[Request] Bleak/desolate/dreary looking movies. Basically where you seldom see the sun shine.

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Hi there,

I hope my title as well as the examples shown in the picture get the idea across of what I’m looking for. Doesn’t matter what the genre is, I am just looking for movies which are shot in this grim lighting.

Also, for fun, try and guess which movies the pictures come from.

Answer

Suspiria (2018)

Black Swan

The Road

‘Dark City’ count?

‘Paper Man’ is pretty depressing that I remember and I think it’s tone is overall cloudy except for a few bits.

Doesn’t matter what the genre is

It counts alright ^^

Ok, in that case, ‘Sucker Punch’ is gloomy as fuck. Best to watch the extended cut of that for proper context.

‘Watchmen’, ‘A Scanner Darkly’, ‘Above the Shadows’, ‘The Matrix’, and the Blade Runner flicks.

All I can think of at the moment.

Requiem for a Dream is a must. Children of Men, too.

Children of Men

This was the first thing that came to mind.

Requiem for a Dream

Fuck you for reminding me that this depressing film exists.

Requiem for a Dream

Literally mentioned this film yesterday when someone asked if Jared Leto had been in anything successful.

Honestly? >!He’s pretty damn good in the role, too!<

Was it successful? It’s always been kind of niche as far as I can tell. Most people have not seen it and those who have seen it appreciated it but generally only want to watch it once.

I remember the movie as being practically traumatizing the first time I watched it and then I didn’t watch it again for like two decades. I watched it again last year and was surprised that it’s not nearly as bad as I remembered it being. I guess movies have shifted so much in the traumatizing direction that Requiem for a Dream has been outmatched.

Or maybe I just remembered it well enough that it didn’t shock so much.

The machinist has this same vibe imo.

Oh yeah, how’d I forget this. Awesome movie, especially if you’re a fan of NIN

Judge Dredd

Ink (2009) (an… interesting low budget film that does pull off alot visually speaking). It’s hard hard to explain but the depth/tones, both acoust and visually, of the scenes is used to convey plot elements that become clearer as time goes on.

Metalhead episode of Black Mirror. Not a movie but definitely along the lines of what you’re describing

I imagine 30 Days of Night has little sunshine.

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