It sounds like most of the commenters are actually not into shocking cinema.You guys are giving the Lamest suggestions. Se7en? Reqium? Pink Floyd? You're probably the types that get weepy watching a bubblegum/torture porn flick like Hostel.The above is a great list. I don't agree with every film, but it's still very well thought out. Disturbing doesn't necessary mean horrific. I would recommend these flicks to people looking to experience strange emotions.

For depair and isolation: "The heart is deceitful above all things" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368774/

For depraved inhumanity, immaturity, and torture: "August Underground" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412467/

For Sociopathic disconnection from the human race: "I stand alone" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157016/

• 1. I STAND ALONE
• 2. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
• 3. FUNNY GAMES
• 4. SALO
• 5. KEN PARK

I would add "The Andromeda Strain" to this list. The scene where they obviously gassed a live monkey to death still bothers me. And I agree with Caligula.

i really think the movie cube should be on this list

I've been slowly gathering and watching a BUNCH of the movies that you guys are recommending, and I have to say I'm not feeling some of them. "Johnny Got His Gun"? Seriously? That had to be the most ridiculous movie ever. Sure, I like Hitchcock style movies where sometimes NOT seeing any gore can be worse than actually seeing it, but this was stupid. The dude's narration bothered me so much. I couldn't put myself in his situation at all because I wouldn't talk like that. "Gummo" - I just felt bad for these kids and their environment. I don't think it was disturbing. It was just kind of sad. But all those that recommended it, I appreciate it. This movie was worth watching. "The Cook, The Thief, The Lover and His Wife" - I disagree. This wasn't disturbing. This was almost like a typical hollywood style ending, where good prevails in the end. Disturbing to ME (and I know we're all in agreement that disturbing is a relative term) is when I, as the viewer, feel helpless and hopeless. Like I'm sitting there watching in disgust and WISHING I could do something about the situation, but I can't, but like human's morbid curiousity, I just sit there and watch it unfold. THAT is disturbing. With that being said, and I haven't finished watching ALL the movies you guys are throwing out yet, here are my most disturbing movies thus far: (in no particular order) The Girl Next Door - I'm not ashamed to say I teared up on this one. Extremely helpless feeling. Irreversible Funny Games (original) - again with the helplessness. I also felt VERY vulnerable on this one. Like this could happen to ANYONE, and that freaks the hell out of me. The Cube - I just thought this was a REALLY neat movie, and I appreciated the artistic qualities of it. It also left me feeling like I had no control. August Underground trilogy - These were definitely disturbing. There were times that I really couldn't tell for sure if it was real or not. The only thing I'd say was fake about it was the acting. Being in some of those situations, I'm sure I would have had a much different reaction to things, whether I was the victim or the predator. Salo - This movie was definitely disturbing. Also disgusting, which I think some people are using synonymously on this forum. Slasher style movies do NOT, in my opinion, always constitute "disturbing". This movie had both, and I will never forget what I watched. EVER. Thanks for listening. I appreciate all who took the time to comment, as i have HOURS of new movies to watch during my downtime.

Girl Next Door suuuucked. Maybe it's because I've read the book a few times, but I found myself fast forwarding through the movie. The acting is HORRIBLE, they don't get into a lot of detail and it skips some of the best parts of the book. Ruth is no where near as evil in the movie as she is in the book. It's based on the story of Sylvia Likens, which is much more accurately portrayed (and better acted I might add) in An American Crime. Ellen Paige plays Sylvia and your heart truly breaks for that poor girl. If you only watch one, skip TGND.

i've seen all these movies and the only one i actually felt guilty about watching is salo - fucked up beyond words. the movie is borderline criminal and i'm no prude

the Exorcist

honestly, alot of you are pussies. Saw and hostel? Are you joking? They're pointless gore. Don't get me wrong I love gore as much as the next person but its just horrbile. You wanna know the really sad thing. I'm 17 and I can name movies that would make you sick. High Tension is one. Amazing movie but very hard to figure out till the very end. A must see definately. As well as Inside. I believe someone already mentioned that and kudos to them because that movies NUTS. Sick and wrong. But I definately think you guys should have out cannibal holocaust one. Gory as F**K!!

Alright-- Whoever made this list is TRIPPING ---THIS IS MY VERSION OF THE MOST DISTURBING MOVIES (not in order, particularly). 1.) Requiem For a Dream - Hands down, this movie has given ever 2.) Gummo - Shooting cats for cat meat, sniffing glue, retards shaving their eyebrows off and dancing--- this definately deserves a spot here! 3.) Ken Park by Larry Clark - This movie gave my friend an anxiety attack--- such classic scenes as beating three legged dogs, choking oneself half to death while masturbating, father/daughter incest, suicides------ thats just the quarter of it. 4.) The Shining - This is simply the best horror movie of all time--- not because of blood and guts, but because of awesome directing and the sheer creepiness. 5.) Trainspotting - This movie is depraved, and is definately one of the more disturbing movies i've seen. 6.) The Hills Have Eyes - Sure, it is a typical blood and guts hollywood film in some respect, but some of the scenes in this movie are undoubtedly over the top disturbing--- such as burning the father alive while raping the sister and shooting the mother in the head.... it just goes further then what you'd expect out of hollywood and and mutants look insane. 7.) Kids - This movie leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of anyone who watches it... HIV positive virgin poppers, rapists, fiendish children huffing nitrous oxide until they turn blue---- 8.) Silence of the Lambs - Not only is this movie incredible, but it is also incredibly disturbing. Buffalo Bill is simply deranged, and then we have Anthony Hopkins playing Hannibal Lector the psycopathic cannibal. I find it worthy of this list. 9.) Machinist - Christian Bale got so skinny for this roll, it looks like he is on the verge of collapsing. All in all, its a great movie and has this dark vibe to it that makes it worthy of this list. 10.) Saw Series - I hesitated putting it on here because a lot of its disturbing qualities are from shock value--- But watching these movies made me feel uneasy, and with all the movies I watch, that is generally hard to do. There is enough pscyological torment and gruesomeness to make this worthy. Other Near Choices: Clockwork Orange? I thought this movie was great, but it didnt really "disturb me". Also, Natural Born Killers was more funny and trippy than it was disturbing. Oldboy had its moments, but not enough to be listed. Hills have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre,and Se7en were close but they were too disturbing in the "typical" sense-- blood, guts, and horror.

young poisioners handbook is pretty disturbing

anyone already mentioned Ken Park by Larry Clark? what makes this film so disturbing/sick is, that Clark manages to make his films look rather like a documentary. i don´t care about any slpatter/gore/torture effects. although there are a few in the film.

what about Videodrome? thats pretty disturbing. and also Dirty Sanchez - whats more disturbing than a guy drinking fat from another guys liposuction?

where is bad boy bubby?

Ookay, well, Audition, Gummo, Eraserhead, Bad Boy Bubby, and Cannibal Holocaust have been knocked off my list, and not one of them made me flinch in the least. There's either something wrong with me, or you guys are all way too sensitive for your own good. Eraserhead was pretty silly. Gummo was okay, but not disturbing. Audition was bloody lame, and I'm shocked that so many people on this forum recommended it to each other. The other two have become two of my favorite movies ever, not disturbing, not scary, but absolutely wonderful works of art. Is there anything that will actually get under my skin? Somebody shock me, please.

I changed my opinion about Cannibal Holocaust I saw SALO OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM yesterday. Definitely the most disturbing and sick movie ever made. I felt guilty and sick to watch this fucking movie It's not a porn!!It's a Sadistic and fuck up flick. Cannibal Holocaust is Sesame Street compared to this Sick fucking movie !!do yourself a favor do not watch this piece of shit ! waste of time! or enjoy and eat shit !

tetsuo the iron man is very disturbing, you must see that movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsBo02KFi0

the last trailer posted isn't canniball holocaust but "dr butcher md"

There's nothing disturbing about it you wimp, and the movie is terrible. There's about 10 lines of dialogue in the whole film and if you saw it you'd know why. They can't write anything good. Here's an example: "Let's turn the whole world into metal with our love!" "Sounds fun" Btw, if you can call that an ending, I just ruined it for you. But trust me - there's nothing to ruin, no characters, plot, nothing. It's a bunch of stupid shots thrown together to make the worst movie ever. It makes no sense and they don't explain it, but they do bother to explain why one guy turning into metal is rusty and the other guy isn't - the one guy cut himself with something rusty and the other guy put a clean piece of metal into his skin. Stupid, stupid movie.

Great thread, there's still alot I have to see. I would say this film is by far the most disturbing because it's real. "Earthlings" at http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142&ei=iULySJjyMZSM-QH9pJSaAg&q=earthlings&hl=en I would guess not many of you would able to finish the full 95 minutes. I would recommend it though.

Enough is Enough.. SCHRAAM Owns ALL of these! If you have not seen it, you better Act Like You Know!

Great list but probably need to distinguish between... A. Gross B. Disturbing & C. Weird. D. Just Plain Boring!!! 10. Freaks = Weird 9. I Spit on your Grave = A little Disturbing but bad acting, boring movie 8. El Topo = Weird but good 7. Audition = Boring, def not disturbing 6. Clockwork = Weird but good 5. Last House = Really Boring, bad acting 4. Henry = OK movie, def not disturbing 3. Salo = Very Gross & Disturbing 2. Irreversible = Good movie, very disturbing. 1. Eraserhead = Good movie, only weird tho. I had to turn Gummo off as it was such a crappy movie. I stand alone is def not disturbing and is a frustrating movie. Bad Boy Bubby is probably more funny then disturbing. Movies such as Seven, Requium & Happiness are interesting but they never let you forget you are still just watching a movie, plus they are pretty mild except for the kiddy lover in Happiness.

I think that PINK FLAMINGOS should be on this list.

Edwin Brienen's TERRORAMA! should be on the list, disturbing shit

Hey id just like to add one too the list that i seen not to long ago....Im a huge horror and chop em up movie fan and for the first time in my life i really regreted saying "I cant wait to see these people get choped the fuck up" in the beggining of the movie. The movie name is "The Girl Next Door." No not the comedy porn flick....Im talking about the one made in 2007 directed by Gregory Wilson It really starts off slow and looks like a B movie, but the B movie angle really gives it a real feel....Its one that i personally will never watch again and is the first movie to actually 100% disturb me and bring me nightmares....Warning it not for the faint of hart....

anything cronenberg or tsukamoto did is far more disturbing.

Videodrome? Mondo Cane? Faces of Death?

