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Films That Are Way Too Disturbing to Watch

There is a subset of cinema that is interested in exploring the extreme, the profane, the taboo, the disturbing. A brand of movie that brands the viewer, searing their brain with unforgettable imagery and dissection of the most base and perverse human impulses — impulses which just might have something in common with the more "sanitized" form of screen violence we find acceptable. Some of these movies are made merely to shock with empty provocation; some have something genuine to say at their core; all of them will disturb you.
Here, then, are the most disturbing movies of all time, a list of transgressive cinema that will leave you shell-shocked and cowering.
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Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
2
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
5
The Devils (1971)
The Devils (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
6
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
7
Irreversible (2002)
Irreversible (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
8
Dogtooth (2009)
Dogtooth (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
The Skin I Live in (2011)
The Skin I Live in (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
10
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
11
Climax (2018)
Climax (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
12
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   53%
13
Mother! (2017)
Mother! (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
14
Raw (2017)
Raw (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
15
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
16
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   48%
17
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
18
Possession (1981)
Possession (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
19
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
20
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
21
Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
22
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
23
Se7en (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
24
Angst (1983)
Angst (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Gummo (1997)
Gummo (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   37%
26
Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
27
Straw Dogs (1971)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
28
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
The Act of Killing (2012)
The Act of Killing (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
Safe (1995)
Safe (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
31
Happiness (1998)
Happiness (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
32
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
I Stand Alone (1998)
I Stand Alone (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
35
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
36
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
37
Ichi the Killer (2001)
Ichi the Killer (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
38
Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
39
Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
40
American History X (1998)
American History X (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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