1. Batstard Out of Carolina
2. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
3. The Magdalene Sisters
4. The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)
5. Schindler's List
Those are my pick.......
Ichi The Killer
Happiness
Boys Dont Cry
Romper Stomper
The Cook, The Theif...
In No Particular Order
1. Greenaway's Cook Thief Wife Lover
2. Solondz's Happiness
3. McNaughton's Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. Cronenberg's The Brood(There is actually a scene where mutant dwarves kill a kindergarten teacher with wooden hammer's in front of her students, who couldn't be more than 10, if that! Although in some versions, this scene is edited down, which pisses me off)
5. Hardy's The Wicker Man
There are more, but wanted to add to the palate rather than repeat the excellent ones the other post's had, although I couldn't leave out Happiness and of course Cook Thief Wife Lover.
I might add that Brian Yuzna's society, though a very badly made movie, has an extremely disturbing movie where an innocent is basically ?eaten? or ripped apart by a group of ?people?, if you can call them that.
I just found it very disturbing for some reason.
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Larry Clarks Film's are very disturbing. Kids and Bully, and I'm sure Ken Park is very graphic and messed up, but haven't seen it yet because it doesn't have US distribution, which is in itself messed up.
Harmony Korine(Writer of Kids) has Gummo and Julien Donkey Boy. All very wild and freaky.
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Interesting initiative. I agree with most of you. I'd like to add:
•Thriller - a cruel story (Swedish rape revange movie that made me faint in the cinema - the only time that's ever happened to me)
•1900 - Donald Sutherland killing cats and raping children – I can never like him ever again.
Any movie where animals are tortured or killed for real shouldn't be allowed to be made. They've never asked to be in a movie. Especially not a snuff one. Check out AHA's home page.
•The Hand that Rocks the Cradle - scared me much more than the Shining or the Exorcist. I know it might seem impossible to understand, so I won't even go into the details as to why.
• Pocahantas - (and other falsifications of an abusive history) are in my opinion disturbing in another way because they glorify (in this case) the colonisation of America to children who then grow up believing this is true. What is next? A Disney movie about a happy slave who is released but doesn't want to leave his master because he loves him too much?
I also find it disturbing that 90+% of all films have a male director and 85% of all films have male leads.
Where are the other perspectives? Gender? Ethnic? I want to hear other stories without having to go to small indie festivals. And even there sometimes most of the female parts are strippers, prostitutes, house wives or psychos.
Okay, step down off the politically correct horse for a moment, please. I'm sure Pochahontas scared you on an equal level as 1900.
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I agree with dewey1985. When we say "disturbing", we do NOT mean it like that. Please let's not go out of our way to insert our political injuries into topics of conversation that were not meant for them. There are other boards for that, Sambasoul, thank you. I mean no disrespect, and I do agree that twisting history and glorifying the cruelties of colonization isn't good, but they don't really pertain to this type of disturbing.
My top 5 disturbing films:
1) Salo--the only movie that was REALLY REALLY difficult for me to watch (people talk about movies being "difficult to watch", but this one literally WAS such!)
2) Cannibal Holocaust (Here's an abuse of indigenous people for you, Sambasoul, but this time it's honest! I suggest you give it a go)
3) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
4) Last House on the Left
5) Hmm.... there's lots of films vying for this position... I'll leave it be for now.
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i agree with your five more than ive agreed with previous answers..
todd solondz' Happiness was, for me, not disturbing at all! it was a very lighthearted movie, and at the end, they all found happiness anyway.
i would possibly leave last house out, replace it with Eraserhead, and put Tetsuo: The Iron Man in number 5. shudders...
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"I also find it disturbing that 90+% of all films have a male director and 85% of all films have male leads."
As a female this bothers me also. It's really tough though because great films are appreciated more by men. Women rarely appreciate works by Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke, Tod Solondz and David Lynch despite the fact that most of their films are all about women. Most of the female directors out there do romantic comedies or coming of age stories. And those kinds of movies are okay but it reminds me of the beginning of Yentl when the bookseller is shouting "Picture books for women! Learned books for men!" Not that men don't have there picture books for men. Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay have plenty of work! There's just a lot more men that appreciate good films.
