Most Disturbing Scenes In Movies

From Alejandro G. Iñárritu, starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Rated R

Amores Perros is a Mexican drama film written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, and Vanessa Bauche. The film follows three intersecting stories involving dogs, love, and violence in Mexico City amid the beginning of the 21st century. The first story involves Octavio (García Bernal) who is desperately in love with his brother's wife, Susana (Bauche), but must face the consequences when his brother Ramiro (Echevarría) discovers his affair. The second story follows Daniel (Álvaro Guerrero), a struggling magazine editor, who is trying to make ends meet by training his dog Cofi in underground dogfights. The third story follows Valeria (Toledo), a fashion model, and her philandering husband who crash their car, leaving Valeria severely injured and her husband dead, and her dog missing. The stories are all connected by their shared theme of love and violence, and the final act of the film brings the disparate stories together in a shocking conclusion.

From Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Rated R

Wake in Fright is a 1971 Australian psychological thriller directed by Ted Kotcheff. The film follows John Grant (Gary Bond), a schoolteacher from Sydney, who finds himself stranded in the isolated town of Bundanyabba in the Outback. His plans to return home for the holidays are thwarted when he is coerced into participating in a two-day drinking binge with the locals. As the days drag on and the drinking continues, his behavior becomes increasingly reckless and dangerous, leading him to the brink of disaster. The film paints an unflinching portrait of a man pushed to the brink of insanity by his own worst impulses and an unforgiving environment. Though it was initially met with critical and commercial indifference, Wake in Fright has since become an acclaimed cult classic, praised for its unflinching realism and its exploration of man’s capacity for self-destruction.

From Michael Haneke, starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Rated Not Rated

Funny Games is a 1997 psychological horror film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It tells the story of a family of three—George (Ulrich Mühe), Ann (Susanne Lothar) and their son Georgie (Stefan Clapczynski)—who are taken hostage by two mysterious young men, Peter (Frank Giering) and Paul (Arno Frisch). The two men torture and terrorize the family, playing a series of sadistic "games" for their own amusement. As the family attempts to escape their captors, the tension mounts and the psychological implications become more and more devastating. The film is a critique on the audience's complicity in violence, as well as a contemplation of the naïveté of modern society in believing it can be protected from violence.

From Lynne Ramsay, starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Rated R

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 psychological drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay, and starring Tilda Swinton as Eva, the mother of Kevin, who has committed a horrific act of violence. The film follows Eva's struggle to come to terms with her son's horrific act, while also reflecting upon the difficulties of parenting, and the complexities of a mother-son relationship. It also examines how a tragedy such as this can affect those around the family, such as friends and neighbors. Eva is eventually forced to confront her own guilt and responsibility for her son's actions, as she attempts to make sense of the tragedy. The film has been both praised and criticized for its unflinching exploration of a difficult subject matter, and its complex and ambiguous narrative.

From Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert
Rated NC-17

From Gaspar Noé, starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Rated Not Rated

From Gary Oldman, starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse
Rated R

From David Lynch, starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates
Rated Not Rated

From Gaspar Noé, starring Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain, Martine Audrain
Rated Not Rated

From Tim Roth, starring Ray Winstone, Annabelle Apsion, Kate Ashfield, Lara Belmont
Rated R

From Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis
Rated Not Rated

From Takashi Miike, starring Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Rated R

From John McNaughton, starring Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas
Rated Unrated

From Directors: Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits, starring Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Rated Not Rated

From Katrin Gebbe, starring Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Gro Swantje Kohlhof
Rated Not Rated

From Amat Escalante, starring Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios
Rated Not Rated

From Lars von Trier, starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Rated R

From Fatih Akin, starring Marc Hosemann, Jonas Dassler, Adam Bousdoukos, Margarete Tiesel
Rated Not Rated

From Lars von Trier, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Bell
Rated Not Rated

From Justin Kurzel, starring Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens
Rated Not Rated

From Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Rated Not Rated

From Ben Young, starring Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter
Rated Not Rated

From Miguel Ángel Vivas, starring Fernando Cayo, Manuela Vellés, Ana Wagener, Guillermo Barrientos
Rated Not Rated

From Alexandre Aja, starring Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Rated R

From Simon Rumley, starring Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Jon Michael Davis, Nick Holden
Rated Not Rated