American History X is by far the most disturbing movie I ever saw, after seeing it i immediately felt like I could never watch it again. It forces you to confront much more disturbing elements of life than any horror or fantastical movie I've ever seen.

Begotten should be on this list, if there was an honorable mention slot, I'd vouch for Gummo, Blood Sucking Freaks and Man Bites Dog. The first thing that pops into my head as disturbing is The Green Mile tho.

A bit of a local hit for Australia and New Zealand was "Once were warriors". Its far too realistic not to affect you. I could only watch it once ever

Seriously? Nobody mentioned Todd Solondz? Happiness? Palindromes? And seriously, no Cronenberg? Videodrome? Dead Ringers? Naked Lunch? Don't get me wrong, having Jodorowsky on here is a plus, but there are much more disturbing movies than Freaks! Shit, not even a bit of Ken Russel or Dario Argento? Still though, good list.

House of a Thousand Corpses, Ichi the Killer, and Imprint, and Cannibal holocaust are the four most disturbing movies I have seen that are not on this list. Two of which were directed by the same guy who directed Audition.

has anyone heard of movies (mondo koni, mondo koni 2, and echo?) very freaky movies. i don't think they're spelt right.

Im suprised nobody has said anything about August Underground’s Mordum. I dare you to watch it in one sitting.

Bully is a screwed up and extreamly disterbing movie

Cannibal Holocaust is the only movie I could not stand to finish. I got about thirty minutes into it and had to turn if off. They killed real animals on camera and there was some speculation as to if some of the human killings were real too.

What about Revulsion? Truly creepy, I thought.

i loved irreversible, but i didnt think i stand alone was disturbing at all...if i was to make a list of the top ten, salo would b at the top,pink flamingos,gummo,men behind the sun,lucker the necrophogus,last house on the left, eraserhead(anything lynch for that matter lol), human porkcop, riki-oh,and el topo, not in any particular order other than salo on top...man that movie is bonkers!!!

Necromantik Salo

There are some good documenataries, but some of the film that is posted on here is pointless to watch it makes anyone with a consciencous wonder why they were even interested in watching something that left them feeling so empty and sick.

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael" should be on this list. Auditions a great movie, but Ecstasy's much more disturbing than that... Anyone else seen it that agrees?

nekromantik thouh it was forbidden film...

I agree crank....se7en was not really disturbing at all compared to the ones I've seen on this list...

I must say that the reviewer has not still seen "Disturbing Films". If Cannibal Holocaust isnt included(it shud be at #1), then the whole list is uZeless......rape killing brutal murder chopping off is all seen...but Cannibal. has some truly devastataing and terrible scenes.....maybe u shud do a rerun of this list..... Cannibal Holocaust--> Highly deplorable and disturbing film Period.

[Editor's Note: Cannibal Holocaust is No. 1 on our list of the Top 10 Banned Films of the 20th Century.]

No Man Bites Dog? That truly left me feeling sick.

"The Girl Next Door" needs to be on this list... Totally f***ed up movie. An hour and a half of a girl getting tortured. She has the words "F*ck Me" burned into her skin, she gets raped by many neighborhood boys, and she takes a blowtorch to the vagina.

Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door is definitely the most disturbing movie I think I've ever seen. Some pretty horrible things happen in that movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830558/

Gummo should be up there. and Requiem For A Dream

C.H. is crap. The hype was so much I didn't want to watch it! I found it tame... you don't like the turtle scene...become a vego. A house of a thousand corpses...I could watch but I didn't like it all!! Irreversible or Salo...they are the worst.

I don't recommend Cannibal Holocaust. Its just another tragically over-hyped, and epicly boring, waste of time. THEY ARE DESHELLING A TURTLE, OMG!@#!!! Dont believe the hype!

I'm glad that there are some people who realise what a horrible film CH is, B grade 80's horror garbage. After two viewings, i was left dissapointed, if you were to find out that the animals used weren't living, then would this film deserve a place on the list? I highly doubt it. If you think seeing an actual animal killing is disturbing, then 'Earthlings' would be far more distrubing than CH and would be have to be rated #1.

Edwin Brienen's Hysteria 

Ravenous is no where to be found on this list>? wft?

for the person who added shortbus, you sent chills down my back. i have seen all the movies on the list without any real impact, but shortbus messed my head up, i never seen anything like it and didnt no what it was prior to starting the movie with a friend. i would give anything to get those images out of my head and i enjoy disturbing movies, but this movie was way too much for me. i still cant believe i watched the whole thing...the movie made me feel so uncomfortable from start to finish. just one messed up movie for someone as narrowminded as myself.

You want phukked?? Watch Pink Flamingos, trannies, asshole gaping, chicken raping, incest...you name it

Cannibal Holocaust (1980), should be in the numer one!

Philosophy of the knife - Andrey Iskanov

Though being pretty much spot on with most of these, I was pretty dissapointed not to see Necromantic on the list. I bought it in Bangkok (for a buck!) and my wife and I only got through about 35 minutes. It is by far the most disturbing and disgusting film i've ever seen! And,yes, I've seen Irreversible / Requiem / Society / I stand alone / Freaks yadayadyada... NECROMANTIC should have been in the list!!!!

Good List Jimmy. Audition sucked though, It almost had me snoozin and that litle cat noise she makes at the end got on my nerves. Cannibal Holocauat is not disturbing, just violent to a point of "stupid" Requiem is boring as hell, Gummo is just goofy, Se7en and Saw and such are ok but not disturbing. Never watched Bad Boy Bubba but the name kinda throws it off for me. Nekromantic sounds cool, I'll check it out. Also Dave, you CAN make a top 10 list of disturbing films. Jimmy just did. It might not be disturbing to you but that's with any list. A lot of horror list rat Night of the Living Dead as #1 and im thinkin "YEAH RIGHT?" It was good a thousand years ago but let's be real about this. Alas, everyone has diff. opinions I guess. Ok I wanna mention a film that NO ONE has listed, which is kinda odd. Definitely Mean Girls. Oh, and I agree about Bambi. That was some serious craziness, and Lion King. Mufassa died for crying out loud. The Happening was kinda disturbing, NOT A GOOD MOVIE, but kinda disturbing in some parts.

have to agree with 'ding dong' the last great ectasy of robert carmichael was a very gut wrenching film, something for everyone here also out around the same time was 'London to Brighton' not the most disturbing film ever but definately worth a watch if only for the performances.

For the retard who said the guy in visitor Q got his dick stuck in his daughters corps?? You clearly were not watching the film.... He fucks his daughter at the start....the woman who he gets his dick stuck in is a work colleague not his daughter.... retard!!!

I kind of agree with the Man behind the sun comments. But Philosophy of a knife is far more disturbing and it sets a much darker atmosphere. They are both based on unit 731. August Undergrounds Mordum was a waste of my time & money you cant even see whats going on half the time. Theres a ugly tramp puking up everywhere laughing like a twat and 2 dick heads screaming and giggling while they are chopping people up in a cellar or something and filming it on a mobile phone.....I know the directors are trying to make it feel as real as possible but its annoying. The make up and effects are quite good but it is just a boring film.......

Hysteria - Edwin Brienen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAoqnmO06k&feature=related

you guys are not looking in the basement. Cannibal Holocaust is worse than all of these. Sweet Movie is pretty disturbing as well. Perfume of the Lady in Black is pretty disturbing too. Baby of Maccon is disturbing also. A lot of people on here must only know Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. There are tons of little known films out there that exist you just have to look harder.

If you've never seen "Ken Park", "Rikki-Oh", or Miike's "Dead or Alive" then you have no idea of how disturbing cinema can really get. The rest is all childs-play!

i don't know what's more entertaining: gathering up peoples good movie suggestions or just sitting back and reading the douchebag-ish condescending fucks that shun the writers of this list because they didn't include (insert movie here). pfft, you just look lame. and your pedestals are blocking the sunlight so piss off.

Anyone here seen Naked Blood a couple of scenes made me dump my pants

Did anyone ever see Julien Donkey-Boy? same person who directed Gummo. It was the only film I've ever stopped watching at night, so that I could watch it sometime during daylight hours. The first scene turned from nice and tame to frightening without me expecting it. overall, pretty disturbing film.

Suicide club anyone? Cmon on now, that opening scene is pretty brutal.

No doubt about Salo and Irreversible, but Begotten should definitely be on this list along with Scrapbook and Man Bites Dog.

i havent looked at all of the comments but the ones i have have said audition is really fucked up. i havent seen it but sounds fucked but if people hace seen society they will no that it is really fucked but sadly it is a forgotten classic so not many people have seen and if u get the chance watch it is a good film but really fucked up

I am so happy I came across this list... I can't wait to start watching a lot of the movies listed here!!! I can see by the list that everyone has a different definition for what is disturbing to them. I am not one that likes a lot of blood, i dont like the friday the 13th, saw... things like that. i like disturbing in the the sense that its creepy, weird, odd and true stories are the best! criminal minds is my favorite tv show.. so anything like that too! here are some movies that i like... if you can think of any others like this, PLEASE let me know! Thanks! Eden Lake Wolf Creek Funny Games The Strangers Vacancy Joy Ride Break Down i just watched "inside" and i didnt like it at all. i dont know what people think is disturbing about it.. its just a lot of blood. please email me if you can think of any other movies like the ones i listed above... thank you so much! brandarooo at gmail dot com

I'd put Dead Ringers on the list. Some of the dialogue in that film is a real downer. Last Exit to Brooklyn is great but depressing. I would also include In a Glass Cage. Very few murder scenes make me cringe, but that film did just that. Last House is a good choice- it just *feels so real*. To the few people recommending Kids- Kids is a crap film. It's just boring if you value memorable characters with at least a few interesting lines. Don't settle for shit like Kids, watch River's Edge instead.

"Mysterious Skin" definitely should be on this list.

first: great list.........AND TO "JB": Seven and The Vanishing?? just mediocre Hollywood COPYCAT films.....nothing disturbing as what u will find in thIS list..have u seen most of the films on this list?? Id probably laugh to hear about what u consider fun... since your "disturbing" choices are (yawn)! thanks....the Bitch....

for Cannibal Holocaust to not be included is a travesty! without a doubt thats the most disturbing movie of all time

add Martyrs to the list.

Pretty good list but missing cannibal holocaust

??????? Guinea Pig series...Flower of Flesh and Blood, Mermaid in a Manhole? These should be top of the list!

