The Ultimate (Beginner’s) Guide To Disturbing Movies
"Girls cant make movies" yeah lol look at these dickface
<p>Celebrating female filmmakers on international Women's day </p><p><br />Suggestions are always welcome I’ll try to add what I can</p><p>Please don’t ask why I have the wachowskis on here, because 200+ comments are all saying the same “why are they on here they were men” <br />To anyone who’s wondering why they are on this list please watch “a fantastic woman (2017)” or anything covering transgender people.</p>
A list of the most disturbing, depressing and traumatic films ever made. Does not include those underground torture snuff movies with no plot. Ordered from most recent to oldest.
effedupmovies complete catalog (UPDATED 11-6-2026): DISTURBING & EFFED UP MOVIES
<p>"effed up movies is a place where you can watch effed up cinema from around the world. this is a growing site in terms of content and while we are slow with our posts, we have hundreds of movies we hope to post here eventually.</p><p>all movies here are shared in their uncut form. sometimes, the director's cut is chosen, but this is usually because it's the longer version"</p><p>(from the effedupmovies "about" page)</p><p><br />there are a bunch of lists of the eum catalog, but even the most comprehensive one i can find has not been edited in some while. since i check the site often and i'm regularly on letterboxd, i figured i'd try to keep up with it better.</p><p>anything i can't find on letterboxd, i will do my darndest to add to the database.</p><p>a few films that have previously been in the eum catalog are no longer available on the site. but because part of my purpose in maintaining this list is simply to create an index of extreme cinema, i will be keeping those films on this list. for any films for which this is the case, i'll indicate so in the notes.</p><p><b>ORDERED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DATE UPLOADED TO THE SITE</b></p><p><br />xoxo</p><p>not currently on letterboxd:</p><p><i>Most Disturbed Person on Planet Earth </i>(2013, dir. Thomas Extreme Cinemagore)<br /><i>Most Disturbed Person on Planet Earth 2 </i>(2014, dir. Thomas Extreme Cinemagore)<br /><i>Most Disturbed Person on Planet Earth 3 </i>(2019, dir. Thomas Extreme Cinemagore)<br /><i>Death File 2 </i>(1989, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File 3 & 4 </i>(1989-1990, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File 5</i> (1991, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>New Death File 1: Fetal Scream </i>(1991, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File: Mediums and the Dead</i> (1992, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>New Death File 2 </i>(1992, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File: Red </i>(1994, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File: Black </i>(1994, dir. Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])<br /><i>Death File: Naked & Dead</i> (1995, Kaoru Adachi [Susumu Saegusa])</p>
The Most Controversial Films on Letterboxd
<p>Letterboxd's most controversial films, ranked by the variance in their ratings.</p><p>B-movies. Exploitation. Outsider art ("art"). Live-action adaptations. Romantic comedies. Direct-to-video sequels. Minimalism. Films from your childhood you look back on with questionable judgment. Michael Bay, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nicholas Sparks. The greatest films you will ever see. And the worst.</p>
The World is Hell: Hopeless Cinema
<p>Pessimistic worldviews. For when you want to wallow in despair.</p><p>It doesn't matter if we all die.</p><p>Suggestions welcome.</p><p><br />NOTE: the criteria for films on this list is not merely that they have sad endings. In fact, sad endings are not even a requirement.</p><p>DISCLAIMER: This list started off as the first fifty-ish. All subsequent films are suggestions. I have therefore not seen all films on this list.</p><p>ADDITIONAL NOTE: This list has grown way beyond what I expected. I also understand that some are dissatisfied by the films in this list. I sympathise. This was not the list I set out to make. <i>Sátántangó</i> and <i>Salò</i> are not the same as <i>Fight Club</i>. But every single one of these films was suggested by someone. To someone, each of these films matched the title of this list. So this isn't my personal project any more, this is a community list. It should also be said that due to this, please do not expect this list to be nuanced. The title is a generalisation and different degrees of hopelessness are reflected across these films.</p><p>FURTHER NOTE: As this list became unwieldy and difficult to maintain, I have decided to cap it at 1000 films for now. For every suggestion I add, I now remove a film. So it is a rotating list of depressing movies. Feel free to politely tell me which films you think don't belong here. </p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/darrencb/tag/lists:-suggestions/lists/" rel="nofollow">Contribute to my other lists here.</a></p>
