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Movies by Lists - Most Disturbing Films (72 [77])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Altered StatesA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.1980Ken Russell (*)Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.9 (34.3K votes)10220211228
AntichristA grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.2009Lars von Trier (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller6.5 (126.7K votes)220220912
AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.1999Takashi Miike (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery7.2 (78.6K votes)11520211228
August UndergroundTwo serial killers go on a murdering rampage as one films the outcome from behind a video camera.2001Fred VogelHorror3.6 (3K votes)7020211228
August Underground's MordumTwo friends bring along a newcomer to go on a killing spree.2003Jerami Cruise, Killjoy, Michael Todd Schneider, Fred Vogel, Cristie WhilesHorror3.0 (3.8K votes)7720231001
August Underground's PenanceThe third film in the series. This time a couple go on a killing spree in their local area.2007Fred VogelHorror3.5 (1.6K votes)8420231001
Babadook, TheA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.2014Jennifer KentDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (212.9K votes)9420211228
Bad LieutenantWhile investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.1992Abel FerraraCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (42K votes)9620211228
Baise MoiTwo young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.2000Virginie Despentes, CoralieCrime, Drama, Thriller4.5 (17.5K votes)7720211228
BegottenPresented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.1989E. Elias MerhigeFantasy, Horror5.8 (10.6K votes)7220211228
Black Devil Doll from HellA woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.1984Chester Novell TurnerComedy, Horror3.5 (728 votes)7020211228
CalvaireMarc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.2004Fabrice du WelzHorror6.2 (12.4K votes)8820211228
Cannibal FeroxThree friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.1981Umberto LenziAdventure, Horror5.2 (9.7K votes)9320211228
Cannibal HolocaustDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.1980Ruggero DeodatoAdventure, Horror5.8 (55.5K votes)9520220806
CarneAfter a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.1991Gaspar Noé (*)Short, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.2 (7K votes)4020211228
Come and See [Idi i smotri]After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.1985Elem Klimov (*)Drama, Thriller, War8.3 (71.6K votes)14220211228
Cutting MomentsWith her quaint suburban existence on the slow road to ruin, Sarah mutilates herself in the bathroom mirror while her husband sits downstairs watching TV.1996Douglas BuckShort, Drama, Horror5.9 (1.6K votes)2920211228
Dead RingersTwin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.1988David Cronenberg (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller7.3 (45.3K votes)11620211228
Ebola Syndrome [Yi boh lai beng duk]A Chinese restaurant worker wanted for murder in Hong Kong contracts Ebola in South Africa, becomes immune to it, and unknowingly spreads the virus there, then comes back to Hong Kong and continues to infect people with it.1996Herman YauCrime, Horror6.5 (4K votes)9820211228
ExcisionA disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.2012Richard Bates Jr.Comedy, Drama, Horror6.1 (22.1K votes)8120211228
Exorcist, TheWhen a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.1973William Friedkin (*)Horror8.0 (384.5K votes)12220211228
FeedA cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.2005Brett LeonardCrime, Horror, Thriller5.3 (5.8K votes)10120211228
Female TroubleA spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.1974John Waters (*)Comedy, Crime7.2 (9.1K votes)8920211228
FreaksA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.1932Tod Browning (*)Drama, Horror7.9 (45.1K votes)6420211228
Funny GamesTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.1997Michael Haneke (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (70.9K votes)10820211228
Grandmother, TheA young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.1970David Lynch (*)Animation, Short, Horror7.2 (6.7K votes)3420211228
Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and BloodLate at night, a woman is kidnapped by an unknown assailant and taken back to his blood-spattered dungeon, where he turns her into a "flower of blood and flesh" through a series of dismemberment and evisceration.1985Hideshi HinoShort, Horror4.9 (4K votes)4220211228
Guinea Pig 3: He Never DiesAfter being dumped by his girlfriend for a friend, he attempts suicide - which turns up pain-free - and decides to scare the guy by literally throwing his own guts at him.1986Masayuki KusumiShort, Comedy, Horror4.7 (1.6K votes)3920211228
Guinea Pig 5: Mermaid in the ManholeAn artist rescues a mermaid in a sewer who develops bleeding sores all over her body, paints a portrait with her oozes and eventually disjoints her.1988Hideshi HinoHorror5.4 (2.2K votes)6320211228
Guinea Pig: Devil's ExperimentA duo of guys capture and brutally torture a young girl to the point of piercing her retina.1985Satoru OguraShort, Horror3.9 (3.7K votes)4320211228
Henry, Portrait of a Serial KillerArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.1986John McNaughton (*)Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller7.0 (35K votes)8320211228
High TensionBest friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.2003Alexandre AjaHorror6.8 (70.9K votes)9120211228
Home MovieIn the remote woods of Upstate New York, David and Clare Poe are attempting to live an idyllic life. However, their twin children's bizarre behavior might just tear the family apart.2008Christopher DenhamDrama, Horror, Thriller5.6 (4.4K votes)120220912
House Is Black, The [Khaneh siah ast]Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.1963Forugh FarrokhzadDocumentary, Short7.9 (4.6K votes)2020211228
Human Centipede, TheA mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.2009Tom SixHorror4.4 (77.2K votes)9220211228