If you want a movie to permanently damage your psyche, look into Andrey Iskanov's Visions of Suffering. Do not, under ANY circumstances, watch this under the influence of anything. I'm dead series. Same kinda goes for his 4 hour Philosophy of a Knife. I've read that his movie Nails is really messed up as well, but its been on my Netflix que for about a year and it never seems to be in stock

I agree with most on the list. "The Begotten" is hard to watch also "Tetsuo the Iron Man" is like an Asian Eraserhead. Saw Irreversible in the theater and most people left at the beginning of the long long rape scene. I do agree that "Requiem" should be on there. The soundtrack by the Kronos Quartet is just as disturbing as the movie. For recent films "There will be Blood" comes to mind (although many people I know didn't like this or find it disturbing). Se7en Was good but not that disturbing, The vanishing also a bit disturbing but neither list worthy. One to see if you are a fan of Disturbing movies is "The Reflecting Skin". It would be on my list.

ive seen a lot of the films added here an i would have to say i havnt really found any of them really disturbing im going to watch a few movies people have said was good an get back to you but if i had to pick now i would say aughust underground mourdem for the scene at the end in the bath tub with was just WRONG xxxxxxx

The credits are 5 seconds long and there are only 3 actors named. Only they're not named b/c no one in the movie has names, the just describe each "role" and list an actor. The credits end 10 seconds later b/c there was no work put into this "movie." The only sound through the entire movie is crickets, you have to listen to crickets for 2 freakin hours. That's not a movie you retards. Oh and if you've seen 5 mintutes you've literally seen the entire thing b/c they just do the same bullshit through the entire movie. That dumb shit disturbs you? It's boring, stop comparing it to eraserhead (maybe not disturbing so much as it is depressing). You want to know truly sick and disgusting movies? I'd name them but I really do feel it is sinful to say their names and get anyone to watch them. Others have mentioned some of the worse ones anyway here, with every other dumbass saying "SAW, OMG!" Clowns, I like those movies and there is literally nothing even slightly unsettling about them, I would let my little sister watch those, they aren't gory or anything.

so, you're saying begotten sucks, am i hearing you right?

i would agree with this fine chap above me the begotten was not a bisturbing infact it was shit i remember when i was young an i watched this film were a man had a arm that was alive an could run about on its own an a lot of people an things were getting put in blenders anyone know what that was called id love to see that film again xxxxxxxxx

I went out and bought 8 movies in attempt to watch the most disturbing movie of all time. Visitor Q, Cannibal Holocaust, Last House on the Left, Happiness, Irreversable, The Girl Next Door, Inside and Funny Games. I tried to get Salo but it was too expensive off Amazon. I will post later when I watch them all!

I am very surprised Salo is #3 in the list...It's banned in many european countries...I've seen it in Finland, at an underground movie theatre...I walked out 2 times to bathroom trying not to vomit...It's the most disturbing film I've ever seen...nothing can top it...U can find copies in ebay...goodluck sitting thru to the end...here's my list: 1-salo 2-journey of hope 3-boxing helena 4-seven 5-devil's back bone 6-Barda 7-requiem for a dream 8-boys don't cry 9-irreversable 10-fratricide

Lot's of provoking movies on this list and in the comments following. My contribution to this list is "The Girl Next Door". Equal parts "Stand By Me", "Lord Of The Flies", "The Last House On The Left" and "Hostel. It's based on the 1965 torture murder of Sylvia Likens by the neighborhood "cool" mom and a group of neighborhood kids who stop by regularly to to torture the girl in the basement in what they call "the game". No, it's not as hardcore as many on this list, but I have to admit there were parts that had me wondering if I could continue watching. I have "An American Crime" in my Netflix queue right now. Apparently it's a completely faithful version of the Sylvia Likens case written off court transcripts.

throw most of these out the window, all night long 2, i was forced to watch it for a class and am still going through therapy to deal with it. seriously i have been through the tsunami, finding a neighbor murdered, starving refugees and my mother suicide and this still has got to me more than all of that, it is not even the graphics, i mean i have seen bloated bodies i can handle it, it is just the decent of insanity. some things once they are seen cannot be unseen, and i say stay well away from this f*ed up japanese horror flick, the movie is subpar and no plot, but having to deal with the thoughts of it afterwards trying to wrap you head around what happened, if you are one of those who exxamines everything keep this thing far away.

The most disturbing films are the ones about real life. Documentaries, or internet shock clips depicting real gore/torture for example. Movies and special effects try to emulate REAL LIFE because it's so terribly shocking. When you see a special effect movie and a guy gets his head cut off it's mildly amusing, but when you see it in real life it really hits home and makes you truly love your life. I've seen many of these films everyone has listed and all are pretty lame because (with the exception of a few scenes in some) they're all fake. Disturbing is what happens in the real world. Earthlings The Bridge Jesus Camp Try those.

None of these movies is more disturbing than the latest french films "Martyrs" "Frontier(s)" & "Inside"...I suggest you take a look at those and then update your list. I guarantee you those will leave you squirming in your seat and thinking about them all night long.

The uncut version of "Inside" is an absolutely ferocious film. But it cannot top the big hitters here : Irreversible,Salo,Cannibal Holocaust and Begotten are the stuff of satans nightmares.

I did'nt think Last House On The Left was disturbing at all except the dream weasel had. Jacob's Ladder and Blue Velvet are good;]

Two movies not mentioned which have a different kind of horror - the slow, insidious buildup - the atmosphere. 1: The Nightcomers 2: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea. The Nightcomers, with no less than Brando in it is a prequel to The Turn of the Screw. The Sailor.... has Kristoffeson (Yeah....I know), but it also has Sarah Miles getting on pretty good terms with herself in it. Both of them somewhat similar in approach to The Wicker Man. Nightcomers has a torrent, but haven't seen The Sailor around since I saw it at the movies years ago.

martyrs is pretty creepy, done in french subtitles

these are my favorite movies deemed disturbing: Irreversible Men Behind the Sun Salò the act of seeing with one's own eyes Ichi the Killer Sick: the life and death of bob flanagan The Untold Story Bad Boy Bubby Cannibal Holocaust The Piano Teacher Ken Park Pink Flamingos Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Visitor Q Mysterious Skin Martyrs Ebola Syndrome Fat Girl Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Audition Cannibal anyone know of any upcoming ones? or if Noe's Enter the Void is hardcore?

Salo sounds pretty effin' disturbing from those who have actually watched it. Don't think I could watch it. That has to be pretty serious to be banned in various countries. I think there's genres or degrees of disturbing movies: High Tension/Hostel were GOREY Gummo/Eraserhead were WEIRD Deliverance/Calvaire were CREEPY/GROSS [That's all I can really think of].

Addio zio Tom - Seriously is *beep* up.

If you truly want to watch a disturbing movie here is one (Seed directed and written by Uwe Boll) If this one doesn’t get you then you are screwed up in the head I love gory, disgusting movies and this one I had to stop I still can’t finish it. It’s way to disturbing.

the most disturbing films i ever saw were suicide club, cube, old boy ,taxidermia, 8 and half women (Peter Greenway) the son and father sleep together just to try it out , ninja scroll, legend of the overfiend, innocence (lucile Hadz), love me if you dare and tideland gets my number one spot the most disturbing film i have ever seen

Bloodsucking Freaks would be another horror movie to check out. This was one of my favorites in my younger days.

Lord of Flies, Natural Born Killers, House of 1000 Corpses, Feast (Trilogy), Trainsppoting (Danny Boyle), The Signal (David Bruckner & Dan Bush), The Day After (1980), Rabbits (David Lynch Short Film), Scanners, Schramm, The Brood (David Cronenberg), The Forgotten, Cannibal (Daniel Roby), Dark City, The Mist, Ed Gein (by Chuck Parello), In The Mouth Of Madness (John Carpenter), Progeny (Bryan Yuzna), Hannibal Rising, Wax Mask (Sergio Stivaletti), Phantom of the Opera (Dario Argento), Severed Ties, Frailty, Cube (Trilogy), The Pit (Peter Manoogian), Sleepwalkers, Ravenous plus the others you all said...Hey The One who said something about Butterfly Effect, that movie is like some comedy thing in front of all of other movies. Salud!

GREAT THREAD!!! I'm putting my two cents in for "Titus." It is a stunning adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, and Alan Cumming. It is full of depraved acts of violence. Just one example (so as not to spoil anything)... some men take a girl, cut her hands off, and shove sticks into the ends of her arms so it looks like she has stick/twig hands.

Seriously some of you guys arn't at all real... So many lame Hollywood suggestions. Watch SHOCKING AFRICA the last Mondo film by the Castiglioni brothers. This is by far the most disturbing film on this list.....See ya!

The most F**ED up movies for me is, I stand alone, Irreversible, Kids, Doom Generation, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a dream, Natural Born killers, Last house on the left, the shining, Basket ball diaries, Fear in loathing in las vegas, butterful effect, clockwork orange, house of a thousand corps, american history X, From Hell, Audition, Gummo, Man bites dog!! Hostel was ok too I guess

anyone ever seen death note?

1)Titicut Follies 2)The Sweet Hereafter 3)Once Were Warriors 4)Pan's Labyrinth

Antichrist

I've seen some of those, disturbing, yes, but this is one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. A French film called Dans ma Peau (In my Skin).

OK, so can the OP gather information and make like a check list for all of the mentioned movies? It would organize the stack of post after post and maybe we could make polls and measure the intensities of movies??? Just throwing it out there.

The most disturbing movie, by far, is Cannibal. It's a German film. If you haven't seen it, watch it. You won't be the same. Matyrs was up there too.

Inland Empire. Especially when watched in theater. You guys seeking Salo should come to Finland. We have it right there in the video rental store near by.

Teeth

It takes alot to freak me out but I have to say I was quite disturbed by Behind the Wall of Sleep. I know there were some cheesy elements to it but, the whole idea just creeped me out...alot.

Not sure when this list was complied, but I found "The Great Exctasy of Robert Carmichael" extremely distrubing. Its shockingly graphic...pretty much like "Irreversible".

Check out the movie "Pshilosophy of a Knife" by russian director Andrey Iskanov. Came out in 2008. Its a gore pic, shows all the torture and brutality that happened in Japanese Army Unit 713, located in Machuria, during the Second Wolrd War. The movie last 4 hours, got to have a solid stomach to watch the 4 hours straight. Its the gore masterpiece, if you like blood, graphic violence, non sense torture, sadist experiments, this is your movie. One of the most disturbing ive seen. Cheers

Eraserhead isn't disturbing, just annoying.

any one ever see a film called seed?

