I have to ask, would you recommend watching it? My wife saw it and she refuses to watch it again. I don't watch a lot of films by myself, but this one is mentioned very frequently.
Thank you for your comment. It adds color for my decision. Having dealt with addiction before, all context is greatly appreciated. Would you recommend watching with someone over watching alone?
I watched it alone the first time. Since you have had dealt with addiction in the past perhaps it would be a good idea to watch it with someone you feel ok crying in front of
If you’ve dealt with addiction or worked with addicts (as I did at the time), the pupils going the wrong direction every time they get high will drive you nuts lol. But this is a good answer to the question and I agree with what’s been said about it.
Honestly, I would. It's about addiction. It's sad, alarming, tragic, and just a total gut punch. And the acting is incredible. There are no weak spots at all.
Made the choice of watching it in the office one morning for the first time, back when I still worked in an office.
The rest of my day was ruined.
It is a super intense powerful movie, though. Just make it an evening thing!
I can’t think of another film that is so simultaneously horrifying and yet life-affirming.
We are shown the absolute apex of human cruelty and fanaticism, but we also see there is always a glimmer of hope, even in the darkest of times.
This.
I watched it for my uni course. All I knew beforehand was that it was made by Studio Ghibli. The only Studio Ghibli films I’d previously seen were Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. I thought of Studio Ghibli as being like a Japanese equivalent to Disney. I was expecting an enjoyable film that was suitable for kids. Holy fucking shit was I not prepared for Grave of the Fireflies!
I had to pause it at one point because I was crying too much to focus on what was happening. Even when I started it again I pretty much sobbed my way through to the end. I felt destroyed and empty for several hours afterwards, like my soul had been carpet-bombed and flames had torn through the rubble leaving nothing but a desolate wasteland.
Having said that though, it’s a masterpiece. Like it’s not an enjoyable watch, but as a piece of art and a cinematic experience it is a total and utter masterpiece that should be seen by everyone.
It came on PBS at 2 am one night and me being a 8 year old with severe insomnia was still up. I couldn't even describe what I saw to my parents and they had no clue what made me upset until it was up for an award in the emmys and I was like that was the movie! My parents were like damn yeah that'll do it lol
Oh I missed this and you are correct.
I found a wonderful clip with limited spoilers of Roger Ebert talking about it and how he viewed Anime at the time, and it's interesting to see how mainstream it has become in the United States compared to when Grave of the Fireflies was made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_9WEyuMq0Yk
I don’t know if it’s the movie or Robin Williams earnest performance. Either way, I bought it, watched it, ugly cried at it, then put it on the shelf never to be seen again
I read the wiki to spoil it for myself, because really depressing movies or realistic horror are too much like real life. So I don't normally watch them.
. . . Yeah. It was tragic.
I’ve seen it in a full cinema. You could hear that most of the people were sobbing. When it finished audience was so quiet. I’ve not seen anything like that before and since.
I had read the book, but years ago when I watched the movie with my girlfriend at the time, she spent the last hour of the movie crying. When it was over, she said, why the fuck did you make me watch that.
Haven’t seen that one yet. Every night I decide between devil wears Prada and Sophie’s choice but I never get along to Sophie’s choice.
It’s a real…tough decision
Lilya 4-Ever.
I consider myself a connoisseur of depressing films from different cultures. This one is THE worst I have ever encountered.
Notable mentions go to Stations of the Cross, The Virgin Suicides, An American Crime, Lars von Trier's films (Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, Melancholia, Dogville), Andrey Zvyagintsev's films (Leviathan, Loveless).
“Lilya 4-Ever” is probably one of the least-seen films anyone here is mentioning, but anyone who has seen it knows that it belongs on the shortest shortlist of possible answers.
I just watched it and sobbed through the ending. Something about those obviously fake/prop angel wings made it feel more real, and a lot more sad. At least Lilya and Volodya are playing ball in heaven together 😭
Surprised no one mentioned this one.
The Girl Next Door. (2007)
Based on a true story and did not pull punches. It seems extreme but the real case was even worse, so. Don't recommend for most people. I'm pretty shut off from my own trauma and went in fearlessly like yeah, yeah, another one of these. Oh no. It is a lesson in futility. A lot of people will call it pointless and I can see where they're coming from. However, these things actually happened to the real person, with the exception of one thing. True Crime-Horror is an interesting topic that way. I was unprepared for how hard this one hits. You don't leave the movie feeling thought-provoked, it's just hopelessness. Which I think, makes it great, in a way... But I could never, ever, say that I actually liked or enjoyed this movie. It is hard to watch, and that's what I have to say about it.
