UNITED STATES: 10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.)- Vudu(Free), Arrow Video 9. Kill List - AMC+, SHUDDER 8. Martyrs (2008) - Tubi, Plex 7. Hard Candy - Tubi, Roku, Paramount+ 6. Funny Games (1997) - Max Funny Games (2007) 5. Midsommar - Max 4. Titane - Hulu 2. Irreversible 2. Mulholland Drive - Paramount+ 1.Requiem for a Dream - Tubi, Roku, Plex, Peacock CANADA: 10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.) Filmzie, Arrow Video 9. Kill List - AMC+, SHUDDER 8. Martyrs (2008) 7. Hard Candy - Tubi, Plex, STARZ 6. Funny Games (1997) - Criterion Funny Games (2007) 5. Midsommar - Paramount+ 4. Titane - Prime Video 2. Irreversible 2. Mulholland Drive - STARZ 1.Requiem for a Dream - STARZ, Criterion UNITED KINGDOM: 10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.) 9. Kill List - Studio Canal 8. Martyrs (2008) 7. Hard Candy 6. Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) - Curzon 5. Midsommar - Paramount+ 4. Titane - Prime Video 2. Irreversible 2. Mulholland Drive - Studio Canal 1.Requiem for a Dream - FreeVee, itvX AUSTRALIA: 10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.) 9. Kill List - Stan. 8. Martyrs (2008) - AMC+, SHUDDER 7. Hard Candy - Stan. 6. Funny Games (1997) - Criterion Funny Games (2007) 5. Midsommar - Prime Video, Netflix, Stan. 4. Titane - Foxtel Now 2. Irreversible 2. Mulholland Drive - Prime Video, BiNGE, Stan. 1.Requiem for a Dream - Stan.
The Panama Deception is an extremely disturbing documentary based on true events. TWA Flight 800 is another disturbing documentary. Cocaine Cowboys, too. Bug Bankster Brother is running everything big, including Big Evil. Zbigniew Brzezinski argued Money Power Empire had to control Big Evil lest an opponent do it and threaten Money Power Empire (Between Two Ages book).
Hmm: blown away by Requiem. Liked Hard Candy. Watched but don’t remember Irreversible or Titane. I really did not like Mulholland Drive..the main story was good but parts just didn’t fit. Maybe I will try Midsomnar again as all seem to like it better than me.
I was in the last years of my heroin addiction and viewed Requiem for a Dream at the theater in 2000. I was literally speechless for hours after. Besides the subject matter this is one of the most powerful and well directed films of all time, don't forget the master class of cinematography as well. Watched it several times since. Definitely one of my personal top ten films of my 53 years of being a movie lover.
I used to drugs in high school and saw Requiem for Dream the fall after I graduated. After watching it I never touched anything harder than a Tylenol and even then rarely. It totally shifted my perspective of drugs.
@@donnielove9957 speak for yourself, if you are an addict and have been through the feelings these people were going through.....it's scary and disturbing. The way they translated the feelings and sickness and the despair of addiction to this film was nothing short of brilliant.
I liked 8MM but thought it could have been taken much deeper with the Cage character becoming strangely interested in the subject matter and at the same time repulsed by his interest.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'm more likely to watch it now. Enter The Void was rather disturbing to me, having had an experience similar to that in the film.
It’s good but it’s not “intense” like EXTREME… I mean common, this guys first pick was Serbian film (banned in 49 countries) had to cut a minute of the film just so it would have a NC-17 rating in America … its ONE messed up movie; what the director said or his excuse was that the film is a metaphor for how the Serbian government is screwing its citizens … or that’s what I’ve heard anyways.. than the last film being requiem for a dream, those are some messed up films… I would have put the film Antichrist before Eden lake, Eden lake, either way Eden lake is greatly over looked horror film not many people have seen!!!!
My No. 11 - Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom. I watched it once when I bought the DVD years ago and was both nauseated and impressed. It needs to be seen by all those progressive activists who mindlessly accuse others of being 'fascist' without having researched what fascism actually is. But whenever I think it's time to see it again myself I find I'm not ready to. Requiem for a Dream is a masterpiece - I've seen it three times and know I'll see it again. With AA, it helps keep me sober when I'm tempted to go back on the booze.
It's hard to watch because it deals with a lot of underage stuff. That creeps me out the most. Somebody on here did a deep dive into the movie and said the poop eating scene was supposed to symbolize food that doesn't have any history to it. Like fast food. It's all crap.
Requiem for a Dream made me never want to take drugs again. And I'm not talking hard drugs; I'm talking Tylenol. Easily the most depressing movie I've ever seen.
As a former addict i saw Requim and some of the sences in that movie were surreal. Looking at the movie being sober for a few years you dont realize how addiction can truly affect the people around you because you just want to get that high. I think this is a movie that should be shown in high schools because kids need to see the affect drugs has to themselves and the people they love.
Haven't seen "A Serbian Film," but I've read about it. "Midsommar" and Titane are good but so bizarre! The most disturbing movie I've seen in the last ten years is "Tusk." Great list!
Tusk is certainly disturbing and bizarre! A Serbian Film made me really despise the director for being such a degenerate. It's hard not to picture the actual director as the "director" in the movie itself...
@@elikerr785 especially since they claim it's social commentary on the political corruption in Serbia. It's just torture p*rn meant to shock and disgust the average viewer.
@@elikerr785I heard somewhere that he made the movie to protest censorship laws in Serbia. Hence the title. And at every appeal, the censors would have to watch the worst scenes over and over again, so it was a middle finger to them. Haven't watched it myself though, and never will. Ta-ta!
I came here to get recommendations, and wasn’t disappointed, as I’ve seen almost half of these. Also fun to read through the comments, and find more must see films. I would include American Mary and Holy Motors.
You missed some of the all-time classics! Any list like this has to include at least one or two of the following: I Spit on your Grave, Faces of Death 1, Love Strange Love, Caligula, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, or the most notorious film in history, Snuff. I worked in a couple of video stores in the 80s, and we had entire sections of so-called "banned" movies. If I remember correctly, the industry term was "video nasty."
*PFFT!* You're in La La Land with those Disney titles. 'Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom', the first two Centipede films (particularly the second one), 'Cannibal Holocaust', 'Inside', 'Audition', 'Antichrist'; these are the disturbing films that must appear on a list. I mean, The Hostel movies are more disturbing than anything you've mentioned!
@@philsurtees My point is that his list didn't go far enough with his criteria... to me. I offered a few examples that go further than his list. I also wasn't trying to make my own top ten list here or anything. Just throwing out a few titles I remembered from when I was growing up. I'm sure everyone has their own list of disturbing films. Everyone's tolerances for shock content is different.
@@MrProy33 Yes, I know the point you were trying to make, and my response was that you were completely and utterly wrong. The movies you listed are *NOT* very disturbing and certainly do *NOT* go further than the ones on his list, so I listed a number which actually *ARE* more disturbing. Which part of what I said wasn't clear???
