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.
Dir. Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman
Depicting the horrifying cycle of abuse in the state’s prison system, The Alabama Solution is tough to watch. It was…
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a limited series depicting World War II in the eyes of an…
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
If it weren’t for the people involved, the English-language remake of the Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet might…
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a…
Dir. Magnus von Horn
Given the original real-life story behind it, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that The Girl with the Needle was so…
Dir. Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka
At two hours and nearly 30 minutes, Stonewalling is quite long. The third film from spouses Ryuji Otsuka and Huang…
Dir. Nathan Silver
Many movies try to be nostalgic, but few have come as close as Between the Temples. Directed by Nathan Silver,…
Dir. Radu Jude
With a title like this, it was expected that Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World…
Dir. Maite Alberdi
Documentaries about people suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other neurodegenerative diseases will always occupy a bit of an uneasy space—how…
Dir. John Trengove
South African director John Trengove follows-up his debut The Wound with another take on masculinity, this time set in the…
Dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman
After Loving Vincent, DK and Hugh Welchman’s iconic oil paint animation initially seems like old hat, but this time the…
Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Surreal, off-putting, and extremely disturbing, Infinity Pool plays with the concepts of cloning and the death penalty to craft an…
Dir. Zia Anger
Aspiring writer-director Vita of My First Film is insufferable. When she starts out making her first feature, she’s pleasantly surprised…
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Given the controversial subject matter, there’s something remarkably placid about the way About Dry Grasses proceeds. Amidst the snowy white…
Dir. Wang Bing
Teenagers forced to grow up quickly and spend their prime years wiling away at garment factories sounds like a grim…
Dir. Mstyslav Chernov
Formally speaking, 20 Days in Mariupol is little more than a compilation of footage bravely collected by Mstyslav Chernov in…
Dir. Shane Atkinson
Sometimes, especially when you’ve gone without it for so long, you would do anything for a shred of respect. LaRoy,…
Dir. Kenneth Dagatan & Kenneth Lim Dagatan
There’s a cruelty to In My Mother’s Skin that may seem off-putting at first, but one must reckon with the…
Dir. Julie Cohen
Even with its haphazard construction and occasionally unnecessary and corny flourishes (what’s with all the mellowed-out covers of pop songs?),…
Dir. Jesse Short Bull & Laura Tomaselli
Using the documentary form with supreme clarity and righteous fury, Lakota Nation vs. United States distills hundreds of years of…
Dir. Ali Abbasi
As a crime thriller, Holy Spider is taut and terrifying, a modern noir that manages to unnerve despite the familiar…
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