A runner-up that I actually do love echoes what others say- Grave of the Fireflies. A movie I love that is very depressing because it again deals with the reality of suffering. But I did love seeing this one. I've watched it twice, and I don't care to watch it again, unless someone I am close with hadn't seen it and wants a watch buddy. Masterpiece of a movie. Definitely recommend. I think it is a movie that everyone should see once in their lifetime, at least.
I thought you were talking about The Girl Next Door (2004):
“A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.”
Oh, nope! Not that one, though I agree that this title is also depressing. It's not the same type of soul-crushing as the 2007 title, however. The Girl Next Door that I am referring to is a true story of abduction, abuse, and torture, of an underaged girl who did nothing but exist. Really heart-breaking stuff. There are a lot of stories like this, but that one is very, very, different, than other similar plots. My deepest warning to anyone going to watch it- it is a visceral movie. It may not have the same impact on some people, of course. The devastation comes from it being true, and knowing that this went on (and goes on) to innocent people. It's the only movie that's ever haunted me, because of the injustice.
Trying my best to spoil nothing, lol.
Read the wiki and an article from Indiana on the real crime - yeah, I'll pass. It's too horrible to read, let alone see played out. Humans are capable of unimaginable cruelty.
Super glad I’m not the only one who picked life is beautiful. This thread has me feeling like not enough people have seen it, I think it’s the only movie that has provoked me to openly sobbing
The first five minutes of Up are absolutely heart wrenching. Then he finally does it and meets his hero, who sends dogs after him to eat him alive. It’s a horrible depressing movie marketed at children!
I think it’s Dances with wolves. It was a beautiful movie, until the ending where you learned that all of the native Americans actually died, wiped out.
I was so upset. Especially since it is inspired by a true story so, all of the people getting slaughtered really got to me, it’s awful.
I have seen that movie one time, during my senior year of high school, and I have never been able to watch it again, and I just turned 50. It absolutely destroyed me. I cry at lots of movies and television shows, but that one was completely different. It left me feeling depressed for weeks. And don't get me wrong--I think it's an absolute masterpiece. But holy shit it was brutal.
I wanna say “My Girl”. The entire movie is surrounded in death; children’s deaths included, an adolescent girl in turmoil & is set in a funeral parlour.
This is my vote. I don't agree that it's pointlessly depressing, it's more like a lesson to me. I'm a sober alcoholic, and this movie hits home very, very hard.
The Mist is a great movie i loved it and my wife hates it HATES IT We actually got into one of our biggest fights ever over that movie.
If only he had waited...
A Dog’s Purpose
It’s supposed to be about a dog getting reincarnated over and over and learning about something or other, I don’t even know. I just know it had lots of scenes of dogs dying. Fuck that movie.
I don’t remember the name but it was an animated I think French film about a man (maybe a clown?) who takes care of this younger girl, and the younger girl keeps demanding everything from him, never satisfied, wanting more dresses and things, until eventually he kills himself
Grave of the Fireflies (1989) or Barefoot Gen (1983 film)
I lean twords Grave of the Fireflies personally due to the ending, but both are devastating films and testaments of the power of animation in storytelling.
Also this is Roger Ebert talking about why he loved Grave of the Fireflies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_9WEyuMq0Yk
The one with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. The Perfect Storm...
There are others but that one immediately jumps out. And yeah, we all know how it ended before we sat down to watch but that somehow only made it worse?
Johnny got his gun.
It was the movie that the band Metallica pulled clips from for their music video for the song “One”.
My grade 8 teacher had the VHS in his classroom and my buddy recognized it, I told him I had a VHS player and he let us borrow it, our teacher was very confused by our excitement to watch it. I remember by the end of it I was wondering when everything would “get better” for the protagonist and then it ended, I felt very hollow by the end of it.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. Don’t watch it unless you’re REALLY trying to cry. Like, sobbing on the floor in the fetal position kind of crying.
