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Morvern Callar (2002)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynne Ramsay
CAST:  Samantha Morton  •  Kathleen McDermott  •  Linda McGuire  •  James Wilson

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynne Ramsay
CAST:  Samantha Morton  •  Kathleen McDermott  •  Linda McGuire  •  James Wilson

Breaking the Waves (1996)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Jean-Marc Barr

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Jean-Marc Barr

Winged Creatures (2008)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowan Woods
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Josh Hutcherson  •  Forest Whitaker  •  Guy Pearce

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowan Woods
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Josh Hutcherson  •  Forest Whitaker  •  Guy Pearce

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new-world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Ian McDiarmid  •  Casper Van Dien  •  Michael Gough

The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new-world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Ian McDiarmid  •  Casper Van Dien  •  Michael Gough

My Friend Dahmer (2017)

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Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Meyers
CAST:  Ross Lynch  •  Vincent Kartheiser  •  Alex Wolff  •  Anne Heche

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Meyers
CAST:  Ross Lynch  •  Vincent Kartheiser  •  Alex Wolff  •  Anne Heche

The Village (2004)

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When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Bryce Dallas Howard  •  Joaquin Phoenix  •  Adrien Brody  •  William Hurt

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Bryce Dallas Howard  •  Joaquin Phoenix  •  Adrien Brody  •  William Hurt

Princess (2014)

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While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar's role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tali Shalom-Ezer
CAST:  Keren Mor  •  Shira Haas  •  Ori Pfeffer  •  Adar Zohar-Hanetz

While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar's role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tali Shalom-Ezer
CAST:  Keren Mor  •  Shira Haas  •  Ori Pfeffer  •  Adar Zohar-Hanetz

Blonde (2022)

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From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Dominik
CAST:  Ana de Armas  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bobby Cannavale  •  Julianne Nicholson

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Dominik
CAST:  Ana de Armas  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bobby Cannavale  •  Julianne Nicholson

The Last House on the Left (2009)

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A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a horrible revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Iliadis
CAST:  Garret Dillahunt  •  Michael Bowen  •  Josh Coxx  •  Riki Lindhome

A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a horrible revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Iliadis
CAST:  Garret Dillahunt  •  Michael Bowen  •  Josh Coxx  •  Riki Lindhome

Heaven Knows What (2015)

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A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benny Safdie  •  Josh Safdie
CAST:  Arielle Holmes  •  Caleb Landry Jones  •  Eléonore Hendricks  •  Yuri Pleskun

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benny Safdie  •  Josh Safdie
CAST:  Arielle Holmes  •  Caleb Landry Jones  •  Eléonore Hendricks  •  Yuri Pleskun

The White Ribbon (2009)

DepressingHeartbreakingDisturbingEmotional

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Ursina Lardi  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Burghart Klaußner  •  Christian Friedel

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Ursina Lardi  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Burghart Klaußner  •  Christian Friedel

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Perelman
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Ron Eldard  •  Frances Fisher

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Perelman
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Ron Eldard  •  Frances Fisher

Michael (2011)

DepressingHeartbreakingDisturbingEmotional

Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Schleinzer
CAST:  Michael Fuith  •  David Rauchenberger  •  Christine Kain  •  Ursula Strauss

Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Schleinzer
CAST:  Michael Fuith  •  David Rauchenberger  •  Christine Kain  •  Ursula Strauss

Satantango (1994)

DepressingHeartbreakingDisturbingEmotional

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Béla Tarr
CAST:  Mihály Víg  •  Putyi Horváth  •  László feLugossy  •  Éva Almássy Albert

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Béla Tarr
CAST:  Mihály Víg  •  Putyi Horváth  •  László feLugossy  •  Éva Almássy Albert

Sulphur & White (2020)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is trapped by memories of the past and hostile to anyone who dares to help. Flashbacks reveal a childhood in South Africa at the mercy of an inadequate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Mark Stanley  •  Anna Friel  •  Dougray Scott  •  Emily Beecham

David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is trapped by memories of the past and hostile to anyone who dares to help. Flashbacks reveal a childhood in South Africa at the mercy of an inadequate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Mark Stanley  •  Anna Friel  •  Dougray Scott  •  Emily Beecham

South Of Pico (2007)

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"South of Pico" is an emotionally charged drama in which four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives. Set in present day Los Angeles, a chauffeur, a waitress, a doctor and a young boy each deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Gossner
CAST:  Gina Torres  •  Kip Pardue  •  Henry Simmons  •  Christina Hendricks

"South of Pico" is an emotionally charged drama in which four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives. Set in present day Los Angeles, a chauffeur, a waitress, a doctor and a young boy each deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Gossner
CAST:  Gina Torres  •  Kip Pardue  •  Henry Simmons  •  Christina Hendricks

Revolutionary Road (2008)

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A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Mendes
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kate Winslet  •  Michael Shannon  •  Kathryn Hahn

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Mendes
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kate Winslet  •  Michael Shannon  •  Kathryn Hahn

Oslo, August 31st (2011)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joachim Trier
CAST:  Anders Danielsen Lie  •  Hans Olav Brenner  •  Ingrid Olava  •  Tone Beate Mostraum

One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joachim Trier
CAST:  Anders Danielsen Lie  •  Hans Olav Brenner  •  Ingrid Olava  •  Tone Beate Mostraum

Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalRomantic

Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Nguyen
CAST:  Dane DeHaan  •  Tatiana Maslany  •  Gordon Pinsent  •  John Ralston

Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Nguyen
CAST:  Dane DeHaan  •  Tatiana Maslany  •  Gordon Pinsent  •  John Ralston

Maria Full of Grace (2004)

DepressingHeartbreakingDisturbingEmotional

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Marston
CAST:  Catalina Sandino Moreno  •  Guilied Lopez  •  Yenny Paola Vega  •  Jhon Álex Toro

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Marston
CAST:  Catalina Sandino Moreno  •  Guilied Lopez  •  Yenny Paola Vega  •  Jhon Álex Toro
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