Good thread. I've seen most of the movies mentioned and some suffer from being bad movies which just contain some gratuitous scenes. Context is all important, so my list contains good or competent movies only - where the disturbing elements are contextualised within a good narrative and enhanced by competent acting and decent camerawork. 1. Hotel Rwanda Thank God I live in a peaceful, politically stable country 2. Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer Horrific in its simplicity and psychological realism 3. Wolf Creek The ultimate hillbilly slasher 4. The Hills Have Eyes (remake) The dad burning scene stayed with me for days 5. Mum and Dad Obviously based on Cromwell Street murders 6. Audition The fraility and beauty of the killer makes it all the more disturbing 7. The Shining OK, we've seen it many times, but do you remember the first time!!?? 8. When the Wind Blows The fact that it's a cartoon makes it even more disturbing 9. Taxi to the Dark Side IT REALLY HAPPENED!! What could be more disturbing? 10. 10 Riddlington Place Make me feel physically sick Honorable mentions: The Last King of Scotland The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Open Water

Martyrs must definitely be added to this list. Also Inside. Runners up: High Tension and Frontier(s).

- Requiem for a Dream, but that film is brilliant - French films "Inside" and "High Tension" -- seriously, only topped by the leg removal scene in Audition - Hills Have Eyes remake unrated (mainly for the rape scene) - the Guinea Pig films, especially the second one--they're fake snuff films, and the filmmakers were actually investigated because people thought they were real-- I had to stop watching once the actual torture started (starting with knifing through someone's hand realistically)

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i saw Antichrist a few days ago and it was the most disturbing film i have ever seen-everyone in the theater kept gasping at sertain moments and my jaw dropped to the floor when i was the ending-if you are into gory,creepy hardcore stuff you should defenetly check out Antichrist

Your list was disturbing due to the fact most of those movies suck. Far and away the most holy s**t movies...The four sickos and its predecessor, the red room (japanese). The guinea pig series, also japanese. There's about ten different versions of this one, each more watered down then the next, but if your lucky enough to find the original....braindead (english), watered down version would be dead/alive. And one last one off the top of my head, angel of death (f**k) or die. (english). Then there's comic gore such as story of rikki (japanese, eng. subs) or th torture chamber also japanese english subs. What can I say, them japenese are some disturbed individuals.

OK, call me a saddo, but I counted all the comments and have come up with a definative list. Based on the premise that 1 positive comment equals a point... 1. Salo (37 points) 2. Irreversible (34 points) 3. Rerquiem (31) 4. Gummo (26) 5. I stand alone (25 points) 6. Nekromantik (25) 7. Cannibal Holocaust (24) 8. Audition (22) 9. Kids (20) 10. Eraserhead (19) 11. Men Behind the Sun (18) 12. El Topo (18) 13. Henry / Serial Killer(17) 14. Ken Park (15) 15. Funny Games (15) 16. Visitor Q (13) 17. Ichi (12) 18. Bad Boy Bubby (12) 19. Clockwork Orange (11) 20. Happiness (10) So there you go. In a nutshell....

Well, this list clearly shows that it's different strokes for different folks. I've always been fascinated in cinema that has the power to disturb but I have little time for mindless, obvious shockers. I've picked a few here, some of which are violent, some depressing, some sexually explicit, and some just creepy. I wouldn't say they all disturbed me necessarily, but maybe once upon a time they might have. In my lifetime I've only ever truly been disturbed by The Shining (when I was a kid) and Irreversible (and maybe Requiem for a Dream)... • I Stand Alone (depressing) • Irreversible (violent & deeply depressing) • Requiem For A Dream (deeply depressing) • Twentynine Palms (violent, eerie & depressing) • The Seventh Continent (depressing) • Benny's Video (violent & depressing) • Kids (depressing) • Trouble Every Day (violent & eerie) • Anatomy Of Hell (sexually explicit & depressing) • Intimacy (sexually explicit & depressing) • Julien Donkey Boy (depressing) • Martyrs (violent, eerie & depressing) • The Ordeal (violent, eerie & funny!) • Audition (Violent & eerie) • The Shining (eerie) • Uzumaki (eerie) • Happiness (depressing & strangely funny) • Ring (the original - eerie) This thread has alerted me to some interesting films that I'm now gonna check out including, Bad Boy Bubby, Alexandra's Project, El Topo, Vulgar, Aftermath, and Gummo. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

Amores Perros, does not have terribly violent or otherwise scenes, but the whole thing just leaves you exhausted.. Might not belong in the list, but I recommend it nevertheless. A personal favorite of mine is Altered States, a bit hollywoodesque, but great nevertheless.

Watch Martyrs. Most fucked up thing ever. Inside is definitely up there. It actually made me throw up and I'm not kidding. Not good to watch with someone pregnant though.

Funny games is by far the most shocking film ive seen. Danni

irreversible was not the least bit disturbing. at all. kill yourself author. kill yourslef.

not saying these are the tops, but a couple of my favs: Caligula, Mulholland Drive, Old Boy, Bad Biology, Funny Games, Pink Flamingo i don't like, but its definitely disturbing. Um.. The Devils Rejects isn't as disturbing as many mentioned here, but is my fav horror movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLn1y9v6yno

The woman from Lars Von Trier's ANTICHRIST was truly disturbing . i thought i saw it all until she performs a clitorectomy on herself with a pair of rusty scissors. that image will stick with me...

Besides Audition, Visitor Q might be one of the most disturbing and surreal films of all time. Add to that it comes from Japan. "Bascially a father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. "Q", a perfect stranger somehow gets involved and enter the bizzare family who's son beats his mom, who in turn is also a prostitute and a heroin addict." In one scene she fills the kitchen with her own breast milk. Cool.

try hunger made in 2008 it made me puke

I know I'm really grasping here, oh and this is a great list!, but does anyone recall a movie, it may have been foreign, and all I remeber were some real bizarre scenes with a cross and a guy in a hospital or prison. He may even nail himself to it?

August Undergrounds Mordum is all I have to say. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Hunger was very good, thanks for the recommendation. though i'm not sure why it would make you puke. if you really want to puke AND leave a nice little stain on your soul, watch the above referenced Mordum. Irreversible def had its moments also, contrary to toughest guy in the world's opinion. kids are funny. ha, my verification word is 'butchery.'

this some bull i cant believe humanbeans do these kind of things to other HUMANBEANS ITS IS FUCKING OFFAL

I would put Earthlings as the most disturbing film I've seen, one because is real, second because it shows what humans are capable of doing without regret. Although not the most disturbing I would put caligula in that top 10 list

I completely agree that Eraserhead should be number one. But i also agree that Gummo should be in here. I was terrified of bunny suits for weeks after that. and cats.

Need to add: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a son about his father It's the most beautiful, depressing, disturbing documentary....

none of your top 10 most disturding movies of all time meet me ranking. Try watching: Escape form sobibor The killing field Sometime in april Saw II The skeletion key

Its hard to make a top list about disturbing movies because many things can be disturbing, there can be non disturbing movies with disturbing scenes. For me the most disturbing are documentaries usually dealing with raw images from a non bias point of views about extreme human behavior, followed by real snuff videos like beheading, mutilations,rapes,kidnaps etc.and Extreme behaviors like cannibalism, child abuse, animal abuse, self destructing activities drug abuse, self harm/cut and other aberrant sexual movies and videos, showing wild orgies, coprophilia, pedophilia, necrophilia, zoophilia, masochism, etc. Then I would put exploitation movies about torture towards other humans and animals or self inflicting violence, war crimes, religious and satanic extreme practices, and others alike. I would then put non documentary films, Since movies are fictional, gore and violent scenes do not provoke the same feeling, but a disturbing movie is usually psychologically disturbing and morally provoking one, pushing thoughts and point of views. Then I would put horror films, gore films, zombie films, postapocaliptic futuristic films and then depressing and psychodelic surreal films. All this type of films are perceived different from person to person depending on age, gender, life experience moral and religious beliefs, cultural background, social views, etc. This is why for some people the most disturbing movies could be raging from bambi and the wizard of Oz to the most hardcore movies, some samples of this range are seven, saw and gummo, to more mature oldboy,videodrome, suspiria, holly mountain, el topo, the wall, cat soup and other bizarre anime to naked lunch, tetsuo iron man, cutting moments, Jack.Ketchums.The.Girl.Next.Door, funny games, peeping tom, eraserhead, clockwork orange , the passion of the christ, bad boy buddy, martyrs, pink flamingos, freaks, taxidermia, guinea pig series, aftermath, august underground series, to salo and cannibal holocaust, mondo cinema, Sangue das Bestas, Africa Addio, good buy uncle sam, begotten, man bites dog, men behind the sun, nekromantik, visitor Q, audition, irreversible, to droga viaje sin regreso, earthlings, apocalypse war crimes just to metion a random few, so you could see the wide range of movies that can be disturbing for some people but not to others. Or movies that once seemed disturbing now they are not. Or disturbing movies that stay with you for life. I haven't found the most disturbing FoR ME movie yet although I'm still searching for the ultimate soul breaking experience, Not because I am sick but because is just human nature and just plain curiosity. Although I don't think it has been made yet or at least widely made public, And i suspect not because of lack of imagination but because of the media control, regulation and legislation about film making. So still waiting for a real trip. Keep posting Ideas and don't be afraid to explore and go beyond what your mind and stomach can handle

I'm by no means an expert (I mean, seriously, I found 'The Fourth Kind' to be very unsettling),but of the movies I've seen here's what I found the most disturbing: I'm glad a few of you mentioned 'May'. I mean that freaked me out, but it also made me seriously depressed for a few days. As many of you have said, I would NEVER watch it again, although I do recommend it:) 'Gummo' and 'Kids', they both depict a side of America that's depraved, but also hyper-realistic. I think realizing that the messed up shit depicted in both movies is the daily reality for many, many people is why both movies are so disturbing. An aspect of American culture that's usually white-washed over, so it's odd to have it presented before us. 'Jimmy and Judy' freaked me out, so did 'Trainspotting', 'Requiem for a Dream', and many others. Has anyone seen 'Society'? I had nightmares...

