What is the bleakest film..

[SammyAftershave]

Those of you who are upset with mistreatment of animals would be well advised to steer clear of the Robert Bresson classic 'Au Hasard Bathazar'. Highly uncomfortable viewing if not devastating and leaves a very bad taste in the mouth. 'Gomorrah' is another I found deeply corrosive and bleak although it is a superb essay on crime and corruption that merits repeat viewings.

[Jairzinho]

Under your skin.

 

Horror film?

[Jairzinho]

Those of you who are upset with mistreatment of animals would be well advised to steer clear of the Robert Bresson classic 'Au Hasard Bathazar'. Highly uncomfortable viewing if not devastating and leaves a very bad taste in the mouth. 'Gomorrah' is another I found deeply corrosive and bleak although it is a superb essay on crime and corruption that merits repeat viewings.

 

Good film, Gomorrah.

[Mendoza]

Lilya 4-Ever

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Gomorrah's definitely not hopeful, but I found it too fascinating to be properly bleak. I read the book first, so maybe I was prepared for it, but it's like a crime version of Bruce Parry's Tribes or something, it seems almost unreal in places.

 

It takes on a bit more of a chilling note when you realise the bloke playing the gangster might've actually seen the lads get killed first hand though and played a part in it.

[Mendoza]

21 Grams, House Of Sand And Fog, Frontiers

[KMD7]

8mm

[A_S]

Sleepers

[Razoray]

Misery. Bates is superb. Fucking Grim though.

[Paul]

I want to watch this, but I don't. If you know what I mean.

 

On a similar note, When the Wind Blows. Fucking hell, if you want to play me like a fiddle put either kids or old people in a hopeless situation.

 

ETA : Chuck in an animal as well and I'm a fucking blubbering mess.

Grave of the Fireflies would make even the hardest hearted viewer cry. It's utterly tragic.

[setreal]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Seventh Continent

Paths of Glory

Breaking the Waves

Melancholia

Memento

12 Molnkeys/La Jetee

Night of the Living Dead

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Leaving Las Vegas is an awesome film; haven't seen it in years.

I first watched it the same weekend that I watched Dead Man Walking.

 

I also watched a few minutes of a Charlie Drake film that weekend - by far the most dispiriting experience of the lot.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Ideal first date material judging by the opening scenes:

 

'One night, unemployed widower Joseph (Peter Mullan) drunkenly kicks his dog Bluey to death. He buries the dog and goes to the post office, where he mocks some Asian workers then throws a rock through the window when they tell him to leave. At the pub, Joseph attacks two young men playing pool who were threatening and taunting him. He then hides in a second-hand shop, where employee Hannah (Olivia Colman) offers to pray for him.'

 

Saw the reviews when it came out and thankfully somebody referenced the dog-kicking at the start so I swerved it.

 

Ideal first date material judging by the opening scenes:

 

'One night, unemployed widower Joseph (Peter Mullan) drunkenly kicks his dog Bluey to death. He buries the dog and goes to the post office, where he mocks some Asian workers then throws a rock through the window when they tell him to leave. At the pub, Joseph attacks two young men playing pool who were threatening and taunting him. He then hides in a second-hand shop, where employee Hannah (Olivia Colman) offers to pray for him.'

 

Saw the reviews when it came out and thankfully somebody referenced the dog-kicking at the start so I swerved it.

If it helps, the dog-killing is handled very sensitively.

[razor]

I'd go for Irreverible, Man Bites Dog, Requiem for a Dream, Dancer in the Dark, Lilya-4-Ever, but they've already been said.

 

I'd just add "The Thief" (Russia).

 

But to be honest, ANY Polish film set in the 40s/50s is going to be hard to beat.

 

Kanal?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

 

The Act of killing

Recorded this off the telly.  I'm still waiting for some time when I'm in the mood to watch it.  I'm happy to say that hasn't happened yet.

 

Pan's Labyrinth is grim as fuck.  Unfortunately, it's also compelling viewing.

[littletedwest]

weekend at Bernies

 

but yeah reading this list I really don't fancy many of those films.

[Bjornebye]

Cant believe no-one else has mentioned Nil By Mouth.

 

[Trumo]

A Serbian Film.

[Total Longo]

Nobody mentioned Ken Russell's "The Devils" yet? 

 

My God i didn't get out of bed for about a week after seeing that. Horrific.

[cochyn]

A Serbian Film.

 

You'd have to be some kind of masochist to watch that - the plot reads like someone sat down to write the most fucked-up plot-line imaginable.

[Duff Man]

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

The Proposition

[Harry Squatter]

Dead Mans Shoes is grim, particularly the ending even though there are some hilarious bits in it.

 

YOU YER CUUUNNT! then apologises to him outside the pub.

 

The gas mask and the painting on people's faces. Also the bit where the main drug dealer threatens Richard in the street and he isn't intimidated at all which freaks the dealer out.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Grave of the Fireflies would make even the hardest hearted viewer cry. It's utterly tragic.

 

Sorry Paul but I thought it was crap !

[Carvalho Diablo]

A Serbian Film.

 

Bleak or just pure shite ? I thought it was a totally repugnant film, totally without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

 

An allegory of the Balkan's War ? Fuck off.

[Mook]

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

The Proposition

 

Seymour Hoffman was in a few bleak films, God's Pocket was another one, really good film though.