Most depressing/saddest movies

[macfem]

I just saw "The Road" and I really cannot think of another movie that was as heart wrenching and hopeless as this one...so I thought I would start a thread and ask:

What is your list of the saddest/depressing movies you have every seen?

Here is my list:
The Road
Irreversible
AI
Requiem for a Dream
Memento
Schindler's List

There's more I just can't think of them right now...but its a start.

 

[bobfitz14]

Marley & Me awesome movie nonetheless.

 

[Darth.Titan]

Pay it Forward

I still cry at the end every time I see it.

 

[dankybear]

i'm young and haven't seen that many but...

seven pounds
menace II society

 

[tman07]

the green mile

/thread

 

[NathanCH]

American Crime

I couldn't sleep that night. The fact that it's based on a true story kills me

 

[StruckANerve]

The beginning of Pixars Up.

 

[bad angel]

Requiem for a Dream is also on my list, along with The Color Purple and Rapa Nui. Heck, Rudy also makes me cry every time, too, though it's not a depressing/sad movie overall.

 

[leekohler]

Dancer in the Dark- and actually, anything by Lars von Trier.

 

[Stike]

The Fountain

 

[macfem]

Dancer in the Dark- and actually, anything by Lars von Trier.

I've seen this...good choice. I had the soundtrack for awhile, I thought Björk was wonderful.

 

[leekohler]

I've seen this...good choice. I had the soundtrack for awhile, I thought Björk was wonderful.

I couldn't get through it. I completely lost it and had to turn it off. I can't watch his films. They remind me too much of people I have known.

 

[kurzz]

The Time Traveler's Wife.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/

It's a very heartfelt movie with a Sci-Fi flavor. There were many times during the audiobook, I had to turn off my player just to absorb what was happening.

 

[Silencio]

Requiem for a Dream is way up on my list there. Difficult movie to watch, for sure, but brilliant nonetheless.

At least there was some redemption in Up, but man: the opening sequence was so beautiful and heartbreaking.

Yeah, Lars von Trier should be in the depressing movie hall of fame. Have to say I still love his Riget (The Kingdom) miniseries. Too bad Stephan King made such a butchery out of it when he tried to remake it for American TV.

 

[Dandaman]

Million Dollar Baby

 

[chstr]

the wrestler,
moon
requiem for a dream

edit: I meant moon

 

[macfem]

Add: American Beauty, Ordinary People

 

[ctt1wbw]

What??? No RUDY???

Rudy, Rudy, RUDY!!

And Leaving Las Vegas.

 

[suburbia]

BAMBI!!!!

I kid, I kid...

Salo (The 120 Days of Sodom) is disturbing and saddening. People are capable of such cruelty.

 

[partyBoy]

.

 

[obeygiant]

Click
Saving Private Ryan
Finding Neverland
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Million Dollar Baby

not necessarily depressing but parts are sad or tearful.

 

[andiwm2003]

About Schmidt

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Requiem for a Dream
Mysterious Skin
Simon Birch
The Dangerous Lives of the Altar Boys
Pay it Forward

And of course The Color Purple, I cry every time.

 

[achie25]

The Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith. When his son dropped his Spiderman figure and had to leave it in the street that was a struggle for me. Great movie especially through the eyes of a father.

 

[mpetrides]

The Last Picture Show
Old Yeller
Greyfriar's Bobby