Truly Disturbing Cinema For a movie to be here, it has to shock. Either for it's depiction of gore, sex or any other theme, it's all about taking things to EXTREMES. These are not to be viewed by people with weak stomaches, sensible hearts, or narrow moralistic taboos. After watching them, you'll probably need therapy or a vomit bag, so better think twice before pressing "play"! Everything you never thought you'd see on film can definately be found on any of these titles. (in no particular order): djroxygen's Rating 1 Nekromantik 1987, Unrated) Nekromantik 2 1991, Unrated) Taxidermia 2009, Unrated) Salo (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma) 1979, NC-17) August Underground 2001, Unrated) Ken Park 2002, Unrated) Martyrs 2008, R) Za ginipiggu: Akuma no jikken (Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment) 1985, NC-17) Za ginipiggu 2: Chiniku no hana (Guinea Pig 2: Flowers of Flesh and Blood) 1985, Unrated) Za ginipiggu 3: Senritsu! Shinanai otoko (Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies) 1986, Unrated) Za ginipiggu 4: Manhoru no naka no ningyo (Guinea Pig 4: Mermaid in the Manhole) 1988, Unrated) Za ginipiggu 5: Notorudamu no andoroido (Guinea Pig 5: Android of Notre Dame) 1988, Unrated) Za ginipiggu 6: Peter no akuma no joi-san (Guinea Pig 6: Peter's Devil Woman Doctor) 1990, Unrated) Cannibal Holocaust 1979, NC-17) Dead Alive (Braindead) 1993, R) Cannibal 2008, R) Lik Wong, (Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky) 2002, R) Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV 2000, Unrated) Das Komabrutale Duell (The Coma-Brutal Duel) 1999, Unrated) Salon Kitty (Edited Version) 1976, Unrated) À l'intérieur (Inside) 2007, R) Frontière(s) (Frontier(s)) 2007, NC-17) Men Behind the Sun 1988, Unrated) Baat sin faan dim ji yan yuk cha siu baau (The Untold Story) (Human Pork Chop) 1993, Unrated) Versus 2001, Unrated) Yi boh laai beng duk (Ebola Syndrome) 1996, Unrated) Terror Firmer 1999, R) Bone Sickness 2004, Unrated) Live Feed 2005, Unrated) Zombie Holocaust 1980, R) May 2003, R) Visitor Q (Bijitâ Q) 2002, R) Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS 1974, R) 100 Tears 2007, Unrated) High Tension (Switchblade Romance) 2004, R) Pink Flamingos 1972, NC-17) Aftermath 1994, Unrated) August Underground's Mordum 2003, Unrated) August Underground's Penance 2007, Unrated) C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) (It Happened in Your Neighborhood) 1992, NC-17) The Last House on the Left 1972, Unrated) Cannibal Ferox 1981, R) La bestia in calore (SS Hell Camp)(The Beast in Heat) 2005, Unrated) Africa Addio (Adios Africa) (Africa Blood and Guts) 1966, Unrated) Murder-Set-Pieces 2004, R) Mysterious Skin 2005, NC-17) Cutting Moments 1997, Unrated) L.I.E. 2001, NC-17) Faces of Gore 1972, Unrated) Faces of Death IV 1990, Unrated) Zombi 2 (Zombie) (Zombie Flesh Eaters) (Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us)(Island of the Flesh-Eaters) 1979, R) I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Woman) 1978, R) Emanuelle in America (Brutal Nights) 1977, Unrated) Irreversible 2002, Unrated) Happiness 1998, Unrated) Poison 1991, NC-17) Sweet Movie 1974, Unrated) Caligola (Caligula) (Edited Version) 1979, R) In the Realm of the Senses 1976, NC-17) Hard Candy 2006, R) Elevator Movie 2004, Unrated) Santa sangre (Holy Blood) 1990, NC-17)

If you are looking for a disturbing movie experience, you can warm up with men behind the sun 1988, then get mentally prepared with Cannibal 2006 and if you can survive the 4 hours of Philosophy of knife then I am pretty sure you can handle any disturbing movie ever made without any problem.

It's impossible to make a "top 10" list of anything that would please everyone. We all define disturbing a little different, and a movie is called disturbing on different grounds.

august underground mordum

Movies that disturbed me include Meet The Feebles (which was funny in a strange and awkward way), Mysterious Skin(the pedophile baseball coach and the scenes with the flashbacks really freak me out in a way), Man Bites Dog because the film has some truly disturbing imagery (especially the violent rape scene and the bloody aftermath), and The Fourth Kind (it was realistic and was insanely disturbing for me, although it is PG-13 rated).I cannot leave out Jacob's Ladder-- now THAT is a freaky movie. From beginning to end, it is just insane (especially the violence in the war flashbacks and those demon faces that Jacob sees evrywhere). the party scene in Jacob's Ladder may stick with you. Oh yeah, and GUMMO is pretty extreme. David Lynch's Lost Highway, too. I found Lost Highway more disturbing than Eraserhead. I put Hard Candy on my list as well. I have yet to see Henry, and I haven't finished watching El Topo, but I'm pretty sure theyll have a spot on my list as well.

the last house on the left should of been number 1

not disturbing but great...this is the word.True message filled with true graphic detail

'Disturbing' means different things to different people. I don't count mere gore-fests as disturbing, although they can be brilliant movies in their own right. I think the French (Martyrs, Calvaire, Irreversible, Haute Tension, a l'interieur) and the Japanese (Suicide Club, Dumplings etc) make riveting and thrillingly gory films, but not really disturbing. Seven/Hostel/Saw are great for a Hollywood take on the horror genre, but for me, nothing more. My top ten list, which are nearly all very tame on the gore side, have very strange attributes, are emotionally troubling and all leave strong images in the mind for a long time after; Videodrome City of God Freaks American Psycho The Game A Clockwork Orange Salo Fellini's Satyricon The Butterfly Effect, and, my top ten favourite: In the Mouth of Madness

I forgot THE DOOM GENERATION dang, a guy licks his own sperm off his hand! plus, theres a psychotic neo-nazi who has a tube-sock around his penis and he rapes a girl on top of an american flag! afterwards, he and his buddies cut a dude's penis off and blood is spurting everywhere. the whole scene is extremely intense and somewhat graphic. also, try the film "Nowhere", from the same director as THE DOOM GENERATION. In NOWHERE, not only is there a weird blue clown-guy holding a dead dog popping out of nowhere, but theres also bisexual relationships, a guy who killed himself by sticking his head in a hot oven, random appearances by alien monsters, a nipple-twisting fetish, and a teenager exploding and blood splattering everywhere.

Most of the movies on: http://www.bestgore.com/all-the-gore/page/20/ are pretty disturbing.

Good list, I think it may need a change. Taxideria deserves to be very high on the list.

Watch Martyrs. Very disturbing french Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNM9kKo4JNU

Blue Velvet sucked! As a matter of fact all David Lynch movies suck to me. It's one thing to be weird, but to make no sense at all like Maholland Dr....cmon man.

And what about this creepy freaky disturbing part of Adventures of Mark Twain? [youtube]q29CmMHSQ3M[/youtube] ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q29CmMHSQ3M )

1. Terrorama! 2. Last House on Dead End Street 3. Seul contre tous

The Girl Next Door should be on this list. Not the teen comedy. It's based on a true events and I own it but have no desire to watch it again. Also Martyrs, Inside, and The Butcher are all brutal.

A serbian film reaches a new high and dups over all these, its so wrong think saw meets hostal meets the others meets porn 100% worse-a retired porn star forced to come out of retirement an shag for his life amongst other things! this film is vile, disterbing and f*cking awsome!!!

August Undergrounds Mortum, plainly put DONT WATCH IT

@DanThemAN - and what film might that be? Another Brienen film I suddenly thought of, pretty disturbing ending, freakshow all the way:

i havent watched any of the top 10, ive watched the new version of last house on the left good film but more brutal than distrbing i thought cannibal hollocaust was quite disturbing the animal scenes were sickening. Also lake mungo and the cove freaked me out abit.

Serbian Movie, or Srpski Film is actually the name of the movie that guy was talking about. yeah, I heard it's fucked up.

1 very disturbing film is "Feed" that is some f^$Ked up shit

"perdita durango" - 1997. first fucked up flick ive ever seen, so it gets a special spot in my...heart? even if its not on the top 10, it still contains rape, cannibalism, and weird voodoo Santeria shit. no where near as graphic as some movies but, i guarantee you if anyone were to take a picture of me watching this movie you'd see a contorted face full of suspense, disgust, and anticipation. its even got its funny moments. everyone knows how amazing dark comedies are. Also, for 2 cents. list was alright, but there are worse movies mentioned in the comments. Oh, and for those thinking of watching salo, its gross, and vile but i feel as if the monotony of it all takes away from it. i found myself more bored that disgusted (even though there were a few scenes where i gagged and even one where i had to pause it). anyways. perdita durango. watch it. good movie.

Cannibal holocaust tops all of these real animal deaths rape murder gore and cannibals it's on google video

The scene where the body is holding his own head while trying to .....a girl. Nuff Said

