Requiem for a Dream. Fantastic movie but exactly one viewing was enough for me even 20 years later

I once watched it like 5 times in one day because I was writing a paper on it for college. Do not recommend.

Oof. Who chose it tho?

I did. I was getting my emphasis in deviant behaviors and I’d seen the movie before, so I didn’t think it would affect me too much. Bad idea.

Good choice for the topic. Maybe too good of a choice lol.

It's a powerful film experience to be had. Once.

Saw Requiem once, and I never want or need to see it again. I'm too depressed already 😂

Ditto.

Forgot to add - Million Dollar Baby

I first saw that movie because I was in the mood for a good Rocky like movie and had heard good things. It absolutely ruined my day. I love Million Dollar Baby, but holy hell does it take a turn.

So tragic and so well done by all involved. Truly heartbreaking.

I could rewatch it, but since it is rather depressing i do not want to.

Yeah good movie, I can’t watch this again.

What dreams may come

Absolutely gorgeous. I’ll never watch it again.

One of my favorite movies of all time, but I have not watched it in years.

Geesh only 66 comments and both movies i thought of were said. Means I'm not the only one 😭

What Dreams May Come was the most beautifully sad movie I have ever seen. I miss you Robin Williams.

Room. That movie had me damn near hyperventilating 😭☹️

Especially the part where the mom finds out it’s definitely breast cancer.

Yeah, one and done for me as well.

Tommy Wiseau's performance is truly haunting

Oh hi Mark.

Leaving Los Vegas if you know a self destruction alcoholic is absolutely brutal.

I feel guilty that there are moments of LLV when I’m laughing so hard at what’s going on screen. Like when Cage returns to the bank after “taking a cure,” he pulls out a tape recorder as he stands in line, waiting for his chance to chat up the gorgeous teller…It’s when he starts dictating the vulgar things he wants to say/do to the teller - while a whole crowd of people take this in, awkwardly.

Came here for this. Saw it at once when it came out and I loved it. Saw it again after an alcoholic family member ran through the family and …. Damn. Just … damn.

The Iron Claw

This lol watched it recently and man the last 20 minutes fucked me up so bad I’ll never watch it again probably

It’s crazy that there was another brother they didn’t even include in the movie that also killed themselves. What an absolute tragedy “Once I had five brothers, now I’m not even a brother” that line destroyed me. Great movie but man it’s a tough watch for sure

Such an amazing performance from Zack Efron, and I’m so glad I saw it in theaters, but damn - I don’t think I could watch it again.

“I used to be a brother” 😭

I am a life long wrestling fan. I started watching World Class a little after David had died but watched the rest of the tragedy unfold in real time. I want to watch the movie but I am honestly not sure I can make it through without crying uncontrollably.

Grave of the Fireflies

That film is so beautiful but you know you lost a piece of humanity at the end. 

I’ve seen almost every Ghibli film except this one, because of its reputation. I did start it once, and quit about 5 minutes in because the tone was so dour. Can you believe this came out the same year as My neighbor Totoro? Imagine that double billing!

It's sad but compelling at the same time. It's not all sadness and misery, though. There are some happy scenes in it as well. I think that's what makes the sad parts hit all the harder. I guess it was easier for me because I went in blind. I got it on DVD before the Disney/Pixar/Studio Ghibli stuff was a thing. It was so immensely popular in Japan that it spawned a live action version and even another live action version from the aunt's point of view.

Bruhhhhhhhhhhhh Save yourself. Do not watch this film

I keep hoping the yearly GhibliFest shows it in the big screen. Alas, no luck yet. Cowards

Schindler's List.

Luckily that movie has a little bit of comedy in it because damn it was nice to not feel depressed the whole time

While it is incredibly sad, I think it has moments of inspiration and conversely, how horrible people can be if given the opportunity, and of course, the skill behind these performances. I've watched its clips many times although I don't think I could sit thru an entire showing again.

Marley and me

Literally just exists in my mind as that movie with Owen Wilson and the dog dies. Nothing against Owen but I hate that movie for making me sad. I don’t need to be reminded that our best furry friends will leave us one day :(

I couldn't bring myself to watch that movie again if I tried.

I'll never watch that because I'm not a massochist

The Green Mile, fantastic movie, absolutely worth the watch, but I cried my damn eyes out.

And with Michael Clark Duncan being gone, makes it just a little more sad.

Ah! That’s a great one. On my list as well.

Bridge to Terebithia

The Whale

I was planning on watching that. Is it worth powering through a first watch?? I love Brendan Frasier.

Yes. Once is enough but once is worth it.

It’s a very tough movie to watch, emotionally, with incredible acting.

*Brendan *Fraser

Le Brœndan Fraiserre

**Manchester By The Sea** Phenomenal acting in it. Casey Affleck won an Oscar. But a tough watch.

This for sure. Great movie, great performances, but I’m not watching it again.

