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)
8.2
A devastating look at poverty through the eyes of teenagers forced to protect themselves
Metro Manila (2013)
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)
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)
8.0
A highly emotional COVID documentary that expertly bridges the personal to the political
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
8.5
A modern Shakespeare adaptation turned essential road movie about two gay hustlers
Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
8.2
Passion and resistance collide in this gripping tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of World War II Berlin
Farha (2021)
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)
8.6
An unnerving Austrian psychosexual drama from the meticulous auteur Michael Haneke