Discuss Lilya 4-ever

I know there are many depressing movies like House of Sand and Fog, Requiem for Dream, Turtles can fly, I've Loved You So Long, Boy A though they didnt really have that strong effect personally on me, I felt quite sad after watching, but Lilya tops them, other heartbreaking movies I can think of would be I guess Three Colors: Blue, Ordinary People, My Brother Tom, sort of also The Fountain works (I guess you can see some trend here with the D word :-)). Other movie I can think of which really moved me to the extreme, but in different way (more like raised my adrenaline level to max from anger) was Jagten, was extremely angry during watching.

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Never Let Me Go .... Gut wrenchingly miserable from go to whoa.

@NZer said:

Never Let Me Go .... Gut wrenchingly miserable from go to whoa.

Interesting, was postponing watching it, since it didn't sound that interesting plot, but I guess will give it a try tomorrow then. Just finished rewatching You can count on me after many years, which is much more optimistic but also kind od sad tragicomedy.

My list of anti-feelgood classics...

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  • Germany Year Zero (1948)
  • Los Olvidados (1950)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  • Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
  • Billy Budd (1962)
  • Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  • Kes (1969)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
  • Cries & Whispers (1972)
  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  • Stalker (1979)
  • The Elephant Man (1980)
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  • A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  • Olivier, Olivier (1992)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Happiness (1998)
  • Nobody Knows (2004)
  • Amour (2012)

Rosetta-French film (1999)

  • Downloading Nancy
  • A Serbian Film (don't watch this)
  • Martyrs (not the English dubbed version)
  • Irreversible
  • Fat City
  • Love Liza
  • Hardcore
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Lolita (the remake)

@rudely_murray said:

My list of anti-feelgood classics...

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  • Germany Year Zero (1948)
  • Los Olvidados (1950)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  • Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
  • Billy Budd (1962)
  • Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  • Kes (1969)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
  • Cries & Whispers (1972)
  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  • Stalker (1979)
  • The Elephant Man (1980)
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  • A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  • Olivier, Olivier (1992)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Happiness (1998)
  • Nobody Knows (2004)
  • Amour (2012)

Many of these are favorites of mine. Good thread, some other anti-feelgood movies that come to mind for me (and that I like) are Ironweed, Nightmare Alley ('47), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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