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[Request] Bleak/desolate/dreary looking movies. Basically where you seldom see the sun shine. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by FatTony@lemmy.world to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

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Hi there,

I hope my title as well as the examples shown in the picture get the idea across of what I'm looking for. Doesn't matter what the genre is, I am just looking for movies which are shot in this grim lighting.

Also, for fun, try and guess which movies the pictures come from.
Answer
Suspiria (2018)

Black Swan

The Road

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[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

'Dark City' count?

'Paper Man' is pretty depressing that I remember and I think it's tone is overall cloudy except for a few bits.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn’t matter what the genre is

It counts alright ^^

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

Ok, in that case, 'Sucker Punch' is gloomy as fuck. Best to watch the extended cut of that for proper context.

'Watchmen', 'A Scanner Darkly', 'Above the Shadows', 'The Matrix', and the Blade Runner flicks.

All I can think of at the moment.

[–] VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The machinist has this same vibe imo.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, how'd I forget this. Awesome movie, especially if you're a fan of NIN

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Requiem for a Dream is a must. Children of Men, too.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Children of Men

This was the first thing that came to mind.

Requiem for a Dream

Fuck you for reminding me that this depressing film exists.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Requiem for a Dream

Literally mentioned this film yesterday when someone asked if Jared Leto had been in anything successful.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Honestly? >!He's pretty damn good in the role, too!<

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was it successful? It's always been kind of niche as far as I can tell. Most people have not seen it and those who have seen it appreciated it but generally only want to watch it once.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Financially, no. Culturally, yes.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 3 points 6 months ago

Fair enough.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remember the movie as being practically traumatizing the first time I watched it and then I didn't watch it again for like two decades. I watched it again last year and was surprised that it's not nearly as bad as I remembered it being. I guess movies have shifted so much in the traumatizing direction that Requiem for a Dream has been outmatched.

Or maybe I just remembered it well enough that it didn't shock so much.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Judge Dredd

Ink (2009) (an… interesting low budget film that does pull off alot visually speaking). It’s hard hard to explain but the depth/tones, both acoust and visually, of the scenes is used to convey plot elements that become clearer as time goes on.

Metalhead episode of Black Mirror. Not a movie but definitely along the lines of what you’re describing

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

I imagine 30 Days of Night has little sunshine.

[–] livus@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

Winter's Bone

Frozen River

Melancholia

Seven

Dark City

La Haine

Nil By Mouth

The Road

The Mist

Double Indemnity (a lot of noir really but that's one that comes to mind)

[–] comrade19@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Chernobyl mini series

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Pandorum
eXistenZ
Avalon
Sin City
Sleepers
V for Vendetta
Sleepy Hollow
Spawn
Pi
The Ninth Gate
Saw
The Machinist
Alien (1979)
Road to Perdition
The Salton Sea
Secret Window
The Crow

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The Ninth Gate

Just finished it, I liked it! You didn't mention this was also one of the most comfy movies out there. 😁

[–] Funkmaster-Hex@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Road and Angela's Ashes. Actually, unless it's a comedy or a cartoon saloon production most Irish movies fall into this category. I'm thinking of the wind that shakes the barley, black 47, Michael Collins, the crying game, and kind of on in the name of the father. There are many more.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Updoot for The Road. It's one of the best movies I'm never watching again.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 6 months ago

It's a "horror", but The Babadook comes to mind.

[–] lemmyaccount01@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The Night of the Hunter

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

I think you will love all of these

On board / Gemide

Uzak

Once upon a time in Anatolio

Someone already mentioned Nil By Mouth

The House That Jack Built

Winter Sleep

Dunno : Trainspotting ?

A newer one : Banshees of Inisherin

[–] AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The Dark Night ba dum tss

[–] Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Platform (2019).

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

Good movie

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Skinamarink is pretty much dark the whole runtime (shot in a dark house). But definitely isn't for everyone.