There are some great women directors but they really don't get enough recognition. The most successful I would guess is Lina Wertmuller. But good luck trying to find Liliana Cavani's work besides the infamous Night Porter and Ripley's Game. She's all but forgotten. Agnes Varda is still overshadowed by her famous husband Jacques Demy. And I don't need to mention what happened to Leni Riefenstahl's reputation. I can't help but think if Riefenstahl had more opportunities to make movies from other sources, there would be more great women directors today! The most exciting female director right now is Catherine Breillat. She is amazing! Unfortunately as I said before, most women do not like these kinds of films and really don't like to acknowledge truths about themselves. I don't know why this is! And men don't seem to understand them because she is making films from a female point of view! Another woman to watch is Marina de Van. She's wild! And I don't mean that in a Joe Francis way!
"Where are the other perspectives? Gender? Ethnic? I want to hear other stories without having to go to small indie festivals. And even there sometimes most of the female parts are strippers, prostitutes, house wives or psychos."
Because that is all we to the world. Even to ourselves sadly. A woman is the first one to shout whore.
I see no beauty here, nor fit for breeding.
What I find disturbing, is how high up you are on your horse. I can even imagine you feel you you should be applauded for that pointless posting.
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Happiness while dealing with 1 controversial subject(as the whole movie isn't about that 1 thing) isn't really disturbing. It's actually pretty funny. Great irony and all. If you think Pedophilia is creepy you'd better be watching The Woodsman or Mysterious Skin as they handle the subject with far more realism. (yes even more realism than that non-realistic horror movie Hard Candy)
Did you ever notice that people who believe in creationism look realy un-evolved? - Bill Hicks
McNaughton's Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer is so disturbing
its he fact we watch them murder that family as they film it, and then watch them watching it back again... just like we did moments before
makes us feel no better than them
we are just sick spectators of the murders... getting pleasure from what we see... but then again... isnt that wot cinema is about!?
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Check these two out...
Irréversible http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/combined
And
Salo http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/combined
You are SOOOO Right! Irreversible was awesomely disturbing! Haven't seen SALO. Saw Irreversible when I was at Film School in London. Did they even release it in the US? It was advertised in the IFC Rant, but it never came to the art houses in my town.
I forgot, any Larry Clark film is disturbing. Kids, Bully, Another Day in Paradise, and the writer Harmony Korine's Gummo and Julien Donkey Boy.
-NK
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If you guys loved Irreversible as a disturbing movie, then you'll have to check Seul Contre Tous (I Stand Alone), also by Caspar Noe. The most frightening ending 5 minutes I've ever seen!!
My Top5:
1) David (Unknown) (This movie, made for TV in 1988, is practically UNWATCHABLE for almost its entirety, the only one that still makes me turn my face away from the screen.)
2) Requiem For A Dream (D.Aronofsky)
3) Salo'(Le 120 Giornate Di Sodoma) (P.P.Pasolini)
4) Seul Contre Tous (C.Noe')
5) The Fly (D.Cronenberg)
I have to add that someone put Ichi the Killer in his list; well, I don't mean to impose, but I've seen it many times and I found it very funny and intertaining from the first view, but not disturbing at all!! :)
To mastodon_t, Why is David (1988 TV) unwatchable? I haven't seen it yet. I'm just curious.
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I can tell you. A little boy is visiting his father during a custody dispute and while the kid is sleeping his father dumps gasoline all over him and his bed and lights a match. The kid lives (I think because he was on a waterbed) but has burned %99 percent of his body which we witness through the rest of the movie! Ugh! It's horrifying! But it was a great made for TV movie for its time. I think though it wouldn't even play on the Lifetime channel it's so gruesome!
I see no beauty here, nor fit for breeding.
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I think Salò is the father of all strange films...
one of the most, if not the most, disturbing fim I've seen so far. I beats anything, one movie could contain millions of galons of blood and guts but it would never come close to the depraved minds of pasolini/De sade or the in your face shocking topics this little sick film handles.
in spite of all, I think every reasonable person should see it at certain age.
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Irreversible becomes much better after the rape and the beatdown in the club.
Excuse me, I don't see any Courry Brand cat food here.
some supposedly disturbing:
Guinea Pig 2, August Underground Mortum, Nacho Cerda's Aftermath, Scrapbook, The Untold Story, Men Behind The Sun, I stand alone, Irreversible, Ichi The Killer, Visitor Q, Tetsuo The Iron Man ..............
I think Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru) should be somewhere in there.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
Has anyone seen this disturbing piece of work?
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I've seen BR but I thought somehow the manga was more disturbing.... the movie just didn't do it too me, much like Ichi the killer. ItK is an awesome movie that DOES have disturbing parts in it but I mean, Salo was like every disturbing part of Ichi all roled into one movie and then some!