Cant believe no1 done this then after 2 hours of making this im not suprissed why there is probelly plenty of doubles etc plus i tried to take out all the "funny" comments like toy story etc but i aint perfect disturbing "to cause distress or worry or anxiety" Seriously the most f&$king disturbing media that everyone watches is the news seriously how many wars are going on right now these movies are nothing compared to real life. any how im sure u dont really give a shiet here is the list of movies commented on in no particular order FREAKS I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE EL TOPO AUDITION A CLOCKWORK ORANGE THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT [1972] HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER SALO OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM IRREVERSIBLE ERASERHEAD Se7en The Vanishing Gummo Brazil the cement garden Requiem for a Dream Bad Boy Bubby Zombie Holocaust CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST I Stand Alone Johnny Got His Gun man bites dog (or original: C'est arrivé près de chez vous) The act of seeing with one's own eyes Vulgar Kids The Wall Threads Faces of Death Un Chien Andalou A Zed and Two Noughts the Entity ex drummer The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Oldboy Sleepaway Camp Boxing Helena Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance A Time for Drunken Horses The Cell Naked Lunch Videodrome Last Exit to Brooklyn Aftermath Schramm Rocky Horror Picture show Bad Lieutenant HARD 8MM Bully Happiness Dead Ringers Make Them Die Slowly In My Skin Taxidermia Nekromantik The Devil's Experiment any of the Mondo Cane series Vistor Q Suicide Club Spank the Monkey Reflecting Skin Funny Games Tetsuo: The Iron Man Begotten Caligula The Holy Mountain Storytelling The Butterfly Effect Resevoir Dogs Deliverance Môjû aka Blind Beast Guinea pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood August Underdround/Mordum/Penace Men behind the Sun Tumbling Doll of Flesh. pink flamingos Pi Saw Event Horrizon Blue Velvet Arachnophobia Grave of the Fireflies When the Wind Blows Anatomy Cat Soup Ichi the Killer Inland Empire Exorcist Meet the Feebles Braindead aka Dead Alive Mysterious Skin On the Beach 1959 Buio Omega Dr. Butcher MD Alexandra's project What Is It Soilent Green RIVER'S EDGE THURSDAY Pin Pan's Labyrinth Three Extremes series Suspiria Palindromes The Manchurian Candidate Jacobs Ladder Ghosts of the Civil Dead It is Fine. Everything is Fine Baxter Romper Stomper Jaws Crash Santa Sangre 10 Rillington Place Ken Park Cannibal ferox aka make them die slowly The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Vengeance Series War Zone Gozu Natural Born Killers The Holy Mountain Murder Set Pieces Hostel Welcome to the Dollhouse Story Telling Wassup Rockers Hard Candy The Devils Nekromantic SATYRICON Sophie's Choice Peeping Tom Harold and Maude Tideland Hellraiser full metal jacket Sweet Movie elephant man The Emerald Forest Night of the Hunter Altered States Two girls and one cup Black Christmas Halloween Friday the 13th Rabid Crimes of Passion Whore Hannibal Carnival of Souls Leaving Las Vegas Breaking the Waves JackAss The Forbidden Zone Evil Dead part 2 Reanimator From Beyond Aftermath Genesis Das experiment The Thing Sloughtered vomit dolls the brood in a glass cage deranged in the realm of the senses The Isle The Night Porter Straw Dogs American Psycho Session 9 CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS Demon Lover Altered States 1900 The Butterfly Effect Quién puede matar a un niño Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer Freddy got fingered blood sucking creeps driller killer FESTEN The Celebration Tetsuo and the man who became a machine Hundstage" ("canicular days") American Psycho Natural Born Killers In the Realm of the Senses Wolf Creek Your Friends & Neighbors La grande buffet Ma Mere La Pianiste Jesus Camp Identity Goodfellas Bad Lieutenant Seven Beauties Blue Velvet Texas Chainsaw massacre Lord of the Flies Battlefield Earth ACCIÓN MUTANTE (Mutant action) Titicut's Folly Savior sick Trouble every Day May Sheitan American History X switchblade romance the devil's rejects AUGUST UNDERGROUND AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S MORDUM AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S PENANCE Once were Warriors twentynine palms The Bridge In my Skin Der Todesking SOYLENT GREEN THE DAY AFTER 13 Tzameti Isla: She-Wolf of the SS Zed & Two Noughts Trainspotting Camp 731 I stand alone L'Humanite Twentynine Palms Storytelling Biography of DJ Yagi: Happy Hardcore Stardom Dawn of the Dead Blind Beast Dead Alive Calvaire Supervixens Ebola Syndrome The Untold Story Mullholland Drive Lost Highway the innocents House of 1000 corpses DUMPLINGS fear and loathing in las vegas Thriller: En Grym Film DAHMER Night of the Living Dead Maniac Frenzy The Tin Drum Sybil Goodbye Uncle Tom Pixote Toxic Avenger Crematorium Pinocchio 964 Battle Royale The Proposition Society seventh continent rubber johnny discreet charm of the bourgeoisie city of lost children rejected fantastic planet Buddy Boy Eyes Wide Shut The Shining What Lies Beneath Wizard of Gor Tokyo Decadence Come and See Repulsion Blair Witch Project Cries and Whispers Seconds Passion of the Christ Basic Instinct The Crying Game Silence of The Lambs Al'intérieur (Inside) Page of Madness Inland Empire Murnau's Nosferatu Zoo The Woodsman Henry Turtles Can Fly Parents TROUBLE EVERY DAY Lilja 4Ever 2001: A Space Odyssey THE SEVENTH CONTINENT 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance In the Bedroom The Death 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Begotten, written and directed by E. Elias Merhige is by far the most disturbing film out there. Salo, a close second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9B_OhQ2jeg&feature=related

Andrzej Zulawski's Possession, moody, arty and disturbing in an early 80's way, surprised it hasn't been mentioned.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082933/

just watched The Human Centipede (first sequence) and I found it pretty disturbing, although at the end I was still craving for more. I also recommend "Imprint". Watched the trailer for that new movie Splicing, looks pretty cool too. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4206561049/

Traces of Death. Not sure if anyone wrote about it, but everything in the movie is real. I regret ever watching it. I only watched some parts. It's 100% real, a sex change,bodies being carved,a pig being burned alive,an obese woman screaming lol. It's sick, I just can't get it out of my head.

a british film called mum & dad

Human Centepede should be on here

Ken Park is DEFINATLY in the top 10. A Larry Clark film.

Strange circus! HANDS DOWN <3

I have to say that I can understand where people are coming from when then say "Requiem for a Dream" should be on the list. It's obviously not the same type of disturbing as the rest of the films on the list, but its one of those films that makes you feel really shitty after watching it. As for the people who look at Requiem for a Dream and think that it was made to be some sort of sensationalized B.S. anti-drug movie like Reefer Madness, you are plain WRONG! I lived as a junkie for over 3 years and there is NOTHING in that movie that is even close to being sensationalized, and anyone who has lived as a heroin addict will tell you the same. I love drugs as much as the next guy, but people need to know what kind of life they are choosing when they choose drugs, and a movie like Requiem for a Dream shows exactly whats its like to live as a junkie, and living as a junkie is indeed DISTURBING!

I didn't see Visitor Q on the list that had to be one of the most disturbing things I have seen.I remember The Serpent and the Rainbow giving me some crazy dreams.My guess is you just never saw Visitor Q I would have to rank it top 5 at least though.

Saw Salo, was nothing. I don't think a movie can be disturbing, they can be creepy if they mess with your head but the only thing that ever disturbed me was the Chinese Fur Farm video, and I saw 3 Guys 1 Hammer with a straight face so that should tell you something

Natural Born Killers is very disturbing if you are very religious lol it shows rape, murder, torture, murder, drugs, murder hehe

This isnt disturbing to the sense of clockwork orange for that matter but its pretty fucked up and one of the goriest films ive seen... this trailer doesnt do much for it but watch it if you can...

I'd go for Vertigo myself, but then it plays on a particular phobia of mine (being changed into someone other than who I am -- I even found the Disney Shaggy Dog movie frightening as a kid!) Repulsion and the original The Vanishing I also found very disturbing.

ok so everyone is probably going to laugh at me but fuck it. I have seen a few of these "most disturbing" movies as well as several of those suggested in others' comments and believe Antichrist by Lars Von Trier is more disturbing than many of these other films. Perhaps being a psychology major gives me a biased opinion? Either way, this movie is not only disturbing due to extreme gore(self genital mutilation), but even more so through psychological damage and despair. The whole "Chaos Reigns" deal was, I'll admit, a bit ridiculous though...

dude visitor q and the human centipede are flippin crazy. and check out inside, its a french film i believe. check 'em out!

The Human Centipede

As for all the retards who say seven is shit, you have no idea about good films. Granted it shouldn't be in the list and it isn't disturbing but its a great film. Requiem for a dream is a very overated film just because the ideas good doesn't make the film good. When the film finished i could of swore it was 5hrs long it was that boring its worth watching the end tho to see jennifer connelys arse. Plus like 1 other guy said there more disturbing shit we all see every day these films just play on fears and situations.

seven was shit. requiem for a dream rules. retard.

Visitor Q from South Korea. Screwed up from minute one to the very last second.

Gonna have to watch a few of these... havn't seen them. I love watching horror movies, gore movies and movies that are just wrong! lol. I couple I just watched that afterwards made me say: "why the fuck did I watch that??" were DEADGIRL, and AUGUST'S UNDERGROUND and AUGUST'S UNDERGROUND MORDUM...

no movie on this list is disturbing or scary in any way ur wasting ur time looking at this list

To you 10 most disturbing movies of all time you have truly not seen or simply overlooked a film that disturbs me to this day, two years after seeing it on TV no less. "The Girl Next Door" (based on a true life incident) should never have aired or been made into a movie at all, and I feel it should be banned from ever being aired again. Not only is it's content horrific but having children act out the scenes should have been criminal. These are actual children from age 12 and up to 16 being placed in these situations with nudity, sexual assault and torture. They could have clothed the female actress instead of just pixelating her body parts. Is this what it has all come down to with society?! I cannot escape the images burned into my mind nor the distress and anger they generate. I do not know how this movie got permission to be aired over cable. It should have been burned right after the last strip was developed.

Districted, must be one of the wierdest most disturbed film made, only if you can stomach the sexual content, which i couldnt

I came here because I could not remember the name of a movie whose trailer I had seen once, thought it might be on this list. Thank you thank you for listing "The Begotten"...it was driving me crazy.

only got through about half of the comments, but I'm surprised that no one mentioned "Jacob's Ladder." After the first time I saw it, I haven't been able to get through it again... It's like hitting the serious phased of a bad acid trip without needing acid to get there... It fucks with your head that much. I agree with many that Peter Jackson's early stuff should be around somewhere. Requiem for a dream should only be really disturbing for heroin addicts. (I should know, I was one for a while.) Another one I hadn't heard mentioned (but doesn't really belong in the top ten) was Headwig and the angry inch. wasting space with shit like gigli and air bud is just rude to those that take the topic seriously. Thanks to all who made decent comments, I now have more suggestions than I believe I'll ever need for the times I feel like giving my brain a good long screw.

hey!anyone can help me to how can i get these films-srpski film 2009 and terrorama! 2001 ..:)

i kant say too mch about the list because i hav not seen them all what i kan say about the ones i have seen (Salo, Last House, Irreversible) is only salo belongs on here last house was kinda cheesy and irreversible only had one disturbing scene and that is when pierre smashes a mans head with a fire extinguisher the rape scene is nothing its more gruesome to me when he is beating her in the face as it looks more realistic and in the rape scene hes jus humping her from the back like a dog for nine minutes pfft i will check the rest out asap btw LETMEWATCHTHIS.COM is a great site fr movies that is where i watched all of these previous stated films

I feel the same way about JB...if you think Se7en is too much for your tastes, than you really only have a dim understanding of how messy film can get. Enjoy your Hollywood features.

wat the ****. mentally disturbing...go to hell

this movie is sick an the rape scene is just wrong!!