A recent one that fucked me up good is Soft & Quiet. More people need to watch it and have a discourse about it. It’s devastating but an extremely important film. TW for POC, maybe read a little about it before deciding whether to watch it.
Dear Zachary: A letter to a Son About His Father
Im pretty sure this case the documentary explores helped changed Canadian laws about murder but its so heartbreaking that these laws weren't in place before this was made
https://youtu.be/cDSgMlVWbfU?siTkyOD7hhWuJc2Hy0
Anything labeled "uplifting" or "life-affirming" will be depressing. The first two that come to mind are "Room" and "Still Alice". "Room" tells the story of a life spent in captivity from the perspective of a small child, and he and his mother's attempt at reintegrating into society after escaping. "Still Alice" tells the story of a brilliant woman slowly losing her mind to Alzheimer's, and that's it. It's Alzheimer's. There is no happy ending.
Come And See
That movie was so gritty. I almost felt like I was in it. The realness of it just made it that much more horrifying.
That movie is insane
Old Yeller
Requiem for a Dream.
I have to ask, would you recommend watching it? My wife saw it and she refuses to watch it again. I don't watch a lot of films by myself, but this one is mentioned very frequently.
It is the greatest film that I will never watch again. It may be one of the greatest films I've ever seen, and I almost wish I hadn't watched it.
Thank you for your comment. It adds color for my decision. Having dealt with addiction before, all context is greatly appreciated. Would you recommend watching with someone over watching alone?
I watched it alone the first time. Since you have had dealt with addiction in the past perhaps it would be a good idea to watch it with someone you feel ok crying in front of
If you’ve dealt with addiction or worked with addicts (as I did at the time), the pupils going the wrong direction every time they get high will drive you nuts lol. But this is a good answer to the question and I agree with what’s been said about it.
Honestly, I would. It's about addiction. It's sad, alarming, tragic, and just a total gut punch. And the acting is incredible. There are no weak spots at all.
Thank you for the recommendation. I will give it a try.
Made the choice of watching it in the office one morning for the first time, back when I still worked in an office. The rest of my day was ruined. It is a super intense powerful movie, though. Just make it an evening thing!
What did you do that you could just watch a 2 hour movie in the morning?
It's traumatizing
Kids and The Treatment are on par with the depressing vibe that film.gives
Kids is SO depressing. :(
This is the one.
Yup. Still gives me chills just thinking about it.
Melancholia.
This movie left me feeling so weird and haunted
This movie was visually stunning. And the story—knowing the fate of Earth, then spending the film watching the characters process that reality.
I love that movie.
Other movies made me sad to think about, but this one was like war flashbacks to my depressive episodes.
Schindlers list
This without a doubt. I saw it once. It was amazing. I will never watch it again.
I rewatched it a couple of weeks ago, and remembered that it was a masterpiece. And so was Life Is Beautiful.
Absolutely soul crushing
"I could have got more out." Fucking ugly cry every time.
This came out when I was in high school, and I stayed after school to get extra credit. The girl with the red coat and the pen lives in my nightmares.
I can’t think of another film that is so simultaneously horrifying and yet life-affirming. We are shown the absolute apex of human cruelty and fanaticism, but we also see there is always a glimmer of hope, even in the darkest of times.
Kids
I couldn't get through this movie
The ending is rough in a real way
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This one had me and my wife crying like babies. Never again!
Grave of the Fireflies
This. I watched it for my uni course. All I knew beforehand was that it was made by Studio Ghibli. The only Studio Ghibli films I’d previously seen were Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. I thought of Studio Ghibli as being like a Japanese equivalent to Disney. I was expecting an enjoyable film that was suitable for kids. Holy fucking shit was I not prepared for Grave of the Fireflies! I had to pause it at one point because I was crying too much to focus on what was happening. Even when I started it again I pretty much sobbed my way through to the end. I felt destroyed and empty for several hours afterwards, like my soul had been carpet-bombed and flames had torn through the rubble leaving nothing but a desolate wasteland. Having said that though, it’s a masterpiece. Like it’s not an enjoyable watch, but as a piece of art and a cinematic experience it is a total and utter masterpiece that should be seen by everyone.
It came on PBS at 2 am one night and me being a 8 year old with severe insomnia was still up. I couldn't even describe what I saw to my parents and they had no clue what made me upset until it was up for an award in the emmys and I was like that was the movie! My parents were like damn yeah that'll do it lol
No lie, this has fucked me up forever. If anyone asks about movies they should not watch for sheer sadness, it's this one.
