What is the bleakest film..

[Dougie Do'ins]

Yep, sorry. Must have had the Misery shout in my head while picturing Kathy Burke.

Kinell Paul. That want to make me self harm.

[ZonkoVille77]

Star wars: The Phantom Menace

[RJ Fan club]

Kes.

 

I can't think of Kes as being bleak cos of this...

 

 

Ya wot, Kes? Don't call her that, Kes! She's not a slag, she's me mum!

[SammyAftershave]

'Once Were Warriors' was powerfully moving....and bleak.

[SammyAftershave]

Someone mentioned 'Irreversible' earlier on, another Gaspar Noe film 'I Stand Alone' is as bleak as bleak gets I imagine. Grotesque but nevertheless compelling and very difficult to 'un-watch' afterwards.

[Jairzinho]

Watched Ill Manors today on the i-player. Unpleasant.

[Harry Squatter]

The Greenhouse scene in Scum is the grimmest thing ever.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Twin Peaks Firewalk with me. I was young and I didn't know what was going on and things where happening and I was all confused and now I hate that shit. 

 

Sheryl Lee should have won an Oscar for that. Unsettling, right on the edge and sexy as fuck. Phenomenal.

[Carvalho Diablo]

The Greenhouse scene in Scum is the grimmest thing ever.

 

Percy Thrower was never the same.

[Harry Squatter]

Always looked around before I ever set foot in a greenhouse, was particularly wary of 3 or 4 lads lurking in black coats having a quick ciggy

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Shenandoah

 

It just gets a bit too real in the end.

[Dr Nowt]

Watching Precious.

 

Hasn't finished yet, but though there's a smidgen of hope in it, it's been fairly relentless, especially regards to the main character.

[razor]

'Once Were Warriors' was powerfully moving....and bleak.

 

It is, but it could have actually been worse.  In the book Jake the Muss doesn't batter the uncle for doing that to his daughter.  Because it was him that did it.

 

It caused great controversy because it actually lent an immoral beast a moral position that he didn't deserve.  So his beatings etc maybe don't look as bad.  He's become a bit of a cult hero and he never should have.

[Rushies tash]

Nil By Mouth. To make it worse I was drinking Stella at the same time. Fuck was I low after watching that. Agree with Paul though, Cathy Burke's performance is immense.

[VladimirIlyich]

Percy Thrower was never the same.

Never picked up his dibber again.

[Redder Lurtz]

Funny games is a great shout.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Southern Comfort felt bleak. Not as in depressing like films about war crimes or abuse are but just an overall grimness to it.

[Paul]

Mona Lisa is pretty fucking bleak. It's ace too.

[Paul]

Ditto The Crying Game, actually.

[withnail71]

The road. Bleak as fuck. 

[Rushies tash]

The original Django I recall didn't have the cheeriest of endings either.

[derykw]

The Texas killing fields.   Depressing serial killer in Hicksville USA type thing.

[Jim MM]

Blue Valentine. Great film, probably not for the first date though.

[Mendoza]

Hunger, Made In Britain, Fish Tank, Vera Drake, Monster, Boys Don't Cry, United 93, Control

[The Golden Eel]

Ditto The Crying Game, actually.

 Did they ever do that sequel with a man with a fanny, I wonder