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

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

lemmyaccount01 ,

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

dhtseany ,

Children of Men (2006)

blahsay ,

The latest blade runner has this in spades:
Bladerunner 2047

triptrapper ,

2049

blahsay ,

Thanks. Love Cunningham's law

reversebananimals ,

Se7en (1995)

Jafoo ,

And from two years earlier: The Crow

EvilEyedPanda ,

So Michigan winters!

LemmySoloHer , (edited )
@LemmySoloHer@lemmy.world avatar

This is the extreme end of things but nearly every Zack Snyder movie, extreme because it specifically goes heavy on editing saturation, contrast, etc., that takes away the aspects of realism for this look to instead make it stylized in an exaggerated way on purpose.

Joker (2019) plays with this look.

A lot of noir-esque stuff will use this kind of look to varying degrees too. Dark City (1998), and a lot of the future/neo-noirs will do this even when bright cyberpunk lights are present. Zone 414 (2021) is another one. Live by Night (2016) uses it during the criminal activity scenes to contrast against the brighter, roaring world of the rich.

I think there are a lot of better examples out there that I'm just not thinking of at the moment.

Edit: Adding Prisoners (2013), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Children of Men (2006), and Taxi Driver (1976) to the list.

cerement ,
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Children of Men (2006)

Jafoo ,

The subject matter in COM is, in many respects, bleak. Can't really describe the settings as such

Karyoplasma ,

Equilibrium (2002)

CTDummy ,

Stalker seems to fit the bill nicely. Bit on the older side but didn’t stop me enjoying it. Similar vibes the road without being quite as dark thematically.

glouriousgouda ,
@glouriousgouda@lemmy.myserv.one avatar

The Remains of the day

The Others

Wind River

Rade0nfighter ,

The Platform (2019).

MR_GABARISE ,

Saw 1-4 kinda fit this description. For 1 it was pretty much budget lighting and the director of 2-4 kept the grading familiar.

deranger ,

3 - The Road

Also what I was going to recommend :)

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