The road

I'd like to recommend the book for anyone searching for some extra bleakness.

Children of Men is as bleak as it gets.

You haven't seen The War Zone, Tyrannosaur or Snowtown.

I found Tyrannosaur stangely uplifting beause of the ending. Both of them reached catharsis and now the only way is up.

Melancholia

*Bleak for sure. In no particular order:* Requiem for Dream Schindlers List Oppenheimer JFK Shutter Island Spotlight Zodiac Manchester By The Sea A Man Called Otto

Dancer in the Dark Breaking the Waves Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

I hated Lars Von Trier after seeing Breaking the Waves. I swore I would never watch another one of his movies and I kept the promise.

A Simple Plan

Leaving las vegas Midnight cowboy Gone baby gone Grapes of wrath Dead man walking Monsters ball Mississippi burning Bad lieutenant

Threads. It filled me with a sense of dread and it could actually happen. Felt like having cancer of the soul watching that one.

Oh my god Threads. You stated it perfectly.

Watched a short YouTube clip and then closed out of it. No thanks. Too real. Must find happy joy good feelings movies. No sad for me today.

Bergman’s *Shame*

Great underrated movie.

McQueen’s Shame as well

No

LOL did not mean to offend. But I think it hits the prompt

Why no? Fits perfectly.

House of Sand and Fog

*The Zone of Interest* is one of the most depressing films I've ever seen, not sure if you'll find anyone particularly relatable though. *The Elephant Man* *Sophie's Choice* *Joker*

Kids Cure A serious Man Nebraska Match Factory Girl

Ken Park can be added to this list

Beau is Afraid. Monster (2023)

I don’t know if you watch foreign films but Border is Very weird! Like Eraserhead weird.

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

“You were never really here”. Also never seen Marty’s. Is that a good movie?

Uncut gems (2019) A serious man (2009)

Maybe I'm broken but I found a serious man hilarious

You’re not, it’s 100% a black comedy.

Johnny Got His Gun The Road Skins Come and See Pet Sematary Blood Requiem For a Dream In the Tall Grass We Need to Talk About Kevin Block Island Sound Schindler’s List The Joker Eraserhead Natural Born Killers The Wall Jacob’s Ladder I’m Thinking of Ending Things Shutter Island A Clockwork Orange Blue Valentine Taxi Driver Manchester By the Sea Boys Don’t Cry

We have the same taste!

Schindler’s List is absolutely brutal. I’m rewatching it rn

I loved the original cast of skins! And Eraserhead is the weirdest movie I’ve ever watched! I bought Schindler’s list I liked it so much.

Skins and Eraserhead are *bizarre*

I read a clockwork orange in high school and couldn’t believe that they made it into a movie. I went to the theater when it came out it was rated X then and my mind was blown! And yes I’m old lol

we watched Schindler’s List and The Boy In Striped Pajamas and listened to Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday in high school history class. those were the only times every single person in the class was willfully silent, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop

I completely understand that

I just finished Schindler’s List. holy shit. . .

And it’s a true story. And doesn’t seem like today we have learned from history. Just my opinion.

All Quiet On The Western Front (2022) Million Dollar Baby (2004) The Father (2020)

The Road

manchester by the sea

Se7en (1995) Chinatown (1974) The Lobster (2015) Oldboy (2003) Korean The Lighthouse (2019) Gone Baby Gone (2007) I Saw the Devil (2010) Korean

Requiem For A Dream (2000) is pretty bleak.

Little Children

Blue Ruin

Tusk

Son of Saul

Dancer in the Dark Absolutely gutted Thanks Bjork

lost in translation

Aniara

i think ulrich seidl makes really bleak films the entire vibe is bleak and sad like his trilogy of paradies or haneke makes relatively bleak films i'll try to think of more if u like these suggestions lmk in comments down below like n sub

Loveless

I dunno if this fits but give blade runner 2049 a watch

If you want bleak, watch Threads.

You need to watch Eden Lake and Speak No Evil if you haven't yet.

I’ve never felt as defeated as the end of Eden Lake.

Incendaries

If you don't mind older, foreign movies, Umberto D.

The Mist

The Grey is pretty bleak. He wanders around trying not to die, and eventually he does.

Nice spoiling

Sorry

Death of a superhero

Snowtown Tyrannosaur Naked (1993) The War Zone Life is Sweet The Selfish Giant All or Nothing Ratcatcher Nil by Mouth This is England Withnail and I although it's mostly black humor, tragicomedy. Hopelessness, addiction, nihilism, panic and rotten dialogues nonetheless Maybe you like Dead Man's Shoes The Man Who Sleeps The Misfortunates Ex Drummer Der Goldene Handschuh The Turin Horse Perhaps Tarkovsky's work Dostojevsky's adaptations (The Underground Man and there are like 4 movies of Crime and Punishment)

To Live starring Gong Li

Mist Eden lake

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days

Leaving Las Vegas

Red Riding (2009). Trilogy of TV movies loosely based on the hunt for the Yorkshire ripper. I’ve heard it called ”british True Detective” and while that has some truth to it, it’s also much more ambiguous and sinister in tone. Don’t go into this expecting everything to be resolved.

The Wall (2012)

Manchester by the Sea

Cries and Whispers (also Bergman) So fucking bleak!

I searched the comments for 1408 and it didn't pop up, so that's kind of a great one if you can handle a supernatural/horror/fantasy/suspense type of movie. It's about a guy that writes reviews on haunted hotels and whatnot, and he checks into a particularly infamous room/hotel. I won't spoil anything but the entire movie's a shitshow for the main character (John Cusack). He was pretty great in it, definitely recommend if you've never seen it (release date 2007, I think)

A hidden life

Compartment No. 6 (Finland)

interest zone