for it. About to be shattered with his jawed ripped oepn, ouch.

Benal
12-10-2004, 06:27 PM
I watched a Canadian indie flick last night called "On The Corner". It deals with teens living in Vancouver's east side, known for heroin/crack addicts/prostitutes. Not exactly Requiem disturbing, but disturbing nonetheless.

B Dids
12-10-2004, 06:51 PM
A documentary called "Chasing the Freidlanders" (sp?) about a family (potentially wrongfully) accused of child rape is pretty [censored] distrubing. Not just 'cause of the pedophelia, but the fact that they've got home video footage of this family having arguments and falling apart.

Good movie though.

In terms of movies that shook me, I looked at my TV like it was going to try and [censored] me up for two days after I saw The Ring.

oljumpstart
12-10-2004, 07:12 PM
Harold and Maude. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

But seriously, If no ones mentioned it yet, "I Spit on Your Grave" is just plain depraved.

Wu36
12-10-2004, 07:35 PM
Another vote for audition. Most everything Miike makes is sick in some way, but Audition straight bugged me out.

Rick Nebiolo
12-10-2004, 09:17 PM
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Although I doubt it is at the top of anybody's list, I have to vote for "Sid and Nancy."

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Sid and Nancy had one of my friend John Cole's favorite scenes. Sid and Nancy are both walking up the stairs from the subway (forget the Brit word for subway, is it the "tube"?) and Nancy is wearing this long flowing black sort of thing and she sees her reflection in a glass storefront and screams to Sid: "eech argh, Sid, I look like Stevi f__king Nicks".

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~ Rick

Zeno
12-10-2004, 09:33 PM
Proof that 'real life' is the most disturbing thing of all.

-Zeno

Zeno
12-10-2004, 09:37 PM
The only two movies that I've seen that I would call disturbing are Clockwork Orange and parts of Trainspotting. Both good flicks. The 'rape scene' in Clockwork Orange, set to some great classical music, is very well done.

-Zeno

Jeff W
12-14-2004, 06:35 PM
Pixote.

Joe Tall
12-14-2004, 06:40 PM
I looked through but I didn't see:

28 Days Later
Midnight Cowboy

2 that spooked me but I was really stoned when I saw both for the first time.

Peace,
Joe Tall

dr. klopek
12-14-2004, 06:42 PM
"28 Days Later" blows big time.

sublime
12-14-2004, 07:17 PM
28 Days Later" blows big time.

i wouldnt call it disturbing, but i thought it was a decent movie.

lapoker17
12-14-2004, 07:23 PM
For those who have ever lost a lot gambling - Owning Mahoney is unreal.

offTopic
12-14-2004, 07:38 PM
"The Piano"
- I always thought Holly Hunter was cute (not hot) but they made her look, well, I don't know what she looked like.
- Harvey Keitel, naked.

Does it get any worse than that?

Jezebel
12-14-2004, 07:44 PM
how does "The Crying Game" not make this list?

I would also say that the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" where they are storming Utah beach is an eye opener.

colgin
12-14-2004, 07:47 PM
Here's a few classic "disturbing " movies that I do not believe have been yet mentioned:

"Un Chien Andalou" by Louis Bunuel -- The prototype for disturbing movies.

"Blue Velvet" -- David Lynch. You've all seen it already. "Nuff said.

"Seconds" -- John Frankenheimer. Man gets a new face and looks like Rock Hudson. His self-loathing becomes unbearable to himself and the audience.

sthief09
12-14-2004, 08:24 PM
thanks for pedro... you can have him back now. I really don't want him

pc in NM
12-14-2004, 09:02 PM
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Repulsion, Eraserhead, Salo, and Tetsuo, The Iron Man. All four are the very definition of disturbing.

I forgot. One more: How Stella Got Her Groove back.

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Yes, Repulsion and Eraserhead were deeply disturbing....

I'd add Un Chien Andalou and Pink Flamingos and Twin Falls, Idahto the really creepy, disturbing....

Momo
12-14-2004, 09:22 PM
Besides most of what people said above, I'm going to have to say Gummo. If you've seen it, you know what i mean.

Rick Nebiolo
12-14-2004, 11:50 PM
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how does "The Crying Game" not make this list?

I would also say that the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" where they are storming Utah beach is an eye opener.

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Odd, I saw Crying Game at an art house theater in its first week of release before the buzz regarding the "surprise" became widespread. I was indeed surprised but I wouldn't call it all that disturbing.

I'm relatively certain that they were storming Omaha Beach in "Saving Private Ryan" (Omaha was by far the most embattled beachhead, with Utah second although the glider and paratroop attacks behind Utah were extremely crucial to the success of the invasion).

~ Rick

Sponger15SB
12-15-2004, 12:01 AM
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Farenheit 9/11 was the most disturbing movie i've ever seen.

But if you're going for fiction

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sublime
12-15-2004, 12:03 AM
thanks for pedro... you can have him back now. I really don't want him

what did the mets do to god to deserve omar minaya?

fwiw, i think pedro is still a great pitcher. just not worth what he demanded.

jakethebake
12-15-2004, 10:17 AM
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"28 Days Later" blows big time.

