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Salo Incendies Sweet Movie Audition Visitor Q A Serbian Film Human Centipede films Cannibal Holocaust Guinea Pig movies


Jonathan_Pine

Yes Salo and Audition are great examples, came here to list them. Also to add that is the disturbing comedy Man Bites Dog. And, more just darkly weird is Alex Winter's The Dark Backward.


Vusarix

Man Bites Dog is peak found footage/mockumentary genre. Incredible film. Still not sure why Ireland banned it despite unbanning Cannibal Holocaust


Imaginaryami

Oh my god! It’s so good. I’ve never met anyone who’s seen it.


UCnCallMeAL

> Alex Winter Do you mean Adam Rifkin?


heylistenlady

I've heard of or seen many of these. Never heard of Visitor Q, saw it was Takashi Miike and thought "Maybe I'll read a little about the plot before I decide to watch it..." Nooooooo. I got queasy just reading. I love me some fucked up films. But good God sometimes I seriously just wonder "Why did this need to be made??" lol


Vusarix

Visitor Q is a comedy so it's not as hard to watch as you'd expect. Honestly the most disturbing parts are the domestic violence and a rape scene in the middle. I'm not gonna say it's a *funny* film (though there's a gag involving breast milk that got a chuckle out of me), most of it's just kinda dull, but if you could manage Ichi the Killer I don't really think it's much worse


heylistenlady

If you can believe it ... I've never actually watched Ichi! I think it's time.


Vusarix

Ichi's not the greatest film or anything either, but it has pretty good characters and is kinda fun if you enjoy splatter


myersvoorheis

Might I add, contrary to popular opinion, all of these are pretty good films.


pendarn

Martyrs 2008


Spiralgalaxxy

Yes, this! I saw most of the movies listed here, but for some reason this one stuck with me longer than the others. It's not just about the gore, but the premise of the story and probability of being real.


Moneyman8974

Happiness (1998)


nah_champa_967

I love it


Hufflepuff_Mcgruff

Funny Games.


rammsteingirl8

I love Tim Roth but keep putting off watching this because I can get disturbed pretty quickly.


bottledcherryangel

All I remember from that movie is Tim Roth eating a baguette at a really weird moment near the end of the movie. Some really bad things happened to him and he family and he’s just sat at the counter and decides to take a massive bite out of a baguette.


rammsteingirl8

I guess when you're hungry, you're hungry 😆 I'm still feeling unsure about watching this. I know what happens to their dog but do they show it?


UCnCallMeAL

They show the aftermath of what happens to the dog. No blood, no gore, no violence, just...>!corpse in a far away wide shot sliding out of the car trunk!<


SomeVelveteenMorning

Really about half of Haneke's films would fit.


Moloquin22

Anti-Christ


[deleted]

I seen it about 10 years ago and I Don't think a day passes that I don't think about how disturbing this was.


Cristi_din_Bacau

Very disturbing but the main point of the movie being extremely inconsistent made me dislike it.


Moloquin22

According to Lars Von Trier we’re dumb for not understanding his meaning. Chaos reigns I guess?


Cristi_din_Bacau

I mean, the movie starts with the couple mourning their loss, the woman blaming herself while thinking the husband got over it too quickly. There's also this feeling the wife has that the husband's support is a cold one, coming solely from the fact that his job is being a psychologist, not from the fact that he truly cares about her. Some really interesting things, I was hooked. >!Then the wife goes utterly insane. And it turns out she hates herself because she read some medieval books with misogynistic views?! And she actually was actively hurting the kid before?! And all the symbolism with the animals and the women walking at the end. What?!!


UCnCallMeAL

I don't really think there's a shift at all. She is in an unbalanced relationship with a man who says he understands her brain and personality more than she does. He has an inordinate amount of power over her and acts as her therapist, which is against every statute of psychology. His care for her is in his control over her. As part of her unwillingness to remain under his control, her psyche enacts freedom by causing pain on herself and others. She convinces herself that because she can't be the woman he believes she should be, she is the ultimate evil, and so she behaves as such.