The problem with Naked Lunch the movie is it gives visual awareness to things that are only going on in the Author’s mind in the book, much like Fear and Loathing. I feel the subtle messages get lost in the images
Great list. Titane was my favorite film of that year; not for the easily nauseated, but I liked it enough to go to the theater two days in a row. As for Requiem for a Dream, it deservedly is finding its way to many top ten of the 2000s lists.
Thanks for having the balls to post this list of disturbia. Thought you might have had the war/horror movie "Come and See" on this list. This movie was by far the most disturbing I had or will ever see with images burned into my brain for the rest of my life.
My Personal Favourites from this list are Midsommar and Titane.. ...but I'd also like to take moment to recommend Trance, Enter the Void, Revenge, Brimstone, and 3000 Years of Longing as well..
@KMacMerlin Yes Indeed. Guy was Psycho "Good" at/in the performance. What Did You Think of the film (as a whole) Sir,? (For me) (imho) it just might be the most impressive western I've Ever Scene.. ...though Dreamland, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and (Obliquely) Logan give it some wonderful problems..
@@drumbum3.142 fantastic movie for sure. Certainly not an easy watch but it was masterfully done. The anachronistic lay out of the scenes was genius and it never dragged or lost my attention despite the excessive run time
@@KMacMerlin Unless You tire of this what gives tomahawk the drivers seat over Brimstone,?... not meaning to be a jerk. If pertinent; I'd be happy to go first.. but only if applicable. . Comparatively Curious.
I don't think you give enough credit to Serbian. It is very well made and 100% effective with the story. If it didn't have good story, characters, and plot it would be just be a shock movie with no impact. I have seen plenty of brutal movie and got done And was laughable and had no impact. Serbian film messed me up for like a week.
That was a great FLICK CONNECTION Darren. Will try and check out one or two recommendations, depending on what I can tolerate!!! Many thanks for sharing with us. Always appreciate your presentations 👍👍👍
When you say Serbian Film is just upsetting and does nothing else that's a massive oversight of how AMAZING the acting was from the lead actor. Its some of the best acting I've ever seen. A lot of the side characters were typical grindhouse level but imo that movie would just be another forgettable shock movie without him.
Wow, I worked on Requiem for a Dream when they filmed it. I was only on the job for six years when I met Jared Leto. He asked if it was cool being a cop in NYC... LOL
Thanks for the great video and recommendations. I’m sure people with throw in their choices that you should’ve had, and here’s mine - With David Lynch, you could’ve put in his first feature film Eraserhead (1977) and/or Blue Velvet (1986) and you would not be wrong with either or both. Have to include David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988) and not much can beat it for being sick, twisted and disgusting body horror. Dead Ringers got turned into a TV series that streamed last year. I haven’t seen it, but I understand that it’s pretty good and doesn’t disappoint with the sick and messed up factor. You could’ve included Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1972) which totally outraged people back in the day with its depiction of violence, rape, and more violence. When I was just a kid in college, me and a bunch of other kids got to see a preview for Clockwork Orange in Hollywood and people in the audience lost their shit. Some even walked out. After the movie we had a sit down with a couple Hollywood old schoolers and they went completely nuts about how bad the movie was and that it was the end of Kubrick’s career in the movies. Of course everybody was wrong and it’s become a classic, even though it’s pretty crazy even by today’s movie standards. You could’ve included a French-Belgian movie called Man Bites Dog (1992). It’s about a hit man who’s followed by a documentary film crew, and there’s just about every insane, disgusting, nauseating and nasty thing that you can imagine that anybody would dare to put on film. This is one foreign film that I can guarantee that Hollywood will never, ever make, because it’s got stuff that will freak you out. It’s in all Black & White which may make it a little more palatable for some people. It’s also got English subtitles. It’s not the kind of movie you want to learn French with. Believe me. Finally, there’s 13 Tzameti (2005) which is another French language film made by young director Gela Babluani. This is a really sick, f-d up 95 minutes of just wild shit. It’s got a crazy story, a serious body count, and it’s also in B&W just to add to the overall grimness of things. Definitely not what you’d want to watch on a date night with Schindler’s List on the bill. Brad Pitt’s production company remade the movie with the original director in 2010, and the Hollywood influence completely ruined it. I don’t even know if Babluani is even making movies, because his experience with the Hollywood way of doing things had to really suck. Only place I know where to find 13 Tzameti is the used DVD market online, like eBay. It’s really worth watching. Just don’t watch it at night, if you’re depressed, or if you’ve spent all day drinking. It’s a great movie if you have the time, stomach and mental stability to watch it.
Yesss, I loved Midsommar! Glad I finally caught up on that one ... and I have to concur, the original Funny Games is absolute gold. If I may, one suggestion is a banger from my hometown: Snowtown (although I think it was marketed in the US as "The Snowtown Murders").
I saw Requiem in the theatre on opening day with my 14 year old son. We both agreed that it should be seen by ALL high school students. What a head banger.
We were out of the house and our teenage son watched Requiem for a Dream. He had to watch something lighter right after, and was so glad when we got back.
Just as i was wondering if Irreversible was gonna make the list, BAM! Gaspar Noe' is incredible, his follow-up 'Enter the Void* is just WILD.. Although my g/f, having lived in Japan, got annoyed with the cop shooting in the beginning...as they dont carry guns. But visually its astounding. Also you should checkout Afterbirth w/ Natasha Lyonne...talk about W.T...F??
Requiem for a Dream Is from a book by Hubert Selby Jr. which like the movie is very disturbing. He also wrote "Last Exit to Brooklyn" which was made into a movie staring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Stephen Lang. Selby has a cameo in Requiem and the haunting music is performed by the Kronos Quartet.
Midsommar made me furious. I didn't know what I was getting into and by the time I was as disgusted, repulsed and angry as I've ever been watching a film, it was too late. Mulholland Drive, however, has always been on my rewatch list. I just didn't get it the first time around and have always wanted to finish that particular puzzle. As always, thanks, Darren, for sacrificing a few more brain cells to make us all smarter.
I felt the same way about Midsommar, for some reason it bothered me more than a lot of more graphic movies... It just made me so uncomfortable, and some of the characters decisions were detestable.
Your right about Martyrs, I saw this years ago on netflix and bought a copy just to freak out friends who think horror is just gore and boy is this not that.. Irreversable is cool as you see the endgame way before the reason of it and it is sick. Have not seen the rest of this list but I am curious so just maybe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
THIS. IS. IT!!!!!!! This list is amazing, I can't believe that a Serbian film is actually streaming and is free, that's crazy.....I had to watch it years ago on a not trusted website. And yes, it's stuck with me ever since😮 this may be the best list of the f'd up movies I've ever layed eyes on.👏👏👏
Lynch is just amazing. I have watched all of his movies that I'm aware of and I agree that Mulholland Drive is excellent. In my head, though, the only uncomfortable thing is that I STILL am piecing the puzzle. Of course I do love Ken Russel movies too, they're two of my favorites and I the fact that Thomas Pynchon is my favorite author makes these less if a surprise. What I am surprised about is that Eraserhead isn't in this list. I am guessing that it is because you’ve featured it at least a couple of times in previous presentations. Keep up the great work!