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Incredibly stupid movie.

jakethebake
12-15-2004, 10:18 AM
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how does "The Crying Game" not make this list?

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Definitely should be on the list.

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I would also say that the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" where they are storming Utah beach is an eye opener.

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This is the closest Hollywood has ever come to what the "fog of war" is really like.

jakethebake
12-15-2004, 10:21 AM
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Farenheit 9/11 was the most disturbing movie i've ever seen.

But if you're going for fiction...

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This is the funniest post in weeks.

A_C_Slater
12-15-2004, 10:26 AM
Requiem for a dream is the only movie I have ever seen that gave me an anxiety attack (a delayed one, it occured the next day when I couldn't stop thinking about it.) Powerful. Powerful film.

elwoodblues
12-15-2004, 10:32 AM
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how does "The Crying Game" not make this list?

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The Crying Game was one of the first movies that my girlfriend and I went to. Awful choice.

A few years later I took her to Leaving Las Vegas on Valentine's Day (because I had heard it was one of the year's best movies.)

I really can be a moron sometimes.

Men the Master
12-15-2004, 11:16 AM
About a 12 year old prostitute. They actually made Brooke Shields play nude scenes barely into adolesence. Disturbing how the movie was even allowed to be played.

jakethebake
12-15-2004, 11:38 AM
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About a 12 year old prostitute. They actually made Brooke Shields play nude scenes barely into adolesence. Disturbing how the movie was even allowed to be played.

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Yes. I had a disturbance in my npants watching that movie.

daveymck
12-15-2004, 12:29 PM
Baise Moi for me saw it recently the rape scene is very real (ie they were porn actresses so really screwed).

Has anyone mentioned clockwork orange? (couldnt be bothered to read the whole thread) often come up in these discussions but havent seen it myself.

jayheaps
12-19-2004, 04:43 PM
my vote is the magdalene sisters about the catholic run laundries in the UK

gaming_mouse
12-19-2004, 04:58 PM
Every movie mentioned so far is light compared with Irreversible -- a French film released a year or two ago which features a one shot, 10-minute anal rape scene that routinely caused about half the theatre to leave.

CrazyEyez
12-19-2004, 07:11 PM
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Mainstream Movie: 8mm

That movie was simply sick, I practically puked.


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I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. To add to the disgust factor, there was a couple with a 7-8 year old kid in the theater. They stayed for the whole thing.

GuyOnTilt
12-19-2004, 07:25 PM
...followed closely by American History X.

What exactly was disturbing about that film?

GoT

GuyOnTilt
12-19-2004, 07:26 PM
Farenheit 9/11 was the most disturbing movie i've ever seen.

But if you're going for fiction...

Um, yeah.

GoT

GuyOnTilt
12-19-2004, 07:33 PM
Not my vote for most disturbing movie, but the most disturbing thing I've seen in a while was the fact that Stepford Wives was the #1 online rented DVD in America from Blockbuster according to their website.

GoT

brassnuts
12-19-2004, 08:00 PM
People have mentioned Kids and Bully... yeah basically any movie done by director/producer/pedophile, Larry Clark will suffice.

Oh yeah. Meet the Feebles. How did Peter Jackson end up getting put in charge of the largest movie project ever?

mike l.
12-19-2004, 09:42 PM
funny games sounds interesting. reading about it reminded me of the family murder scene from henry portrait of a serial killer. that movie is somewhat disturbing i think, and a pretty good film.

_2000Flushes
12-19-2004, 10:25 PM
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Every movie mentioned so far is light compared with Irreversible -- a French film released a year or two ago which features a one shot, 10-minute anal rape scene that routinely caused about half the theatre to leave.

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Requiem for a Dream was the most disturbing movie I owned until a few months ago when it was handily eclipsed by Irreversible.

I think Monica Bellucci has a thing for extremely violent movies.

-2kF

nicky g
12-20-2004, 08:04 AM
I found The Exorcist pretty distrubing. I am surprised noone else has mentioned it.

Someone mentioned Capturing the Friedmans... I really didn't want to watch it because I thought I would find it extremely unpleasant, but it wasn;t so bad. Partly because of the doubt in the case, which let me assume the best about everything.

Irreversible is supposed to be pretty rough.

Reef
12-20-2004, 08:16 AM
excorcist, eyes wide shut, saw. yet to see 7 or RFAD

nicky g
12-20-2004, 08:28 AM
Come to think of it, The Talented Mr Ripley was on TV on Saturday and I turned it off because I find it rather disturing. Which is odd, because I don't thin it's a great film and Matt Damon is horribly miscast (then again, casting Matt Damon is pretty much a guaranteed mistake). But I still find it pretty unsettling; the murder scene is quite brutal and convincing (the initial blow anyway), and the whole psychological torturing of Gwyneth Paltrow gets me, plus the murder at the end.

Nothing like as disturbing as the Exorcist or others, just a weird one that unsettles me a lot more than it should.