19 Movies that will leave you devastated.

Jul 15, 2016 5:22 PM

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Requiem for a Dream

Devastation rating: 11 / 10

There's no way you're surprised about this unless you've never seen it. If you are about to see it for the first time, heed my warning... you'll need an adult.

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Edit: The movies listed above are available to watch on Netflix as of 10/6. Old Boy is another Korean movie that is available now, as well as The Road. A few very wonderful movies that are not currently available on Netflix (but have been or is available on DVD) are: Pan's Labyrinth, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, With a Girl of Black Soil, Memories of Murder, Irreversible, Dear Zachary, I Saw the Devil, Blue Valentine, The Mist, Blood Diamond, Life is Beautiful, Elephant, and a few others named in the comments.

Also, a few people mentioned Grave of the Fireflies as a devastating animation. Grave of the Fireflies made me tear up, but it doesn't even compare to The Plague Dogs. Want an animated movie to ruin you? Watch The Plague Dogs. It will ruin you.

The Man from Nowhere

Devastation rating: 7 / 10

If suspenseful rescue movies is your thing (Man on Fire, Taken), watch The Man from Nowhere. One of the most intense rescue movies I've ever seen with some unforgettable scenes not for the faint of heart.

The Wave (Die Welle)

Devastation rating: 7.5 / 10

The Wave is a German movie about a high school teacher's psychological experiment gone awry. It's one of those very few movies that takes a hypothetical situation, portrays real-life consequences, and leaves you terrified of the real power of the human psyche.

Edit: Die Welle is based on the events of The Wave experiment at Elwood P. Cubberley Senior High School, Palo Alto, California, USA in 1967. Try to remember as you watch this movie, that the experiment only lasted 5 - 8 days.

Donnie Darko

Devastation rating: 8 / 10

People still try to define Donnie Darko beyond the movie's genre. Whether the events are supernatural or through the eyes of a schizophrenic, there are a few scenes that can give you some trouble falling asleep.

Buried

Devastation Rating: 8 / 10

Claustrophobic? Ryan Reynolds plays a man who's trapped in a box for an hour and a half. Of course, there's more to it, if it's in this list.

Silenced (do-ga-ni)

Devastation rating: 9 / 10

A second Korean movie on this list which absolutely earns it's rank. Silenced grips you right from the opening scene with a small deaf child walking towards an incoming train. It's goes straight downhill from there. Oh, and it's based on a true story.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Devastation rating: 10 / 10

The holocaust is no place for children. The Boy in Striped Pajamas not only takes you to one of the darkest points in human history, but... it... actually I don't even have the words for this one. Watch it.

Schindler's List (1993)

Devastation rating: 9 / 10

In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

Devastation rating: 7.5 / 10

A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Devastation rating: 7 / 10

A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Devastation rating: 8 / 10

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Devastation rating: 8/ 10

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. (116 mins.)

Incendies (2010)

Devastation rating: 7 / 10

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Devastation rating: 7 / 10

A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
the feels

Come and See (1985)

Devastation rating: 7.5 / 10

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet Army and experiences the horrors of World War II.

The Pianist (2002)

Devastation rating: 9 / 10

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Devastation rating: 8 / 10

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

The Elephant Man (1980)

Devastation rating: 7 / 10

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RDW1ldM9zM

Atonement (2007)

Devastation rating: 8 / 10

Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
P.S these some of the movies that i really find Devastated.
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I had my only panic attack at the end of Buried and could not breath. JFC that movie is intense.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I recently watched Boy with the Striped Pajamas cuz another imgur post recommended it.. I cried for the whole last half of the movie...????

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Requiem and grave of the fireflies is easily a 30/10

9 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

The Road should be included too. I dont think it's on Netflix anymore but it needs to be seen if you like crying for 2 hours straight.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I saw Life is Beautiful in school, about three of the kids in class (including me) were happy it was the subtitled version.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Donnie Darko always leaves me depressed and lonely feeling. But it's sooo good!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Fucking Wolf Children

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You left off A.I.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

I loved that movie!

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Should look up Alpha Dog. Never thought Justin Timberlake could make me choke up.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The Man From Nowhere is one of my favorite movies. Have you watched Old Boy @OP? Another great Korean movie.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

No ..but from ur recommendations i will surely watch it

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I felt so sad and depressed after watching Dancer in the dark... Ugh

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yep, it's the first time I ugly-cried in front of another person while just watching a movie. And then I wanted to break things.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fun fact to "Schindlers List" : the word list is also a German word and means ruse or subterfuge.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Lilo and Stitch. It ends happy but I cry through most of it

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I break down every time when he is in the forest with the book and he is all alone - just can't handle it

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Life is beautiful is great. I still shout "buongiorno principessa" to my wife when I come home from work every day

