Heavy Movies that Change You

[Anonymous]

A Marriage Story

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Girl, Interrupted

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Interstellar
Contact--same reason as the PP
Many of the ones already listed.

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I came here to say Requiem for a Dream which has already been mentioned a few times. I credit that movie with keeping me drug-free.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Came looking for this one. Watched it over a decade ago and I’m still not okay

Same. I needed to avoid people and sit in silence for quite a while after this.

I just read the synopsis and feel upset and like I need a minute jeez

[Anonymous]

Gigli

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The Act of Killing documentary. I had nightmares.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone, unfortunately many of the older movies are not available on streaming. I did find Dear Zachary and Into the Wild so I'll watch those this week.

- op

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I have watched and loved many of the movies here, I also often seek out the tougher movies, they hit the hardest and really stick with me.

My favorite film of the last decade is "The Lives of Others" -- I really really recommend it. It is such a beautiful film, and the ending!!!

Subtitles though (German).

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The Pianist
The Tree of Life

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OP Again, I've spent all morning googling your suggestions and trying to find them free on streaming I pay for. I won't watch movies about war, the Holocaust or anything post-apocalypse. Here is my list. It's long.

Philadelphia
Conversations with Friends
Donny Darko
Dear Zachary
Into the Wild
Hotel Rwanda
Precious
The Deer Hunter

I assume it's about a month of movies for me.

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Like many others, Requiem for a Dream. I felt like I had to keep watching through til the end, but I never want to watch it again. I immediately recognize the theme music whenever I hear it.

Another one that I wouldn’t call “heavy”, but really disturbed me, was John Waters’ Pink Flamingos. I watched it as part of a film festival and had to leave after a certain scene. That’s one that I just really don’t understand the critical acclaim/cult following. I know it’s a black comedy but I really didn’t find those themes funny.

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Anonymous wrote:Like many others, Requiem for a Dream. I felt like I had to keep watching through til the end, but I never want to watch it again. I immediately recognize the theme music whenever I hear it.

+1 to the first two sentences (I don't recognize the theme music, though). I'll add Breaking the Waves. I'll never rewatch it or any Lars von Trier film.

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House of Sand and Fog, for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:A Clockwork Orange. Tried to watch it in college and could not get through that awful brutal attack scene. It sickened me. To this day I cannot watch that kind of violence in movies.

+1

I hate this movie. I think it is vile and I made it though once and could not get it out of my head. It makes me physically ill. I remember looking up the purpose or meaning and seeing that it’s really about trying to reform someone and how that doesn’t work or some crap. I just thought it was truly depraved.