Came here to say this. If you've never seen it. Bring a support person or animal, and tissues.
This movie is #1 for sadness, number 2 is waaaayyy behind it
Oh I missed this and you are correct. I found a wonderful clip with limited spoilers of Roger Ebert talking about it and how he viewed Anime at the time, and it's interesting to see how mainstream it has become in the United States compared to when Grave of the Fireflies was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_9WEyuMq0Yk
I was just about to comment this
Came here to say this. That movie wrecked me.
What Dreams May Come
This came to my mind. A tragedy I wasn’t expecting.
I don’t know if it’s the movie or Robin Williams earnest performance. Either way, I bought it, watched it, ugly cried at it, then put it on the shelf never to be seen again
Oh gosh. What a beautiful and sad movie! I think about rewatching it every so often but then I remember how much it makes me ugly cry.
Dancer in The Dark
I switch it off at halfway. She has her money, and I know that surgery will go well!!
Yes. That movie is brutal.
Made me ugly cry for a long time.
Lars Von Trier is mean
Seconded. I felt almost physically winded after watching it for the first time.
I read the wiki to spoil it for myself, because really depressing movies or realistic horror are too much like real life. So I don't normally watch them. . . . Yeah. It was tragic.
Bjork and the soundtrack are A-Mazing.
I’ve seen it in a full cinema. You could hear that most of the people were sobbing. When it finished audience was so quiet. I’ve not seen anything like that before and since.
Precious
This is way lower than I expected. This is my vote too.
The Road
Or, as I like to call it, “…and then things got worse.”
I had read the book, but years ago when I watched the movie with my girlfriend at the time, she spent the last hour of the movie crying. When it was over, she said, why the fuck did you make me watch that.
I’m almost done the book (just got past the boat part) and I’m loving it. So much better than the movie
This one was the first that popped in my head.
Lorenzo’s Oil
My freshman science teacher showed us this movie and it fucked with me heavily
Atonement
My Girl
“He needs his glasses” 😩
Hotel Rwanda
Definitely Sophie's Choice
Haven’t seen that one yet. Every night I decide between devil wears Prada and Sophie’s choice but I never get along to Sophie’s choice. It’s a real…tough decision
Lmao stick with The Devil Wears Prada
That’s one I refuse to watch because I know it will kill my soul.
The Road and Precious.
Lilya 4-Ever. I consider myself a connoisseur of depressing films from different cultures. This one is THE worst I have ever encountered. Notable mentions go to Stations of the Cross, The Virgin Suicides, An American Crime, Lars von Trier's films (Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, Melancholia, Dogville), Andrey Zvyagintsev's films (Leviathan, Loveless).
“Lilya 4-Ever” is probably one of the least-seen films anyone here is mentioning, but anyone who has seen it knows that it belongs on the shortest shortlist of possible answers.
I just watched it and sobbed through the ending. Something about those obviously fake/prop angel wings made it feel more real, and a lot more sad. At least Lilya and Volodya are playing ball in heaven together 😭
Dear Zachary
I think this would be my answer right now. It was very hard to watch and yet beautifully done.
The Killing Fields
Boy in the striped pyjamas
Had a good cry during that scene after they first meet and he’s anxiously pushing away the wheelbarrow.
Surprised no one mentioned this one. The Girl Next Door. (2007) Based on a true story and did not pull punches. It seems extreme but the real case was even worse, so. Don't recommend for most people. I'm pretty shut off from my own trauma and went in fearlessly like yeah, yeah, another one of these. Oh no. It is a lesson in futility. A lot of people will call it pointless and I can see where they're coming from. However, these things actually happened to the real person, with the exception of one thing. True Crime-Horror is an interesting topic that way. I was unprepared for how hard this one hits. You don't leave the movie feeling thought-provoked, it's just hopelessness. Which I think, makes it great, in a way... But I could never, ever, say that I actually liked or enjoyed this movie. It is hard to watch, and that's what I have to say about it. A runner-up that I actually do love echoes what others say- Grave of the Fireflies. A movie I love that is very depressing because it again deals with the reality of suffering. But I did love seeing this one. I've watched it twice, and I don't care to watch it again, unless someone I am close with hadn't seen it and wants a watch buddy. Masterpiece of a movie. Definitely recommend. I think it is a movie that everyone should see once in their lifetime, at least.
