What is the bleakest film..

[El Rojo]

I wanted to see that purely because it's Paddy Considine's directorial debut, but even without the dog death it sounds tough going.

 

Can't be watching things with dogs dying tragically though, it always gets to me more than other things. I struggled to watch Hachi, and that's a pretty shit film.

 

I can sympathise on the dog thing. I wouldn't even be able to watch Hollywood nonsense like Marley And Me without getting misty eyed.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I don't think I want to see one bleaker than Requiem for a dream. Absolute monster of a film though.

[General Dryness]

I wanted to see that purely because it's Paddy Considine's directorial debut, but even without the dog death it sounds tough going.

 

Can't be watching things with dogs dying tragically though, it always gets to me more than other things. I struggled to watch Hachi, and that's a pretty shit film.

 

I can sympathise on the dog thing. I wouldn't even be able to watch Hollywood nonsense like Marley And Me without getting misty eyed.

 

Same. Can't stand cruelty to animals. Theres one tiny part of American Psycho that I always skip past. Big wuss that I am.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I can sympathise on the dog thing. I wouldn't even be able to watch Hollywood nonsense like Marley And Me without getting misty eyed.

I can beat that, I had a similar issue with Babe 2: Pig in the City.

[SammyAftershave]

I don't think I want to see one bleaker than Requiem for a dream. Absolute monster of a film though.

 

As is another bleaker than bleak Hubert Selby Jr adaptation 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'. Damn fine film. Tralala.

[Champ]

Ladybird Ladybird. An almost unbearable watch

[Boss]

Antichrist, even Charlotte Gainsbourg fudding herself stupid looks bleak with Willem Dafoe's weird arse bobbing up and down like a duck apple.

[Stouffer]

When the wind blows; not technically a film I know but strewth it's a hard watch.

[General Dryness]

Philadelphia. Especially at the end (hidden for spoilers, in case anybody doesn't know how it ends).

 

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after Tom Hanks dies, and the Neil Young "Philadelphia" song is on and the old home movie of the children is playing

 

Thats me in bits.

[Duff Man]

Harsh Times

Kill List

Funny Games

[Moctezuma]

I found Owning Mahony a pretty bleak portrayal of gambling. Children of Men could have been seriously fucking miserable if they hadn't changed the ending.

[Mook]

Same. Can't stand cruelty to animals. Theres one tiny part of American Psycho that I always skip past. Big wuss that I am.

Jack Black drop kicking the dog off the bridge in Anchorman?

[Jairzinho]

I wish someone would drop kick Jack Black off a bridge.

[General Dryness]

Jack Black drop kicking the dog off the bridge in Anchorman?

 

Fuck that, its the only funny thing Jack Black has ever done.

[Trumo]

I wish someone would drop kick Jack Black off a bridge.

 

Seen the state of Bob Spunkmouse's foot? Looks like he tried.

[Pidge]

Ratcatcher for me.

[Pureblood]

The Bleakfest Club.  

[Jairzinho]

Ratcatcher for me.

 

No, not bleakest poster.

[Pureblood]

Under your skin.

[Moo]

Never Let Me Go.

Very good shout. That film has probably altered my viewing habits for life as I somehow went to see it one Sunday evening at the quietest cinema in the world to "round off the weekend", boy did I regret it. And now I'll never watch anything but a proper overblown action or comedy film on a Sunday night such is the effect it's bleakness had on me.

[Carvalho Diablo]

The original Swedish Let The Right One In is as bleak as fuck. Claustrophobic, frigid and brilliant.

[lifetime fan]

The Sea Inside

The Woodsman

Inside I'm Dancing.

[Boss]

Dancer in the dark

The Act of killing

[RJ Fan club]

The original Swedish Let The Right One In is as bleak as fuck. Claustrophobic, frigid and brilliant.

Dunno I liked it. Not the bleakest thing I've ever seen, but yeah not exactly Toy Story either

[SammyAftershave]

Dancer in the dark

The Act of killing

 

I couldn't get through that and had to turn it off as it was so uncomfortable and upsetting to watch. I can't remember ever doing that with any other film or documentary. I felt very 'down' after having watched what I managed to get through.