Emotionally Traumatic Movies (25 pics)

1

2 Years a Slave
Amazing movie, but I’ll never watch it again — especially knowing what happens to Solomon Northup in the end.

2

The Wicker Man
The original one. Good god.

3

The Passion of the Christ
This may be an unpopular opinion, but it just really traumatized me. I can't watch that movie again. It didn't scare me as much as that movie did.

4

The Last King of Scotland
Great film, but Forest Whitaker was far too convincing for me.

5

Parasite
The garden party scene was wild, but — as much as I liked this movie — I can’t watch it again.

6

Mother!
It's a trippy, weird movie, but really good!

7

Marley and Me
As a lover of animals, I could never watch this again without bawling my eyes out. It physically hurt me to watch.

8

Still Alice
I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago. It was so raw and real. I can see why Julianne Moore won the Oscar, but it left me with such a deep sadness that I know I’ll never watch it again.

9

Bone Tomahawk
I’ve said this movie so many times for so many different posts on this website, but it really did f*ck me up! It was great to see once, so cool what they did there, but I’ll never watch it again!

10

A Star is Born
I can’t believe this wasn't on the original list! I'm happy I saw it once because Bradley Cooper was remarkable, but there are scenes from it that still haunt me and I don’t think I could watch it again.

11

Prisoners
That movie with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal — oof.

12

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
I will never watch it again, and — now that I have children — I'm even more adamant about that.

13

Eden Lake
If you know, you know.

14

Funny Games
Those people were not 'funny' in the least, and it really f*cked me up when they just moved on to the next house at the end.

15

Just Mercy
It's such an important movie to watch, but I cried off and on the whole time. It’s so emotional, especially since it’s a true story and things like that do happen to Black people. A positive ending, but a total rollercoaster. I think about it all the time.

16

The Father
It was absolutely brilliant... maybe TOO brilliant, because I don't want to watch it ever again.

17

Kids
That movie bothered me. I hated to think that’s what teens were actually doing.

18

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I had to watch it in history class in eighth grade, and... well, it's a beautiful film, but I can't watch it again or I'd never finish it due to tears.

19

The Neon Demon
I was not prepared for it.

20

The Lovely Bones
Deeply unsettling at times and very sad at others. The movie actually made me go through the stages of grief while I was watching it. Highly, highly recommend, but I won’t watch it again.

21

Sophie’s Choice
I can’t even think about it without getting upset.