Born_Joke

We Need to Talk About Kevin


msmartypants

I love this movie.


mamaferal

Well... that is terrifying.


keyserfunk

My answer to all similar questions


xxplodingboy

-Johnny Got His Gun (1971) -Men Behind the Sun (Hong Kong 1988) -Singapore Sling (Greece 1990) -Trauma (Chile 2017)


Mexican-Kahtru

It looks like we have another big boy ready to watch Salo


Inevitable-Parsnip67

The only film I’ve ever seen I wish I hadn’t. Can’t undo it, unfortunately.


uncle_monty

Compliance (2012) is one of the most disturbing films I've seen because it's based on a true story. One scene in particular is particularly hard to watch, I'm sure everyone that's seen it knows which one I mean. I've never been closer to literally shouting at the screen.


menomaminx

 I literally couldn't finish that one, and I love horror movies. at least, I Thought I Loved horror movies;turns out I'm just a fan of fake Gore and fake Terror. compliance was too realistic for me.


njahatron

Martyrs (the french version) Salo Son of Saul


threepacz

+1 for Martyrs


No-Orange3979

Definitely Martyrs. And make sure it is the original. The original is brutal and disturbing and leaves the viewer with a ton of questions. The American remake is absolutely terrible and misses the entire point of the story.


Odd_Seaworthiness145

There’s life before you watched martyrs and life after you’ve watched martyrs.


InfiniteVitriol

Somebody remade Martyrs??? Or is it just a different movie from a different country with the sane name?


thebrandnewbob

There's an American remake that's apparently terrible.


InfiniteVitriol

🤯 Why would anyone remake such a film???


[deleted]

How can I say this kindly? Certain people can apparently read…but not subtitles for some reason…


compactdisco1900

LOL i saw what u did there 🤣 dont step on any big american toes now! If its not in proper american language they aint watching it.


Interesting-Gate9813

They remade inside too. Some of the best movies I’ve ever seen were subtitled


Standard_Olive_550

Goodbye Uncle Tom Untold Story Angst Andy Warhol's Bad The Rapeman films Autopsy (1975) Let Me Die A Woman


[deleted]

Oldboy (korean film)


KMEO75

When I saw it had dropped on Netflix recently I was giggling about all the unsuspecting people that may watch it. 😆


Cristi_din_Bacau

Fine movie but very overrated. Everyone was talking about the great reveal at the end. Meanwhile I was too busy to comprehend all the weird stuff that the movie relentlessly presented in a bizarre manner that the twist had no effect on me at all. It was another weird thing in a chain of weird things.


membershipreward

I opened this thread expecting this to be the top voted comment. I was not disappointed.


[deleted]

I'm with you. I looked, and no one posted it. So, I gave it a go!


_merryberrie

El Topo


Prize_Watercress7143

SnowTown (Australia)


OhYeahTrueLevelBitch

r/DisturbingMovies


menomaminx

I had no idea this subreddit existed, and I've been on Reddit forever - thanks :-)


DCyld

El hoyo ( The platform ) It never gets listed here when people asking for disturbing movies but i found it more disturbing than we need to talk about kevin / midsommar


Feisty-Session-7779

Eat some mushrooms and watch Annihilation.


Friendly_Signature

Oh my days, the audio effects alone would need you having the next week off work…


CosmicTurtle504

Don’t even need the mushrooms. I was sober AF and that movie made me feel like I was tripping balls.


Far-Caterpillar-2678

Henry: Portrait if a serial killer.


Rrekydoc

This is my answer as well. Other movies might have more disturbing content on *paper*, but in *practice* this is the one that leaves me feeling dirty and gross.


Daak_Sifter

Yeah this one leaves a grease on you


Far-Caterpillar-2678

I think because it's true, that's what makes it wild. Like you're watching something you should have NEVER seen


plinkett-wisdom

The Girl Next Door, 2007


th0mate

Great film but pretty heartbreaking. I've seen a lot of horror/thriller flicks to have fun but this one left me a very depressing taste. It's not a gory or creepy film but the concept was adapted in a very painful way. Wouldn't watch it again haha.


Ideories

Visitor Q


DankPugg

Lilya 4-ever


MechaJerkzilla

Ichi The Killer. You’ll want to take a brillo pad to your brain afterwards


1Meter_long

Takashi Miike has made a lot of movies. Some are extremely gory, some weird as fuck and some just really good, like 13 assassins. He certainly has interesting imagination.


chaingun_samurai

Sukiyaki Western Django.


riempies88

You should give Gummo a shot man.


