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*trigger warning - upsetting content* The most upsetting film you've ever seen...

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YellowRedBlueGreen · 07/10/2022 17:13

Harry Brown - I absolutely hated it and felt depressed for days, probably because those kinds of gangs are real and only 100 miles down the road. I was especially hurt watching the two beginning scenes, where they shoot a Mum walking her baby in a park just for a laugh and when they beat to death an innocent man trying to stop his car being vandalised. It reminded me of a particularly well known case 15 odd years ago (GN) 💔

Midnight Express - when they hung the cat purely out of spite because they knew the prisoner loved it. I can't watch it

Dumbo - when the Mean Elephants reject him and he's crying by his bucket of water. Fucking kills me

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Clariana · 07/10/2022 17:15

Sophie's Choice, saw it years ago and I'm still not over it!

millefeuille1 · 07/10/2022 17:17

Requiem for a Dream. Haunting. Stuck with me for ages.

Upnorthen · 07/10/2022 17:18

Not a film but the series Dopesick, I will never shake off

pixienewbie · 07/10/2022 17:18

Midnight by the sea. Watched it on a plane and it broke me 😢

iloveeverykindofcat · 07/10/2022 17:18

The Pianist.

loverofpants · 07/10/2022 17:19

American history X. There aren't many films I wouldn't watch again but also rate, this is one.

tiggergoesbounce · 07/10/2022 17:19

Sleepers- i still think it was the most upsetting film i have seen.

CaptainMyCaptain · 07/10/2022 17:19

Threads.

ohhollyfred · 07/10/2022 17:19

Seven pounds

QuestionableMouse · 07/10/2022 17:20

Into the Wild. Saw it with a friend and just found it bleak and it left me feeling a bit grubby, in an odd way. Wouldn't watch it again.

Schindler's List is an obvious one but I saw it at school at 16 and have never watched it again! I'm 38 next year for context!

grayhairdontcare · 07/10/2022 17:20

Who will love my children
It's bloody harrowing

Grotbag81 · 07/10/2022 17:20

Tw

Nobody's Child channel 4.

About a girl who is first sold to her dad's mates when he's lost playing cards with his mates.

Then mum & dad split up, girl is happy as he seems nice and buys her a new dress. She gets excited as mum and new boyfriend her to put the dress on for a party. All going well at the party until she loses at a party game, they've set her up to lose. The loser (girl) has to perform sexual acts on all their friends. They're all her friends parents and neighbors.

lisaJN1986 · 07/10/2022 17:21

United 93 made me weep and I am not an emotional person 😥

AnneLovesGilbert · 07/10/2022 17:21

Requiem for a dream and The Audition.

I’m much more careful these days.

GoodVibesHere · 07/10/2022 17:21

I'm following this so that I can avoid these films. My heart can't take it

hellosunshineagainxxx · 07/10/2022 17:22

millefeuille1 · 07/10/2022 17:17

Requiem for a Dream. Haunting. Stuck with me for ages.

The end traumatised me

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 07/10/2022 17:22

Seen several of the ones mentioned, but 12 Years a Slave. That one scene in particular with Lupita Nyong'o.

HumourReplacementTherapy · 07/10/2022 17:22

The Bombardment

TangoWhiskyAlphaTango · 07/10/2022 17:24

I saw Precious for the first time a few weeks ago, it was a hard watch for sure.

Cheerybigbottom · 07/10/2022 17:24

So many, but I think The Road. The way humans treated each other. The people used as meat in the basement.

But also seven pounds, the pianist, the boy in the striped pyjamas

LaurieFairyCake · 07/10/2022 17:24

I've googled Nobody's Child channel 4 and got nothing

Apart from some frocks Grin

Glitterspy · 07/10/2022 17:24

Wolf Creek.

PrincessConsuelaBanana · 07/10/2022 17:25

Life is beautiful. Italian film about a dad and young son who get sent to a concentration camp and the sad pretends it’s all a game to stop his son getting scared. It starts off a bit silly and slapstick but it’s just so upsetting.
The Pianist too.
oh god I feel depressed again just thinking about them 😓

the80sweregreat · 07/10/2022 17:25

I , Daniel blake

Cheerybigbottom · 07/10/2022 17:25

But I haven't been able to watch Dumbo since I had a child over a decade ago now, even that song, baby mine, heart breaking.

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