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242 Best Depressing Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Have you got the tissues ready? Some of the most memorable watches are the ones that tug at our heart strings. Here are the best depressing movies to stream right now.

Once Were Warriors (1994)

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8.0

A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama

The President (2014)

7.3

A dictator and his grandson try to escape the revolution in this bleak, satiric drama

Silenced (2011)

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9.0

A brutal and harrowing exposé of the schoolwide abuse case that sparked outrage in Korea

The Substance (2024)

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8.3

Demi Moore swaps bodies in this standout chaotic body dysmorphia horror

City of Life and Death (2009)

7.8

A harrowing, in-depth depiction of one of the world’s worst wartime atrocities

Felicia’s Journey (1999)

7.1

An unsettling cross-country psychological thriller that takes unexpected twists and turns

Letter from Masanjia (2019)

7.0

A harrowing documentary that reveals the evil in modern day labor camps

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)

7.4

Survivors hold faith for rescue in this bleak dystopian sci-fi drama

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

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8.5

Louis Malle remembers his heartbreaking childhood in this poignant period drama

The Sacrifice (1986)

8.1

In his final film, Andrei Tarkovsky contemplates the end of the world in this meditative modern twist to the Sacrifice of Isaac

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)

7.2

Cartoon children try to fly away from the nest in this devastating post-dystopian twisted tale

Breaking the Waves (1996)

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8.1

Lars von Trier breaks his rules in the tearjerking first film of the Golden Heart trilogy

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