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Taking recommendations for excruciatingly sad & artistic movies
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4 December 2010

Hello everyone,

Christmas comes and, with Christmas, comes the obligation to sometimes offer gifts to persons to whom you have to show consideration even if you don’t like them.

In this regard, I’d like to ask you guys : would you have recommendations for artistic excruciatingly sad movies ?

Like the Grave Of The Fireflies, but not in anime. You know, the kind of movie, when you see it you realize you’ve seen a work of art, but on top of all, you want to die, or at least return to bed and bury yourself under a dozen blankets until the month ends.

Thanks if you have an idea about it that you can share in a comment, I need inspiration ! :twisted:



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  1. thatguy said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:47 am

    some that i can think of
    Memoirs of a Geisha : pretty sad the whole way through
    Legend of the Fall: kinda sad too but good
    Basic Instinct 2: sad because that movie sucked (wasted 2 hours on the promise of titties and the titties were not good. I'll just stick to 2d)

  2. Carrot_Glace said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:50 am

    Hum, well, you can try "the red violin" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Violin ), if you don't know it yet…

  3. theotherthatguy said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:51 am

    Since there's some anime-element here, I'd recommend Death Note; L, Change the WorLd.
    In my opinion it's got a fairly sad postmodern ending, don't know if it matches up to your emo-taste ;]

  4. kokoro said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:04 am

    Babel

  5. Oddone2 said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:08 am

    I tend to try and forget that kind of movie. I would have immediately recommended Grave of the Fireflies, but obviously you already are aware of that one.
    I must say, either this person has an interesting taste in movies, or you REALLY do not like them.
    In conclusion: Sorry, but I can't help on this request.

  6. Helmut Hatt said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:18 am

    Requiem for a Dream

    also http://www.avclub.com/articles/not-again-24-great

  7. alex said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:30 am

    Wow, I'm surprised how shitty this list is, let's get some REALLY good movies in here:

    Johnny's got his gun
    Requiem for a Dream (already posted)
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    The Color Purple
    The Deer Hunter
    Ordinary People (holy shit, one of the saddest, most beautiful, and depressing movies ever)
    Schindler's List (very sad and beautiful in it's own way, one of the best movies of all time, if not the best)
    How Green was my Valley
    The Best Years of our Lives (holy shit beautifully depressing)
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    The Pianist

    there are a lot more too, but these are some big name titles, I assume you've seen, oh and of course you've seen It's a Wonderful Life, but if not, that's number 1 man, number 1

  8. Rusty said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:36 am

    Two pop to mind:
    1) Baraka – The arc of human history illustrated by the religeous and spiritual expression of our species. It's beautifully shot, with the narrative arc of images well supported by the soundtrack. The movie is an indelible record of our aspirations and failings.
    2) Curse of the Golden Flower – The inexorable tragedy of the ending will stay with you for weeks.

  9. Swiss said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:41 am

    "What Dreams May Come"…Won Oscar… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/ and "The Joy Luck Club" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107282/ are two movies that really got me when i first saw them. Lots of emotion in the two, and if you want art… What Dreams May Come will please you for sure.

  10. Swiss said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:41 am

    "What Dreams May Come"…Won Oscar… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/ and "The Joy Luck Club" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107282/ are two movies that really got me when i first saw them. Lots of emotion in the two, and if you want art… What Dreams May Come will please you for sure.

  11. Sabatini said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Precious
    Old Boy (Highly Recommend)
    The Green Mile
    Requiem for a Dream
    Million Dollar Baby
    Crash
    Monster's Ball
    Brian's Song
    8mm
    Children of Men

    No particular order

  12. Farfignootan said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:46 am

    La vita è bella

  13. kco said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:51 am

    Foreign Films:
    10 Promises To My Dog (Japanese)
    The Way Home (Korean)
    Magnifico (Philippines)

    American Films:
    A Walk to Remember
    Gran Torino (gives you that epic feeling)
    Remember the Titans
    Titanic
    The Namesake
    Bridge to Terabithia
    The Cure
    My Girl

  14. Nemo said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:05 am

    Any Uwe Boll film will make you want to put a gun in your mouth…

    Seriously though, these are my recomendations :)

    Lord of the flies
    Blue – from the Three colors thrilogy
    The house of the flying knives – (everyone in love dies)
    Hero – (sad, yet inspiring)
    Soilent green – (apocalyptic)
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Amores perros (They preserved the spanish title for the american market)
    Requiem for a dream – warning, this is not for the queasy, but its a great movie

    I know many more but these are the ones that came quick to mind.