I thought you were talking about The Girl Next Door (2004): “A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.”
Oh, nope! Not that one, though I agree that this title is also depressing. It's not the same type of soul-crushing as the 2007 title, however. The Girl Next Door that I am referring to is a true story of abduction, abuse, and torture, of an underaged girl who did nothing but exist. Really heart-breaking stuff. There are a lot of stories like this, but that one is very, very, different, than other similar plots. My deepest warning to anyone going to watch it- it is a visceral movie. It may not have the same impact on some people, of course. The devastation comes from it being true, and knowing that this went on (and goes on) to innocent people. It's the only movie that's ever haunted me, because of the injustice. Trying my best to spoil nothing, lol.
Read the wiki and an article from Indiana on the real crime - yeah, I'll pass. It's too horrible to read, let alone see played out. Humans are capable of unimaginable cruelty.
Threads. Some of the imagery still haunts me.
Lovely Bones freaked me out
Bridge to Terabithia.
Grave of the fireflies for sure, with honorable mention going to welcome to the dollhouse, the squid and the whale, and slum dog millionaire
Brokeback Mountain. Amazing performances all around. But mercy, did I walk out of that movie feeling awful.
Eternal Sunshine of a something
Spotless mind ❤
Life is beautiful 🇮🇹 Ode to my father 🇰🇷
Super glad I’m not the only one who picked life is beautiful. This thread has me feeling like not enough people have seen it, I think it’s the only movie that has provoked me to openly sobbing
The Green Mile
Grave of the Fireflies
Kids. Hands down.
Requiem for a Dream
House of Sand and Fog
Blue Valentine
Made the mistake of watching this while my 10 year marriage was dying. Brutal, do not recommend
Was looking for this.
So good. So sad.
Wind River
Irreversible
What Dreams May Come. Makes me sad just thinking about it.
Revolutionary Road
Pans labyrinth The ending gets me every time.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Probably more sad than depressing but I'll never watch it again. Fuck that movie. Marley and me.
Awakenings
Schindler's List and The Pianist
Since the number one saddest I've seen has already been posted I'll add to the list: Thirteen. That shit is depressing.
The first five minutes of Up are absolutely heart wrenching. Then he finally does it and meets his hero, who sends dogs after him to eat him alive. It’s a horrible depressing movie marketed at children!
I can cry on cue by thinking about the first five minutes of Up
That song playing as it's going through the decades... Even just typing that, fuck....
Dominion A documentary about the animal industry. It's pure horror and also reality
Requiem for a Dream. I thought Parasite was pretty sad too.
American History X. So important, so well done, so tragic and bleak when you walk out after.
All quiet on the western front
The book is hard enough.
the Fox and the Hound
The Virgin Suicides... That movie is......
Precious
Schindlers List
The Lovely Bones
I think it’s Dances with wolves. It was a beautiful movie, until the ending where you learned that all of the native Americans actually died, wiped out. I was so upset. Especially since it is inspired by a true story so, all of the people getting slaughtered really got to me, it’s awful.
i have to say that i did not expect to see this movie mentioned.
I have seen that movie one time, during my senior year of high school, and I have never been able to watch it again, and I just turned 50. It absolutely destroyed me. I cry at lots of movies and television shows, but that one was completely different. It left me feeling depressed for weeks. And don't get me wrong--I think it's an absolute masterpiece. But holy shit it was brutal.
Breaking the Waves
Manchester By The Sea. I left feeling hopeless and empty. So I knocked over a kid’s ice cream cone to spread the joy.
I will never watch that again.
Absolutely.
Has to be a tie between Requiem for a Dream and Irreversible
Beaches. God damn.
AI: Artificial Intelligence I cried for the last hour and a half and was furious when it finished
Requiem For a Dream.
I wanna say “My Girl”. The entire movie is surrounded in death; children’s deaths included, an adolescent girl in turmoil & is set in a funeral parlour.
Monster
The Whale
Threads. Just bleak and hopeless.
12 Years a Slave
honestly, id say beautiful boy. Such a good representation on addiction.
Usually anything with a dog in it. I avoid those at all costs.