My wife and I saw Serbian Film in a one-time only showing in California. The owner of Unearthed Films (Stephen Biro) bought the rights to Serbian Film. Showed it once. The director was there and the lady who played the mother. I asked the director about a quote he made once he repeated it earnestly. He said, sometging to the effect of. We had a choice to make a documentary about life in Serbia that no one would watch or make a disturbing drama that brings our metaphors to life. Basically, life in Serbia is like being ra*ped from birth, and it doesn't stop even in death.
Good list Darren. Martyrs is the yardstick by which I measure all other horror films; followed closely by Hereditary and Midsommar. Hard Candy was amazing, really brutal. Mulholland Drive was also great and easily my favorite Lynch film although Lost Highway is a close 2nd. Still haven't seen Requiem for a Dream, but I will. A Serbian film was disgusting, brutal and disturbing but actually more well done than I was led to believe.
Requiem for a Dream deserves top spot for sure! I own it but have only watched it twice. If you watch it just be ready to put something light on after as a palate cleanser.
You covered the two that I had the toughest time with: Martyrs and A Serbian Film. I mentioned it elsewhere on RUclips, but I got to a certain point in Martyrs and had a panic attack (I'm susceptible to those, so it wasn't a huge shock). A week later I resumed the movie and before long had another panic attack. After that I decided to just READ about how it ended! And, in retrospect, A Serbian Film was a cakewalk by comparison.
You are correct, Martyrs is deeply disturbing, but there’s something else going on that distinguishes it above a Serbian Film. There’s a troubling existential *theme* being presented that lingers with you long after the credits have rolled, longer even than those images of brutality. And that’s completely missing from a Serbian Film.
The Eyes of My Mother for sure! Darren has mentioned it on lists before, but it could definitely fit on this one! Antichrist, Salo, and Cannibal Holocaust could be on here as well.
This is my kind of list, considering I've already seen 6/10 of these. I clicked because I recognized Irreversible and wanted to know the rest. I agree about Requiem for a Dream (although I would have put it at number 3) - I watched it shortly after it came out and it took 10 years before I was willing to watch it a second time. There will not be a third. Irreversible I would have put first. Every scene is one long take, no cuts, well done. The interesting thing about the order being backwards is you see a violent crime, then the crime that caused it (the rape), and then you see why it is so heartbreaking. Really sticks with you. You gotta be in a certain mood to watch that one. Midsommar is just completely brilliant. Everyone should watch it. I put off watching because I heard it was gory and I have to be in a certain mood for that. It wasn't! I regret not seeing it sooner! 10/10 will rewatch.
Bully Audition Ichi the killer Frailty 8mm Antichrist August underground series Human centipede 2 Nekromantik Inside Cannibal holocaust Men behind the sun Salo Snowtown murders Happiness The bunny game Pink flamingos Melancholie der engel Just to name a few more
I loved how you didn’t just put the same old disturbing ones (I know a Serbian film is on here) but you kind of have too have it on. The new editions like kill list and requiem for a dream I wholeheartedly agree with those. The one I was surprised on was Mulholland Drive, it’s atmospheric and has that disturbing mental anguish you mentioned, but I honestly thought you were going to choose Wild at Heart. Either way, great list.
Funny Games remake is a shot for shot remake by Micheal Haneke the original Director .... its interesting watching both. Unsure of his motivation to do this probably thought his film deserved a wider US Audience.
Perhaps I am just a big dumb oaf but I truly thought that Mulholland Drive was tedious and looked like the work of someone trying way too hard to be artsy in the place of crafting a better way to get the job done.
Do you know this movie? In America, in a forest, in an old shack with a workshop. The female somehow knocks the male out & bolts him to the floor of the workshop, screwing the bolt directly through his leg. I can't find this anywhere & can't remember what it was called!
The 2017 movie Trauma by Lucio A. Rojas has been compared to A Serbian Film. I don't know if I would go quite that far but it's definitely up there. It's on Tubi right now. There is more than one movie with the same title so I included the year and the director. Another movie I never see on disturbing movie lists is Nothing Bad Can Happen. It's a very dark and depressing movie that can be an uncomfortable watch.
I’d love to add to this list: Threads Come and See Neon Demon Ken Park Climax There’s Something About the Johnsons - - Requiem is a great movie. But the author of the book is my favorite novelist of all time. Wrote it in 1973 I think! But yoooo that book is one of the only ones that has physically made me weep.
Irreversible it's definitely one of the most disturbing and memorable films I've ever seen. No desire to ever watch it again, but I'm glad I saw it once. Watch with care
I saw A Serbian Film here on RUclips a few years ago. They also had Salo and Cannibal Holocaust. I really enjoyed Midsommar. I'm a Pagan who loves folk horror. I haven't seen Requiem for a Dream yet, but the book is really good.
will watch 'Kill List' but have seen the others. Irreversible was disturbing but super interesting in the way it was shot and developed. 'A Serbian Film' certainly is the "worst" of the shock movies in my opinion as well due to the nature of the last 30 minutes or so. Great List that is missing the oddity 'Ken Park'.
In case you missed it, not so long ago (a couple year at most I think) Irreversible was reedited and repremiere in theater (at least in France) in chronological order. Also, one that I found myself pretty uneasing, the ending, and that didn't made it to your list was Old Boy.
They don’t really ever put movies like that in US theaters. Maybe independently owned ones. The only reason old boy was omitted was because it topped a very recent Netflix list I did.
Mulholland Drive requires you watch a video that explains it. There are several, but not all do it well. Worth the explanation. Makes the movie even better.
While remakes are often derided (and with good reason) the important thing to know about Funny Games is that the American remake was written and directed by the same guy as the original. Michael Haneke intentionally made a more or less shot-for-shot English version of his own film.
Wow!!! Quite a list!! And well presented mate!! Love a good movie, but love a movie that makes you think!! Disturbing and otherwise. Good thinking movie for me would have to be 'Inception'. Keep up the good work!!
I call it "Requeem for a Dream" & I completely agree, I saw this happening when the movie came out & it really hits home for me. It's like "Idiocracy" in it's prophetic after thoughts. You actually see what is happening that everyone refuses to talk about or coarse correct.
Mulholland Drive is one of my all time favourite films, I think how I personally interpret the film is what resonates with me, not necessarily what Lynch’s intentions were. Which I think was the whole point. Great video, thank you!
Good choices! Some disturbing films I would recommend: Come and See by Elem Klimov, Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier, Antichrist by Lars Von Trier, and Inside by Alexandre Bustillo. In addition a lot of David Cronenberg's films like Dead Ringers, The Fly etc. are somewhat disturbing and would highly recommend.
