Seriously upset by a film

[ronandannette]

This was the first one I thought of. I watched it when it came out im the theatre and can't watch it again even though DH bought the dvd. I was a serious mess watching it and the night after watching it I had a nightmare of the dead bodies floating in the water.

Also already mentioned but Schindler's List is another one for me.

I think I found it so heartbreaking because it was (essentially) a true story and whether or not the scenes portrayed actually took place, real people - men, women and children - went through the actual horror of that night.

 

[TeresaBelle]

I haven't watched 8 Below or Marley & Me since I saw them in the theater, though I have them both on DVD.. don't ask me why..

 

[Liberty Belle]

I've never seen it.

Two movies that affected me deeply were Saving Private Ryan and Of Mice and Men.

And when I was a little girl, I saw Poseidon Adventure and Crowhaven Farm. I was too young for both and they traumatized me.

 

[L&Lfan]

I've still got some images from Titanic burned into the back of my eyes and how many years has it been since that came out? I only saw it once, the week it premiered.

Twenty years this fall.

 

[L&Lfan]

The only film that really bothered me was The Exorcist (1973). It gave me nightmares for weeks after. I was 13 and just too young, but it was the "cool" thing to do back then. I should have listened to my parents who only reluctantly gave their permission (and in their innocence, really didn't know how intense/explicit the film was.) I don't think THEY had seen an R rated movie before at that time.

 

[godders]

Films I've only watched once because they upset me so much - I Am Legend and Fox and the Hound

Films I saw all the time as a kid but now upset me so I won't watch - Homeward Bound, Secret Garden

Films I watch when I need a good cry - The Notebook, A Little Princess, Harry Potter 5 & 6, Carousel.

Films that completely freaked me out are basically only ghost films - had to sleep with the light on for a couple of days after watching The Grudge.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I found Se7en to be a very good but very disturbing movie. Won't watch it again.

 

[emer95]

Two films I would never watch again are My sister's keeper and The Curious case of Benjamin Button. I cried so hard at those two films. My sisters keeper I watched when my DD was only a few weeks old, so I was probably far too hormonal to deal with kind of storyline. And Benjamin Button. So sad.

Claire

I totally agree with you about "My Sister's Keeper."
My big strong husband, who never, ever cries, choked out a huge loud sob and yelled, "This movie sucks!" We have two girls and it just hit so close to home. Unimaginable.

 

[PollyannaMom]

If I "Liked" your post, it's because I agreed with the choice (not that I actually "liked" the subject of the movie!)

In addition to those ones, I remember a movie adaptation of "The Lottery" (a short story by Shirley Jackson) really bothering me.

 

[DizBelle]

Schindler's List

I've never seen Schindler's List. And I doubt I will. I KNOW it will affect me so much that I won't recover for days.

 

[DizBelle]

I found Se7en to be a very good but very disturbing movie. Won't watch it again.

I saw this in the theater. At the end, it was very quiet as everyone filed out of the theater. Very eerie.

 

[hereyago]

Boy In The Striped Pajamas
The Perfect Storm, Titanic (maybe in another life a boat I was on sank, becaise even the song about The Edmund Fitzgerald makes me sob uncontrollably )
Titanic: the scene with the kids upset me. I thought about them going to sleep, and the cold water rushing in.
The scene with The Straus's was touching.

Any movie with animals, I can't watch. I teared up at previews for the new dog movie.
I Am Legend, a few of us in the theater actually stepped outside when we knew a bad dog scene was going to happen.

A movie I saw late one night, The Baby (1973) Was crazy disturbing.

 

[moniqueand2]

A film that upset me the most is probably Mississippi Burning.

 

[georgina]

In my mind, there is a difference between sad movies (like Ttanic, PS I Love You, Terms of Endearment) and those mentioned as deeply disturbing. I have watched the first category fine, but avoid a lot of true-life movies, any horror, and gory war movies no matter how good they are supposed to be. Fantasy violence is OK for me, things like superhero movies or sci fi. The last 4 movies I saw in a theater were Moana, La La Land, Hidden Figures, and Star Wars Rogue One.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

The first movie I remember uncontrollably sobbing during was Steel Magnolias. My great grandmother had passed away a few years prior to watching it. Death was something my family always tried to shield me from, so they were never honest with me about things that happened when people passed away. The day my great grandmother passed away, I remember hearing someone say "They unplugged the machines". I was around 9 at the time and didn't understand what that meant, I thought someone had accidentally unplugged the machines and killed her. When they turned off the machines in Steel Magnolias, I finally understood what happened to my great grandmother and it was deeply upsetting to me, but it also helped me heal.

City of Angels. I didn't know that it was sad, the commercials made it seem so happy and lovey-dovey. And this was way before I would research movies at all, so when Meg Ryan's character died, I was gutted!

Titanic, of course. I sobbed so much at the end of that movie that I couldn't leave the theater for about 10 minutes after the movie was over. The same thing happened when I saw Armageddon in the theater. But that was because my boyfriend at the time had just left for the Marines.

The Notebook kills me emotionally, too. The first time I watched it I was realizing my first marriage was over, and it hurt bad. But I watched it many many years later with my DD and it still kills me, even when I know what is going to happen.

 

[elgerber]

American History X was a very powerful film for me. Very hard to watch, and I was rather numb after watching, but very powerful. I think I could finally watch again now.
I saw A Monster Calls over Christmas break, that is a film I will NEVER watch again! Talk about ugly cry! Beautiful to watch, but never ever again.
Saving Private Ryan, I actually don't remember many details, except Giovanni Ribisi calling for his mom as he was dying. UGH, that killed me.

 

[elgerber]

City of Angels. I didn't know that it was sad, the commercials made it seem so happy and lovey-dovey. And this was way before I would research movies at all, so when Meg Ryan's character died, I was gutted!

I was so mad when that happened, I almost couldn't be sad. It really rubbed me the wrong way when they did that.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Oh, another one. The Shootist as you feel like it's really John Wayne who dies in that film, not just his character.

 

[superme80]

OK, so in theory it's my favourite film, but only because it is the most powerful film I've ever seen and I gauge films by their emotional impact.

I dared to watch it again.

And it brought me to tears. Just to watch mere kids' lives disintegrate around them at the hands of drugs and prostitution is too much to take.

Now I remember why I swore never to watch it again.

It's Requiem for a Dream, by the way.

Oh hell no! That movie STILL gives me nightmares!

 

[L&Lfan]

I cry at certain parts of Born Free (1966), The Miracle Worker (1962) and Lilies of the Field (1963).