[Film] What's the most thought provoking/controversial film you've watched?

[kevo]

Michael Haneke is very good. The Seventh Continent is probably the most shocking film I've seen.

I was going to include The White Ribbon in this thread.

 

[kevo]

Apparently the Blair Witch Project caused a stir when first released?

I think anyone who saw it before all the hype would find it a genuinely scary film - all made on an extremely low budget, of course. I find 'psychological' horror films (eg the Vanishing) far more scary than anything with loads of gore.

 

[Insel affe]

American History X.
Watching Derek go from being a feared and highly respected neo-nazi in the real world to being a bullied, abused and hated minority in prison is amazing. Norton's transformation is excellent, seeing him slowly change his opinions and beliefs and then try to pass that down to his brother.
The end is shocking, not as shocking as the curb incident, which still makes me reel. Top notch movie.

This along with "This is England" - "Made in Britain"

"Crash" really got me, and is one of my all time favourite films

 

[Gabbafella]

This along with "This is England" - "Made in Britain"

"Crash" really got me, and is one of my all time favourite films

Me the Mrs only watched This is England for the first time a fortnight ago. Great film, the contrast of light-hearted comedy and sickening racism, and the scene with Combo and Milky is shocking.

Which Crash? The one about people sexualising car crashes? If so, that's one f***ed up movie, great, but bizarre.

 

[Sorrel]

Shoah is not something you will forget.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Bambi 35 minutes in. Shocking.

 

[essbee1]

I watched a film recommended to me by big film buffs for sheer and utter shocking violence.
It was so shocking, I won't even post the name of the film on here.

 

[Barham's tash]

Most of my recommendations have already been posted - Exorcist, La Haine, Irreversible etc - but I will add one that probably doesn't cut the mustard these days but Battle Royale. A Japanese film about disaffected youth being dumped on an island where the only way to get off is last man standing and they all have to kill each other.

Made a strong impression back in 2002 when released and i'd argue the culture in Japan then is what is now a global phenomenon with youths purely interested in technology and having ZERO respect for society or their elders.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Most of my recommendations have already been posted - Exorcist, La Haine, Irreversible etc - but I will add one that probably doesn't cut the mustard these days but Battle Royale. A Japanese film about disaffected youth being dumped on an island where the only way to get off is last man standing and they all have to kill each other.

Made a strong impression back in 2002 when released and i'd argue the culture in Japan then is what is now a global phenomenon with youths purely interested in technology and having ZERO respect for society or their elders.

Anything with Beat Takeshi in had shocking moments in at the least. Violent Cop and Sonatine left an impression at the time of seeing them too.

 

[Insel affe]

Me the Mrs only watched This is England for the first time a fortnight ago. Great film, the contrast of light-hearted comedy and sickening racism, and the scene with Combo and Milky is shocking.

Which Crash? The one about people sexualising car crashes? If so, that's one f***ed up movie, great, but bizarre.

This one fella.

 

[Questions]

Debbie does Dallas. Believable characters written with real affection.

 

[NorthLainer]

I've only ever seen it once, but To End All Wars, a true story about four Allied POW's who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Great cast: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, James Cosmo. Really powerful film.

 

[Robinjakarta]

Just finished watching A Clockwork Orange and I'm blown away - not many films made like that

I watched that in London when it came out and still remember feeling shit scared at quite an empty tube station on the way home.

 

[sparkie]

The Matrix

 

[Ezzun]

A number of mentions for Threads - there is a segment in that film where half time football results are read out on the radio, and one of them is Portsmouth 0-1 Brighton. I'm pretty certain we ended up losing that one 5-1. In the rain.

Good times.