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Disturbing (but compulsive viewing)
Happiness [DVD] [1999]Happiness [DVD] [1999]
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A chilling portrayal of people with various sexual problems (e.x. peadophile). Amazing.
Requiem For A Dream [DVD] [2001]Requiem For A Dream [DVD] [2001]
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Hard to watch at times, very bleak & gritty but should be essential viewing for EVERYONE.
Kids [DVD] [1996]Kids [DVD] [1996]
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Very controversial but true & relative, even more so than when released over a decade ago.
Taxi Driver [DVD] [1976]Taxi Driver [DVD] [1976]
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The best acting performance I have ever seen in a film. Robert De Niro is outstanding! Jodie Foster is also excellent as a twelve year old prostitute.
L.I.E. [2002] [DVD]L.I.E. [2002] [DVD]
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Homosexuality & peadophilia are both tapped on in this sensitive film. Brian Cox is superb as the remorseful peadophile 'Big John'.
Ken Park (Uncut) [DVD]Ken Park (Uncut) [DVD]
Beautiful cinematography, but I understand why it was likened to porn. Highly explicit.
American History X [DVD] [1999]American History X [DVD] [1999]
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The best film around focusing on racism, violence & redemption.
Mysterious Skin [DVD] [2005]Mysterious Skin [DVD] [2005]
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Painful to watch & very sad.
Clockwork Orange [1972] [DVD]Clockwork Orange [1972] [DVD]
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Disturbing because it is so mean spirited.
Irreversible [DVD] [2003]Irreversible [DVD] [2003]
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Totally honest & unflinching. NOTHING is left to the imagination.
Lilya 4 Ever [DVD] [2002]Lilya 4 Ever [DVD] [2002]
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The saddest movie I have ever seen, things just keep going into free-fall for Lilya, a Russian teenager abandoned by her mother.
Pan's Labyrinth (2 Disc Set) [2006] [DVD]Pan's Labyrinth (2 Disc Set) [2006] [DVD]
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Amazing, very powerful & haunting.
Natural Born Killers [DVD] [1994]Natural Born Killers [DVD] [1994]
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People can be so evil.
City Of God (Cidade De Deus) [DVD] [2003]City Of God (Cidade De Deus) [DVD] [2003]
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Brutal. A must see.
Watership Down [DVD]Watership Down [DVD]
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This gave me a whole new sympathy & respect for my one-eyed rabbit Miffy.
Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom [DVD] [1975]Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom [DVD] [1975]
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The most disturbing movie EVER. The start of the torture-porn evolution.
Jacob's Ladder [DVD] [1990]Jacob's Ladder [DVD] [1990]
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Bizarre but haunting.
Seven [DVD]Seven [DVD]
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Stunning, a great shock ending.
The Deer Hunter [DVD] [1978]The Deer Hunter [DVD] [1978]
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Another amazing De Niro film, but for me its Christopher Wlaken who delivers the best performance.
The Machinist [DVD] [2004]The Machinist [DVD] [2004]
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Christian Bale looks so f****** scary!