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Looking for movies which are depressing for no real reason. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FatTony@lemmy.world to c/movies@lemmy.world

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Hi there,

I recently saw the movie: Black Swan. Good picture, good acting! One thing that stood out to me though was the fact that this movie is kinda dreary. I don't think I have ever seen the sun shine in that movie. Everybody seems to hate one another and there is just an overall really negative vibe going on.

It suited the movie perfectly. So I was wondering if anyone knows of any other movies where the setting is just depressing/dreary for no apparent reason*.

To which I mean there is no direct reason a character (or story) should be sad or depressed. I hope I am explaining this well 🙏 An example would be Saturday Night Fever.

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[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The road, but read the book for extra points.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

While it’s a depressing movie (and book, of course - and I agree the book is if anything even better), the characters have every single possible reason to be depressed. Without getting into any spoilers you couldn’t get by reading the back cover, the main character is mourning the loss of his wife, the end of civilization, and knowing his child will only inherit a bleak world of ashes.

[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Good point. I just thought of high level depressing movies without further thought of the plot.

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