This may be a basic film-broβ’ answer, but Oldboy is a good baseline for "kinda fucked up" but also "really really good". It's even better on the second viewing. I even recommend watching Spike Lee's misguided remake, because it makes you seriously appreciate the artistry behind what Park Chan-Wook was doing.
"Requiem for a Dream." It's a great movie to watch once. I loved it, never have any interest in watching it again, and saw the book and thought, "Oh I liked that movie I'll grab the book." I started reading, and the first scene (as in the movie) is the junkie is at his mom's place trying to steal her TV to sell to buy drugs, and she's begging him not to because she wants him to get help, and he finds she's chained the TV up so he can't steal it as he's done before, and he gets really mad at her because she's chained the TV up so he can't steal it.
I thought, "Oh, right," and put the book down immediately. I have no interest in picking it up and reading the rest of it.
Hardcore Henry.
It's an easy answer. It's a very pulpy, violent, action film shot entirely in a real time first person vantage. A guy gets experimented on, escapes from the mad scientist, then goes on a 90 min video game quest to save his kidnapped wife. It's all explosions and train fights. It's the kind of thing you worry that people will respect you less for having enjoyed, but it's honestly an outstanding use of cinema and very fun.
A short stay in Switzerland. It's about an old lady who had a terminal illness and goes to Switzerland to end her life. It's incredibly depressing, there is a scene where she tries to suffocate herself with a plastic bag that I couldn't even watch
The Mist. It started off ok, but the ending was just brutal, and I'm here for it.
Jacob's Ladder
What a ride.
I see all your movies and I give you Oranus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRQeTojVZlI
You're welcomeSpeak No Evil (2022)
The Skin I Live in 2011 (Antonio Banderas)
The brief synopsis below gives nothing away about how this film is so messed up.
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Sorry to Bother You 2018
I defy anyone to guess where that movie is heading.
I have never watched the full movie, but I think Eraserhead needs a mention.
The Bad Batch was pretty fantastic, and those first few minutes especially are pretty fucked. With a cast containing Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and a very sneaky Jim Carey, I'm honestly surprised it didn't get more attention than it did. Maybe it's the cannibalism.
Basically, the premise is that there's this big chunk of open desert around a town called Comfort out in the middle of a fenced off area in Texas where they dump criminals. It's got a very post-apocalyptic vibe. Highly recommended.
It's also entertaining and fun. Highly recommend
For the best fucked up movie as in THE MOST fucked up, for me it's Gummo.
Grave of the Fireflies
I watched Funny Games in theaters in high school and it pissed me off so much. I literally shouted βfuck youβ at a screen in a public theater. It wasnβt until much later that I realized that was the point.
Iβve been meaning to watch it again.
Can't go wrong with Riley Sterns. Faults and The Art of Self Defense are great wtf dark comedies.
Snowtown has been the one in my life which has really stuck with me particularly because itβs a true story. The murder scenes were so prolonged and graphic.
No movie ever made me suffer as much as Climax by Gaspar NoΓ©. I highly recommend it if you want to have a horrible time.
Enter the Void should be here.
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The Acid House.
"Plague dogs" is the most depressing movie I have ever seen, I was in a funk for a few weeks after seeing it. In terms of conveying an emotion no other film has lived up to that movie for me.
I don't recommend it.
El Topo
Thought it was a spaghetti western. Damn was I wrong.
Romulus, My Father. Made me skip a semester exam, seriously.