Dude ! After watching your episode where you are wearing the Bad Fellas tshirt , I searched the internet, trying to find that shirt for like an hour ! But just saw your link to your shop and purchased it. Thank you ! Lol
Not sure if you’ve recommended this particular film in the past, but Fall Time with Mickey Rourke and Steven Baldwin is awesome!! I stumbled across years ago and I loved it! The premise was really cool and it wasn’t a high budget film or anything. It’s one of those movies that has a story that grabs you right from the beginning and things get pretty crazy.
I remember hearing about "A Serbian Movie". So, I went looking for it. Found it on a torrent site. Downloaded it. Started watching it. Yeah, it was disturbing but no big deal I thought. But then, the scene with the baby hit... I immediately stopped it, deleted it. That was the first time EVER, I thought to myself: "Yep. They went TOO far on that one." Anyway, I also saw Martyrs, yes GREAT movie. Disturbing for sure, but much more watchable than "A Serbian Movie". This was the 2nd video of yours that I've watched, I enjoy your work. You have a new subscriber! 👊👊👊
I think the thing that made Funny Games distressing and disturbing for me when I first watched it was that "Remote" scene, my jaw legit dropped when that happened, but when I rewatched it recently, I actually thought it was a stroke of genius for metaphor that Psychopaths don't play by the rules of the world. Also, you should check Audition, Bedevilled (2010) and Man Bites Dog....and Vortex if you're a Noe fan, not really disturbing in the same sense that Irreversible or I Stand Alone is but if definitely leaves existentially crushed by its end.
According to the dir, A Serbian Film had an allegorical message regarding the Balkans civil war. Also, Funny Games remake was remade shot-4-shot by Haneke, which is unusual. Both excellent films.
i watched irreversible in film school, and goddamn that movie is so raw. once we get to the end (beginning) the loving embrace is so uncomfortable and really forces you to be empathetic for victims. i recently watched a movie that has not left me and i recommend it but i also dont at the same time for how emotionally taxing it was is "nothing bad can happen" definitely watch at your own risk
I have to admit that I walked out of Requiem for a Dream very disturbed simply because it truly shows what happens to a lot of drug users... no happy endings here.
UNITED STATES:
10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.)- Vudu(Free), Arrow Video
9. Kill List - AMC+, SHUDDER
8. Martyrs (2008) - Tubi, Plex
7. Hard Candy - Tubi, Roku, Paramount+
6. Funny Games (1997) - Max
Funny Games (2007)
5. Midsommar - Max
4. Titane - Hulu
2. Irreversible
2. Mulholland Drive - Paramount+
1.Requiem for a Dream - Tubi, Roku, Plex, Peacock
CANADA:
10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.) Filmzie, Arrow Video
9. Kill List - AMC+, SHUDDER
8. Martyrs (2008)
7. Hard Candy - Tubi, Plex, STARZ
6. Funny Games (1997) - Criterion
Funny Games (2007)
5. Midsommar - Paramount+
4. Titane - Prime Video
2. Irreversible
2. Mulholland Drive - STARZ
1.Requiem for a Dream - STARZ, Criterion
UNITED KINGDOM:
10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.)
9. Kill List - Studio Canal
8. Martyrs (2008)
7. Hard Candy
6. Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games (2007) - Curzon
5. Midsommar - Paramount+
4. Titane - Prime Video
2. Irreversible
2. Mulholland Drive - Studio Canal
1.Requiem for a Dream - FreeVee, itvX
AUSTRALIA:
10. A SERBIAN FILM (I do NOT recommend you watch this movie.)
9. Kill List - Stan.
8. Martyrs (2008) - AMC+, SHUDDER
7. Hard Candy - Stan.
6. Funny Games (1997) - Criterion
Funny Games (2007)
5. Midsommar - Prime Video, Netflix, Stan.
4. Titane - Foxtel Now
2. Irreversible
2. Mulholland Drive - Prime Video, BiNGE, Stan.
1.Requiem for a Dream - Stan.
Check out Anti-Christ. It's right there with this list.
The Panama Deception is an extremely disturbing documentary based on true events.
TWA Flight 800 is another disturbing documentary.
Cocaine Cowboys, too.
Bug Bankster Brother is running everything big, including Big Evil.
Zbigniew Brzezinski argued Money Power Empire had to control Big Evil lest an opponent do it and threaten Money Power Empire (Between Two Ages book).
Understandable that you chose Naomi Watts over Eraserhead. Still...
Id like to add 3 more:
Happiness 1998
Monsters ball 2001
Chopper 2000
Bonus: Ichi the Killer 2018
good luck xD
Hmm: blown away by Requiem. Liked Hard Candy. Watched but don’t remember Irreversible or Titane. I really did not like Mulholland Drive..the main story was good but parts just didn’t fit. Maybe I will try Midsomnar again as all seem to like it better than me.
I was in the last years of my heroin addiction and viewed Requiem for a Dream at the theater in 2000. I was literally speechless for hours after. Besides the subject matter this is one of the most powerful and well directed films of all time, don't forget the master class of cinematography as well. Watched it several times since. Definitely one of my personal top ten films of my 53 years of being a movie lover.
It hits so much harder when you've experienced the hopelessness of addiction. They should show it to kids as a deterrent imo.
I've experienced addiction, and all this movie did for me was cause a bout of depression. It was dark, ugly, and I will never watch it again!
It’s a hard one to watch for sure. Only been able to watch it twice but somehow ended up owning it. Tough watch but really well made.
@@rdhii79 The best movie ever made about the horror of heroin addiction imo.
@friendofdavid1423 well sounds like it did what it set out to do
I used to drugs in high school and saw Requiem for Dream the fall after I graduated. After watching it I never touched anything harder than a Tylenol and even then rarely. It totally shifted my perspective of drugs.
Often thought should be mandatory viewing for high school...last scene edit likely. Anti drug movie for sure
The character that bothered me the most was the mom. Especially what happened to her at the end.
It's not disturbing it's a great film
@@donnielove9957 speak for yourself, if you are an addict and have been through the feelings these people were going through.....it's scary and disturbing. The way they translated the feelings and sickness and the despair of addiction to this film was nothing short of brilliant.
Surprised the Human Centipede didn't show up. The fact that someone thought it up disturbs me.
Its a pretty tame movie with an interesting hook, its not disturbing
Exactly. It’s the idea ppl think this stuff up… definitely twisted
The second was was much worse.
Human Centipede is not extreme, A Serbian Film goes way beyond the limits.
the wicker man, goodnight mommy, alice sweet alice, sleepaway camp,
8 MM with Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix break out roll was a great under rated and disturbing.
nice deep cut
Also thought of this movie watching this vid
Great movie and don't forget to mention Peter Stormare.
I watched 8mm, it was a great movie, but I NEVER want to see it again.
I liked 8MM but thought it could have been taken much deeper with the Cage character becoming strangely interested in the subject matter and at the same time repulsed by his interest.
