Taste of Cinema's list description: Cinema in its early days was intended, mostly, to please. Its spectacular mix of sound and images was considered the most radical invention in the field of entertainment. Yes, early filmmakers like Sergei Eisenstein took it upon themselves to craft films that were not only depictions of real-life pain and joy, making the cinematic endeavour look more artistic with their unimpeachable filmmaking instincts.
But as its imaginative powers expanded, cinema became touchstone form of expression, one that invited all and excluded none. Films became more about the vision of the filmmaker than the expectation of an audience, let alone their comfort. And thus, as a consequence of that path-breaking norm, we were given some of the best films that are truly a discomfort to watch and here are 10 of the greatest ones.
