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

Placemarking because I need ideas!

Manchester by the Sea
Mudbound

La Cabina, an early '70s Spanish subtitled film still available on YouTube that now looks incredibly dated. It has stuck with me to this day, always ensured l had my foot in the door of any telephone box l used for years after watching it.

Just rewatched Unbreakable so we can all watch Glass, and it turns out DH hadn't seen it before, just thought he had. The twist messed him right up

The Accused, with Jodie Foster. It's a tale of a gang rape, entirely from the woman's point of view, starting (I think - it was a long time ago) with her being examined physically by the police after reporting it. One of the very few films of the time that could show a rape in all its cruelty without using it to titillate male viewers, I thought. My fingernails were stuck to my palms when I came out of the cinema.

They've both been mentioned already, but mine are:

Last King of Scotland
Manchester by the Sea

@DameFanny

Just rewatched Unbreakable so we can all watch Glass, and it turns out DH hadn't seen it before, just thought he had. The twist messed him right up

don't forget to watch Split first as well or you'll be baffled!

Exocism of Emily Rose.

Split? Damn, what's that?

Anyone said grave of the fireflies?

Midsommer - I’d never seen anything like it and found it really disturbing 😬

I can't believe only 2 people on this thread have recommended Bone Tomahawk.

It is the most disturbing film I've ever seen. Just so chilling.

It's on netflix at the moment, seriously give it a watch... if you dare!

The Krays...
Gave me nightmares got weeks...

@LetsGoFlyAKiteee

Exocism of Emily Rose.

Ooh yes. First saw it as a child on late night TV and it really freaked me out.

@AvonCallingBarksdale

Midsommer - I’d never seen anything like it and found it really disturbing 😬

It is, but if you haven't seen it, The Wicker Man paved the way for this unsettling film.

@DameFanny

Split? Damn, what's that?

second film of the 3 - Glass brings the three characters together

I googled ghosty, arse. Looking for it now.

Some great suggestions here. Here are some non-horror films that have really unsettled me and stuck with me for years. (sorry if they've been mentioned already)

Eraserheard, Lost Highway -- David Lynch;
Performance -- Nicolas Roeg (His Don't Look Now is also disturbing, but perhaps too close to the horror genre);
Melancholia -- Lars von Trier;
Happiness -- Todd Solondz;
Man Bites Dog -- Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde,(Maybe too close to horror though)

Anything by Lars Von Trier. Mysoginistic fruitcake.

@TiddlestheCat........ remind me not to do that to my grand child. ..!!!

Jude. Kate Winslet and Christopher Ecclestone are in it. I saw it once years ago and I had bad depression at the time. I can’t begin to describe how much it disturbed me. I was thinking about it for weeks after. Even thinking about it now makes me anxious. I will never ever watch it again

Don't Look Now
Sinister

Irreversible
Antichrist
Melancholia

Just warning you, these are really really disturbing!!

Another vote for Threads.
It’s actually my favourite film but it gives me nightmares.

Another recommendation for A Field In England, very weird and unsettling