Most Depressing Movies.

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<p>Sand & Fog is a great depressing film. I love films that don't use manipulative devices to make you feel for the character by the acting and subject matter, but no random illiness or plot devices.</p>

<p>Xyrus, you're not alone in like depressing films, I am a happy person yet I like these films. I think they challenge me to see something that I wouldn't have thought of before like injustice in the justice system (Dancer in the Dark), humanization of addicts (Requiem for a Dream), two flawed people fighting hopelessly for what they believe in and need (House of Sand & Fog).</p>

<p>Sidenote about these types of films: I think that by watching these movies a lot of people just turn off and don't get into the characters b/c it is very painful to do but by doing so I take something away from a hard-to-watch film by experiencing it, not just watching it. I think most people don't like movies to challenge them and want to enjoy things but after every movie I watch I want to think differently and see the world in a different way.</p>

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<p>one flew over the cuckoos nest and sling blade where pretty sad</p>

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<p>Grave of the Fireflies (as some posters mentioned)- the last 10 minutes of the movie are probably among the saddest scenes of any movie I have ever seen. There is some blood but it isn't too violent (ex. after their mom is hurt, the top of her body is covered in a slightly reddened skin cast and there is of course a great deal of destruction). </p>

<p>Finding Neverland...the ending makes me sad, how the two of them embraced on the park bench and slowly faded away. </p>

<p>And yes, I'm a dork, but it gets me every time when dear Forrest Gump speaks to his wifes grave.</p>

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<p>Stepmom
Schindler's List
Pianist</p>

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<p>The Perfect Score</p>

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<p>In America
21 Grams</p>