  15. Nemo said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:09 am

    Oh, oh!! I forgot 2 great ones.

    Cinema Paradiso… Beautiful, it brings you from joys to tears to sadness

    Il Postino (the postman of Neruda, I believe is the english title), sad too

  16. Roy Mustang said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:13 am

    I am Sam, anoying sad movie.

    I've seen this Will Smith movie, with his son, where he loses all the money, and i was dloading porn so i cant remember the name :P

  17. Ryuu said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:25 am

    I would recommend "Wit" though I dunno how easy it is to find. If you were looking at anime series, then Witchblade is a good one to make you feel like shit by the series end.

  18. CHARLES said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:26 am

    Empire of the Sun
    Tideland

  19. bill said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:29 am

    * In the Mood for Love – the most grown-up love story. Words can't describe how good this is.
    * Raise the Red Lantern – like Curse of the Golden Flower (same director – Zhang Yimou), but its tragedy cuts cleaner because the photography is so minimalist.
    * Just Run (¿Tú qué harías por amor? is the original title)

  20. LloydB said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    The only movie that I can think that is sad and somewhat artistic is "Let the Right One In", not the LAME American remake. The foreign version is better, I suggest hearing the Swedish audio and reading the English subtitles. The movie was highly praised. here is a link
    [http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_item.asp?partner_id=10007594&item_id=1447494&utm_source=google&utm_medium=portal&utm_campaign=de_free]

    If you do decide to check it out, get the one with the Theatrical Subtitles.

  21. CopyCat said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:50 am

    The Notebook

  22. LloydB said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:50 am

    Now the link works
    http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_item.asp?partner

  23. Darkfirez said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:55 am

    http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9qs6k/

    Browse through this list. Honestly. 10x more people giving good replies.

    Personal Suggestion:
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
    The Fountain

    Enjoy :P

  24. Anonymous Coward said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:01 am

    Salton Sea
    The Last Samurai
    Crouching Tiger hidden dragon is fantastic and sad.
    Children of Men the film is dark and very sad.

  25. someone said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:12 am

    Ditto. It'll make you laugh too… but that makes you cry harder

  26. Doc said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:13 am

    Gonna add “Bucket List” and it was mentioned earlier; “Pursuit of Happiness” both have that feelgood elements in them. Bucket list would be the sadder of the two.

  27. someone said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:14 am

    It's a mini series not a movie, but Generation Kill will pull your heart strings

  28. MegaHentai said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:22 am

    Cosigned on Wit. It is easily the most emotionally devastating fictional motion picture I have ever seen. Emma Thompson's performance is flawless from beginning to end, and the ending will leave you a wreck. The first time I saw this movie, I was so completely unprepared for what it did to me that I had to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation immediately afterwards just to get myself back on a stable emotional keel. And this was in July.

    A close second, by the way, is the final episode of the first series of Gunslinger Girl, but that's an anime series.

  29. spamslots said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:24 am

    Wow, a fair number of the movies mentioned above are really not that sad. Geisha, Pursuit of Happyness, Bucket List, Crouching Tiger, and a bunch more are not nearly on the level of Grave of the Fireflies.

    For crushing despair:

    Memento (2000 Christopher Nolan) <– the mystery/detective element may reduce your sadness quotient
    Happiness (1998 Todd Solondz)
    Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995 Todd Solondz)
    Dancer in the Dark (2000 Lars Von Trier) <— warning, shot with a handheld, you need to be resistant to motion sickness

  30. spamslots said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Oh, the 1997 version of Lolita with Jeremy Irons is pretty sad as well.

  31. Topler said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:38 am

    What wrong with anime films?

    Look up the name "Makoto Sinkai"

    Pick 1 of his 3 movies. Any movie, just pick one. Prepare some Kleenex.

  32. Toto said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:50 am

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou) is awesome. The most depressing movie I saw since The Grave Of The Fireflies

  33. Peacemaker said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 8:59 am

    Off the top of my head….

    Ild say Big Fish

  34. Zan said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 9:43 am

    The elephant man.

  35. hansel said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    "Antichrist" is pretty brilliant it stars charlotte gainsbourg and willem defoe. it's about a therapist and his bat shit crazy wife/patient taking a vacation in the woods and she freaks out and there's all sorts of pagan shit and spiritual death/rebirth shit going on. pretty sweet.