9 years ago | Likes 67 Dislikes 1

That movie was an absolute art piece.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You deserve 1000 points and a tank

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Knowing and loving that film, your post gave me shivvers down my spine.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

How Dear Zachary made it on this list of fiction and is NON-FICTION, and was rated lower than Requiem of a Dream is beyond me.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

We Need To Talk About Kevin is the best birth control ever

9 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

So i watched it just now because of this list, and boy oh boy do i have some concerns about being a parent.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I had to pause it at one point and walk away cause I wanted to jump through my screen and murder that child

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's reminded me of Gone Girl, but with your kid instead of your wife. (I saw Gone Girl first)

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

HOW IS DEAR ZACHARY ONLY 7/10 IT'S A TRUE FUCKING STORY THAT DESTROYS YOU!!!!!

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Atonement the book almost fucking killed me

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Haven't read the book but the end of the movie was a punch in the gut. It's just so blunt and jarring.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah, the book is overwhelming......the movie so so....

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I love James MCavoy is amazing but Keira Knightley bugs me. The book had me in the fetal position sobbing

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ugh, they both murdered my feels.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh man The Mist! I've never been so devastated at human beings in my entire life. But thanks! Faved and saved for future film watching! +1

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I feel really bad but I actually laughed at the end of the mist

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The ending of The Mist made me irrationally angry.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That movie made fog and getting trapped in a store terrifying and the stomped on my heart!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nobody Knows. Japanese film

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That was based on real events, wasn't it? So sad.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It was. Oldest kid turned into the film maker.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What dreams my come is absolutely devastating, I taped it before Robin Williams died and haven't had the heart to watch it since.

9 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Wait, you... taped... it?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Taped uses fewer letters than recorded.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It was one of the first things I thought about after learning of his death

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Made me cry like a little girl.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

People say it's terrible, but it's one of my favorites.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Whaaaa? Who said it was terrible!?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've never cried like I did at The Bridge to Terabithia.

9 years ago | Likes 77 Dislikes 4

Trashass movie ????

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Oh man... my parents rented that for us on vacation once. Don't think they knew what it was really about. Still haven't forgiven them.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

My 5th grade Reading teacher let us watch the movie after reading the book, and even all the kids who try to act thug cried.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I was FURIOUS that the girl died, absolutely besides myself. Couldn't forgive the filmmaker and utterly forgot the rest of the movie.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Never saw the movie, only read the book as a kid. Didn't find it that sad.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

Not sure why you were down voted for that...

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I watched it, years ago, only remember there being a forest, maybe some tree beast, and a wooden bridge.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I literally cried for an hour after that movie and I ain't gay or nuthin

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Hachi was AMAZING

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Strong feels from this movie

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I can't bring myself to watch it.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's worth it, think it's based on a true story too

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know it is, I just don't feel like crying over another animal...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oook

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

The end of that film always leaves me cringing. With Chief.. Always scared about dropping the water fountain on his bare feet.

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9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think you meant to give Grave of the Fireflies a devastation rating of over 9000

9 years ago | Likes 207 Dislikes 6

I watched Grave of the Fireflies when I was a kid, I want to watch it again but I don't know if it'll have the same effect as the first time

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I am never watching that again. My heart can only break so much.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Watched this movie right as I was really getting into anime about 15 years ago, first time a movie ever made me cry.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dancer in the Dark made me cry. The music was a perfect juxtaposition of the story. Ugh...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Absolutely, tried+failed to rewatch many times. Watching that movie demands a piece of your soul, and leaves a splinter of itself in return.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Everyone seems to say it's the most devastating film they've seen. I felt nothing during the film and I wouldn't consider myself a cold dude

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Have the movie and can't watch it.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I actually think these ratings are lit bit under. But it's about the taste. Grave of the fireflyes is the most shocking film I've ever seen.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I love that movie, but I can't bring myself to watch it again. Specially knowing it's a semi-autobiographical story.

9 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Fun fact, the writer of the book it was made from was a parliament member and wrote a comedy about pornographers

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I had to stop it about half way through and come back a week later. Too much for one sitting.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

IMO Silenced was so much worse...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I fucking hate that movie.

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 9

why?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

because of the feels it made him/her feel despite not knowing he/she was able to

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The entire ending could have been avoided if the older kid just apologized. He chose misery over pride.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Felt frustrated too. Hard being a kid in war times, eh?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I really didn't feel that much when I watched it

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4

Fantastic movie. Watched it once, never again. My heart can't take that kind of damage.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I had this movie recommended to me and bought it but have been too scared to watch it now ????