Titane came out in 2021, not 1997. Great film.
I'd recommend Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void. Straight-up masterpiece.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'm more likely to watch it now. Enter The Void was rather disturbing to me, having had an experience similar to that in the film.
Loved Enter the Void!
yes, and Climax too.
Enter the void was wild! Good though, I would definitely rewatch..
how do I see both these films? Streaming service?
Requiem for a dream is a heart breaking film
The book is very good. Hubert Selby Jr.
@@RiskmanglerFantastic book. All of Selby's works are quite solid
I'm suprised Eden Lake with Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly didn't make the list...
it seems like he mentioned Eden Lake just a few videos ago
Yeah how did Mullholand Dr. make the list and this didnt?
oh, that was really messed up
It’s good but it’s not “intense” like EXTREME… I mean common, this guys first pick was Serbian film (banned in 49 countries) had to cut a minute of the film just so it would have a NC-17 rating in America … its ONE messed up movie; what the director said or his excuse was that the film is a metaphor for how the Serbian government is screwing its citizens … or that’s what I’ve heard anyways.. than the last film being requiem for a dream, those are some messed up films… I would have put the film Antichrist before Eden lake, Eden lake, either way Eden lake is greatly over looked horror film not many people have seen!!!!
Another messed up Fassbender movie is Shame
My No. 11 - Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom. I watched it once when I bought the DVD years ago and was both nauseated and impressed. It needs to be seen by all those progressive activists who mindlessly accuse others of being 'fascist' without having researched what fascism actually is. But whenever I think it's time to see it again myself I find I'm not ready to. Requiem for a Dream is a masterpiece - I've seen it three times and know I'll see it again. With AA, it helps keep me sober when I'm tempted to go back on the booze.
I couldn't even watch Salo. I tried, couldn't.
It's hard to watch because it deals with a lot of underage stuff. That creeps me out the most. Somebody on here did a deep dive into the movie and said the poop eating scene was supposed to symbolize food that doesn't have any history to it. Like fast food. It's all crap.
Salo stayed with me.
Lmao "unclench your pearls"
Requiem for a Dream made me never want to take drugs again. And I'm not talking hard drugs; I'm talking Tylenol. Easily the most depressing movie I've ever seen.
For sure the most depressing movie ever made. It reminds me why I stopped doing hard drugs.
As a former addict i saw Requim and some of the sences in that movie were surreal. Looking at the movie being sober for a few years you dont realize how addiction can truly affect the people around you because you just want to get that high. I think this is a movie that should be shown in high schools because kids need to see the affect drugs has to themselves and the people they love.
Absolutely agree
Darren, you are unequivocally one of my favorite channels on this or any other platform. I can't wait to buy one of your shirts.
I can recommend American Mary
Scene it. Tough scenes for sure. Have you seen Captivity or Strange Days. Fml can’t unsee movies
Ellen Bursten should have got the Oscar for her performance in Requiem
She’s brilliant! I hate that a lot of people only connect her to The Exorcist. Of course that was an amazing role… but she is SO GREAT in that movie!
@@juliamac9089 yeah, but that's where she burst onto the scene
Henry portrait of a serial killer should be on this list. One of the most disturbing movies ever.
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Agreed
Is the remake any good?
@@aliaswizard604 what remake?
Meh… it’s a good film but most disturbing… imo not really
Haven't seen "A Serbian Film," but I've read about it. "Midsommar" and Titane are good but so bizarre! The most disturbing movie I've seen in the last ten years is "Tusk." Great list!
Tusk is certainly disturbing and bizarre! A Serbian Film made me really despise the director for being such a degenerate. It's hard not to picture the actual director as the "director" in the movie itself...
@@elikerr785 especially since they claim it's social commentary on the political corruption in Serbia. It's just torture p*rn meant to shock and disgust the average viewer.
Yeah „Tusk“ was a horror trip. Liked it’s ending as well
@@elikerr785I heard somewhere that he made the movie to protest censorship laws in Serbia. Hence the title. And at every appeal, the censors would have to watch the worst scenes over and over again, so it was a middle finger to them.
Haven't watched it myself though, and never will. Ta-ta!
I came here to get recommendations, and wasn’t disappointed, as I’ve seen almost half of these. Also fun to read through the comments, and find more must see films. I would include American Mary and Holy Motors.
You missed some of the all-time classics! Any list like this has to include at least one or two of the following: I Spit on your Grave, Faces of Death 1, Love Strange Love, Caligula, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, or the most notorious film in history, Snuff.
I worked in a couple of video stores in the 80s, and we had entire sections of so-called "banned" movies. If I remember correctly, the industry term was "video nasty."
*PFFT!*
You're in La La Land with those Disney titles. 'Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom', the first two Centipede films (particularly the second one), 'Cannibal Holocaust', 'Inside', 'Audition', 'Antichrist'; these are the disturbing films that must appear on a list. I mean, The Hostel movies are more disturbing than anything you've mentioned!
@@philsurtees My point is that his list didn't go far enough with his criteria... to me. I offered a few examples that go further than his list. I also wasn't trying to make my own top ten list here or anything. Just throwing out a few titles I remembered from when I was growing up. I'm sure everyone has their own list of disturbing films. Everyone's tolerances for shock content is different.
I was expecting salo to be on here and also taxidermia @@philsurtees
@@MrProy33 Yes, I know the point you were trying to make, and my response was that you were completely and utterly wrong. The movies you listed are *NOT* very disturbing and certainly do *NOT* go further than the ones on his list, so I listed a number which actually *ARE* more disturbing.
Which part of what I said wasn't clear???
@philsurtees well, I spit on your grave (remake) is pretty bad. Worse than the centipede movies in my opinion
Ryde - Amazon, Tubi, MGM+, Pluto, Fubo, (Just a bloodbath)
Freeway - Amazon, Tubi, Freevee, Kanop. Shudder, Pluto, Plex. (A lot like Hard Candy)
Freeways an excellent movie.. With a Young Reese witherspoon an Kiefer Sutherland as tha villian.. pretty vicious little flick for real!!!
You know a movie is extreme when DVD ranks it #1 on an extreme movies list yet has no desire to ever watch it again. lol
Great list. I would have put Blue Velvet in place of Mulholland Drive. Anyway, I guess I have to check out Midsommar now.
The diner scene in Mulholland is one of my all-time favorites
Cronenbergs, The Naked Lunch.... wowser😮
For reasons I can't explain, I preferred Video Drone. Maybe after a re-watch, I'll change my mind
I'd forgotten about that one
Watched it with a friend at university. Afterwards we walked back to the canteen, a good mile, in total silence .
The problem with Naked Lunch the movie is it gives visual awareness to things that are only going on in the Author’s mind in the book, much like Fear and Loathing. I feel the subtle messages get lost in the images
Great list. Titane was my favorite film of that year; not for the easily nauseated, but I liked it enough to go to the theater two days in a row. As for Requiem for a Dream, it deservedly is finding its way to many top ten of the 2000s lists.
