[Movie] Most disturbing movie

Originally Posted by sprouticus

Ichi because of it's blatant disregard for decency and human life.

Yeah... Ichi The Killer was pretty bad. I was able to sit through it and the shock value was high enough to where it made me cringe a few times. Great film though.

However, the most disturbing movie I've ever seen is not so much a morally depraved collection of atrocities, but a backward narrative called Irreversible. Since it takes place in reverse one sees a revenge flick in the making but as you start to realize how all the horrific and gut-wrenchingly life-ruining events of the film (most notably the violent rape scene that was really the first acting piece I ever saw of the beautiful Monica Bellucci) are all the byproducts of bad choices on behalf of the characters it really just leaves you feeling completely powerless and disturbed. One can almost begin an introspective query on oneself to think, "Will the things I do today affect how my loved ones suffer in the future?"

That movie probably fucked me up pretty well.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'd like to add a couple of documentaries to this list: ENRON: The Smartest Guys In The Room and Jesus Camp.

ENRON was disturbing because it's basically a dissection of the phenomenal fuckups of how that company fell apart and about what the CEOs did that led to the destruction of thousands of lives all because of hubris and greed. It's even more disturbing that it can probably happen again.

Jesus Camp is disturbing for one line: "In the name of Christ we don't need freedom because in the end this freedom will destroy us all."

This is heavy stuff, folks.

There's nowhere I can't reach.