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    Grave of the fireflies

    Even worse, it’s based on a true story. (The author preferred the movie’s ending)

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      It’s on my rewatch list since it’s been about twenty years, but I still can’t bring myself to doing so.

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        Same. It’s my favorite Ghibli film, but I have to get myself in the right headspace to be broken by it again.

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        It’s an incredible movie. I’m not sure how much you should know before going in, but I’ll say this: Don’t be fooled by the fact that it’s animated - by the same studio as “My Neighbor Totoro”. (The two movies played as a double feature because not showing something lighthearted after Grave of the Fireflies would have been criminal negligence.) And the other comments are right - It’s not something you’re likely to be able to watch again anytime soon.

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      OP said best fucked up, not just fucked up.

      I think the most disturbing scene for me was actually the ending, made me feel more sick than the baby scene.

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    The french original of Martyrs. That movie really lived in my head for some days.

    I think you should see it without knowing anything.

    Just be sure that you can handle some fucked up shit.

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      Came here for martyrs, most of it is still burned into my brain.

      I was going to watch it again, and then I was like I’m pretty sure I can remember this exactly from beginning to end still.

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    Happiness - Todd Solondz

    It’s the dark, seedy, perverted underbelly of the American dream, equal parts funny and creepy, and brilliantly cast and acted.

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      Came here to say this one. I really want to revisit this one as it’s been prob close to 20 years since my first viewing.

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      This was the first movie I thought of too! I saw it when it was released in an art house theatre. I didn’t know much about it, and apparently most of the audience didn’t either. Once the film got to that scene where the guy buys a teen boy magazine and climbs into the back of the car to…you know….a bunch of people just got up and walked out!

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        Yeah… that’s the first moment when the mask starts to slip, and you realize you’re in for something entirely different than what it initially appeared to be.

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    Triangle, it’s a little known film that I have on my NAS and finally saw it one day. I won’t say much about it, but see it.

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    “Midnight Cowboy”: great performances, great writing, profound ending, never want to watch it again.