Her's my list (only the first one I think is most disturbing. The rest aren't in order)
1.) Salo - for obviouse reasons ^_^
2.)The Wicker man- the ending with the people singing and everything I found really creepy/disturbing!
3.)The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - "Try the ****-- it's a delicacy." I've never felt the stange urge to barf and laugh at the same time.
4.)Last house on the left - not neccessarily the whole "piss your pants" scene or the naked make out with bff scene but when the parents went crazy! I always find it fascniating and by far more disturbing then blood and guts when a sane, nice person snaps. It's like it shows how fragile the human mind can be and I think that's mega ultra crazy!
5.)Full Metal jacket - Again like Last house on the Left the Mr. Gomer Pyle going crazy. Not to mention that's one of my favorite lines in movie history : "I AM in a world of *beep*
And I'm just gonna throw another one out there because it was disturbing: My Sexual Harrasment. Good Lord, I can't eat corn on the cob anymore without thinking about it jk :p
Others would be I spit on your grave, Freaks, Blue velvet, Man bites dog and Pink flamingos lol.
alright, in no particular order.
Audition - "Oodishon" (2000)
slow build up but a seriously disturbing film.
The Vanishing - "Spoorloos" (1988)
one of the most psycologically disturbing films I've ever seen.
Straw Dogs (1971)
same here.
Ichi The Killer - "Koroshiya 1" (2001)
Man this is a really amazing film. The first time I saw it I had a hard time watching it but have since come to truly love it. *beep* incredible on every level.
Suicide Circle - "Jisatsu circle" (2002)
I don't know why this film creeped me out like it did, I think I was just in a weird mood when I watched it.
"Salo" is really disturbing. I had already read "120 days of sodom" before I saw the film so it wasn't very shocking to me, but it's still a fantastic film.
"The Untold Story" (Ba Xian fan dian zhi ren rou cha shao bao) is another really weird/creepy film.
and if you just want gore, check out Guinea Pig 2: FLower of FLesh and Blood (Za ginipiggu 2: Chiniku no hana)
haven't seen The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover yet, but am anxious to.
I'm sure I'd have some David Cronenberg or Darren Arronofsky on my list, but their films are almost too beautiful to be disturbing. If you haven't seen it, see Dead Ringers.
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I watched the Untold Story, it's gory, disgusting, violent, and brutal. It has cannibalism, rape, wrist cutting, you name it. If you haven't seen it please do.
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3-5 any time George Bush speaks. Sorry it's not a film but he is the most disturbing person in the world period. He has the power to do so much good yet does nothing but line the pockets of his cronies, pander to the religious right, ignore the needs of the less fortunate and the wishes of the international community. I pity him when he passes away and is judged for his actions.
Eh, King George'll find some way to line the pockets of the saints & be absolved. Don't forget, he was Born Again!
I gotta hold off on my list for a few days because Netflix is sending me Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
But the top film on my list is probably going to be Irreversible.
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in no order:
-visitor q
-bent
-the cook, the thief...
-meet the feebles
-irreversible
there are of course, tons of runners up - mostly miike films, and that atrocious film salo, and perhaps even dirty pretty things. i'm more of a person who would find a feeling disgusting, as opposed to an image.
Audition-very very disturbing film.the last 15 minutes especially.
Naked Lunch-The weird part with the big penis thing and the whole cockroach thing was pretty disturbing.
EraserHead- No real reason why this is disturbing. It just is.
Hellraiser- (See above "EraserHead")
Pink Flamingos- ENOUGH SAID.
Natural Born Killers- Very graphiclly violent,but one of the best movies you will ever see.
A Clockwork Orange- (See above "Natural Born Killers")
The Cook,the Thief,His Wife,and Her Lover- I barly remember it because i saw i so long ago,but I am sure it was pretty freaky.
BrainDead/Dead Alive- Very funny but the Lawnmower scene was very horrific stuff.
Ichi the Killer- The nipple slice scene gave my dad nightmares for a while. The part where a charicter catches a man's fist in his mouth was also very weird.
Requiem for a Dream- I only saw the ending, but man that was nasty.
Sisters-One of the murder scenes was almost unwatchable and very long too.
Warlock:the Armageddon- For those of you who are squeemish, don't watch the first thirty minites. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
I think that is enough for now. Maybe i'll come up with somemore later.
Amen to your 3-5 pick.
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