THE TEN MOST DISTURBING MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN

[jenni_blog]

MY TOP TEN 'MOST DISTURBING FILMS'

Some time ago I read on amazon's 'Listmania', somebody's picks for the 'Top 25 Disturbing Movies'. I had seen some of them: namely; Crash, Memento, Mysterious Skin, Mean Creek, Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Schindler's List, American Beauty and The Virgin Suicides. While there are disturbing elements to these movies, I did not find them as disturbing as any of my 'Top Ten'. However, the list is subjective and can be crafted from only the films one has seen. Of the above, I found 'Mysterious Skin' the most disturbing because of its brutal gay rape but more so because of the reaction of the victim (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a most wonderful actor).


When I was a kid I enjoyed watching scary movies, and of all I'd seen, 'Pyscho' and 'Lost Horizon' were the films that disturbed me the most. The reasons for being disturbing in both cases came down to the believable way in which they were filmed, even though they are both very different movies. It takes great acting, directing, cinematography and a compelling storyline in order to make a film great. And in my own opinion I believe that if a film can achieve being called 'disturbing' then it is a great film because it has moved people.

I think what disturbs me most is when characters are truly evil, in the sense that they don't care about the pain they inflict on others, even on loved ones. Or worse, that they even enjoy inflicting pain, either physical or emotional and that no reaction from their victims disturbs them at all.

Since childhood I have experienced many more films I would describe as 'disturbing'. So this is my list, in order of the movie I find the MOST disturbing, down to the one I find the least, although it is still disturbing. Following the list is a link to its IMDb site. I was going to post a photo from each film but decided not to because some of those were too much.

PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THESE MOVIES ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. ALL OR SOME OF THEM MAY BE VERY UPSETTING TO SENSITIVE PEOPLE.



Some of them involve torture, graphic murder scenes, scenes of intense emotional distress, rape of young homosexual men (in two of these films, not all) and some extremely realistic portrayals of some of the worst, most evil people you would NEVER want to meet. However, buckets of blood and typical graphic horror movies like the Freddy Krueger ones are not my thing. This list is comprised of films that are deeply disturbing to the psyche more than they are films about brutal murders, and in some cases the murders are implied or shown off-screen more than they are displayed graphically.

1) H6: Diary of a Serial Killer
2) Savage Grace
3) Funny Games
4) Martyrs
5) Inside
6) Suspiria
7) Thesis (or Tesis)
8) The Exorcist
9) REC
10) Mysterious Skin

I don't really want to describe what each of these films is about because even that could be too upsetting to some people. Instead, there are links below to the imdB info on each movie that you can check out if you are interested.

Links to movie info:

H6: Diary of a Serial Killer:

http://www.amazon.com/H6-Serial-Killer-Fernando-Acaso/dp/B000FZEU3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095199&sr=1-1

Savage Grace:

http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Grace-Julianne-Moore/dp/B001F0TM4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095350&sr=1-1

Funny Games:

http://www.amazon.com/Funny-Games-Naomi-Watts/dp/B00187FPC2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095410&sr=1-1

Martyrs:

http://www.amazon.com/Martyrs-Catherine-Begin/dp/B001MEJY8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095449&sr=1-1

Inside:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_%28film%29

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Unrated-Beatrice-Dalle/dp/B00125WATQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095541&sr=1-1

Suspiria:

http://www.amazon.com/Suspiria-2-Disc-Special-Jessica-Harper/dp/B000S0GYRU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095504&sr=1-1

Thesis/Tesis:

http://www.amazon.com/Thesis-Ana-Torrent/dp/1928639011/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095585&sr=1-1

The Exorcist:

http://www.amazon.com/Exorcist-Version-Youve-Never-Seen/dp/B0000524CY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095622&sr=1-1

rec:

http://www.amazon.com/Rec-Manuela-Velasco/dp/B0028DRGDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095650&sr=1-1

Mysterious Skin:

http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Skin-Deluxe-Unrated-Directors/dp/B000F6II1M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273095711&sr=1-1




EDIT: Sorry, I had to redo the links to ones from amazon.com because the links to imdB were messed up. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Comments

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised I've only seen one of these. I am a wuss. But I really love Mysterious Skin, even though it's disturbing.

By the way, have you heard of Happiness? Link to the IMDB synopsis (contains spoilers) here. I downloaded it but so far haven't dared to watch it.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

You might like 'Savage Grace'. In fact, I think you would. XDD

OMG, no! I hadn't heard of 'Happiness'! It looks fantastic...I'm going to have to watch it. Thanks so much for the rec!!!! *hugs*

I know I'm weird but I have this dark side...I LOVE dark and disturbing films so much! :P

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

It does sound interesting! Will keep it in mind!

Oh, and whilst I read the little text on Amazon.com about the film, I remembered another rather disturbing film that I watched ages ago: Sitcom. It's one of those films you feel uncomfortable watching in company, definitely. ;)

Please let me know what you think of Happiness!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec on 'Sitcom'...I will add it to my list of films to check out. Please let me know of any more disturbing ones! I cannot get enough! :)

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

I will when I find any! :D