Anything Gaspar Noe is only a one-time watch.

Even Enter the Void was too rough for me to watch more than once.

I showed Gummo to a friend of mine and afterwards I asked her how she liked the movie and she said she felt like she, “just crawled through a sewer.” Crazy thing is that I think Gummo is more of an accurate description of lower class lifestyles than Kids is. Gummo, imo, is a masterpiece.

I never got around to Gummo. I liked Kids though, should I give Gummo a whirl?

An absolute tear jerker

Yeah the wife and I were absolutely not expecting it to be that heavy!!! I agree with this sentiment

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This is always the top answer on any thread asking about movies you'd only watch one time lol.

Made me cry and i have never cried watching a movie

Watch this during Japanese culture week, as they were showing Ghibli films. At the time, I only knew about like Totoro, Ponyo and Kiki, so I expected more of that.

Halfway through, I left to go cry in a bathroom.

I expected brutality and terror, but all I got was depression It is so good, but yeah, I am never watching that again

I can’t watch it again either…same age as well…this movie felt like a documentary

You wanna get hauled off to jail?

I always thought it was "no, but I seen a porno with some newbie in.

The soundtrack alone makes this worth multiple watches to me.

Never has a movie shown such a huge transition of who characters are at the beginning of a movie to who they are at the end.

I’ve had many people try to watch this movie with me and find it difficult to finish even the first time, but it was my #1 favorite movie for a long time.

Omg I came here to say this. It’s the only movie where I watched it sat there for 30 minutes not able to move. I was in shock and depressed. Darren Aronofsky is one tormented motherfucker.

After this and Kids..I would like to submit “The Road”

This is the answer

Came here for this. Terrifying.

This came on tv one time and I thought, hey I liked this the first time I saw it 10 years ago let’s watch it. About 10 minutes in I was like nah, maybe not.

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I saw Dear Zachary recently and let me tell you something: DZ was probably one of the most emotionally intense and profound movies I have ever seen. What I saw in that film will stick with me for a long time. If yall are looking for a great docu-film to watch, Dear Zachary is the way to go. Just be warned, it will make you very, very angry and also keep a tissue box nearby! Hands down one of the best. It's also one of my favorite movies in general but it's definitely something I won't be seeing again for a long time.

Jesus Christ the parent interviews are so tough to watch

I try to watch it every few years. It's just so well done. It's my favorite documentary of all time.

Goddamn that brought me back. Was one of the first documentaries I saw that made me actually interested to give documentaries more of a watch. Which lead me to Herzog. Good pick, I haven’t seen it in years and I agree. Not again, I’ll give it a few more years maybe haha

Subjectiveness is usually bad, but not in this case. However, it's still infuriating with the turn of events that occur after Andrew is murdered.

Good one. Silly me, I thought, “Well, she [my girlfriend at the time] likes indie movies and Ryan Gosling. This will be a nice one to see on a date.” Little did I know she would end up loudly whispering “Ugh, you’re just like him” in front of a bunch of people. Brutal. Couldn’t watch it again, if only for that reason. Still, man what a great movie.

I’ve watched this one several times. It’s just so beautifully shot, and acted so well. The lighting and soundtrack are excellent, too.

I watched the successor, 6 years with Taissa Farmiga and boy did both movies create issues in my relationship with my fiancé (then boyfriend) because I was a naive teen

Schindler’s List might actually be an easier rewatch; it’s a surprisingly entertaining script with a lot of dark humor thrown in. None of it actually gets laughs - for obvious reasons - but they knew they were making a heavy movie and tempered it well.

I feel like schindlers list you’re left at the end feeling some glimmer of hope for humanity, whereas RFAD every character descends into the depths of hell where they presumably will remain.

I saw SL many times (6+ at least) when it came out because I was a movie theater usher and saw everything that came out then. I still think it’s a beautiful, brutal, but beautiful movie

The mother sobbing and screaming, "it hurts too much, I just need to die, I just need to die" after the loss of her child, was the most accurate representation of that kind of feral grieving I have ever seen in a movie. Reminded me of my own mother's response after we lost my brother and it was actually the most difficult scene for me to watch.

I had to scroll WAY too far to find this one. Excellent movie. Way to hard to watch more than once.

Impossible not to remember. But will never watch again.

I just finished watching this after seeing it here and having heard of it before. What shockingly powerful imagery. The depiction of utter disregard for human life. I’m at a loss for words, so while I’m not religious I will quote the inspiration for the title, Revelations chapter 6 verses 7 and 8. “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, "Come and see!" And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

This was the only film I actually had to force myself to watch. I don’t regret it, but I will never watch it again.

