Sometimes, we do not want to experience the same emotional damage, even if the film is a masterpiece. Fans were asked which incredible movies they would never watch again, and these are some of the best answers.
1. Melancholia
“I watched ‘Melancholia’ at exactly the wrong time. It threw me into an existential crisis”.
2. Schindler’s List
“A masterpiece, but I don’t need my soul shattered twice. Thank you very much”.
3. Requiem For A Dream
“Brilliantly made but absolutely devastating- I’m not mentally prepared to watch that again”.
4. The Father
“Anthony Hopkins’s best performance. My mother’s Alzheimer’s mirrors his so much that I can’t watch it again”.
5. Wind River
“It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, and I would prefer never to see it again. At the same time, I will recommend it to anyone who will listen. Sharing the trauma”.
6. Manchester By The Sea
“Absolutely devastating. I would recommend it both to my BFF and to my worst enemy”.
7. Uncut Gems
“Clearly a very good movie, but I’m never putting myself through that again, no thank you”.
8. The Killing Fields
“Not enough people have watched this movie or even heard of it. What’s worse is that so many people don’t even know about what happened in Cambodia and its recent history”.
9. Life Is Beautiful
“With Roberto Benigni, makes me ugly cry. It’s an absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful movie about love and sacrifice and I just don’t know if I can do it again”.
10. Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son
“It was absolutely soul-crushing. That woman and the judicial system let that terrible thing happen”.
11. The Road
“Un-rewatchable now that I’m a Dad. I’m not going for it”.
12. The Whale
“Great story and acting, but don’t want to experience that again. A top-notch, tho”.
13. All Quiet On The Western Front
“It is a fantastic movie. However, I don’t have any desire to see it again”.
14. Hotel Rwanda
“The movie didn’t even cover half of what was going on. ‘This is Actually Happening’ had a survivor tell her story, and it’s still shocking to hear what happened there”.
15. We Need To Talk About Kevin
“Tilda Swinton can stand on a rotating pedestal and I’ll watch that for two hours, because I know it’s gonna be good”.
16. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
“Really great movie but severely destroyed me after having a recent tough breakup when I watched it a few years ago. Also, Jim Carry really delivers in a more serious role here”.
17. What Dreams May Come
“Absolutely wrecked me. No interest to see this movie again”.
18. The Green Mile
“This one is worth rewatching for me mainly because it’s really only depressing near the end. The rest is magical and super entertaining”.
19. Bridge To Terabithia
“I watched it in theaters and read the book- Never again. It’s beautiful but too much emotional damage”.
20. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
“It’s an incredible story. Nonetheless, seeing that movie broke something inside of me; I cried for hours”.
21. Come And See
“This one was… brutal and intense. There’s no need to suffer again”.
22. Pan’s Labyrinth
“Beautiful film in every way, and I’ve never seen a film in theatres either before or since where everyone was dead quiet and remained in their seats for several minutes once it ended. I think it would be impossible to get the same experience on a rewatch”.
23. Marley And Me
“Great movie but absolutely would not recommend to anyone. I love my pets and this movie drained me emotionally”.
24. Prisoners
“Denis Villeneuve’s thriller about a child being abducted- Jake Gyllenhall and Terence Howard are at their best. Paul Dano is amazing”.
25. American History X
“I’ve told my wife that it should be required for high school, but my wife had never heard of it so I bought for her to watch… that was a couple of years ago, and it’s still on top of the DVD player”.
26. Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri
“I saw it in theaters and was really invested- So invested. I was really wanting a conclusion”.
27. Big Fish
“Amazing movie, great cinematography, good story, but I bawled like a baby at the end, and now that my dad has passed, I won’t watch it again”.
28. 12 Years A Slave
“It has its ups and downs. Downs are pretty rough, but you should watch it for sure”.
29. Threads
“I watched the first half while I was ill with Covid. I had a high fever and, as a result, extreme paranoia and just this deep fear like nothing I’ve ever experienced in the period before the bomb dropped in the movie. It was an extremely effective movie, which is why it was so traumatic”.
30. Grave of the Fireflies
“I bought it on DVD like 20 years ago because that was the only way to watch things at that time. I’m still too afraid to actually watch it. I am unsure if I’ve even opened it yet. I’ll check when I get home”.
