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What's a NON-HORROR NON-DOCUMENTARY movie that disturbed you or made you very uncomfortable? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I recently saw "Rampage" from 2009. Its basically a movie where a spree shooter is portrayed as the good guy/anti-hero. Several parts gave me that pit in your stomach, teeth gritting uncomfortable moment. I really hated it. Although I'm not surprised there are sequals I am disappointed and will not be watching them.

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Idk if I'd classify it as non-Horror, but Threads is the scariest movie I've ever seen.

Its a movie from 1984 about a nuclear war scenario in the UK. The movie kept close to the science of the time, and made significant choices in casting and presentation that makes it all feel so much more real.

Casting unknown actors who look like regular people instead of celebrities
Giving all the actors relatively average Joe, nobody, roles for their characters
Presenting the movie in a documentary format as if its real
Characters exiting the narrative to unknown fates in the aftermath
The overall sense of hopelessness, dread and loss throughout the

And it's free to watch on YouTube.

Apparently, they're making a modern version of it too.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Amour

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602620/

If you've never seen Michael Hanake movies then it's hard to describe. It's not like horror like any of the others just getting us to confront things were uncomfortable with.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The 9th Gate.

I mean, other than it being kinda a crappy movie the whole "I ascend to power by literally banging the devil" just seemed ... wow.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Capernaum.

Children living in poverty is so fucked.

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you for changing from a documentary. Movie looks rough good share.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Badlands

On The Beach

Fail-Safe

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not a movie but an episode of Fringe I watched last night (s2e11, "Unearthed"), that started with a teenage girl being taken off life support at the hospital. It hit a little too close to home, and the presentation was so effective, watching it was very traumatic. I mean Fringe can be horror-ish but it's generally more in the sci-fi realm.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I remember when they filmed that movie near me.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was going to say OpenWater but apparently that is horror film

and I was horrified. lol

but no, a not at all related to marine life movie, Swimming with the Sharks was really impactful. Kevin Spacey yelling at you "What is it you really really want?!“ was good. but yeah fuck him.

anyway, lots of good films to check out - thanks for the thread!

[–] theblurstoftimes@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago

Also the movie Aniara

What happens when you’re trapped in space and everything goes wrong.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Adam Curtis's Hypernormalisation. It is a documentary and does a painful job of examining reality. I was vaguely unsettled before seeing it and after seeing it I have a specific vocabulary and lens through which I perceive current events. I feel helpless to this day. Free on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Gr7T07WfIhM

I remembered you want non documentaries, so I will add Basketball Diaries. DiCaprio film about a talented young basketball player ruining his life through drug addiction.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't remember what it was called, but there was one I watched in theaters in 1st grade for a class field trip that would absolutely freak me out today. It was a documentary on bugs.

Edit:

I misread it as non-horror documentary.

I cannot think of any films right now that really scared me, but I might come back if any come to mind. Closest I can think of would be things from cartoons, like the moon spirit thing from Courage The Cowardly Dog or a Goosebumps commercial where they show a scene of a mummy rising and the kid banging on a door because they couldn't get out.

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