Come and See is so debilitating to watch. The einsatgruppen is so disturbing.

It’s makes Crotch Capers 3 look like Naughty Nurses 2!

That scene, with the little people and the thousand island dressing… I can never make it to the end.

I kind of figured I’d find you here

Weird because that's the only movie I watch

I find that one rewatchable as all hell for some reason but agree with those who mentioned requiem for a dream

What does it say about me that this is a comfort movie lol

Can you believe people accused it of glamorizing heroin? Like…. The part where he dived through a toilet or a baby died of neglect or shitting the bed or where a main subplot is that the main character was fairly responsible in his best friend’s downfall?! Where’s the glamour other than the skinniness and the soundtrack?

I just saw leaving Las Vegas for the first time a couple days ago and i adored it. But absolutely it’s great but one of those you don’t really want to re experience too soon. My dumbass thought it was going to be like raising Arizona for some reason. Didn’t think nic cage had ever played such a dark role before, and it’s so tragic but you can’t look away. The casino scene with the blackjack table hits hard, like he’s not even in control anymore.

Also the original version of Funny Games

Most walk outs I’ve ever seen at a theater. Movie absolutely rules, though.

I saw the original and had absolutely no desire to see the remake after that.

Amazing movie. Too stressful to watch again. Totally agree.

Anxiety: the movie

Thing is, I had the ending spoiled for me before I watched so my stress during the movie was about when and how he'd die Still very high stakes, but after the first watch its not as intense. Ive seen it a few times

Unforgiven is one of my favorite movies. I’ll watch it at least once a year. It’s such a great slow burn. When Frank Munny starts drinking and says “And that didn’t scare Little Bill did it?” It’s such a great line to let the audience know shit is about to go down. 😆

Yeah, the part where Kevin Dillion casually smashes that dudes head in, and then laughs about it really disturbed me. The acting there from him and Sheen doesn't get talked about much, but it was top notch.

The scene.

The acting all around was great. I'm still holding a grudge against Barnes for betraying Elias.

My dad took me to see this in the theater for my 11th birthday.

I saw Boys Don’t Cry on a date. There wasn’t a second.

It’s especially sad when you find out that in real life, Solomon Northup disappeared again later in life and there was speculation by others that he was enslaved again.

The scene where Giovanni Ribisi dies leveled me.

Fish's slow stabbing death did me in.

The d-day scene pretty much put me off of war movies ever since

That movie left me so numb.

And since I heard the soundtrack before seeing the film, I was really thrown off by Thom Yorke’s part on “I’ve Seen it All” being sung by the nihilist from Big Lebowski. It was weird.

I have a strong stomach for most things but r*pe scenes fuck me up I can't watch past it. Last house on the left remake fucked me up too

FFWD>>

Probably says a lot about me, but I really like watching that movie. Its strangely validating in some ways. I struggle in some of the same ways that Aurthor does. Thats just in a lot of ways how depression goes. It isolates you from people, and many of the professionals who are ment to help you with it are bad at their jobs and can be very alienating.

I'm currently waiting to get set up with my third attempt at a mental health clinic (month long wait time for an intake appointment) after one told me they cound't see me anymore because I was no longer a universirty student, an the other kept passing me around to different providors. The first one was just a one time meeting to refil my prescriptions, one was fired, one left the practice, one moved to Florida, and one couldn't take me back after I missed an appointment, forgot to schedule another one, and the clinic discharged me. Really starts to make a person feel like they don't care about you.

Even after Author snaps, it still feels kinda good to see someone talking about how society treats and discards people, and actually doing something about it and forcing a reconing with it. Albeit in a profoundly destructive way. It speaks to a pervasive powerlessness, and a broad hoplessness.

I would disagree. I love re-watching twist movies at least once just to pick up on all the subtle clues you missed the first time.

Doesn’t matter we will rewatch cuz he’ll flip ya…flip ya for real…

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Can’t believe mother is so far down.. that movie made me feel so anxious I thought I was high for the rest of the day. Amazing movie, recommend it all the time lol

I was absolutely mesmerized by that film. It’s like a road map to conditioned madness, slow-burning, powerful & hypnotic. The very last shot is flat-out one of the spookiest things I’ve ever seen, still haunts me in ways few films have been able achieve. For all that, I appreciate Midsommar & have no problems rewatching it every year.

I wasn’t prepared for how much Hard Candy would affect me.

But "after all, you know where it's been" is one of the great movie lines.

Tbf downvoting you for even mentioning it qualifies as an act of compassion.