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The happiest part of this movie is usually the saddest part of most sad movies.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oh yikes. I'll save it a bit longer then I think

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't be scared. It's an amazing beautiful movie. Just bring a friend. And tissues. And a new heart.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ok I'll go to Costco and get the industrial pack of Kleenex cuz I'm a softhearted cry baby in movies. I'll save it for a night I need a cry

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

no, actually save it for a moment you're feeling good, it would destroy you otherwise

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The thing about the Boy in Striped pyjamas is it makes your stomach twist and your guts clench. That isn't sadness. That's horror.

9 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

That ending though. I seriously did not expect it.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know, fucking Lupin.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I read the book then watched the film. Didn't tell my other half the ending. He was so horrified. He knew it wasn't going to end well but...

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I cried for hours after. Just in the fetal position, sobbing. I had to miss my classes that night. Just couldn't function.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I was in the theater in the fetal position sobbing. Can never watch that movie again. Too traumatic.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Seen it 4 times...good movie but it never did that for me.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You're definition of devastating is much different than mine.

9 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 3

either that or we watched a different "Dear Zachary"

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

*Your

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Lol shit

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I dunno, man. I bawled like a little girl at the end of Life is Beautiful.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dear Zachary was not devastating. Dear Zachary will crush your soul and will leave you an emotional wreck for at least two days.

9 years ago | Likes 254 Dislikes 3

I just watched it... I'm sad, devastated and angry at the same time... Fuck !

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I couldn't inhale for a week.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Both times I watched that movie, I was shaking crying. It's so depressing.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

First off, screw you guys for even introducing me to this movie. Secondly, (spoiler)=>

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

His parents are true inspirations. God bless their soul.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

... at least two days? http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/84.gif

9 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Two days? What kind of monster are you recovering that fast?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

God this movie made me so utterly sad yet furious at the same time

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I came here looking for this comment. Not disappointed. Dear Zachary is still f***ing me up and it's been months.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I never cried so hart before i saw that movie

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Can someone explain why it's so soul-crushing? I watched it, and was not phased by it. It played out like an episode of Dateline.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 6

If it has to be explained, there's really no point. But the worst part for me was subconsciously putting myself in the shoes of (spoiler)=>

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the parents after losing their only child, having to pander to the murderer in order to spend some time with the grand child (spoiler)=>

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

they didn't know they had. Knowing everyday she could snap and that could be the last day with their grandson they continued to (spoiler)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

fight the legal system and smile and mingle with their sons murderer, while hiding the boiling sea of rage. Then despite everything (spoiler

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So much this

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Seriously. Don't watch this movie. I watched it a month ago and I still think about it regularly. Heartbreaking.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

1/2 There was an amendment made to a law in Canada as a result of this documentary. I dont want to leak any spoilers, but that goes...

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

2/2 to show how powerful it truly is.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It kept me up at night for several days. I actually had to watch it twice to truly grasp it

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Same. The second time I watched it my roommate decided to watch it with me, thinking it was just a documentary. It destroyed her, too.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is the truth. I was crushed. I had to pause the movie to catch my breath. It was ugly crying at its best.

9 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

I agree. Dear Zachary has a devastation rating of 15/10. I was a husk emotionally for a few days afterward.

9 years ago | Likes 55 Dislikes 0

Dear Zachary was higher than 15/10. It was beyond devastation scale. I honestly dont think I will ever forget it

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Right? Idk how this person can rate it 7/10 when it was real. That triples its devastation factor.

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Yes! I couldn't breathe after watch it and seeing the title now brings tears to my eyes. Devastating isn't even close

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm kinda frightened to watch it now.

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Seriously ruined me for a solid week. I was in a daze. This one will make you want to hug everyone you love

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Go watch, we'll wait http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/waiting.gif

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Do it. Don't read ahead. But be prepared to cry in the middle of the night 2 days later when you absorbed what the fuck just happened.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

I just wanted to know what you guys were talking about so I went ahead and watched it, just finished it. On behalf of my emotions SCREW YOU!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I literally yelled "NO!" at the screen a few times.

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I was screaming at swearing at the tv calling the mom all sorts of names. My husband was in the other room like "WTF"??

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*and

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You forgot the beginning of Up.

9 years ago | Likes 379 Dislikes 5

showed Up to gf, her review - "Saddest.Movie.Ever."

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm just tagging along cause my comment alone wouldnt be seen otherwise: this is the first time I've seen come and see on incur! Great movie

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'll have you know I swiped back to this page to like this comment. Haha. Up gets me errytime

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

My son went thru a spell where he watched it every morning. So I would cry a little every fucking morning.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And the end of The Mist.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

One of my favorite movies, even with the alternate ending

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Makes the cliffhanger ending of the real one seem fine

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's because this scale only goes up to 10.

9 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

5/7

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Actually the first one on the list was an 11

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Yeah, but Up beginning is like a 42.

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

How oddly specific, I love it.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

True

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