Strange Circus

'The Piano Teacher' or any of Michael Haneke's movies

the jerkoff scene in Ken Park is prob like top ten most disturbing things I have scene in feature film. Ken Park nomination?

What about The Brood where the woman licks her bloody baby clean after giving birth to it,and Cannibal Holocaust has to be on the top 10 the most realistic film ever made,actually thought those actors where killed,so did the people who put Ruggero Deodato on trial almost went to prison because of that film,that would be my number #1followed up by number,#2.The Brood,#3.Beyond The Door,#4.Zombie,#5.CUJO because that could actually happen, #6.House On The Left Original not crappy remake,#7.The Hills Have Eye's Original not remake #8.Texas Chainsaw Massacre Original not remake,#9.JAWS because that could actually happen, #10.The Exorcists because that could happen also,followed up by #11.The Poltergeist that could also happen "there here".

One disturbing movie I think has been looked over is Imprint that is a comepletely cracked out and messed up movie. I mean seriously a 6 year old dumping aborted fetus's into a river. Another good one is Rise of the Dead where a teen fucks her boyfriend who is possessed by the spirit of her aborted child. Basically really wrong incest.

crap List when I was 11 These movies bord me The wrong Turn is better then this craP.

I've only seen Eraserhead (a few hours ago, in fact) and it was very weird and surreal, but even alone in the dark didn't really disturb or scare. But still interesting. My friend saw Cannibal Holocaust and refuses to even listen to it from another room, haha. She's totally into f'd up movies, but that was apparently too much. I saw Splice with this same friend, we were both totally grossed out with the twist towards the end as well as the thing Brody's character does towards the middle...blehg, frickin' weirdo.

August Underground's Mordum. Intent is to make u say WTF?! Theres rlly no plot but this is a very disturbing movie. Some fucked up shit.

(DES ORDER) 1.AUGUST U MORDUM - no story only crap 2.CANNIBAL H - fake yet seems real 3.REQ 4 A DREAM - dont do drugs 4.MEN BEHIND D SUN - one time only 5.3 GUYS 1 HAMMER - VIDEO (real brutality) 6.FACES OF DEATH - gore 7.G PIG SERIES - wtf 8.KIDS,GUMMO - hmmmmmm 9.SAW SERIES - innovative killing 10.NEKROMANTIK - okay

Great thread, I've downloaded about 30 movies I've never even heard of from this. Even though its a mainstream movie, one that "disturbed" me more than any of these is "The Road". Actually, it bothered me for about three days. Probably just because I have a 10 year old son and the whole time I'm watching it, I'm imagining myself in this guys dilemma. So fucked up...

this movies r ok, some are gore, some just weird but if u really want DISTURBING watch macon's baby by peter greenaway

I have seen all these film most when they came ot and ondi cinemas in the 80's and so on. You all shh all see 'MARTYRS' (2008) very disturbing - very awesome

you all forgot The Sound Of Music!

Hey! So here are some to add: 1. Old Boy 2. Requiem for a Dream 3. Salo is definitely right 4. The Three Extremes (It is a compilation of three totally separate messed up stories) 5. The Virgin Suicides

The Girl Next Door. About 3/4 of the way through all I could think was for fucks sake kid, just die. It was terrible torture flick, conflicted on a kid by other kids, and a mother.

Irreversible was my favorite. Not only was it very disturbing, it was actually a good movie

irreversible was very disturbing the head crushing scene left a lasting impression. the music at the end was great with spinning camera, I thought the camera view was annoying must the film.

I recently did a Top 7 of my most disturbing movies. http://www.infoblab.com/news/2010/9/7/top-7-disgustingly-disturbing-movies.html Some from my own list I don't see here but you may find interesting are the August Underground Trilogy, Slaughtered Vomit Dolls and even Gummo.

the omen exorcist the clockwork orange Requiem for a Dream

Martyrs.

splice is f@cked up movie #1

Maybe not so much disturbing, but definitely rather creepy is the French movie "Une Vraie Jeune Fille" (A Real Young Girl), full of bizarre sexual experimentation by a very beautiful teenage girl (including a scene where she really fucks herself with a bottle of suntan lotion, and another scene where a guy shoves a worm [a real worm, not his dick] into her vagina). The only reason this flick wasn't rated X was that it was French and viewed as an "art" movie. Lots of scenes in there that will appeal to people who like to see girls peeing. Not often one gets to see a girl peeing in a non-porno flick.

I think Pink Flamingos creeped me out way more than any of the movies on this list did. Every scene in audition looks fake as hell and I got bored watching Eraser Head.

Visitor Q If you like this top 10 list, go watch Visitor Q.

I think by far cannibal Holocaust is the worse most disgusting movie ever. It is just a snuff film where you witness the actual death of more than 4 people and a number of animals. It is sick and twisted.

listen i thing it's all a question of individual perçeption and everyone could be right or wrong but i will tell you this and i know my stuff ...every visual that creates discomfort or shockes you emotionaly will do that job of being disturbing , atmosphericaly speaking it's a combination of visual and sound with great direction , good casting ,nice set up and sincro .....try to see "BEGOTTEN" or "the girl next door" based on a true event ! Actually all sort of violent and depravity on children on women on animals (rapes,murder,torture,submission,humiliation,sexual fantasy with children and animal and even shit,war in itself is distubing with all king of isolated act of crualty ,drugs can be very disturbing ...tv ,the news and all king of magazine even the net is the most disturbing thing ever !

You people obviously haven't seen Eraserhead. It's COMPLETELY valid as film #1. That movie disturbed me beyond comprehension.

If you want a rundown on the most disturbing, twisted, gory, sick movies, have a look at this blog. Copy/paste the link on a new window. http://measuringthetailor.blogspot.com/2010/12/twisted-sick-and-disturbing.html#comments

I would have to say that 1985 film "Come and See" (Idi i smotri). dir. E. Klimov. is definatly a contender for this list, it is also argueably the greatest war movie ever made. Also i recently saw a (pretty awful) US movie called 'Dead girl' that was pretty sick.

I think that you can add The Forth Kind to that list too

Now that its 2010...whoa. Antichrist (2009) by Lars von Trier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist_(film)

Nobody mentioned Chuck and Buck.

you have to add "A Serbian Film" to this as at least top 5

The most disturbing movie I have ever watched.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088885/

I think this should definiatelt be considered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film

KIDS, though mildly disturbing, is quite entertaining. I would also put out Requiem for a Dream, Happiness and Gummo. Watching Requiem for A Dream while baked is quite the combination. Also disturbing, Justin Beiber music videos, they'll give you nightmares.

SERBIAN FILM most def.you wont ever forget that movie guaranteed

There is no way this is in order from least to most disturbing. If so, how in the world would Eraserhead beat Salo? Are you kidding? And why would Freaks be here at all?

Hey there :) What was the best and most terrible movie of 2010 in your oppinion? In my view it might have to be: Greatest: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One Worst: A Nightmare on Elm Street Thx :) <3

Funny Games

Found this thread last night. Pretty much just watched or attempted to watch any of the films I hadn't seen. Some of the lower budget ones, I didn't find disturbing at all, they just seemed like a bunch of idiots doing things they thought would be shocking, but it looked hokey and came across as goofy. (August Underground i.e.)Not that indie or low budget can't be good, but alot of the stuff that was mentioned really just came across as trite and uninspired. Now for the stuff I did like... I did think Funny Game (original version) was really good, I'm sure I'll sleep fine, but the film overall really had me thinking during it, really felt helpless. The Japanese stuff is okay, but I end up liking the overall look more than the stories. The Korean stuff is great for the most part, you get drawn in and your own feelings betray you. Happiness left me feeling icky. I've seen Eraserhead several times, never disturbed me at all, I find alot of the characters likable. Begotten didn't disturb me, but I LOVED it, BUT knowing the symbology behind it probably helped. Alot of the films that have been labelled disturbing were actually unappealing to me, alot of them I started to watch, but was ultimately disinterested, not due to being disturbed or grossed out, they just seemed stupid or uninspired, violence for the sake of violence and not in an anarchic way either. The Hollywood films (saw, requiem, hostel, etc.) weren't cerebral at all and I never once felt like I wasn't watching a movie with famous actors. Even with remakes like I Spit on Your Grave, you end up pulling for the hero and actually come away with a gratifying feeling at their success. I know alot of people say Requiem, but after you've known real life junkies and seen firsthand what heroin can do, Requiem just looks stupid and fake. So I got to watch and learn about alot of great films and some not so great. Was I disturbed? Sure, I guess so, while I was watching them. Did I see anything that is permanently burned into my mind and that'll I never get out? Nah, I don't think so. If anything, there were films I wished had ended differently or had plot twist that blew my mind, and if that makes them disturbing, then my top five would be.... 1. Old Boy 2. Happiness 3. Funny Game 4. I Stand Alone 5. Grave of the FireFlies Thanks for sharing this great list and everyone who mentioned their favorites. Pretty impressive that this thread is going on FOUR YEARS NOW!

So glad that the threads still going very impressive.only got into the extreme movies a couple of months ago but seen most of them now a Serbian film,the gateway meat,men behind the sun,Gutterballs (great laugh),grotesque,inside,cannibal holocaust,cannibal ferox,I could continue but I've seen loads more just wondering what other people have watched lately .more extreme the better I've recently got hold of philosophy of a knife I will write as soon as watched my 4hr gore fest

Ichi the Killer

The Life and Death of a Porn Gang A Serbian Film Guinea Pig 2 August Underground 2

I've seen a lot of these movies and I love a good slasher/beastiality/necrophilia/torture/rape/depressing movie just as much as the next chick - I'm just wondering if anyone has seen Dogtooth. It is seriously fucked up and really really disturbing. Hardly any gore - just messed up. Thoughts?

A disturbing movie is easy to define: when you see it, you say 'whoa. WTF was that?' That might a a gore scene, a brutal scene, a mind-bender - anything that, for a moment, fucks you up inside. Rarely in an immediate good way, but certainly something that makes an impression on you. Almost no death, no gore but Eraserhead gives you that in spades. Same with Salo, Cannibal holocaust, Men Behind the Sun, Man Bites dog and Necromantic. In all these films I had moments of 'am I really seeing this?" Oh yeah, and Xtro - that was pretty fucked up.

Thanks for all the great ideas! Haven't seen many of these. Imprint disturbed me, as did Dark Corners, Sublime...& Slaughtered Vomit Dolls.

Films such as Philosophy of a Knife (2008), Martyrs (2008) and The Human Centipede (2009) should be among those.