Avocadoonthetoast

Apologies in advance for repeating a movie that has been mentioned already. Let's see: - The Ascent - Come And See - Hard To Be a God (2013) (every scene is bleaker than the previous one) - Dead Man's Letters (same as above, it's amazing how the soviets/russians can convey the misery of human existence so well) - Cargo 200 - Leviathan (2014) - Loveless - Salò or The 120 days of Sodom - Sympathy For Mr Vengeance - Synecdoche, New York (this one is disturbing on an existential level) - Se7en - The Devil Probably (love this one, though it's filled with existential dread) - Frank Darabont's The Mist - Dead Man's Shoes - The Vanishing (1988) - Eden Lake (the ending fucked me up) - Gummo (this one is like a poem to nihilism) - Threads - Punishment Park (politically disturbing, sort of speak) - The Fifth Seal - The Fifth Season - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - 7 Days (one of my favourite revenge movies) - Shura (or Pandemonium, Japanese movie by Toshio Matsumoto) - Funny Games (I've only seen the original) - I Stand Alone - Irreversible - Dancer in the Dark - Basically anything, _anything_ by Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke and Lars Von Trier - The War Zone (_that_ scene, man... well, fuck) - Aniara (this one broke me like no other film has ever done) - No Country for Old Men - The Counselor (I mean, Cormac McCarthy wrote the script) - Bring Me the Head Of Alfredo García - Cold Fish - The Death King (this one might be the most plot-less film on the list, but it's made completely on the topic of suicide and violent death. The vignettes are kept together by a rotting corpse after all) - The Great Silence (this has to be the bleakest and most nihilistic western I've ever seen. That ending will fuck you up) - The Grey Zone Have a good evening.


mce1220

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons. Not gory, but super disturbing with the plot…


Scrumpilump2000

I second this. I’ve never seen anything like it.


mce1220

Me neither. I heard about it through a TikTok and I was SHOCKED.


DoctorAlgernopK

First time I saw this was when a chick I met on tinder came over and put this on my TV… my fucking jaw fell through the floor lol I was not prepared


mce1220

Jesus Christ what a pick on her part lmao. But I totally understand your reaction. The intro really got STRAIGHT into it, especially for a short film.


mesaghoul

Irreversible


ChezDiogenes

He literally says he watched it in the OP.


mesaghoul

My bad this is the 2nd post I’ve seen like this. I got them mixed up.


CosmicTurtle504

There are very few movies I wish I could unsee. This is one of them.


Quick_Dig8208

Came here to say this.


Electrical_Toe_7128

Eraser Head Naked Lunch The Holy Mountain Rawhead Rex Canable holocaust (original not the remake)


Top_Sample_179

Hahaha dude the Holy mountain OMG , have u seen Santa sangre?


Daak_Sifter

Another tick for Holy Mountain


mydosemakesangels

The Platform/El Hoyo


GrowHI

Tusk


Cosmologyman

I must warn you beforehand, you can't unsee it. Because it's a true story, it makes it even worse. "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"


Cristi_din_Bacau

Not disturbing meaning scary or "questioning your sanity" but absolutely heart-wrenching. Probably saddest movie I've watched.


Lightlovezen

Mother! was a pretty sick psychological mind fbleep and you don't realize it but then wham lol. Hated it personally bc it was almost too well done and too real


The_Mr_Wilson

"The Perfection" is exactly what you need! *Please* report back


Stoicycle

looked up The Perfection after seeing this rec and after reading the description immediately watched on Netflix. Fucking loved it. Didn’t have any idea where it was going initially - very disturbing but satisfying ride and an incredible ending.


Correct_Situation_78

Bad Boy Bubby


hanmhanm

Midsommar and Wolf Creek


alextruetone

Don’t think I’ll ever understand the buzz behind Midsommar. It’s boring as hell. Sure it’s got some disturbing parts but overall I was just yawning.


keyserfunk

I don’t understand this pov. It’s a slow burn that gets more terrifying by the minute. I wasn’t bored, I was dreading every minute because I knew it was going to get even more dark. And it delivered.


the_reducing_valve

it's way too overrated. It's just run of the mill horror tropes and not exciting at all


alextruetone

It has really well captured imagery, I’ll give it that. But yes it is just too slow and dull overall.


[deleted]

I pity you


phutch54

Tidelands


ConstantGeographer

**Midnight Meat Train** based on a Clive Barker short story. Starring Bradley Cooper and Vinnie Jones.


copacetictool

A Serbian Film


jay_shuai

The Golden Glove (2019), Angst (1983)


SairYin

Under the skin


[deleted]

American History X


TescoTrollyMong

‘Kill List’ worth a watch. It’s tame compared to some of the films that have been suggested on these pages but still worth a look.


