144 Best Depressing Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch
Popular + Depressing
Popular + Depressing
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.
Sort by
Popular
Top
New
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
8.7
A punishingly bleak but powerful cry of protest against the death penalty
A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case (2023)
8.1
A documentary that skillfully pieces together the tragedy and public spectacle of a young child's death
Threads (1984)
8.5
The viscerally chilling Threads is the kind of film you only watch once
War Pony (2022)
7.2
Though deeply tragic, War Pony’s harsh depiction of life on the rez makes for a beautiful and necessary watch
Every Body (2023)
7.2
A much-needed primer on intersex that celebrates just as much as it cries for justice
Take Care of Maya (2023)
7.3
While it lacks the incisiveness of a documentary of its scale, Take Care of Maya is fascinating and sensitive enough to bring justice to its delicate subject matter
Farha (2021)
8.0
A brutal coming-of-age film set at the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Holy Spider (2022)
8.0
A timely and terrifying noir that takes on systemic abuse and corruption in Iran
The Farewell (2019)
9.1
Awkwafina shines in this complex culture clash comedy.
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
8.7
A stunning and sobering World War I drama from Germany
The Vanishing (1988)
8.7
Love, curiosity, and obsession blur when a man’s girlfriend mysteriously disappears
Ordinary People (2016)
8.2
A devastating look at poverty through the eyes of teenagers forced to protect themselves