  36. Fred. said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:09 am

    A la recherche du bonheur… mais ça fini bien, trop bien pour compter dans cette liste, super film en fait !

  37. Fred. said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:19 am

    Try 'ong bak 2' ! entendons-nous bien : quand je regarde un film de "karaté" j'attends que les méchants soient punis, à la fin ! bordel de merde ! ce film m'a énervé au plus haut point !

  38. bellybutton said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:38 am

    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    ( a guy wakes up in a hospital only to find out that he can neither move his entire body nor speak and his only means of communication is the blink of his eye )
    others movies already mentioned
    Schindler's List
    The Pianist (both movies set during the holocaust in ww2)
    and also
    Requiem for a Dream

  39. HydingOuroboros said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:43 am

    They’ve been said, but if you see the same stuff multiple times in the comments, it’s sure to have an effect.

    Schindler’s List

    Requiem for a Dream

    These two movies leaped to the forefront of my mind after reading the post.

  40. alfred said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:51 am

    The Road

  41. alfred said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am

    A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible

  42. Shalva_sf said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 11:19 am

    That was one screwed-up movie. In a good way

  43. Shalva_sf said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Western Front is a classic. There are two versions though. And the book is waaay better than both of them

  44. Shalva_sf said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 11:21 am

    I thought that "Mrs. Vengeance" was sadder than Oldboy

  45. Shalva_sf said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 11:28 am

    Wow that's a lot of movies for you Oliv. Half of them don't count in my book as artistic, but after all, artistry is subjective.
    So I'll drop my 2 cents trying not to repeat some previous good suggestions.
    Chunking Express (and pretty much any Wong Kar Wai movie, enjoyed everything I've seen so far)
    2046 (Wong Kar Wai also)
    Amores Perros (that was gut wrenching)
    21 Grams (same director as Amores)
    I think movies by Kim Ki Duk (korean) are really good, sad and definitely artistic but they are very peculiar.
    And go for some French cinema
    Irreversible (I was literally in pain after it. Beware though it is NC-17)

  46. Edman said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    I recommend some czech movies. They're known to be like that :P
    http://sueczech.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/really-g

  47. greggs88 said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    I would say:
    Stay
    Vanilla Sky(not really artsy, a remake, but still thought provoking and sad)
    Magnolia
    Seven
    Tideland(Terry Gilliam is awesome)
    The Chaser

  48. yukimusha said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    Vivre d'Akira Kurosawa, le réalisateur de Kagemusha. Il considère Vvire comme son chef-d'œuvre. D'ailleurs, si tu as suivi toute l'histoire pour la mort de Satoshi Kon, l'histoire est à mettre en parallèle.

  49. Noname said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    I recommend any of these, they're very beautiful and all very sad. Some of them I've only watched once because even though it was good it was just too depressing. I don't think any of them really have a happy ending but they're all so good in my opinion:

    The Bicycle Thief (1948)
    Rashomon (1950)
    The 400 Blows (1959)
    Onibaba (1964)
    Solaris (1972)
    Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
    Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    Not One Less (1999)
    The Pianist (2002)
    Water (2005) (depressing Indian movie about widows)
    Lust, Caution (2007) (this has some pretty graphic sex/violent scenes in it though)
    Kaidan (2007)
    La Vie en Rose/La Mome (2007)

  50. Carrot_Glace said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Yeah, Babel is a good one!

  51. Carrot_Glace said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    The Pianist! it's a kick in the ball and you will thank that!

  52. Carrot_Glace said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    All about Lily Chou-Chou directed by Shunji Iwai. His masterpiece.

  53. frankoh said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    "The Green Mile" (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/
    "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/
    "Gladiator " (2000) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/
    "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" (2001) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173840/

  54. Carrot_Glace said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    Well, someone post Solaris, In fact, everithing by Andrei Tarkosvsky will fill your demands.

  55. Khaladun said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Elfen Lied for an anime but the manga wrapped it up alot nicer.

  56. Biking said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    Hachiko. It might be super artistic, but the entire film is sad.

  57. Gaz 69 said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    "A.I" of Kubrick/spielberg…damn that movie "almost" make me cry…
    "savior" (w/ dennis Quaid)of the war in the former Yugoslavia.
    "million dollar baby", "Boys don't cry", "Dark Blue Wold"
    these are my top of mind right now.

  58. Gaz 69 said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 3:21 pm

    call me mad, but the pianist (after he loses his family) is a very dark humor movie for me….

