233 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.
Lawn Dogs (1997)
7.0
A friendship is forged between outcasts in eccentric suburban tale
My First Film (2024)
7.0
Music video director Zia Anger makes her feature debut in this self-reflexive meta drama
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
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
Lilies (1996)
7.5
A passionate, underseen queer gem where a confession transforms into a memory play
Breaking the Waves (1996)
8.1
Lars von Trier breaks his rules in the tearjerking first film of the Golden Heart trilogy
Turtles Can Fly (2005)
8.0
A realistic and well-made Kurdish drama that’s absolutely devastating
Joint Security Area (2000)
7.9
Friends separate at the border in this emotionally moving whodunit
Birds of Passage (2018)
7.7
Greed gambles over tradition in this rare depiction of an indigenous Colombian community
The American (2023)
7.0
Talia Ryder is kept on her toes in this harrowing drama based on the real life prima ballerina
The Farewell (2019)
9.1
Awkwafina shines in this complex culture clash comedy.
The Normal Heart (2014)
7.7
Ryan Murphy and Larry Kramer reminds America of the lessons learned in the 1980s AIDS crisis