I Stand AloneA horse meat butcher's life and mind begins to break down as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.1998Gaspar Noé (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (22.9K votes)9320211228
Ichi The KillerAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.2001Takashi Miike (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Horror7.0 (55K votes)12920211228
Ilsa She Wolf Of The SSIlsa is an evil Nazi warden at a death camp that conducts "medical experiments." Ilsa's goal is to prove women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the front lines.1975Don EdmondsDrama, Horror, Thriller, War5.1 (7.5K votes)9620211228
In My Skin [Dans Ma Peau]A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident.2002Marina de VanDrama, Horror6.3 (5.3K votes)9320211228
InsideFour months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.2007Alexandre Bustillo, Julien MauryHorror6.7 (39.9K votes)8220211228
IrreversibleEvents over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.2002Gaspar Noé (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (129.3K votes)9720211228
Jacob's LadderMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of de1990Adrian Lyne (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery7.5 (104.6K votes)11320211228
JamA surreal, ambient mix of bleak comedy sketches.2000Christopher MorrisComedy8.4 (2.6K votes)020240323
Johnny Got His GunDuring World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.1971Dalton TrumboDrama, War7.9 (16.5K votes)11120211228
Last Circus, The [Balada triste de trompeta]A young trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.2010Álex de la IglesiaComedy, Drama, Horror6.5 (14K votes)10720211228
Last House on The Left, TheTwo teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.1972Wes Craven (*)Crime, Horror, Thriller6.0 (36.5K votes)8420211228
MartyrsA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.2008Pascal LaugierHorror7.1 (90.1K votes)9920211228
MelancholiaTwo sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.2011Lars von Trier (*)Drama, Sci-Fi7.2 (177.4K votes)13520211228
Men Behind the Sun - Camp 731 [Hei tai yang 731]Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.1988Tun-Fei MouDrama, History, Horror, War6.1 (6.4K votes)10520211228
NekromantikA street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.1987Jörg ButtgereitHorror5.0 (9.2K votes)7120211228
Night And FogThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.1956Alain Resnais (*)Documentary, Short, History, War8.6 (18.8K votes)3220211228
OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.2003Park Chan-wook (*)Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (553.3K votes)12020211228
Pink FlamingosNotorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".1972John Waters (*)Comedy, Crime6.1 (23.9K votes)9320211228
PontypoolA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.2008Bruce McDonaldFantasy, Horror, Thriller6.6 (31.4K votes)9320211228
PossessionA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.1981Andrzej ZulawskiDrama, Horror7.4 (29.8K votes)12420211228
RepulsionA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.1965Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller7.6 (52.5K votes)10520220414
Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.2000Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama8.3 (809.2K votes)10220211228
Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.1975Pier Paolo Pasolini (*)Drama, Horror5.9 (58.1K votes)11720211228
Serbian Film, AAn aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.2010Srdjan SpasojevicHorror, Mystery, Thriller5.0 (62.7K votes)10420220414
SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.1995David Fincher (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.6 (1.6M votes)12720211228
Sinful Dwarf, The [Dværgen]Olaf and his mother run a boarding house and a white slavery ring. They also smuggle heroin to keep the addict girls happy so they do not try and escape. A young couple move into the house and the evil landlords take a liking to t...1973Eduardo FullerAdult, Crime, Horror4.9 (1.6K votes)9520231001
Skin I Live In [La piel que habito], TheA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.2011Pedro Almodóvar (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller7.6 (147.8K votes)12020211228
Straw DogsA young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.1971Sam Peckinpah (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (59K votes)11320211228
TaxidermiaThree generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.2006György PálfiComedy, Drama, Horror6.9 (17.3K votes)9120211228
Tenant, TheA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.1976Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Thriller7.6 (42.8K votes)12620211228
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TheFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.1974Tobe Hooper (*)Horror7.5 (151K votes)8320211228
ThemLucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.2006David Moreau, Xavier PaludHorror, Thriller6.4 (30.2K votes)7720211228
ThreadsThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.1984Mick JacksonDrama, Sci-Fi, War8.0 (13.7K votes)11220211228
Trouble Every DayTwo American newlyweds in Paris experience a love so strong, it almost devours them.2001Claire Denis (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller6.0 (7.9K votes)10120211228
Un Chien AndalouLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.1929Luis Buñuel (*)Short, Fantasy, Horror7.7 (48.8K votes)1620211228
Wedding Trough [Vase de noces]An allegoric male character falls in love with his pig.1974Thierry ZénoDrama, Horror, Romance4.4 (1.5K votes)8020211228
Wizard of Gore, TheA TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.1970Herschell Gordon LewisHorror5.3 (3.6K votes)9520211228
Nine Inch Nails: Broken1993Jon Reiss, Peter Christopherson, Serge Becker, Eric GoodeShort, Horror, Music8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes1971Stan BrakhageDocumentary, Short, Horror6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Catfish2010Henry Joost, Ariel SchulmanDocumentary, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Zoo2007Robinson DevorDocumentary5.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Otmar Bauer Zeigt1969Otmar BauerShort2.2 (Unkn) Excluded