Depressive films are hard stories about people who have lost loved ones, the meaning of life, do not hope for a bright future. Such paintings are recommended to be watched only by those viewers who have a stable psyche. Cinema of this genre allows a person to think and be a little sad. Some depressive films help to find motivation and get out of depression, but psychologists do not advise them to watch those who are characterized by a melancholy mood. The fact is that such a movie can affect the emotional state of the viewer very much.
List of Deep Depression Films
Today, many paintings have been created, the main idea of which was the difficult experiences of the characters, and the tense plot did not leave the viewer hopes for a happy ending.
Below are the top depressive films:
- "Melancholy". The plot is divided into two parts, each of which describes the inner experiences of the main characters, who foresee the coming of the end of the world.
- "Chicken with Prunes." The film tells the story of a talented musician who accidentally breaks a violin. After that, the main character becomes depressed and locked in a room to die there in 8 days.
- "Reader". A love story of an adult woman and a school student who has been dragging on for many years.
- Groundhog Day. This is a story with deep meaning, telling that suicide does not solve human problems. Regardless of the world in which the hero’s soul is, he remains himself.
- "I'm tired of you". A story about friends who have a tradition to gather together in a villa by the sea every year. So it happened this time. When the audience watches the events taking place on the screen, the buddies are already very old and, as usual, gathered together again. In the morning, one of the friends was found dead.
- The Society of Dead Poets. Neil Perry is an ordinary student who suffers from the tyrannical nature of his father and a brutal system, resulting in suicide. After the death of a young man, no one feels guilty and does not notice the depravity of the system.
- "Suicides: A Love Story." The film tells the story of the afterlife of a suicide who meets his love here.
- "Sea Inside". This picture discusses the problem of euthanasia.
- "Where Dreams Lead." When listing depressive films, one cannot fail to note this picture. The main character dies in a car accident and ends up in some place. The young widow is unable to live without her husband and children and decides to commit suicide, while falling into another place. As a result, her hell stretches for ages.
- "Don Juan de Marco." This is a story about a psychotherapist and his patient who does not want to live on.
- "The life of others." The picture takes place in Germany in 1984, a few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The playwright Georg Dreyman is happy and successful, however, after the suicide of his friend Albert Jersk, caused by the system, the hero began to look at life differently.
Mental Disorders Films
Subconscious problems are widely covered in cinema. For example, one of the cult films about depressive mental disorder is “Interrupted Life”. The problem of schizophrenia is also investigated, for example, in the paintings “Dream House”, “Ward No. 6”. Famous films about manic-depressive psychosis are Chat, Manic. Cinema about problems with short-term memory - "Deception".
Depressive Suicide Films
To understand the reasons why a person decides to commit suicide, you need to know not only the circumstances of his life, but also what he feels. This is what all the films of this rubric tell about.
- "9:06." A police inspector investigates the suicide of Maryan Ozim, as a result of which he gradually plunges into the world of the deceased, meets his friends and does not notice how he takes his place.
- "Inside." The story of the inhabitants of a small provincial town. Several suicides take place here. After some time, everyone begins to suspect Aiden, whose brother was the first to decide on suicide.
- "Veronica decides to die." The story of a young woman who does not see the point in life and ends up in a clinic for the mentally ill after an unsuccessful suicide. Here, the doctor intentionally tells the girl about a terrible incurable disease, after which the heroine's worldview changes.
- "2:37." All the most depressing films are somewhat similar. At the heart of their plot is always a person and his story. This film tells about several students of the school, one of whom committed suicide at 2:37.
Teenage Depression in the Movies
During adulthood, a person seeks himself and is inclined to make mistakes. It is in adolescence that children need the support of parents, the understanding of teachers and friends. However, not everyone feels it, as a result, they begin to worry greatly and lose interest in life. Depressive films about teenagers are a separate category of art.
Below are a few examples of such a movie:
- "Virgin Suicides." The story of teenagers who met five sisters and begin a romantic relationship with them. Once one of the girls commits suicide, and all other sisters are placed under house arrest by strict parents.
- "The Strange Teenager's Story." The film tells about the love of a strange boy for the most popular girl in school. Teenagers begin to be friends, but society puts pressure on them, because lovers from different social layers.
- "Suicide Children." In this drama, several teenagers discuss the idea of mass suicide, but a sudden assassin prevents them from completing what they started by killing children one by one.
- "Tracy Pieces." All depressive films about the younger generation tell about the difficulties of communicating with peers, parents and first love. In this film, the main character Tracy Berkowitz just experiences all this at once and dreams of breaking out of a vicious circle.
- "Hall of Suicides." A happy young man from a good family once meets a girl in a chat, after which everything in his life changes dramatically.
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”
Some heavy depressive films deserve special attention, forcing viewers to think a lot. A vivid example is a film about wartime with the dramatic plot “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”. Everyone knows how terrible a period in the life of the whole world was the era of fascism and concentration camps. The main characters - young children, who, by the will of fate, are on opposite sides of the barricades, give the painting a special depressiveness.
"Requiem for a Dream"
Each person in his life dreamed of something and had a cherished goal. The heroes of this film were no exception. Sarah Goldfarb dreamed about filming in her favorite television program, her son wanted to become very wealthy, and her son’s girlfriend, Marion, dreamed of her store where the most fashionable things would be sold. However, there were some obstacles in the way of each hero. The life of the characters is rapidly changing for the worse. Young people start using drugs, and Sarah, in an attempt to lose weight, begins to become addicted to her pills and go crazy. At the end of the film, dreams are just as unattainable for them as they were at the beginning.
"Antichrist"
The story, filmed by cult director Lars Von Trier, captures the audience, scares and depresses. The film begins with a little boy falling out of a window when his parents make love. After that, the mother feels her guilt and begins to go crazy. The husband unsuccessfully tries to save her, taking her to a forest house. Here in the life of the protagonists a real nightmare begins, they everywhere see strange symbols and signs, endlessly suffering and repenting of what happened through their fault.
"In the basement"
In fact, these are several stories that are not related to each other. All the characters are prosperous people in Australia who spend most of their time in the basements of their homes. Here, cherished dreams come true, an intimate life flows, the true face of the heroes opens. For example, one of them drinks beer and sings Nazi songs, the other here holds a sex slave, and the third lady is babysitting toy babies.