Industrial Films For Industrial People
<p>"<i>Excess makes the heart grow fonder</i>." <br />- John Balance</p>
<p>⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ ⫸ <a href="https://letterboxd.com/superaleatory/list/masterpieces/" rel="nofollow">My all time favorites list✟͏Ⳋ᧙</a> ⫷<br /> <strong><i> + Some</i></strong> of my favorites from the 90s: <br />Midori 1992 ←<br />Nekromantik 2 1991 ←<br />Splatter: Naked Blood 1996 ←<br />Perfect Blue 1997 ←<br />Ring 1998 ←<br />Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki 1992 ←<br />Celluloid Nightmares 1999 ←<br />The Sixth Sense 1999 ←<br />964 Pinocchio 1991 ←<br />The Silence of the Lambs 1991 ←<br />Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell 1995 ←<br />Girl Hell 1999 ←<br />The Curse of Kazuo Umezu 1990 ←<br />All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter 1996 ←<br />Audition 1999 ←<br />Go Nagai’s Scary Zone 2: Senki 1990 ←<br />Red Room 1999 ←<br />Yumeji Tanima’s Scream Theater 1999 ←<br />Things 1993 ←<br />The Washing Machine 1993 ←<br />Organ 1996 ←<br />The Eternal Evil of Asia 1995 ←</p>
The ultimate (beginner's) guide to DISTURBING MOVIES
<p>Movies from the lovely <a href="https://letterboxd.com/horriblereviews/" rel="nofollow">Horrible Reviews</a> comprehensive 3h40m <a href="https://youtu.be/xu29C2zbxZA" rel="nofollow">YouTube Video</a>.<br />Progress: 100% (204/204) complete... yes, I know.</p><p>✅ Category 1: The essentials<br />✅ Category 2: Entry-level<br />✅ Category 3: Depressing & 'misery porn'<br />✅ Category 4: True story<br />✅ Bonus Category 1 - Random<br />✅ Category 5: Found Footage<br />✅ Bonus Category 2 - Jörg Buttgereit<br />✅ Category 6: Quality<br />✅ Category 7: Gore, shock value & try-hards<br />✅ Category 8: Animation<br />✅ Category 9: Asia Extreme<br />✅ Bonus Category 3 - Random<br />✅ Category 10: Revenge<br />✅ Category 11: 70s grindhouse / exploitation<br />✅ Category 12: Black Comedy<br />✅ Category 13: Documentary<br />✅ Bonus Category 4 - Guinea Pig series<br />✅ Category 14: Japanese lo-fi<br />✅ Category 15: New French Extremity<br />✅ Bonus Category 5 - Random<br />✅ Category 16: Dark, mean-spirited & nihilistic<br />✅ Category 17: Arthouse & experimental</p><p>There are also some additions to the list since this video was released: <a href="https://boxd.it/yWg3I" rel="nofollow">The Most DISTURBING MOVIES</a></p>
Cinema For The Deeply Disturbed
<p>A curated list for masochists and cat lovers. </p><p>This is my Fucked Up Movie list. I only add films I've actually seen. It is updated on a regular basis. The films on this list vary from tame to extreme. Not everything listed here is violent or perverse, some are just dark and screwed up. No Mixtapes, Documentaries or Shockumentaries. Gross Out and Fetish films are kept to a minimum. Suggestions are welcome...</p><p>Movies not available:<br />Violent Sex (2024) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31023217" rel="nofollow">www.imdb.com/title/tt31023217</a><br />Portraits of Andrea Palmer (2018)<br />How is this movie not on Letterboxd? Strange...<br />Forced Entry (2002)<br />Complete Breeding Psycho (2011)<br /><a href="https://mydramalist.com/685713-complete-breeding-psycho" rel="nofollow">mydramalist.com/685713-complete-breeding-psycho</a><br />Blood Porn (2021)<br />Naked Wife: Continuous Assault (1982)<br /><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10049872/?ref_=rvi_tt" rel="nofollow">www.imdb.com/title/tt10049872/?ref_=rvi_tt</a><br />Doll Fluids (2022)<br />Tumbling Doll Of Flesh<br />putrid sex object<br />Boku No Pico (2006)<br />Love Dump (2020)<br />Urinal Woman (2013)<br />The Motel Files and Other Random Cuts (2017)<br />Ladies In Torture <br /><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222249/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1" rel="nofollow">www.imdb.com/title/tt0222249/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1</a><br />Ladies in Torture II<br /><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1159561/" rel="nofollow">www.imdb.com/title/tt1159561/</a><br />The Good Wife (Ryan Nicholson)<br />Squirmfest (1989)<br />Amityville Vibrator<br />Hands Of Sheitan (2014) Dir: Juan Luis Doggy<br />Deviant (2021)- Brandon Terry<br />Genki Dgen 019 <br />Genki Dgen 002 <br />I Spit on Your Remains (2005)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880460/<br />Tampon Tango (1984)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152899/<br />Grindhouse Shortfilm Collection<br />Eccentric Psycho Cinema 1-7 <br />Only one film listed here (that I can find) but there are 7 films in the series.</p><p>Top 100 Must See Films<br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/visitor_q/list/starter-pack-the-top-100-must-see-disturbing/" rel="nofollow">letterboxd.com/visitor_q/list/starter-pack-the-top-100-must-see-disturbing/</a></p><p>50 Under Seen Movies that are worth your time.<br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/visitor_q/list/50-under-seen-fucked-up-disturbing-and-extreme/" rel="nofollow">letterboxd.com/visitor_q/list/50-under-seen-fucked-up-disturbing-and-extreme/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://boxd.it/3ZVxm" rel="nofollow"><b>Check out the official top 100 narrative feature films by women directors list</b></a></p><p><b>FAQ (please read before commenting)</b></p><p><b>1) Why is [movie by male director] on here?</b><br />In most cases (Slumdog Millionaire, The Act of Killing, Out 1, Bela Tarr's movies) there's a female co-director who isn't credited everywhere. When it comes to new movies the reason is often that by the time I added the movie they credited as co-director and the credit was later changed to something else. Most of the time it's explained somewhere in the comments but of course it's possible that I accidentally added something that shouldn't be on here.<br /><b>2) Why is everything pink?????</b><br />It's sorted by colour, which you would notice if you spent more than 10 seconds looking at the list before commenting.<br /><b>3) Why is [movie by trans director] on here?</b><br />Trans women are women, if they made movies before they came out as trans women I'm gonna include it.<br /><b>4) What's the point of this list?</b><br />Female directors are still underrepresented in the film industry and this list is a place to highlight their movies no matter how good or bad they might be. If you want to watch more movies directed by women but are overwhelmed by the amount of movies on here I'd recommend you <a href="https://boxd.it/2qIJg" rel="nofollow">this list.</a><br /><b>5) Do you add shorts?</b><br />No. The list is already long enough as it is. Unfortunately that means I can't include a lot of silent films but I have a separate list for them <a href="https://boxd.it/ZL2G" rel="nofollow">over here.</a><br /><b>6) Do you take recommendations?</b><br />Yes!!</p>
I Hate Myself: Repugnant, Vile, Disturbing, Hopeless, Gross, Bizarre, Bad Cinema That Will Make You Regret Existing
<p>UPDATE: List is on an annotation hiatus, frankly too depressed and can't be bothered right now. -BHR </p><p>The fully annotated and definitive list of movies that are/their content is: <br />1) Horribly violent or exploitative <br />2) Emotionally devastating or psychologically torturous<br />3) Offensive or Racist<br />4) Uncomfortably misogynistic <br />5) Have really horrible behind the scenes stuff <br />6) Directed by rapists/pedophiles/murderers<br />7) Gross as hell <br />8) Painfully bad<br />9) Weird to the point of causing discomfort<br />10) That I have seen myself*<br />Please kill me, compiling this list and remembering these movies is torture.<br />Sidenote: This is a list combining expected titles for a Feel Bad movie list (Salò, Pink Flamingos, A Serbian Film, etc), with classic titles of this sort (Häxan, Night of the Living Dead, Peeping Tom, etc), and unexpected personal picks (Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Beast That Killed Women, Cat in the Hat, etc) to make a truly unique mix of titles, all of which will do severe psychic damage to you.<br />*There will be exceptions made rarely for probably obvious reasons</p>