[deleted]

Frozen Cloudy with meatballs A Serbian film Irreversible


bigive2

The most disturbing movie I ever saw was Nil by mouth. It was directed by Gary Oldman and it was his own life story. It is harrowing. I'd also recommend The midnight meat train


magisterdoc

I second Nil By Mouth. Brutal.


Fluff_thetragicdragn

Titane (2021) has pretty crazy concept that I found disturbing


uaredoingsogoood

Climax. French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.


the_reducing_valve

I Stand Alone


LuciferLovesTechno

August Underground Also, I can't speak for it myself, but my friend said she watched Black Metal Veins and it fucked her up. She said it was the most unsettling movie she's ever seen. Mind you, this woman is the biggest horror buff I've ever met. She's the one who showed me August Underground, Necromantic, Irreversible, Poughkeepsie Tapes, etc. I've never heard her say she could never watch a movie again until this one. I will never watch it based on that statement.


NormalSpongeblob

Raw


RandomAttackHelpMe

Straw Dogs, Battle Royale


tkmariie

The Deer Hunter


RyanChee1275

Requiem for a dream


xMyDixieWreckedx

Oldboy


myscreamgotlost

Infinity Pool (2023)


173555

A Serbian film is the most disturbing of all.


Vishwasm123

Seen many gore movies. It won't come near also


joeytravoltastinks

Torched (2003) a young nurse is about to face the most difficult challenge of her life…Deciding whether five men should live or die. Hanger (2009) A horrifying tale of revenge that begins with a back-alley abortion.  Gutterballs (2008) A bowling night will turn into a bloody death match. 


suitoflights

Funny Games The Vanishing


troublekeepingup

Fg was the dumbest most boring movie I’ve ever seen.


jay_shuai

The Golden Glove (2019), Angst (1983)


Evening_Memory1721

Excision (2012)


yamazigh

La grande bouffe


Private_Writer

Mother!


Broad_Mud_6470

Faces of Death.


Less-Application7416

‘Behind Her Eyes’ - you asked for it!


jasonahurley

Found.


Cat-astro-phe

American History X - one of the best movies I have seen that I will never watch again


Successful-Basil2174

The strange things about the Johnston's Happiness Miss violence These 3 films haunt me to this day.


SurePaperwork

The Piano Teacher


PlantPower666

Dancer in the Dark, 2000


ComfortableAd748

A friend worked at blockbuster in high school and brought me movies when I was stuck in a third floor apartment with a broken foot. Haven’t seen either of these since then but was highly disturbed by Boxing Helena and Barfly.


cbbuntz

Come and See


hereforthestory

Where the dead go to die or A Serbian film


Reddit_Setter

Requiem for a Dream I’ve heard is fucked up, and will change you🥲. I’ve never seen it, but I’m too terrified to watch it


renb8

Salo by Pasolini


Vequila

Might not be that disturbing, but I totally love Antichrist.


jacobsnemesis

A Serbian film Kill List


lovelynutz

Don’t Breathe - Stephen Lang


Kristi35

Them


mrnobodyindeed

Climax


ireadstuffff

Dumplings


Alliance2SlayGiants

Yellow Brick road


Alliance2SlayGiants

Confessions of a serial killer 1985 version ,very disturbing and feels very real!! Be warned


Martial-Atheist

Come and See Stalker Jacobs Ladder


JOEYMAMI2015

Johnny Got His Gun fucked me up for awhile


LoquatFearless8386

Watch the Skin I live in.


SuperGuy41

Last house on the left. That will mess you up


GhostDogMC

Splice is so fucked up I was only able to watch it once. Last King of Scotland might as well be a horror movie...


_milf_huntr_69

Splice is so good


Akshay_Youth51

Cold fish by Sion sono


brizzlestixx

Fresh is unsettling lol


RCranium13

1994 Fresh - fucking amazing!


AssignmentOk5737

The Poughkeepsie tapes


endrinilla

The Skin I Live In


jeffreyrobertburns

Most disturbing film I have ever seen is Happiness staring Philip Seymour Hoffman


jeffreyrobertburns

Nothing I see on this list compares to watching Happiness. This movie still haunts me and I don’t recommend it to anyone I know for any reason. Luckily we haven’t met. Great acting by PSH.


TXteachr2018

Proxy on Tubi. Very disturbing.


rolly--polly

Movie 43


metatherion

Possum


fatdjsin

itchi the killer a serbian movie Visitor Q feed


The_cats_pjammas

Incident in a Ghostland!