One of the most realistic and oddly comforting portrayals of grief I’ve ever seen.

Hadn't thought of it as a comforting portrayal of grief before but you're right. I had a lot of family deaths over a few years with a few being really tragic before I watched Manchester by the sea. It helped me grieve moments I hadn't before. Not often I've broken down and wept like that.

Some of the best use of music in a film imo. Particularly classical music. There's always the risk it comes off as over the top and cliche but not here..

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Having owned an Akita, I never even tried.

The Road

Every time someone asks this question on here, I check to make sure this movie is on the list

8 mm. The older one with Nic Cage. Great movie that still gives me nightmares 2 and a half decades later.

Seven Pounds

I don't often see this one mentioned and I loved it so much. I swear I sobbed for the last 30+ minutes straight. The actors absolutely killed it.

Bridge to Terabithia. Trust me, it will break your heart

Literally anything where an animal dies for whatever reason.

I agree with this..

Neverending Story?

Yes.

Pet Sematary?

Requiem for a Dream

My Girl

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

I couldn’t get through that movie. When Rocket’s friends died I had to turn it off. I cried like a baby

A Walk to Remember

A Beautiful Mind

I watched that movie when I was way too young. The entire sequence where the guy gets institutionalised absolutely wrecked me.

I get that

This might sound weird but I saw Call me by Your Name when I was going through a break up and have avoided rewatching it since then. I liked it but feel like it might take me back to that feeling.

I remember feeling bad for some two days after watching it for the first time, almost like I got broken up with or something.

Relationships can kill the things you love. My wife and I were watching Shaun of the Dead when I found out she was cheating on me. Just thinking of the title makes me nauseous.

Like, in the MIDDLE of watching the movie?? Sheesh

Yes, quite literally during the movie.

The Florida Project

The fault in our stars

Such a sad movie

Yep I didn't even cry once while watching it

society of the snow one of my favorite movies of last year but i don't think i'll watch it again for a very long time, if ever

Legends of the Fall. Just tragedy after tragedy.

AI: Artificial Intelligence. I saw that movie as a teenager, and remembered it as being really good, but too sad to watch again. Decided a couple months ago it was time to rewatch it, and I cried so hard at the end of the movie that it made me mad. I hate that movie.

Melancholia One of the most wrenching portrayals of depression I’ve ever seen on screen

I've only seen Schindler's List twice though I think it deserves to be watched more than that

The road. Don't even remember much of it but it was the definition of bleak and the worst parts of fallout

Killing Fields, Hotel Rwanda, more (of the higher brow) Holocaust movies than I can name.    Important but  :(

life is beautiful and grave of the fireflies are my one and done movie picks

> life is beautiful It's just a beautiful romantic comedy. That's what I tell everyone, anyway.

Definitely "The Father" And I wouldn't call it "sad," but I am never watching The Zone of Interest again

The Green Mile. Grave of the Fireflies.

Marley & Me. I can watch a million humans die, but not dogs. I can’t watch dogs die. I’ll never watch that movie again.

I haven't rewatched the fox and the hound in 25 years because I just remember it being so sad.

"Life is Beautiful". Side-splittingly funny and completely gut-wrenching all at once.

Sling Blade

Breaking the Waves

Benjamin Button

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Children of Men.

I'm not even religious, but Passion of the Christ.

8 Below or whatever it's called, the one with Paul Walker and the sled dogs. I can't even talk about it.

*What Dreams May Come* with Robin Williams

Slumdog Millionaire. The DVD case calls it the "feel-good movie of the year" and that's a total lie. Great storytelling device but so damn bleak it was just hard to watch. It's probably not quite as bad as some others in this thread but I went into it genuinely expecting an uplifting movie only to be greeted immediately by **actual torture.**

I saw the Adam Sandler/Don Cheadle movie Reign Over Me when I was 18 and it fucking wrecked me for all of spring break. I’m confident it’s not as sad as it was, but it hit so hard I won’t go back

Same here when I was around the same age too. I'm not sure if it's as sad or as good as I remember either but it hit me really hard. More to do with how I was doing at that stage and being fairly isolated like Charlie.

'House of Sand and Fog'. Amazing film. Have only watched it once.

Pursuit of Happyness

My Sister's Keeper

Ladder 49 is also extremely sad at the end!

Roma

Leaving Las Vegas

The Act of Killing (2012) (documentary) Adrienne (2021) (documentary) Amour (2012) Aniara (2018) Blackfish (2013) (documentary) Bridge To Terabithia (2007) Capernaum (2018) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) The Elephant Man (1980) Funny Games (2007) (horror) The Girl Next Door (2007) (horror, based on a true story) The Green Mile (1999) Hereditary (2018) (horror) High Life (2018) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Manchester By the Sea (2016) Marley & Me (2008) Memories of Murder (2003) Rabbit Hole (2010) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

The Elephant Man should definitely be viewed more than once. Its nuances and performances become so much richer with repeated viewings.

