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

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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

lemmyaccount01 , (edited )

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

BreadOven ,

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

notfromhere , (edited )
  • 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 OP ,
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The Ninth Gate

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

livus ,
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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)

Drusas ,

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

Funkmaster-Hex ,

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 ,

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

comrade19 ,

Chernobyl mini series

Rade0nfighter ,

The Platform (2019).

ReallyKinda ,

Good movie

SzethFriendOfNimi ,

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 ,

I imagine 30 Days of Night has little sunshine.

kylie_kraft ,

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    FatTony OP , (edited )
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    Damn, you weren't kidding O_o

    Remember kids, if you're going to shave your sister's pubic hair. You should never use scissors 😀👍

    AFreeLarryHoover ,
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    The Dark Night ba dum tss

    VelociCatTurd ,

    The machinist has this same vibe imo.

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

    mihnt ,
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    '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 OP ,
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    Doesn’t matter what the genre is

    It counts alright ^^

    mihnt ,
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    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.

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

    lemmyng ,
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    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 ,
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    Requiem for a Dream

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

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

    Drusas ,

    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 ,
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    Financially, no. Culturally, yes.

    Drusas ,

    Fair enough.

    Drusas ,

    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.

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