Top 5 Pessimistic Movies

[ChildofOldLeech]

The End of Evangelion (after watching the complete series of Neon Genesis Evangelion).

[Biely Králik]

It's not in any way pessimistic per se, but more slice of life - or struggle to put thing in perspective.

Films by Ulrich Seidl -

For example:

Paradies by Ulrich Seidl - Filmauschnitt - YouTube

or

VFF (2014) - In the Basement Austrian Trailer - Ulrich Seidl Documentary HD - YouTube

Best of them are DOG DAYS and from 2014, Im Keller. Just humanity as it is, without cynicism or any particular empathy.
But most people are stupid or just easily buthurt so they prefer to call it pessimism.

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

The Hunt for sure. Scary in a realistic and very modern way.

Tideland actually strikes me as optimistic despite all the horrible things in the film. An important Gilliam comment on the film is that he said the girl might retrospectively regard that as the best or worst week of her life.

[Severini]

I don´t have a big dvd collection but about 90% of the movies I have are hopeless.
Thanks for the recommendations and sorry if I upset anyone by posting much more than five.
Hope I can bring attention to some obscure movies:

Cocaine Angel
Angel Dust
Session 9
Home Movie
Clean, Shaven
My Little Eye (not a good movie, but extremely pessimistic)
Kiss me Deadly
What ever happened to Baby Jane?
Diabolique (original version)
Eyes Without a Face
Exhibit A
The Last Broadcast
Hour of the Wolf
NARC
Bug
Take Shelter
Funny Games
Secuestrados (very realistic home invasion movie-the ending is pure bleakness)
Jacob´s Ladder
Angel Heart
Long PIgs
Red White and Blue
Little Deaths
Man Bites Dog
Grave of the Fireflies
Starred Up (the last scene tries to bring some light to it but it´s too late)
The Vanishing (didn´t like this one but i Can´t deny its pessimism)
The Howling
Angst
Them (not the 50´s movie but one from 2006 whose original title is "Ils" my favorite home invasion movie)
Hate Crime
Parents



Will edit this when I remember other ones...

[miguel1984]

Off the top of my head:

Paths of Glory

Barry Lyndon

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Mulholland Drive

Requiem for a Dream

[ToALonelyPeace]

Naked

Gummo

Lilya 4-Ever

La Pianiste

Irreversible

25th Hour

Raise The Red Lantern

Here's a fan-trailer for Naked

NAKED - Bastard Children - YouTube

Here's a trailer for Raise The Red Lantern

Raise the red lantern trailer - YouTube

[teguififthzeal]

Johnny Got His Gun has to be my number one

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

I think the Toy Story series unintentionally provokes pessimism. Children are always going to think about what happens to toys for the majority of their existence. Most toys will be played with a couple of years then put in storage if not destroyed or buried somewhere, often mutilated beyond repair.
There should be a Toy Story 4 about how toys cope with being in storage or buried for decades.

[Revenant]

1. There Will Be Blood - Lewis portrays the greatest misanthrope on film. Ever.

2. Chinatown - In the end, everybody but the bad guys lose.

3. Paths of Glory - illustrates the lot in life for everyone not in the top 1%.

4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - the battle was over the moment it started, but no one realized it until the end.

5. Atonement - makes you want to slide into a warm bath and open a vein.

[bendk]

Quote Originally Posted by Robert Adam Gilmour

I think the Toy Story series unintentionally provokes pessimism. Children are always going to think about what happens to toys for the majority of their existence. Most toys will be played with a couple of years then put in storage if not destroyed or buried somewhere, often mutilated beyond repair. There should be a Toy Story 4 about how toys cope with being in storage or buried for decades.

I agree and this crossed my mind as well. Pixar has opened new vistas of guilt. As teenagers we had fun "playing" with our old toys and with darts. An unforgivable betrayal, I now realize.