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great films you never want to watch again

posted 15 years ago by winston9109
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mysterious skin
requiem for a dream
life of david gale - more f_d up than i expected
basketball diarees

snow angels - great acting but otherwise now watching again anyways
butterfly effect - creative, but otherwise now worth the disturbingness

my friend sais american history x, but i could watch that a few times, the performance was so exilerating, and anger to me is easier to watch than depression

candy is another disturbing film that carried enough poetic beauty to watch again

havn't seen united or irreversable yet

[–] liokoi 13 years ago

Oldboy and Reservoir Dogs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVRqnEPzk_k

[–] EuphoriaGlow 13 years ago

I don't know why but "Nobody Knows" really got to me
It would take some time for me to watch this movie again.
"Gummo", "Kids", and "Cannibal Holocaust" I definately would not watch again...not because they are depressing or disturbing (well the turtle in Cannibal Holocaust yeah) but because I just didn't like them LOL

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[–] rolltide14 13 years ago

Requiem for a Dream (disturbing to the core. It just hits you really hard; I for one will never do drugs.)
Never Let Me Go (It was an amazing movie, but emotionally devastating)
Blue Valentine (same as above)

[–] Screen_Queen 13 years ago

Definitely agree with this movie and Requiem for a Dream. I thought both movies were excellent, but I could only watch them once. I could possibly watch MS again, but I can't stomach another viewing of RfaD.

While on the topic of disturbing movies, I feel obliged to throw in The Human Centipede. There's disturbing, and then there's just plain f@cked up. That's the only movie I've ever regretted watching. Urgh.

I only do it with superheroes.

[–] shayneferry 13 years ago

I love Requiem for a Dream and American History X, they must be two of my absolute faves, i've seen both mulitple times. I think because the performances are so amazing I don't care how depressing they are.

I don't think i'd wanna watch this movie again because of the messed up 'coach' scenes mainly, but it was a very moving and interesting film.

One movie I know I wouldn't ever wanna watch again is Salo, absolutely made me feel ill, and whenever I think about it I feel queasy.

[–] Saturnfly 13 years ago

SRSLY? I've seen this film a good 10 times, lol. It's easy to watch in the sense it has a sort of warm/ familiar enviroment. If that makes sense...

[–] sandifay62 13 years ago

Mysterious Skin
Schindler's List
American Beauty
Requiem For a Dream
Slumdog Millionaire

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[–] JJGirl1989 12 years ago

"Student Services" was a great film, filmed so well and because everything seemed authentic, I got disturbed and it's really hard for me to walk away from any movie still feeling sick especially for over a week now. I recommend it.

I also love "Lila Says," it's lovingly emotionally disturbing.

[–] jjwc44 12 years ago

Boys Don't Cry is a movie a could only watch once. Way to sad and heartbreaking for me.

[–] sypherdivine 12 years ago

Shocked no-one mentioned Come and See (Idi I Smotri). Most upsetting and intense WWII movie I ever saw. While I couldn't get Schindler's List off my mind for a day or two, Come and See bothered me for almost a week. Excellent movie but I'll never watch it again.

[–] cookiela2001 12 years ago

There's a scene in the Todd haims (?) film Poison that I found so repellent that I never want to see it again. Uggh!

Respected movies I don't want to see again are usually things I just find emotionally fake, or simply noncompelling. I thought Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Soporific was INCREDIBLY boring and I could never watch it again. The Road to Perdition really tried my nerves, too, though tons of people loved it.

I wasn't crazy about There Will Be Blood, (I know all you readers have completely lost faith in me, now!) but Daniel Day Lewis was amazing in it and it did have some humor, so I have watched it a second time over the years.

[–] erickson4070 12 years ago

Agree w/ Requiem also:
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Jean de Florette (devastating)
Dumbo
The Bad Luitenant(Harvey Keitel)
Brubaker
DeerHunter (I've since watched it again, but when I first saw it I was shattered, first war movie like it, crushing)