  59. TopGearFan said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    I typically avoid those types of movies, but here:

    Chunking Express

    Last Samurai

    Paths of Glory (possibly one of the saddest endings ever, its a slow painful sadness)

    Lord of the Rings [no, I'm not joking. There is a lot of sadness in those movies. The death of Gandalf, Frodo leaving Sam behind, Leaving for Valinor...]

    We Were Soldiers (very sad, the reality is terrifying).

  60. diariodeunabrocheta said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    Oh dear Lord, The Road…

    Just… The Road…

    This is the movie i am going to watch before i commit suicide.

  61. OrR said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Dunno about artistic but Lilya 4-ever is one of the best and most sad movies I have seen:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilya_4-ever

  62. Rassilon said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    Anything by Ingmar Bergman. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who find Bergman boring and those who don't. Even the ones that enjoy Bergman admit his movies are depressing as hell.

    Damn, one of my teachers in college defined him as "the saddest man of all 20th century"…

  63. Shamu said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Since everyone's picking oldies, i'll go current. The last airbender (Joyless but very artsy fartsy) …. then watch Monsters (If I wanted to watch tentacles touch each other…. I would have come here)

  64. deedree said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    I agree with Irreversible.. Although it maybe even too much. You will feel depressed for atleast a week. You will still feel it's a good movie but regret that you have seen it.

  65. OrR said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    Oh, before I forget, another brilliant movie:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Security_Area_
    This one made me cry rather unexpectedly.

  66. Webknight said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    I would recommended A.I. Artificial Intelligence : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/
    OMG, this movie depressed me so badly that I wanted to die right there in the theater.

  67. exe said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    gerry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302674/
    i cried. hard.

    the end is just sad, hopeless and depressing.

  68. rooqbook said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    A Moment to Remember http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428870/

    A young couple fall in love and the girl gets a rare form of Alzheimer's. Released before the Notebook, and a completely different narrative (according to IMDB as I havent seen the Notebook). Incredibly beautiful and sad.

    Bad Guy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307213/

    A tragic love story about a low life who falls in love with a beautiful coed and drags her down to him.

  69. Gaspard said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    "In the Mood for Love" by Wong kar wai

    depressingly beautiful.

  70. Ynnav said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    I can't believe nobody has mentioned Edward Scissorhands… :/

  71. uryuu said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    I recommend:
    The Legend of 1900 (from the director of "Cinema Paradiso", which I recommend as well)
    Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
    Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa)
    Citizen Kane

    If you also accept anime (even though you said you won't), I recommend:
    5 centimeters per second
    The Place Promised in our early days
    (both are directed by Makoto Shinkai)

  72. 1234567 said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Like a Dragon

  73. thisguyisright said,

    on December 4th, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    Go with Curse of the Golden Flower for sure!
    I mean it's by Jay Chou, how can it not be good lol.

    Also, try "The Secret That Cannot Be Told" also by Jay Chou, aka just "Secret".

  74. zerker said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 12:24 am

    Solanin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EMFvvv2hF4
    Hanamizuki (this one is very recent) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2vA14m5Cg&fe
    http://asianmediawiki.com/Hanamizuki
    Switching Goodbye Me 転校生 さよなら あなた Tenkôsei Sayonara anata http://asianmediawiki.com/Switching_-_Goodbye_Me

  75. Shane said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 1:33 am

    Yeah, that's about the saddest movie possible, I think.

  76. bagrisu said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 2:49 am

    I'd recommend:

    - 7 Pounds
    - Seven
    - 8 MM
    - L.A. Crash
    - Gone Baby Gone
    - The Road
    - Running Scared
    - Changeling
    - Magnolia
    - The Machinist

  77. bagrisu said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 2:54 am

    maybe – Man on Fire and City of God too …

  78. koakuma said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 3:07 am

    well… my humble recommendation is a movie i've seen lately: "the lovely bones" by peter jackson. it's about a girl being murdered and wandering in the world between, kind of doomed to see her father desperatly trying to find the guy who killed her. it's the most artistic movie i've ever seen. a lot of great cg in a really impressionistic way. was released last yerlar, btw.

  79. Shanee said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 3:35 am

    I second, third, and fourth these films which were already mentioned:

    ‘Wit’, starring Emma Thompson. It will kick you in the balls, plus she is brilliant in it.

    ‘Requiem for a Dream’. Highly disturbing but so very very good.

    The Indian flick, ‘Water’, is a definite must. Beautifully shot and pretty gut-wrenching.

