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

@Fourtreefallout I second Cherry Tree Lane.

I will also add Chained. A horror that really f**ked me up. Think it's directed by Sofia Coppola and some big names in it but OMG......

I’ve watched a lot of these and haven’t felt unsettled. I would say the most unsettling film I’ve ever watched is Watership Down, is that weird!?

The Green Mile

@Witchofzog I quite agree regarding Threads. I have it on DVD as well. It depressed me so much, all I can do is just look at the cover and put it back. Not likely I'll watch it again. After watching that I think I'd rather go in the initial blast.

@ASmallBoxofChocolateBunnies - I've just looked up The Brave and I think I would really struggle to watch that. Also, the original director of the film killed his wife and daughter before committing suicide before filming was due to start. ~shudder~

@overnightangel OMG yes the Wicker Man. Amazing film but I cannot listen to them singing that song at the end. I nearly lost my mind. Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward were amazing in that film.

Have remembered another one which I don't think anyone has mentioned yet - 10 Cloverfield Lane. God, it was stressful viewing!

Oh yes to ilovecardigans - best of the trilogy for me - just human scale enough to get under your skin

Audition
Creep
Sinister
Kill List
Hereditary

Threads - yes, would want to go in the first blast and not survive. Truly unsettling.

The Accused - cried at the injustice of that poor girl's rape and how she was treated. Angry, appalled tears.

The Killing Fields - the sheer horror of the Khmer Rogue regime in Cambodia. Fields and fields of skeletons and bodies. Horrific.

The Borderlands
Definitely unexpected ending weird

It’s On amazon prime at the mo

Get Out

Hereditary

Shawshank and The Green Mile. Just the injustice.

Black Swan - I thought I was going to watch a nice film about ballet. I had to convince my dog to watch the second half with me.

Arlington Road is my all time most disturbing film (I don't do horror, but psychological thrillers get me).

Leon - it's old but it's a masterpiece.

Face Off
Eyes wide shut

Oh yes. I forgot Black Swan. Not what I expected at all.

The Shining. Shit me right up.

American history X

Requiem For A Dream
Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Manhunter
The recent remake of It. I had to stop watching because it was just horrible. 🎈
Jacob’s Ladder
Naked Lunch
A Clockwork Orange

Lion is another amazing film. It's onNetflix at the mo.

Oldboy (Korean Film)

I recently watched a film from 1970 called Bartleby. It was disturbing (not at all horrific, just disturbing). It’s on Amazon Prime.
The Haunting (1960)
The Whisperers
Children of Men

Platform Netflix. Wish I hadn't watched it. I watched it about 3 weeks into lockdown and it's the only time in lockdown that I felt unsettled.

The Perfectionist. Christ on a bike, it turned my stomach.

And Fractured. Not as much, but still enough. Whenever one of my kids sings "I can sing a rainbow", it makes my teeth hurt.

The Ring. I used to love horror films, I've only seen one or two since that. It's actually quite sad as well as creepy as hell.

Lion is another amazing film. It's onNetflix
at the mo.

Lion? Unsettling? I thought it quite warmed my heart 😂