The Human Centipede? Just think about it? The idea itself is fucked up. Also Antichrist, I'm sorry but watching a woman cut off her own clitoris is so fucked up I felt like ripping my eyes out and washing them in bleach to get the image out of my head.

Have setting on my DVD player for this weekend, "Begotten", "Canibal Hallocaust", "Martyrs" & "Antichrist", not bad for a weekend marathon, will give an update......"Requiem" did nothing for me, guess i have seen this in real life is possibly why. I will put a plug in for one that hasn't been mentioned yet "Eden Lake", makes you want to pound the living s**t out of some Britt Brats...

You should definitely update your list to include "A Serbian Film" as #1. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is more disturbing than this film to date.

Until "A Serbian Film" is available some Freaking where it's just going to hang out there and should be down on the list. This film is not available yet....

I think disturbing films are all well and good. But what I'm looking for is a genuinely scary film. By that I don't necessarily mean a film that gives you nightmares, but a film that IS a nightmare. An actual nightmare, your most fucked up nightmare on screen. The closest things that I have seen to this have been David Lynch work, the end scene of Mullholand DR (with the old people)struck a nerve, as did a few scenes in the last half of Inland Empire. I'm looking for a non stop nightmare though. Does anyone know what I mean and have any suggestions?

I thought "The last house on the left" was the most disturbing movie I'd ever seen til I saw "Antichrist". Not scary. Plain perturbing.

A Serbian film,Ghosts of the Civil Dead,Nekromatik,Tetsuo,Santa Sangre,Shoguns Sadism,Bad Boy Bubby,Antichrist are all good films worth seeing.

Eraserhead...totally overrated. Irreversible is easily on the list. If you want a crazy scene, try watching the Tudors series for the one with the dude getting red hot pokered. That was pretty damn crazy.

How on earth could a list of 10 or 100 truly disturbing films be complete without the "jaw- dropper" of all time.... "NAKED LUNCH"??? Depending on my state of mind, this film along with "Eraserhead" can leave me with my mouth wide open, or just changing the channel, or even on certain occasions, puking my guts out!!! "Naked Lunch" should be #1 on ANY such list.

umm hello clearly the most disturbing movie of all time is not even on this list. everyone needs to go search Cannibal Holocaust and I think you will then know the real number one.

about 50 people have already mentioned cannibal holocaust. I don't think anyone has mentioned À l'intérieur. Incredibly violent and nasty, and the victim is a pregnant woman. Not pleasant.

Hard Candy is pretty squeamish

I find it disturbing that I either own or have watched all the movies on the list, except Irreversible (though I have seen I Stand Alone, which is just as worthy). I would add Martyrs - a French film that takes horror to a different level - and another Takashi Miike film, Ichi the Killer insanely violent and disturbingly hilarious. You can find my personal top movies at http://www.filmcrave.com/list_top_movie.php

as much as i love irreversible i find that salo should have been #2 theres just as much rape in it, theres a whole section of eating shit:X and a whole section of gory torture i can watch irrerersible a thousands times over that movie.oh yah salo is really easy to buy i bought it on chapters its the criterion collection for 40 bucks the orignial production goes for 400 plus dollers very rare because they messed up the printing and the film had a blue tint to it there was only like 100 copys and then it was released later on :P and clockwork orange really its a cult movie its not disturbing to me at all! and it made it on here but cannible holocaust didnt or any of the guinea pig movies. oh and all the saw movies are effen terrible they shouldnt even be mentioned they neeed to be all burned.

The Holy Mountain is so fucked up it should be up there

a Serbian Film is the most effed up movie i have ever seen! and Megan is Missing is pretty crazy too.

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2005/10/07/ju-on__1128701642_7796-1.jpg 'Ju-on'

Hi guys just read all the comments finally and some i have seen and some not so ive got a new list of sick movies to get thanks alot i dont think reqium seven etc should be on here they are a different mainstream kind of film although good and everybody likes diferent things. My personal favs are A serbian film Bad boy bubby Inside Cannible holocaust Salo And along the same lines of tetsuo ironman is a short called horse hair Irreversable I stand alone aka carne lol Alot of the jap films memtioned are very good but i wouldnt say are stick or disturbing A clockwork and eraserhead are crazy but wont disturb u lol Also try macarbe But thanks again for all the input got lots of viewing to do

Look up ReGOREgitated Sacrifice. Never has there been a more disturbing film. 1 hour and 7 minutes of truly realistic looking rape, gore and vomiting. Described as "Splatter Porn," the amount of nudity and gore is unimaginable. Only released online, it becomes clear in the first 10 minutes that this movie is NOT for most viewers. Watch at own risk.

who can we miss Inside in the list http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/

"TESTAMENT"-1983, directed by Lynne Littman, starring Jane Alexander!!

dumplings is quite edgy, i must say. if yer down with baby eating, then the movie will seam fine. if yer not down with eating babies, prepare the puke bucket

Oh I almost forgot.. "Janghwa, Hongryeon" (A tale of two Sisters). Was very good/Disturbing! Oh and Why not.. Here are some of my favorites: "Suicide club" - "The shining" - "Oldboy" - "Inside" - "Martyrs" - "Irreversible" - "Marebito" - "Visitor Q" - "The last hosue on the left" - "The mist" - "3 extremes"... just to name a few.. I still have a lot of viewing to do!!!! Peace!

Cannibal Holocaust easily trumps every one of these movies. It's banned in most western countries, but you can watch the trailer on youtube. the trailer itself is really fucked up. apparently, when the film was being shot, the directer made the actors torture and kill a turtle, filmed it, and then put it in the movie. that's the only confirmed mistreatment, but there are rumors that the cast and crew did some really mean stuff to the locals while they were shooting the movie.

Jennifer should definitely be on the list

I saw the devil .... havent any of you seen it ?

A Serbian Film...anyone?

i keep looking up list like this and never see brain dead (dead alive) WTF

Perfume !!!

Shout out to "Grimm Love" holy #$&* the true ones are always the most messed up!!!

ok , since i think this list needs updates i'll do my best #1 MOST DISTURBED : IRRIVERSIBLE #2 MOST DISTURBED : CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST but i wouldn't recommend any of the two , irriversible: in the first scene we see a gay bar called the rectum and they its just goes on , if you are interested check out the first 10minutes to get a taste cannibal holocaust : director had been accused of making a snuff movie till he proved everything was fake . Then they still tried to charge him . since rape is a discomford for any sane person to watch i wont list any other films with this kind of sceneries . . . OTHER MOVIES -INLAND EMPIRE , 3 hour film of DAVID LYNCH , he had over 300hours of film en 200 more on handycam befor making this movie , there also wasnt a script before filming ...... check it out ! -ENTER THE VOID , dopies -AUDITION , litlle sick girl intensly kills lots of people -KEN PARK from the director of kids , answer to where were the parents in kids , when i first saw the movie i didnt really get it all , this shit is focked -c'est arrive pres de chez vous or english title man bites dog good film , voilence but no extreme gore -TETSUO the iron man , to be this old tetsuo should be on #3 -since EL TOPO is on the list HOLY MOUNTAIN should be too , but maybe these alejandro jodorowsky movies are a bit outdated -OLD BOY (well known movie) -AMERCIAN PSYCHO (well known movie) -i though ALYCE was pretty cool too watch , bout a girl why started killing -havent seen i stand alone -too many

If you honestly think requiem for a dream is disturbing, you clearly have no experience with prolonged (2-12 times daily for multiple years) IV injection drug addict. Especially add on top of that an addiction to something that is both psychedelic and almost immediately physically incapacitating and requiem seems like vacation time....

ok human centipede has got NOTHING on HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2! Totally unreal but so f*cking wrong i could only watch it under the influence every time i try and watch it sober i have to stop. the uncut version has everything from sandpaper masturbation to squashed babies to a virtually naked fat bloke raping his 12 person long face to ass centipede. if thats not wrong as hell, i dont know what is!!! :D

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It's all fake nonsense. How can it be disturbing? With all the real deaths you see on the News these days, and some of the real war documentaries, that stuff is just youths having fun with special effects and cameras. It proves some of these amateur directors have sick, bizarre imaginations, but so did I as a youth. The death of real animals is just sick and evil, and R. Deodato is a perverted dirt bag for filming that kind of thing. Movies like Men Behind The Sun, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan are unsettling because those things happened in WWII. The Passion is disturbing for similar reasons. But the movies on the list are just a bunch of fake crap. How can anyone be disturbed over something so fake? Snore.

The Tortured - couple decides to kidnap and torture man who did the same to their son.

This is missing Cannibal Holocaust.

What about a serbian film ?

I have only see one person mention this one so far and WOW OMG HOLY @#$$% the movie "Grotesque" whoaaaaa!!!!!

Ummmmm....You MIGHT wanna slide "A Serbian Film" in there somewhere. Once you see that DOOZY....You can't UN-SEE it.

Stoic and rampage?

Little children and American gothic I haven't seen mentioned.

what is the one where God castrates, bleeds and kills himself to create the world?

This guy `Jack Nance` was actually an incredibly `under-rated talent` ,.....and this is testimony, by the way he showed those `awkward, under emotional expressions, at various stages of this movie !! No one will now, ever know < but he was about to make it `big, big, big -time !,......if only he had followed this very `weird and abstract, indeed `extreme fringe movie, with a more main-stream role, in a follow-up project, i.e. a chance for `Mr Nance` to play a corrupt detective or solicitor etc. , but alas he was killed in a tragic incident, involving some `petty argument over who was next in the queue for some `fast food order` !! .......the hand of fate, ending this incredible actors` life, before he was about to be the next big star, or `Harrison Ford` type star !! If I was a big enough `player` in the movie game, I would definitely have `test-casted` him in the role of a forthcoming `block-buster` of a project, about the `classical Greeks` and the so far, forgotten, ( by the film industry, Hollywood in particular ) and this would be about the under-appreciated, and thus mysterious Spartan `hero of the moment`,.......Pasanious, the saviour of the Greeks !! , this would have become a movie to reach the same notoriety as Gladiator`, or `Troy`, as it would have been an `un-explored story` of the most vulnerable period, in the history of the Athenians, against the might of Xerxes` Persian fleets . But he never got the chance, to become the next `epic movie star, as the tragedy of his life, was just like a `tragedy from a Sophocles play !!

A Serbian Film - very disturbing

These ain't disturbing, how about Glitter with Mariah "Fathead" Carey?