    I’d like to add the South African film, ‘Yesterday’, to the mix. It’s about a young mom with AIDS and is a kick in the teeth. Also, ‘Sometime in April’ which is an HBO movie (like Wit) about the Rwandan genocide.

    Here’s something beautiful but is more melancholic than sorrowful – ‘The Piano’. It is really gorgeously acted and gorgeously shot.

  80. Shanee said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 4:10 am

    Aw man, how could I forget ‘Farewell, My Concubine’! It is fantastic! Leslie Cheung and Gong Li are mesmerizing.

    Also, ‘The Mission’ starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons.

    I feel like I should just throw in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ despite its final cathartic 30 minutes because A) it is a beautiful film; B) there are plenty of dark, sad moments; and C) it has a Morgan Freeman voiceover and who can beat that?

  81. lfg said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 4:32 am

    if you want a really old one that is a classical sad movie i would recomend the grapes of wrath which is in black an white to find try going to youtube or letmewatchthis.com and type in the grapes of wrath

  82. Zhenen said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 5:01 am

    I would highly recomend the Film "Brazil".
    Okay, it's not THAT sad, but in my book it definately counts as a freaking work of art, and it provides one of the most bittersweet feelings i've ever experienced while watching a movie.
    And for god sake: it's Terry Gilliam. The man is awesome.

  83. Hiredgoon0 said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 5:08 am

    These have already been mentioned but The Last Samurai is an emotionally sad, roughly historical, telling of a time in Japan's history. Gran Torino is an excellent film as well. However, the best fitting for a crushingly sad film would have to be Million Dollar Baby. I have seen the majority of films listed by others above and MDB is the only film that I own on DVD but have never been able to watch again due to how heavy the drama is. Its that impactful on the rest of your day. Gran Torino and other Eastwood films make the list due to MDB's laying the groundwork as a must watch film.

  84. DionisioVega said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 6:13 am

    Another movie to consider is "The Mist", the movie itself isn't that bad, and the ending will make you very depressed.

  85. PT guy said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Just one movie for u, and its all that matters eheh.. ===Blindness,=== from Jose Saramago ( portuguese boss of literature ) google it , and all i can say is that its a great movie that makes you think about itm very well directed and a good script. try it, then leave your opinion please.,

  86. android said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    Yes, films like 'Requiem for a dream' or 'Schindler's list' are beautiful and sad movies, but there's still a tiny bit of hope at the end.
    I'd recommand 'Boy-A', and next 'Hunger'. You won't be disappointed.
    http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1

  87. Katrina said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    It being Christmas, I suggest Joyeux Noel: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/
    It being based on actual events makes it even worse.
    And if you're looking for something for a woman, try The Joy Luck Club: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107282/
    A total weep-fest for everybody I know.

    Hope this helps! Keep on with the good work :)

  88. Hal said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Id recommend the following

    "#9" – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033/
    "when the wind blows" …. extremely disturbing …. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/
    "barfoot gen" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/

  89. Chanaise said,

    on December 5th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    If you're on to something more of artistic. I recomend La Jetée (1962), Chris Marker. It's a short film which is composed mainly by photos with a powerfull speech. This film inspired 12 monkeys by the way. But is hard to watch.

  90. LeVoidDragon said,

    on December 6th, 2010 at 2:41 am

    absolutely amazing movie: To Live
    i dare you to try to watch this movie and not cry

  91. SG1 said,

    on December 6th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    I too recommend Stay (saw it up there at least once). I still feel like crying when I think about it. But oh so beautiful.

  92. Zathael said,

    on December 6th, 2010 at 4:09 am

    12 Monkeys. I have only watched that movie once and never plan on watching it again.

    And if I may say so Oliver, you a real bastard for planning to give someone a gift like this. But I mean that in a good way. :-)

  93. rodtod said,

    on December 6th, 2010 at 10:41 am

    (500) days of summer

  94. Guest said,

    on December 7th, 2010 at 11:41 am

    I would go for Donnie Darko or Schindler's list.

  95. Notosai said,

    on December 9th, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    A lot of the movies mentioned isn't all that sad imo… Just got one suggestion:

    Seven Pounds (2008)

  96. AdventSeth said,

    on December 15th, 2010 at 5:21 am

    Martys, its a french film or 'Frozen' independent film.

  97. howie said,

    on December 29th, 2010 at 12:37 am

    Not in any particular order..
    The Sand Pebbles
    12 Monkeys
    On the beach (remake by showtime, not the original
    Jacob's Ladder
    The Sixth Sense
    Heavens' Burning

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