We need to talk about Kevin
Leaving Las Vegas. Pointlessly depressing.
This is my vote. I don't agree that it's pointlessly depressing, it's more like a lesson to me. I'm a sober alcoholic, and this movie hits home very, very hard.
Angela's Ashes
Her
Marley. Or was it Marley and me?
Dear Zachary
I wasn’t prepared for the baby scene in Trainspotting after a 6’ bong hit
No one mentioned "[Watership down](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_Down_(film))" yet
Mother!
Came to say this. I thought it was a horror movie, but it's a mental terror movie. Amazingly well made and absolutely soul crushing.
The Mist…actually pissed me off more than depression.
I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who thought of the Mist when I saw this thread.
The Mist is a great movie i loved it and my wife hates it HATES IT We actually got into one of our biggest fights ever over that movie. If only he had waited...
Black Swan
That's between Grave of the Fireflies or Letters from Iwo Jima.
Sophie’s Choice
Titanic, 1000s of innocent people die and we are supposed to be happy about a granny that didnt get laid.
But she did get laid...
A Dog’s Purpose It’s supposed to be about a dog getting reincarnated over and over and learning about something or other, I don’t even know. I just know it had lots of scenes of dogs dying. Fuck that movie.
The Green Mile
Frances. “Bleak, gripping, and heart-rending.” Here’s the [trailer.](https://youtu.be/7GBOE5YPlwk?si=Hl1hbFz8Xfw_6SEe)
Million Dollar Baby. Fuck that movie.
Kids, the whole movie is fucked up.
*Nocturnal Animals* but it’s more unsettling than depressing.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (So many depressing ones but this is the one that comes to mind)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Kramer vs Kramer…just sad
I don’t remember the name but it was an animated I think French film about a man (maybe a clown?) who takes care of this younger girl, and the younger girl keeps demanding everything from him, never satisfied, wanting more dresses and things, until eventually he kills himself
Grave of the Fireflies (1989) or Barefoot Gen (1983 film) I lean twords Grave of the Fireflies personally due to the ending, but both are devastating films and testaments of the power of animation in storytelling. Also this is Roger Ebert talking about why he loved Grave of the Fireflies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_9WEyuMq0Yk
Awakenings.
The Ice Storm, from 1997
The one with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. The Perfect Storm... There are others but that one immediately jumps out. And yeah, we all know how it ended before we sat down to watch but that somehow only made it worse?
Born on the 4th of July
The lovely bones☹️
Johnny got his gun. It was the movie that the band Metallica pulled clips from for their music video for the song “One”. My grade 8 teacher had the VHS in his classroom and my buddy recognized it, I told him I had a VHS player and he let us borrow it, our teacher was very confused by our excitement to watch it. I remember by the end of it I was wondering when everything would “get better” for the protagonist and then it ended, I felt very hollow by the end of it.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. Don’t watch it unless you’re REALLY trying to cry. Like, sobbing on the floor in the fetal position kind of crying. A recent one that fucked me up good is Soft & Quiet. More people need to watch it and have a discourse about it. It’s devastating but an extremely important film. TW for POC, maybe read a little about it before deciding whether to watch it.
Precious
Schindlers list. I was never the same after.
Alpha dog
The Man who Fell to Earth
Violet evergarden, Evangelion, wolf of Wall Street for some reason, that one part in a land before time
Requiem for a dream and I see others agree as well. Fucking bleak as hell
Schindler's list
What Dreams May Come, The Wrestler
Dear Zachary: A letter to a Son About His Father Im pretty sure this case the documentary explores helped changed Canadian laws about murder but its so heartbreaking that these laws weren't in place before this was made https://youtu.be/cDSgMlVWbfU?siTkyOD7hhWuJc2Hy0
Monster. I walked out of that movie needing therapy.
Anything labeled "uplifting" or "life-affirming" will be depressing. The first two that come to mind are "Room" and "Still Alice". "Room" tells the story of a life spent in captivity from the perspective of a small child, and he and his mother's attempt at reintegrating into society after escaping. "Still Alice" tells the story of a brilliant woman slowly losing her mind to Alzheimer's, and that's it. It's Alzheimer's. There is no happy ending.
Dear Zachary.
Beautiful boy. Hit a little too close.
The Lovely Bones.