I saw Requiem for a Dream when it came out and can't imagine how you watched it a second time. Has to be THE most depressing film of all time.
Fantastic list. I wish I had never seen A Serbian Film but it definitely deserves to be on this list. Mulholland is a masterpiece.
Thanks for having the balls to post this list of disturbia. Thought you might have had the war/horror movie "Come and See" on this list. This movie was by far the most disturbing I had or will ever see with images burned into my brain for the rest of my life.
I fell asleep during that film. ‘The Nightingale’ ‘Human Centipede’ ‘Piano teacher’ ‘irreversible.’ 😂
My Personal Favourites from this list are Midsommar and Titane.. ...but I'd also like to take moment to recommend Trance, Enter the Void, Revenge, Brimstone, and 3000 Years of Longing as well..
just watched Brimstone today. Preacher was one of the most evil characters ever put to film
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Yes Indeed. Guy was Psycho "Good" at/in the performance. What Did You Think of the film (as a whole) Sir,?
(For me) (imho) it just might be the most impressive western I've Ever Scene.. ...though Dreamland, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and (Obliquely) Logan give it some wonderful problems..
@@drumbum3.142 fantastic movie for sure. Certainly not an easy watch but it was masterfully done. The anachronistic lay out of the scenes was genius and it never dragged or lost my attention despite the excessive run time
@@drumbum3.142 I will check those out. My favorite is Bone Tomahawk
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Unless You tire of this what gives tomahawk the drivers seat over Brimstone,?... not meaning to be a jerk. If pertinent; I'd be happy to go first.. but only if applicable. . Comparatively Curious.
A couple I havent seen, so thats great! A Serbian Film and Martyrs are probably the two I'd put at the peak of a list of extreme films though.
I don't think you give enough credit to Serbian. It is very well made and 100% effective with the story. If it didn't have good story, characters, and plot it would be just be a shock movie with no impact. I have seen plenty of brutal movie and got done And was laughable and had no impact. Serbian film messed me up for like a week.
It's disgusting. Do not watch that sick shit
That was a great FLICK CONNECTION Darren. Will try and check out one or two recommendations, depending on what I can tolerate!!! Many thanks for sharing with us. Always appreciate your presentations 👍👍👍
When you say Serbian Film is just upsetting and does nothing else that's a massive oversight of how AMAZING the acting was from the lead actor. Its some of the best acting I've ever seen. A lot of the side characters were typical grindhouse level but imo that movie would just be another forgettable shock movie without him.
Very good point. 👍 I think it is very nearly a brilliant movie; the occasional comedic tone kills the sincerity of the story for me.
No it wasnt lol he was decent some of it was so ott it ws funny
@Yamum873 Yeah, that's what I was getting at; the OTT stuff was comical and ruined any serious points the story was trying to make.
Wow, I worked on Requiem for a Dream when they filmed it. I was only on the job for six years when I met Jared Leto. He asked if it was cool being a cop in NYC... LOL
Outstanding list. I'll just have to find this "Titane" somewhere.
It's available on Channel 4 player 4OD 👍🏼
I watched on Amazon prime
Don’t bother. Absolute pretentious crap. And that’s coming from someone whose favourite films are at serious risk of being labelled ‘pretentious crap’
Thanks for the great video and recommendations. I’m sure people with throw in their choices that you should’ve had, and here’s mine -
With David Lynch, you could’ve put in his first feature film Eraserhead (1977) and/or Blue Velvet (1986) and you would not be wrong with either or both.
Have to include David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988) and not much can beat it for being sick, twisted and disgusting body horror. Dead Ringers got turned into a TV series that streamed last year. I haven’t seen it, but I understand that it’s pretty good and doesn’t disappoint with the sick and messed up factor.
You could’ve included Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1972) which totally outraged people back in the day with its depiction of violence, rape, and more violence. When I was just a kid in college, me and a bunch of other kids got to see a preview for Clockwork Orange in Hollywood and people in the audience lost their shit. Some even walked out. After the movie we had a sit down with a couple Hollywood old schoolers and they went completely nuts about how bad the movie was and that it was the end of Kubrick’s career in the movies. Of course everybody was wrong and it’s become a classic, even though it’s pretty crazy even by today’s movie standards.
You could’ve included a French-Belgian movie called Man Bites Dog (1992). It’s about a hit man who’s followed by a documentary film crew, and there’s just about every insane, disgusting, nauseating and nasty thing that you can imagine that anybody would dare to put on film. This is one foreign film that I can guarantee that Hollywood will never, ever make, because it’s got stuff that will freak you out. It’s in all Black & White which may make it a little more palatable for some people. It’s also got English subtitles. It’s not the kind of movie you want to learn French with. Believe me.
Finally, there’s 13 Tzameti (2005) which is another French language film made by young director Gela Babluani. This is a really sick, f-d up 95 minutes of just wild shit. It’s got a crazy story, a serious body count, and it’s also in B&W just to add to the overall grimness of things. Definitely not what you’d want to watch on a date night with Schindler’s List on the bill. Brad Pitt’s production company remade the movie with the original director in 2010, and the Hollywood influence completely ruined it. I don’t even know if Babluani is even making movies, because his experience with the Hollywood way of doing things had to really suck. Only place I know where to find 13 Tzameti is the used DVD market online, like eBay. It’s really worth watching. Just don’t watch it at night, if you’re depressed, or if you’ve spent all day drinking. It’s a great movie if you have the time, stomach and mental stability to watch it.
Yesss, I loved Midsommar! Glad I finally caught up on that one ... and I have to concur, the original Funny Games is absolute gold. If I may, one suggestion is a banger from my hometown: Snowtown (although I think it was marketed in the US as "The Snowtown Murders").
Mulholland Drive is an awesome flick. Check out The Seasoning House, Bone Tomahawk(most disturbing scene in a movie) and The Naked Prey.
Bone Tomahawk last night 😳
Naked Prey: hunter encased in mud and roasted on a spit. Seared into my brain.
Bone tomahawk definitely had that wince scene. Omg
Bone Tomahawk f****d me up. It was SO unexpected. Brilliant.
Totally agree with Requiem for a Dream at number one. Have seen it twice and actually own it. Not a film that is ever forgotten.
I saw Requiem in the theatre on opening day with my 14 year old son. We both agreed that it should be seen by ALL high school students. What a head banger.
Amazing movie, one of my favorites oddly enough. If you ever think you may want to try drugs, watch this.
👍 You seem like a good dad.
Seems like a strange choice for a 14 year old watching a woman repeatedly being forced into sex just for drugs
We were out of the house and our teenage son watched Requiem for a Dream. He had to watch something lighter right after, and was so glad when we got back.
Yes! Anytime I have ever watched this movie, I’ve had to watch something light after. It stays with you.
