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

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Find the best depressing movies to watch, from our mood category. Like everything on agoodmovietowatch, these depressing movies are highly-rated by both viewers and critics.

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The Village (2023)

6.7

The past haunts the present in this tale of loss and preservation of a village

All My Puny Sorrows (2023)

5.9

A deeply felt study of grief and inherited mental illness that struggles to state its ideas clearly

Ordinary People (2016)

best

8.2

A devastating look at poverty through the eyes of teenagers forced to protect themselves

Metro Manila (2013)

best

8.2

A heartbreaking and distressing family's attempt at a better life in the bustling city of Manila

Blue Bayou (2021)

7.2

Justin Chon writes and directs a poignant film showing that home is more than a place, it's the people you love

Blue (1993)

best

8.0

Derek Jarman’s last testament in film, a losing battle with AIDS set on an unchanging screen of blue

The First Wave (2021)

best

8.0

A highly emotional COVID documentary that expertly bridges the personal to the political

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

best

8.5

A modern Shakespeare adaptation turned essential road movie about two gay hustlers

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

best

8.2

Passion and resistance collide in this gripping tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of World War II Berlin

Farha (2021)

best

8.0

A brutal coming-of-age film set at the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Lost in America (1985)

7.2

A hilarious yet depressing satire about leaving it all behind

The Piano Teacher (2001)

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8.6

An unnerving Austrian psychosexual drama from the meticulous auteur Michael Haneke