[Closed] Sobering films that you've watched- into the wild

Not seen the film but I read the book - partly because I've read Into Thin Air and liked it so something else by Jon that wasn't all about climbing (I've read most of Joe Simpson's climbing books but a lot of them sort of blend into one) sounded appealing.

To that end, I found Everest quite sobering. I'm sure it's full of Hollywood drama and I know Krakauer was quite scathing of it, but a good show of why not to **** with nature.

Changeling too, for wholly different reasons. Namely that people can be ****s.

after watching 'everest' i found out two things. sherpas are the best mountaineers in the world. secondly how many good mountaineers are there out there who may never get a chance cause of pompous toffs and their money.

schindler's list as said above. harrowing.

I balled my eyes out as a kid watching Plague Dogs

Grave of the fireflies is very tough.

Watched The Road just after my first son was born, bit dusty inthe room

Waltz with Bashir, last scene is dark

Requiem For A Dream, its not the abcesses,the desperation, the fall into drug dependency. It's his mum getting old, alone.

and the band played on.

I don't generally watch 'harrowing' films, I watch for entertainment, to escape from 'real life'. But Eye in the Sky was brilliant on both levels, great edge of the seat stuff and then really provoking after about how hard it must be to make decisions like that.

unfitgeezer - Member
Into the wild...

...sobering

Soundtrack is also good

Based on a true storey can't stop thinking about it...

Was a good film that, and interesting enough. Ultimately, I think I err on the side of naive fool though...

Savior was especially depressing. The Grizzly Man was interesting until you get to the end, then a bit disturbing.
Shindlers List and the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas are really sad...also Lassie come home had me blubbing

Not technically a film but the documentary "making of a murderer" about Steven Avery was both sobering and compelling.

Night Will Fall.

Watched Spotlight recently. That was fairly sobering... Not surprising but still.

Reefer Madness. Anyone who smokes dope should watch this.

In the name of the father

In the name of the father

Great film.

More of a 2 hour documentary than a film but HBO's Marathon - The Patriots Day Bombing about the Boston marathon bombing.

superman 3 where he turned into a ' bad' superman and his suit was dirty he went to a bar and started flicking peanuts at the bottles to smash them, well bad. And that woman got like turned into a bad robot woman.

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McCullin, dreadful to watch and makes you lose faith in humanity. It's hard to imagine what he sees when he closes his eyes.

superman 3 where he turned into a ' bad' superman and his suit was dirty he went to a bar and started flicking peanuts at the bottles to smash them,

Isn't that Spider-Man...?

+1 for Come and See and Kajaki

Come and See left me feeling empty like Killing Fields or Stalingrad.

Kajaki I've never been so tense watching someone kneeling down.

njee20 -
Isn't that Spider-Man...?

I don't generally watch 'harrowing' films, I watch for entertainment, to escape from 'real life'

just give mcCullin a spin on youtube. brutal.

Martyrs is a film that's stayed with me for a while. It's an endurance test, that's for sure.

Reefer Madness. Anyone who smokes dope should watch this.

I can't, I had to sell the telly to pay for drugs

I'm surprised Threads hasn't come up as yet. Gave me the heebie-jeebies then and now.

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Journey of hope - film must be pushing 20 years old. It's about the illegal migrants path into Europe. Basically there is no hope, and as a Dad watching it I couldn't sleep for a few days.

Kajaki. Utterly jaw dropping.

Solo - Lost at Sea.

The bit where McAuley first paddles off from his wife and son.

Shoah, I watched about half of it (albeit 4 hours) and couldn't continue.

Dead Man Walking