Just as i was wondering if Irreversible was gonna make the list, BAM! Gaspar Noe' is incredible, his follow-up 'Enter the Void* is just WILD.. Although my g/f, having lived in Japan, got annoyed with the cop shooting in the beginning...as they dont carry guns. But visually its astounding. Also you should checkout Afterbirth w/ Natasha Lyonne...talk about W.T...F??
What, no love for "Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer"? Or the early 70s Italian classic "Flesh For Frankenstein", with the Igor/necro-love scene?
HPOASK remake or original?
@@aliaswizard604 OG with Michael Rooker........didn't know there was a remake.
Requiem for a Dream Is from a book by Hubert Selby Jr. which like the movie is very disturbing. He also wrote "Last Exit to Brooklyn" which was made into a movie staring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Stephen Lang. Selby has a cameo in Requiem and the haunting music is performed by the Kronos Quartet.
Midsommar made me furious. I didn't know what I was getting into and by the time I was as disgusted, repulsed and angry as I've ever been watching a film, it was too late. Mulholland Drive, however, has always been on my rewatch list. I just didn't get it the first time around and have always wanted to finish that particular puzzle. As always, thanks, Darren, for sacrificing a few more brain cells to make us all smarter.
I felt the same way about Midsommar, for some reason it bothered me more than a lot of more graphic movies... It just made me so uncomfortable, and some of the characters decisions were detestable.
Upset me mainly because I love Hereditary and was disappointed with Midsommar. And yes, ending just kinda made me feel ill more than anything.
Your right about Martyrs, I saw this years ago on netflix and bought a copy just to freak out friends who think horror is just gore and boy is this not that..
Irreversable is cool as you see the endgame way before the reason of it and it is sick.
Have not seen the rest of this list but I am curious so just maybe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
THIS. IS. IT!!!!!!! This list is amazing, I can't believe that a Serbian film is actually streaming and is free, that's crazy.....I had to watch it years ago on a not trusted website. And yes, it's stuck with me ever since😮 this may be the best list of the f'd up movies I've ever layed eyes on.👏👏👏
Lynch is just amazing. I have watched all of his movies that I'm aware of and I agree that Mulholland Drive is excellent. In my head, though, the only uncomfortable thing is that I STILL am piecing the puzzle. Of course I do love Ken Russel movies too, they're two of my favorites and I the fact that Thomas Pynchon is my favorite author makes these less if a surprise. What I am surprised about is that Eraserhead isn't in this list. I am guessing that it is because you’ve featured it at least a couple of times in previous presentations. Keep up the great work!
The house that Jack built is a good one too.
There were parts of it that were a slog, but the picnic/hunting scene stuck with me.
Did u skip 8
Midsommar is complete rubbish.
These are all my favorites. When you want to make it stop and just have to watch it through!
My wife and I saw Serbian Film in a one-time only showing in California. The owner of Unearthed Films (Stephen Biro) bought the rights to Serbian Film. Showed it once. The director was there and the lady who played the mother.
I asked the director about a quote he made once he repeated it earnestly. He said, sometging to the effect of. We had a choice to make a documentary about life in Serbia that no one would watch or make a disturbing drama that brings our metaphors to life. Basically, life in Serbia is like being ra*ped from birth, and it doesn't stop even in death.
Just thumbs down for the useless and pointless * in raped. WHat was the point?
Good list Darren. Martyrs is the yardstick by which I measure all other horror films; followed closely by Hereditary and Midsommar. Hard Candy was amazing, really brutal. Mulholland Drive was also great and easily my favorite Lynch film although Lost Highway is a close 2nd. Still haven't seen Requiem for a Dream, but I will. A Serbian film was disgusting, brutal and disturbing but actually more well done than I was led to believe.
Funny Games remake but by the same director . Michael Haneke.
almost all his filmography interesting to watch.
Requiem for a Dream deserves top spot for sure! I own it but have only watched it twice. If you watch it just be ready to put something light on after as a palate cleanser.
I will never watch Requiem for a dream again. It was the most disturbing movie I’ve ever seen.
I was going to say the same thing.
You covered the two that I had the toughest time with: Martyrs and A Serbian Film. I mentioned it elsewhere on RUclips, but I got to a certain point in Martyrs and had a panic attack (I'm susceptible to those, so it wasn't a huge shock). A week later I resumed the movie and before long had another panic attack. After that I decided to just READ about how it ended! And, in retrospect, A Serbian Film was a cakewalk by comparison.
You are correct, Martyrs is deeply disturbing, but there’s something else going on that distinguishes it above a Serbian Film. There’s a troubling existential *theme* being presented that lingers with you long after the credits have rolled, longer even than those images of brutality. And that’s completely missing from a Serbian Film.
I've had panic attacks in my life but never from a movie, I'm intrigued. Martrys is now on my list as a movie I need to see.
Another chef's kiss of a list!! There's a couple of movies I could add, though: The Eyes of My Mother & Skins.
The Eyes of My Mother for sure! Darren has mentioned it on lists before, but it could definitely fit on this one! Antichrist, Salo, and Cannibal Holocaust could be on here as well.
Great list. For the drug movie, I would have almost pick “Enter the Void”. But Requiem is definitely better.
'When Evil Lurks' (Shudder) is pretty disturbing...Argentinian film.
It's damn good too
This is my kind of list, considering I've already seen 6/10 of these. I clicked because I recognized Irreversible and wanted to know the rest. I agree about Requiem for a Dream (although I would have put it at number 3) - I watched it shortly after it came out and it took 10 years before I was willing to watch it a second time. There will not be a third.
Irreversible I would have put first. Every scene is one long take, no cuts, well done. The interesting thing about the order being backwards is you see a violent crime, then the crime that caused it (the rape), and then you see why it is so heartbreaking. Really sticks with you. You gotta be in a certain mood to watch that one.
Midsommar is just completely brilliant. Everyone should watch it. I put off watching because I heard it was gory and I have to be in a certain mood for that. It wasn't! I regret not seeing it sooner! 10/10 will rewatch.
Bully
Audition
Ichi the killer
Frailty
8mm
Antichrist
August underground series
Human centipede 2
Nekromantik
Inside
Cannibal holocaust
Men behind the sun
Salo
Snowtown murders
Happiness
The bunny game
Pink flamingos
Melancholie der engel
Just to name a few more
You will forever be a LEGEND!
I loved how you didn’t just put the same old disturbing ones (I know a Serbian film is on here) but you kind of have too have it on. The new editions like kill list and requiem for a dream I wholeheartedly agree with those. The one I was surprised on was Mulholland Drive, it’s atmospheric and has that disturbing mental anguish you mentioned, but I honestly thought you were going to choose Wild at Heart. Either way, great list.
I read the plot synopsis for Serbian film. It sounds like a good time for the whole family.
Funny Games remake is a shot for shot remake by Micheal Haneke the original Director .... its interesting watching both. Unsure of his motivation to do this probably thought his film deserved a wider US Audience.
