Films that were 'Ordeals'

Have you ever had that made you feel dirty? Like so dirty you wanted to take a shower? Anything from making you feel depressed, distressed, disturbed, or making you feel empty? I talking Rough and Dirty Pieces of Cinema, not violence and shock value films, (although I believe 'Salo' might be one the only exceptions.) This might be my favorite genre. Films that effect you emotionally through the hollow aura the film projects.
(NOTE; I recommend not to rely so much on films that distributed you with violence, although that is 100% okay to put in the reply section )

My Selections (ESPECIALLY THAT LAST ONE)

Yes requiem for a dream made me feel sick and I can't fathom a rewatch nor did I particularly like it. Not so much an "ordeal" in the negative sense but the Pianist was something that affected me emotionally and I believe will stay with me for life. That of course is rewatchable unlike the former.

I'll second The Pianist...one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. And despite a superb performance from Daniel Day Lewis, "ordeal" perfectly describes how I felt about There Will be Blood...getting through that film was physically exhausting and emotionally draining. I would also include The Passion of the Christ here, which was at the top of my most disturbing movies list.

I watched Hunger (Bobby Sands movie) last night.

It'll be a few years before decide to watch Hunger again.

Yes to that.

Snowtown
A Siberian Film
Human caterpillar 1 and 2 (didnt bother with 3)
Martyrs
Eden Lake
Snuff 102

That'll do. Need a shower now just remembering those.

Actually, I'll put all of Steve McQueen's films on here. He really knows how to grip that audience with the visceral way he explores the relationship between mind and body.

I wonder how this predilection will translate into his next movie, Widows.

Requiem For A Dream made me feel sick but that why I love it so such. The Pianist got a bit repetitive after the first half (Can you fault a movie on having a bad plot if it's based on a true story?) and wasn't nearly as emotional.

As many users mentioned previously, The Pianist was also a pretty tough ordeal to me. But I must admit The Revenant also and maybe even 2001: A Space Odyssey, mainly due to the tremendous amount of staff concerning around our existence and eternity Kubrick wants to burden on the viewers.

From a woman's POV ...

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Irreversible was definitely more of an ordeal than Straw Dogs (both good ordeals btw). Irreversibles infamous scene is a 7 minute long take where the camera doesn't move at all, while in Straw Dogs it's shorter, uses many different camera angles and isn't a long take. Also in the Straw Dogs one there isn't as much screaming and there isn't quite a feeling of helplessness. Pretty much any movie that's an ordeal is gonna make it into my favourites "Funny Games, Requiem for a Dream, Irreversible".

Can't get the picture to post, but its the movie
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Irreversible I had to walk out. Didn't make it tovthe 7 minute scene but I know what that is. Funny games didn't bother me.

I'll never understand why people find Salo shocking. The only thing that shocked me about it was how boring the damn thing was, especially considering its reputation.

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Yea I reckon you can fault a movies plot, even if its based on a true story. I really think theres more to a film that just plot. Saying that though, I personally couldn't fault the plot of The Pianist and its probably the most evocatively emotional film I've seen.

A few that haven't been mentioned...

1900
Hard to Be a God
Visitor Q
Enter the Void

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Sound like a thing that i'll evade as possible. I believe the utmost that I'd seen was these

The point from when
That entire sequence broke me

Is it ok to say I love Takashi Miike?

YES!

Also:




Both are disgusting as hell!

This one is so depressing that I will never recover ... = [

Oh man...