To ask for films that have unsettled you

[marmite92]

I am in need of films that will actually keep me engaged and take my mind off my life at the moment, nice rom coms don't cut it right now! So please send your list of weird/disturbing/unsettling films my way

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Blood Diamond
The Revenant..

Ooh both diCaprio..

The adjustment bureau. To the point of almost being offended, despite actually believing in God and the actual general gist of the film.

I enjoy the film now though.

Passion of the Christ is very disturbing

Oh yes, gave me the chills. One of very few films I won't watch again.

Son of Saul.
Very difficult watch. Utterly brilliant though.

A movie the name of which escapes me set in LA in 'the old days ' starring Jolie as a working single parent whose kid goes missing...then the aurthorities return a boy to her but its a different kid.....directed by Eastwood I believe. Very disturbing.

Logan - the idea that even superheroes become old and infirm, it's just a dark film with no real 'happy ending'. It's 100x more of an emotional hit than Endgame, bleak finality is a main theme not a cheap plot twist.

A.I. - the Spielberg film. Can't ever watch it again, especially since becoming a parent myself. Breaks my heart into pieces.

But we do get to hear Jolie utter the classic phrase 'fuck you and the horse you rode in on'.
She is a really good actress.

Definitely 'The Platform' on Netflix.

Mothman Prophesies

Wolf Creek was one of the few movies have had to switch off & not finish

The Shining is a great movie that will stay with you - Herrrre’s Johnny!

Whoever said they wish they never saw Pulp Fiction though.... will give it to you, never heard anyone say that before

Breaking the Waves, despite Emily Watson. Lars Von Trier really is the dreariest misogynistic excuse for a man.
@Destroyedpeople The Changeling? She's great in that... but I prefer her in Gia.

@Destroyedpeople changeling

Apostle
Possum
Pan’s Labyrinth
Hereditary

Not watched but the synopsis was enough 😮 ‘Audition’

The Changeling! Thank you guys. Had never really seen Jolie in action before... she is vg

As well as A Field In England (visually stunning, creepily compelling) Kill List and Sightseers by the same director, Ben Wheatley.

Another 'vote' for Requiem for a Dream. That film has stayed with me for 20 years, and not in a good way. It's about heroin addicts, and the depths of depravity they can find themselves sinking into. One particular scene towards the end with two women, desperate for their next fix... horrendous.

Funny Games, the original Austrian version. There's an American remake but I haven't seen it, would definitely recommend watching the one in subtitles. Really unsettled me because it could happen!

Long time dead

Remember watching it with my older brother who lives in an annex on our house and even he was too terrified to take me back into the house after so I had to stay with him 🤣

Most horror films don’t phase me but I cannot even look at a photo of Regan from the Exorcist without getting the shivers. Went to see it at the pictures for its 20th(??) anniversary and folk were laughing at it. I had to leave and had nightmares!

Other films that got under my skin:
The Descent - have never jumped so much!
American History X - the kerb
Leaving Las Vegas

Agree with loads of the film's mentioned. In not really into horror so only lasted a few mins into saw and wolf's creek

The pledge. Jack Nicholson

Eden Lake, I saw it in the cinema and it haunted me.

Oh god someone’s reminded me, the original wicker man. I find it absolutely haunting just thinking about it. Horrible

Has anyone seen 'the others'?