Perhaps I am just a big dumb oaf but I truly thought that Mulholland Drive was tedious and looked like the work of someone trying way too hard to be artsy in the place of crafting a better way to get the job done.
Agreed.
Do you know this movie? In America, in a forest, in an old shack with a workshop. The female somehow knocks the male out & bolts him to the floor of the workshop, screwing the bolt directly through his leg. I can't find this anywhere & can't remember what it was called!
Is it Apostle? Was on Netflix some gory stuff breaking bones with big hammer?
Wow, that looks pretty brilliant, but not the one I can't remember the name of & pre Netflix too!
2 girls 1 cup has my vote
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New drinking game: shots everytime Darren says "Disturbing". Awesome work & thanks!
Your reviews are the best.
Love that you had Irreversible on here. Great list. Two honorable mentions: Salo, and Cannibal Holocaust.
All of those "Cannibal" films are pretty bad. At one point there were 6 or 7 of them floating about--holocaust, ferox, apocalypse, and a few others.
Salo was gross. 🤮
The 2017 movie Trauma by Lucio A. Rojas has been compared to A Serbian Film. I don't know if I would go quite that far but it's definitely up there. It's on Tubi right now. There is more than one movie with the same title so I included the year and the director.
Another movie I never see on disturbing movie lists is Nothing Bad Can Happen. It's a very dark and depressing movie that can be an uncomfortable watch.
I’d love to add to this list:
Threads
Come and See
Neon Demon
Ken Park
Climax
There’s Something About the Johnsons
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Requiem is a great movie. But the author of the book is my favorite novelist of all time. Wrote it in 1973 I think! But yoooo that book is one of the only ones that has physically made me weep.
Irreversible it's definitely one of the most disturbing and memorable films I've ever seen. No desire to ever watch it again, but I'm glad I saw it once. Watch with care
I saw A Serbian Film here on RUclips a few years ago. They also had Salo and Cannibal Holocaust. I really enjoyed Midsommar. I'm a Pagan who loves folk horror. I haven't seen Requiem for a Dream yet, but the book is really good.
I haven’t watched requiem in over 20 years and I still can’t get it out of my head. It’s never leaving unfortunately…
A Serbian Film left a scar on my mind.
will watch 'Kill List' but have seen the others. Irreversible was disturbing but super interesting in the way it was shot and developed. 'A Serbian Film' certainly is the "worst" of the shock movies in my opinion as well due to the nature of the last 30 minutes or so. Great List that is missing the oddity 'Ken Park'.
In case you missed it, not so long ago (a couple year at most I think) Irreversible was reedited and repremiere in theater (at least in France) in chronological order.
Also, one that I found myself pretty uneasing, the ending, and that didn't made it to your list was Old Boy.
They don’t really ever put movies like that in US theaters. Maybe independently owned ones.
The only reason old boy was omitted was because it topped a very recent Netflix list I did.
Mulholland Drive requires you watch a video that explains it. There are several, but not all do it well. Worth the explanation. Makes the movie even better.
While remakes are often derided (and with good reason) the important thing to know about Funny Games is that the American remake was written and directed by the same guy as the original. Michael Haneke intentionally made a more or less shot-for-shot English version of his own film.
Mulholland Drive has always been in my top 2 movies of all time. I may check out Requiem for a Dream. Thanks Darren! I've used your picks a lot.
"Terrifier 2" if you're in the mood for some mindless extreme gore.
Wow!!! Quite a list!! And well presented mate!! Love a good movie, but love a movie that makes you think!! Disturbing and otherwise. Good thinking movie for me would have to be 'Inception'. Keep up the good work!!
Phenomenal Extreme top 10. Saw this in my feed and subbed. Seen most of these films but Requiem boasts 11x as I’m an Aronofsky fan.
I call it "Requeem for a Dream" & I completely agree, I saw this happening when the movie came out & it really hits home for me. It's like "Idiocracy" in it's prophetic after thoughts. You actually see what is happening that everyone refuses to talk about or coarse correct.
Mulholland Drive is one of my all time favourite films, I think how I personally interpret the film is what resonates with me, not necessarily what Lynch’s intentions were. Which I think was the whole point. Great video, thank you!
Good choices! Some disturbing films I would recommend: Come and See by Elem Klimov, Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier, Antichrist by Lars Von Trier, and Inside by Alexandre Bustillo. In addition a lot of David Cronenberg's films like Dead Ringers, The Fly etc. are somewhat disturbing and would highly recommend.
Dude ! After watching your episode where you are wearing the Bad Fellas tshirt , I searched the internet, trying to find that shirt for like an hour ! But just saw your link to your shop and purchased it. Thank you ! Lol
Not sure if you’ve recommended this particular film in the past, but Fall Time with Mickey Rourke and Steven Baldwin is awesome!! I stumbled across years ago and I loved it! The premise was really cool and it wasn’t a high budget film or anything. It’s one of those movies that has a story that grabs you right from the beginning and things get pretty crazy.
I remember hearing about "A Serbian Movie". So, I went looking for it. Found it on a torrent site. Downloaded it. Started watching it. Yeah, it was disturbing but no big deal I thought. But then, the scene with the baby hit... I immediately stopped it, deleted it. That was the first time EVER, I thought to myself: "Yep. They went TOO far on that one." Anyway, I also saw Martyrs, yes GREAT movie. Disturbing for sure, but much more watchable than "A Serbian Movie". This was the 2nd video of yours that I've watched, I enjoy your work. You have a new subscriber! 👊👊👊
Absolutely loved your list!
Good list, but I would add Audition, Hereditary, The Innocents, and Speak No Evil.
Which audition movie?
I think the thing that made Funny Games distressing and disturbing for me when I first watched it was that "Remote" scene, my jaw legit dropped when that happened, but when I rewatched it recently, I actually thought it was a stroke of genius for metaphor that Psychopaths don't play by the rules of the world. Also, you should check Audition, Bedevilled (2010) and Man Bites Dog....and Vortex if you're a Noe fan, not really disturbing in the same sense that Irreversible or I Stand Alone is but if definitely leaves existentially crushed by its end.
According to the dir, A Serbian Film had an allegorical message regarding the Balkans civil war.
Also, Funny Games remake was remade shot-4-shot by Haneke, which is unusual. Both excellent films.
Solid list but 3 much more disturbing movies-
The Angels Melancholia
August Undergrounds Mordum
Atroz
i watched irreversible in film school, and goddamn that movie is so raw. once we get to the end (beginning) the loving embrace is so uncomfortable and really forces you to be empathetic for victims.
i recently watched a movie that has not left me and i recommend it but i also dont at the same time for how emotionally taxing it was is "nothing bad can happen" definitely watch at your own risk
Great list I'm lovin it! Brillant.
A Serbian film! I barely made it thru * Baskin* which was 👍 and entertaining.
I have to admit that I walked out of Requiem for a Dream very disturbed simply because it truly shows what happens to a lot of drug users... no happy endings here.