2007-12-16 14:26:07 · 35 answers · asked by genaddt 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Jesus Camp.
2007-12-16 14:29:33 · answer #1 · answered by queen of snarky-yack again 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Requiem for a Dream~Hands down, this is the most disturbing, haunting and frightening movie perhaps because it shows that addictions can happen to anyone, whether it's a young rich girl, happy-go-lucky youths with plans, or an older woman. It takes people we learn to like and shows us the nightmare of total destruction of dreams and hopes.
The Glass House aka Truman Capote's The Glass House~This might be the most powerful TV movie ever made, focusing on two people entering a corrupt prison system: Alan Alda as the gentle professor whose rash act ends up killing a man; and Kristoffer Tabori as a 17-year-old sentenced for possession of marijuana. It's a chilling film, with brilliant acting from a strong cast, set in a real prison with many of the prisoners playing roles.
Bully~This one is based on a true story about a group of teenagers deciding to kill one of their own. Perhaps it wouldn't be as shocking to those in the same age group, but I found it distressing, bleak, disgusting, alarming and very sad.
The Day After~TV miniseries about a nuclear war~~This one pulls no punches, showing what the aftermath would be like: slowly dying people scrabbling for some form of survival in a ruined land. It doesn't take a science fiction approach; it just shows us what could have happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis and what could happen even today. I worked with a man who served in a missile base during the Crisis; he said that the most frightening moment in his entire life was when he saw the silo covers open and the missiles move into position. He said that what he wanted most at that time was to leave and go to his family for he was certain time had run out for us. So, "The Day After" is especially hardhitting.
Miracle Mile~This one actually gave me nightmares, which is exceedingly unusual, though it's milder than "The Day After". It would be a good companion piece with a TV movie that was so real that it alarmed many people, just as the "War of the Worlds" radio program had: "Special Bulletin". Show a mini-marathon of these two AND "The Day After" and... No, it would do no good. They'd still want to hang on to all of those weapons.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown~based on unsolved real-life murders by someone dubbed The Phantom Killer in the 1940s in Texarkana (twin citties that overlap the Texas and Arkansas border)~an inspiration for "Friday the 13th"//This one ran at drive-ins and disturbed sleep for many moviegoers around 1977. *shiver*
2007-12-16 15:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brokeback Mountain
2007-12-16 19:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by hufflepuff_headboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Platoon Made me feel guilty for all the lives lost in a war that probably should not have been fought. 2. Schindler's List I felt like I was walking out of a funeral when I left the theater. 3. Mississippi Burning Made me feel ashamed of that time and that part of our society. 4. The Exorcist The movie haunted me for years.
2016-04-09 08:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much any Disney Teenager movie my daughter makes me sit through is disturbing... =)
Mr. Brooks was disturbing...good film though.
I think the one film that left me with an uneasy feeling is Broke back mountain...that movie is so out of whack with reality it is not funny...it had to be a gay man's fantasy movie as anyone who is associated with cowboys would know that real cowboys are very much into women, not other men....
2007-12-17 07:07:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mikey ~ The Defender of Myrth 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, any Holocaust movie is full of horror. The sad thing is, that it is Non-fiction. The horrible things the Nazis did to the Jews is enough to make anyone uneasy.
2007-12-16 14:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad Boy Bubby, it was filmed in Port Adelaide (South Australia).
Anyone who has seen this will never feel the same *shudders* quite disturbing.
But a good movie to show the cycle of mental illness in one person and how it can affect others.
MUST SEE! :p
2007-12-16 14:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
World Trade Center...right before the end credits it gave the numbers of people who died in the 9/11 attacks. You walk out of the theater feeling like you're leaving a funeral.
2007-12-16 14:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jonestown: The Life and Death of the People's Temple
An American Experience documentary. Very disturbing.
2007-12-16 14:35:30 · answer #9 · answered by Max 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Passion of The Christ
Da Vinci Code (thought provoking anyway)
Brokeback Mountain (HUH????)
2007-12-16 14:30:05 · answer #10 · answered by barb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elephant
2007-12-16 14:28:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