Years ago, I created a massive list of disturbing films on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls009209730/
As of this writing, the list has 1,706 titles on it and easily the largest such list on the internet.
However, as many of you know, I was in prison from 2015 to 2024 and, as such, I was obviously not able to keep the list updated. Could you all please fill me in on the disturbing films that have come out since then? There's a list from /r/DisturbingMovies, but it's largely useless. It was made by Redditards, so it's filled with films that don't even remotely belong on a list of disturbing movies, like Watership Down and The Dark Crystal. To be on my list, the content has to be at least at R-rated level.
(As a side note, while I was in prison, I wrote a detailed outline for my own attempt at creating the most disturbing film ever made (partially inspired by the disgusting s*x offenders who I was forced to be surrounded by) - one that would not only far exceed every other "sickest movie ever made" in terms of on-screen depravity, but would also tell an emotionally devastating story filled with truly heartbreaking pathos. The fact that even the deeply jaded and desensitized prison staff were shocked and disturbed by it (and repeatedly spoke to me about it) told me that I did exactly what I set out to do.)
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How come you don't have Spoorloos ("The Vanishing" in the subtitled English release)?
It's the most disturbing fiction movie I have ever seen despite having no gore and very few violent scenes, and it's not even close. Legit never want to watch that shit again. Usually disturbing movies don't do much to me, but this one had me feeling a bit fricked up for days afterward.
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