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hunter

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9. I simply avoid movies like this.

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 08:24 PM

Nov 2019

I've known and know survivors of horrible events -- people who survived Nazi death camps, people who survived The Bataan Death March, survivors of the Vietnam war who experienced unimaginable horrors...

My eyes are open to the evils of this world, maybe too open, and I have my own not-so-epic PTSD crap to deal with.

Before I met my wife I had a girlfriend who liked dark movies. She took me to see Das Boot, the German language version. (She also thought Eraserhead would be a good date move.) Das Boot possibly qualifies for this list.

My wife doesn't like bleak movies of any sort and I like that about her.

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What Is The Best Film You Never Want To See Again? [View all] irisblue Nov 2019 OP

The Exorcist. gab13by13 Nov 2019 #1

Million Dollar Baby Clash City Rocker Nov 2019 #2

Man. Those were harsh. LuvLoogie Nov 2019 #3

Schindler's List gave me a huge headache. It hit me so hard emotionally mucifer Nov 2019 #4

Raging Bull unc70 Nov 2019 #5

Threads. The 1980s British film about what the aftermath of nuclear war would be like. SuprstitionAintthWay Nov 2019 #6

"a waste of everyone's time" That's some serious revisionism. Blue_Adept Dec 2019 #14

If The Day After, a weak hollywoodization that fell very far short SuprstitionAintthWay Dec 2019 #17

Hereditary EarlG Nov 2019 #7

There are quite a few very good to excellent movies that could fit this. SuprstitionAintthWay Nov 2019 #8

I simply avoid movies like this. hunter Nov 2019 #9

Hunter, you got a winner there my brother. irisblue Nov 2019 #10

That earlier gf couldn't possibly have known what Eraserhead was like, I hope. SuprstitionAintthWay Nov 2019 #11

Silence of the Lambs. Aquaria Dec 2019 #12

Welcome to DU. 👋👋👋 irisblue Dec 2019 #13

The Sixth Sense jmowreader Dec 2019 #15

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"Mother"? "Johnny Got his Gun"?bb Mick Travis Aug 2020 #18

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Shoah Doc_Technical Sep 2020 #20