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re: What are the most depressing movies that don't have a death? (Spoilers)

Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:32 am to
Posted by Salviati
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:32 am to
None of the four leads in Requiem for a Dream die.

It is the most depressing movie ever, unless you're a fan of electroconvulsive therapy, amputation, prostitution, or hard labor.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:43 am to
Yeah the initial response had that and I realized none of the main characters die (although I think one does when the Wayans character ends up in that shootout but that's being nitpicky).

Fun fact: Upon watching RFAD the first time I immediately rewound it and watched it again. I think the only other movie I had ever done that with was Major League (as a child). It was just something that I had never seen before and it ended so intensely I had no idea what happened and thought it best to go back to the beginning.
Posted by LSUDonMCO
Orlando
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:46 am to
"The Blind Side" when he signs with Ole Miss.
Posted by HueyLongJr
Member since Oct 2007
1074 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:56 am to
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Saturday Night Fever


Has a death in it. Jumper on Verrazano Narrows bridge. Agree that it’s depressing otherwise for the reasons you mentioned.
This post was edited on 4/3/26 at 8:57 am
Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 8:58 am to
that whole 50/50 movie
Posted by JoeyP239
Member since Nov 2025
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:02 am to
Everything Must Go was a depressing Will Ferrell movie. Came out in 2010 don’t think many watched it
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32549 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:09 am to
quote:

The wrestler

It technically doesn't have a death


Great movie and great answer. Still blows my mind Mickey didn't win the Oscar that year.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:30 am to
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The ending of The Last American Virgin was pretty sad


frick that movie
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:38 am to
I don’t remember if anyone died or not but The Banshees of Inisherin is very depressing.
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:45 am to
quote:

Requiem for a dream
first one that came to mind for me
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:55 am to
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I don’t remember if anyone died or not but The Banshees of Inisherin is very depressing.
Posted by 844_Tiger
Down_Under
Member since Jul 2021
608 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:09 am to
In the Company of men
Requiem for a Dream
The whale … fraser’s character does die, but even if he didn’t that movie would still be depressing AF.
Posted by Pettifogger
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Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:19 am to
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Manchester By the Sea. Technically it does have deaths, but deaths that contribute to the mindset of Casey Affleck’s character, and they only have flashbacks to them. It’s a tough movie to watch, but it was a great movie.



I get your distinction

but this movie is so much about death and specific death at that, that everyone knows exactly what it's about and I refuse to watch it as a result
Posted by P-Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:35 am to
A little piece of me dies every time Milton doesn't get a piece of cake...

Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5115 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 2:56 pm to
The Favourite—while a lot of the action is played up for laughs, it’s really sad how they all manipulate Queen Anne to get what they want. Everyone ends up unhappy.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
14033 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 3:34 pm to
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Requiem for a dream

Immediately comes to mind. I remember seeing this in the theater with my buddy and we didn't talk one time. By the end of the movie our mouths were agape and we just sat there for a few minutes after and finally were like WTF.

Glengarry is GOAT for salespeople. I was in hard sales at one point in my life and this movie was required learning. So many memorable lines. Every salesperson knows, "the leads are weak!"
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 3:57 pm to
Requiem for a Dream is the most depressing I can remember. I have never rewatched it, and I’m pretty certain I never will.
Posted by Friendly Satan
Member since Nov 2024
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 4:01 pm to
Jack Lemmon was dreadfully bad as Marcellus in Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet.
Posted by P-Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
2029 posts
Posted on 4/3/26 at 4:19 pm to
Also, since I already posted about Office Space once, this popped up, is both movie and sports related, and I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it...

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Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
Member since Oct 2018
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 7:41 pm to
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the leads that he got were absolute shite


The leads are shite!?!?….you’re shite.
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