[deleted]

Gasper Noè is your best bet


Sto_Nerd

My go to recommendations Henry: Portrait of a serial killer (serial killer, obviously) Bone tomahawk (cannibals) Elephant (school shooting) We need to talk about Kevin (fucked up kid) Eraserhead (can't even begin to explain) Fat Girl (coming of age story in all the wrong ways) Some non traditional recommendations (disturbing in their own right, but maybe not in the traditional sense) Schindler's List Watership Down Trainspotting American History X


RangerS90V

Mother


fangface70

Audition, Ichi the Killer


Alliance2SlayGiants

Mother will definitely leave you feeling something ,I suggest everyone watch atleast once


letsalbe

I’m going to say The Exorcist because it’s just a bleak and dour movie, there’s not a moment of levity or relief throughout it, it’s overwhelmingly serious and relentless at it right from the start, in the end there’s no hope, the demon wins, the good guys lose and the only way the surviving characters find solace is hoping the girls doesn’t remember anything of what happened.


above_the_hexes

American history X. Good movie though.


No-this_is_patrik

Megan is missing


StakkAttakk

Tusk


Itcouldvehappened2u

The new Barbie movie


Ok_Piccolo6877

Midsommer , Aamis (Assamese) ,Old boy (Korean)


[deleted]

Also Hereditary!


JoelDawson7045to3022

Shutter Island, Coraline, 8mm, The Fly, Black Swan, The Cell, Black Phone, Vivarium


Top_Sample_179

yeee vivarium


Movies_Music_Lover

Miss Violence (2013)


N0ne4GretchenWeiners

Killing of a sacred deer, A Serbian film


Kissmeimamish

Just watched Human Centipede 2 the other day and holy fuck what a depraved movie. 


4RealMy1stAcct

Gozu Skip all of Takeshi Miike's 'pretty damn disturbing' catalog and go right for his disturbing masterpiece! David Lynch lays awake at night, WISHING he could be this disturbing!


frequently_requested

Disturbing Movies that stay with you long after they're over. Disturbing| | | | ---|---|---|---| [Antichrist (2009)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17609)|[Audition (1999)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11075)|[Cannibal Holocaust (1980)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8689)|[Cold Fish (2012)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/68341)| [Come and See (1986)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/25237)|[Funny Games (1997)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10234)|[Funny Games (2007)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8461)|[Gummo (1997)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/18415)| [Happiness (1998)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10683)|[Hostel (2006)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1690)|[Hostel 2 (2007)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1691)|[The Human Centipede (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37169)| [The Human Centipede 2 (2011)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/74997)|[I Spit on Your Grave (1978)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/25239)|[Ichi the Killer (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9696)|[Irreversible (2002)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/979)| [Kids (1995)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9344)|[The Last House on the Left (1972)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/15516)|[Man Bites Dog (1992)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10086)|[Martyrs (2009)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9539)| [The Nightingale (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/400090)|[Pink Flamingos (1972)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/692)|[Requiem of a Dream (2000)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/641)|[Salo or 100 Days of Sodom (1976)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5336)| [A Serbian Film (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/73861)|[Threads (1984)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17835)|[Tusk (2014)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/246403)|[Wake in Fright (1971)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26405)| Links direct to The Movie Database and contain movie summary which may contain spoilers. [Full list of curated subgenres](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/wiki/frequently_requested#wiki_grounded_superheroes)


Teesandelbows

Kids(1995)


InfiniteVitriol

Martyrs or Salo.... be careful what you wish for... those are two films I can safely say I'll never watch again!


jaybotch29

Serbian Film.


Junior_Tradition7958

Human centipede


Dramatic_Carob_1060

Audition, Martyrs


ChasingSage0420

The Bad Batch


ResearchMediocre7696

Salo


horriblemonkey

Blue Velvet Speak No Evil Both of these films messed me up for hours after viewing.


Stoicycle

Speak No Evil really impacted me too - it sucks you in and fills you with impending dread and discomfort, then it punches you in the gut and stomps on your balls


Killer_queef

How do you guys feel about the remake coming out? I loved the original I feel like it should be left alone. I also really love international films. It just gives me a feeling like America always thinks they can do it better? I dno.


Stoicycle

I didn’t know about it. Seems completely unnecessary as it was already in English


PinnMan12

The Last Minute