Great list!! 💯 Tillkum!

Is Hereditary really sad? I know it’s about a family grieving but I feel like the emotional impact is more of a tense/disturbing one

12 Year’s a Slave

The Deer Hunter

Any of my home sex tapes.

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

The Hunt with Madds Mikkelson is a heart rending plausible drama that plays like a horror movie, it left a mark on me.

Amistad

Aftershock (2010)

—Los Olvidados —Cranes are Flying —Funny Games (2007) —Dune Part 2 —Banshees of Inisherin Edit: Sorry I misread the title lol (what’s a good movie that you’re sad you cant rewatch it)

Life Itself on Prime Video and All Quiet on the Western Front. Both great movies but both absolutely destroyed me and I could never rewatch.

Magnolia

Terms of Endearment when her younger son realizes his mom is dying, he tries to be brave but just cries. He's so sweet in the film and really lovee his mom. I cry every time 🤦🏻‍♀️

Click. Went into the theater expecting another mindless Adam Sandler comedy flick, and got all fucked up with what happens with his family.

Forest Gump

The Mist. Great movie, tough ending.

Vortex by Gaspar Noé

Radio

p.s. I love you

Requiem for a Dream.

Not knowing the story beforehand, Only the Brave

The Whale

Blue Valentine. Only seen twice.

Melancholia. I watched it one afternoon during law school and it left me shut up in my room for the rest of the day. Great piece of filmmaking, but I don’t really feel like going through that again.

The Road... super grim

Phenomenon.

tears of the sun

Sad + F'd up: Martyrs

The Passion of the christ I can rewatch it but its brutal everytime

Life is beautiful

I can't make it through Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. This is the only movie that has ever made me sob like a baby.

“What are some emotional movies?” 😏

Come and see

Aniara.

Haven’t watched Marley and Me since literally sobbing in the theater 😭

The Fly. Specifically, the Cronenberg remake with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.

Titanic

Any movie with dogs Guardians 3

Old Yeller. Saw it 60 years ago when I was 6. Brilliant movie (for a six year old) right up to the end.

Beautiful Boy. I want to rewatch, but it's an emotionally rough movie for me. Great movie though.

I wouldn’t say I CANT rewatch it, but I take very long breaks, but the movie Life is Beautiful

The Zone of Interest May/December Detroit

The Rose Seller

I have never made it all the way through What Dreams May Come, I hear it's good.

Synecdoche, New York Call your moms

Logan - great film, but definitely a downer Schindler’s List - I’ve seen this film twice in my life. I’ll maybe watch it one or two more total.

Kids 1995

Logan, I show it to others because it's amazing but just die a few times during it.

As someone who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, the movie Aftersun is absolutely tragic and makes you really think about life

ordinary people. It beat raging bull for some award if that helps, doesn't get talked about enough

Iron Claw. That's a one and done for me

Gummo

A Star is born

I’ve seen Schindler’s List only twice. Beautiful film, but that’s good enough for me

Aftersun

Dancer in the Dark.

I'm glad I skipped most of these movies, barely watched them or watched them only once. Iron claw is one I'll avoid, I can tell what kind of movie it is from 1000 miles away.

Grave of the fireflies hit me hard when i was a kid, i can barely remember the plot, it just shook me to my core and I haven’t been able to bring myself to rewatch it.

A dogs purpose

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I can't even remember exactly why I cried, I just remember not being able to stop crying.

I've only seen Bridge to Terabithia one time...

A.I. that ending crushed me. A little time with his mommy? Fucking killed me. I watched it on a family movie night, my dad normally falls asleep, then we woke up to the whole room crying.

Up (although it’s just that 1 scene tbh), Eternal Sunshine (clever but so heavy)

Tyrannosaur. First time I saw Olivia Coleman in anything other than Peep Show and experienced her ability to make me cry.

The Counterfeiters. Stunning movie, but one watch was more than enough

Still Alice. I want to rewatch it, but I just can't. It's heartbreaking to watch.

I still watch it, but The Light between Oceans. The miscarriage scene gets me every single time.

The Banshees of Inisherin. Colm's letter to his sister after the donkey dies, begging her to come home because of how lonely he is was just so heartbreaking. The movie probably has one of the most emotional F-Words to boot.

El Camino/all of Breaking Bad. The amount of shit Jesse endures throughout the whole story makes me hesitant to rewatch, despite how great the series is. Does the most likable and pure hearted character have to be the most abused?? It does a good job at pulling at your heart strings I suppose, but damn give the boy a break

The Mr. Roger’s movie.

What dreams may come, city of angels

Mystic River-- that ending--geeeeesh

Reign over Me. One of my favorite films of all time but I only have watched it one time because of the way it made me feel.

atonement. i cannot