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And by disturbing, I don't necessarily mean graphic. A scene that just hits you in the guts and just bothers you.

For me, it's the scene near the beginning of Regarding Henry in the convenience store, where Harrison Ford gets shot smack in the middle of the forehead, pauses, utters "I just wanted a pack of cigarettes" and then collapses. It almost seemed too real.

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The knife scene in Saving Private Ryan. I simply cant watch it.

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In the same movie, when Tom Hanks mutters "earn this." Clearly, we haven't.

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Basically, the entire reactor accident sequence of the movie K-19. That was, by far, the most disturbing thing I have ever watched on film. Both because it really happened and because I could envision myself in the very same situation.

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Easily the curbing scene in "Amercian History X".

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The scene in "The descent" where one of them breaks her leg. Tough to watch.
The opening scene of Saw 2. Anything going near the eyes I can't take.

It worries me that the curb-stomp in AHX has never bothered me that much.

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Another good one is in "Misery" where she breaks his leg.

Or in "Payback" where they break his toes.

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The knife scene in Saving Private Ryan. I simply cant watch it.

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I feel the same way about the scene where the medic gets shot and they make a futile effort to save him. Actually leave the room during that scene.

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Basically, the entire reactor accident sequence of the movie K-19. That was, by far, the most disturbing thing I have ever watched on film. Both because it really happened and because I could envision myself in the very same situation.

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This is a good one. Radiation scares the crap out of me.

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This is a good one. Radiation scares the crap out of me.

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Healthy reaction, imo. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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The first scene in Amores Perros with the dying dog is tough to watch for me.

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Saw two movies with a girlfriend that were way uncomfortable to watch...that crappy John Travolta movie set on a military base with James Wood where the chick gets gangraped by her fellow soldiers.

And the rape scene from Irreversable.

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The other one for me involves this guy:
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Lord of War has a very brief scene where men and few boys aged 7 or so are lined up and shot. the children part was disturbing.

there is a machete atttack in the same movie that is not graphic but still disturbing.

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The movie Sophie's Choice. When she is given the ultimatum by a Nazi soldier to choose.

"You may keep one of your children. The other one will have to go. Which one will you keep?"

I did not watch the scene-I had already left the room.

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In "City of God" where the little kid is forced to shoot his friend.

End of "Goodfellas" when Pesci is beaten with baseball bats.

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End of "Goodfellas" when Pesci is beaten with baseball bats.

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For me it was the road traffic accident in "Wild at Heart". IFIRC, The dying girl is worried that her mum is going to be pissed off with her becuase she lost her purse or something.

The reason I find it so disturbing is that it is utterly believable, and something that is really very realistic to all of us. Last week, a friend of someone I work with was killed in an RTA. 24yo girl who just graduated in medicine. Some [censored] speeds through a junction and hits her side of the car sraight on.

Really sad & disturbing.

That scene just reflects a pretty realistic fear, unlike most movie scenes. Although the scene in "The descent" (i loved that film) where she breaks her leg was pretty nasty -- my girlfriend actually ran out of the room and puked!!!!!

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Easily the curbing scene in "Amercian History X".

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Ugh. Yeah, it's amazing, that even though you don't see it, just thinking about it; *shudders*

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the beating of the [censored] up private in Full Metal jacket, I think becuae it would of been very likely that I would have been a [censored] up in the Army.

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Anyone who has seen 'The Dentist' with Corbin Bernsen is probably greatly disturbed by ever hearing a drill again.

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Just imagining what it could be about disturbs me.


I agree with Xadrez: City of God, scene with the little kids... right up there as far as disturbing goes. I jumped out of my seat and ran into the kitchen it was so awful. I doubt you'd see anything like that in American film.

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There is a ten minute single-shot rape scene in the movie Irreversible that makes every scene mentioned so far look like the care bear christmas special. Half the theater walked out when I saw it. The movie, while incredibly violent and disturbing, is actually pretty good.

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There is a ten minute single-shot rape scene in the movie Irreversible that makes every scene mentioned so far look like the care bear christmas special. Half the theater walked out when I saw it. The movie, while incredibly violent and disturbing, is actually pretty good.

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It's on Pay-per-view now and I've been meaning to watch it, but I don't know if I can handle it. I loved Gasper Noe's first film though.

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Kathy Bates' nude scene in At Play in the Field of the Lords. Yikes.

Seriously? Okay, the rape scene in Man Bites Dog. I almost walked out.

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I can't believe no one has mentioned "The Passion of the Christ", yet.

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This is from IMDB's trivia for Irreversible:

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The first 30 minutes of the film has a background noise with a frequency of 28Hz (low frequency, almost inaudible), similar to the noise produced by an earthquake. In humans, it causes nausea, sickness and vertigo. It was the main cause of people walking out of the theaters during the first part of the film in places like Cannes and San Sebastian. In fact, it was added with the purpose of getting this reaction

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Did anybody feel really funny during the first half hour?

I apologize for the mini-jack, but I am curious.

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Any rape scene for me is pretty awful.

Has anyone seen Cannibal Holocaust? I almost puked during the scene where he stabs the muskrat and stopped there. Apparently there's also rape, turtles getting their heads cut off, and a pile of dead buried babies?

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I don't know if this counts as disturbing... but the scene in Swingers where Mike calls the coffee shop girl like 10 times is really hard to watch.

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End of "Goodfellas" when Pesci is beaten with baseball bats.

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Ah yes, my bad, Im a dope...

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The scene that opens Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the van.

Pasolini's Salo, which cleared out at least 90% of the audience by the end. Impossible to pick out one scene. I'm not sure I could sit through this one again, but I think it's a must see film.

The shot of the mound of human hair in Resnais' Night and Fog affects me, in some ways, much more than the more graphic footage in the film.

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There is a ten minute single-shot rape scene in the movie Irreversible that makes every scene mentioned so far look like the care bear christmas special. Half the theater walked out when I saw it. The movie, while incredibly violent and disturbing, is actually pretty good.

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I rented this movie because everyone on this board has been raving about it. I wasn't all that impressed. I think the point of the whole film was simply to disturb you. Which I was, but I've seen worse depravity party hoping on a Saturday night.

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I have read two list on here recently, one about worst on screen betting and now most disturbing moment and no one mentioned "Scum" in either of them WTF. If underage gay gang rape isn’t disturbing I don’t know what is, they don’t even grease him up first the dirty b*stards.

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I don't know if this counts as disturbing... but the scene in Swingers where Mike calls the coffee shop girl like 10 times is really hard to watch.

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...I agree...not the most "disturbing" but there is definatley an odd feeling there...

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2 I'd choose are already gone; the 'hand or foot' scene in City of God, and the scourging of Jesus in Passion of the Christ.

I'd also add the whole Frank getting to the apartment the first time in Blue Velvet, that freaks me out some every time I see it, still.

And also the bit near the end of Chinatown where the old guy pulls his granddaughter away - that makes me want to punch someone.


And another that bothers me a lot, which I think is highly variable depending on how you feel by the end of the film, if the end of 'Naked' where Johnny is just walking away from it all. I can see a lot of people not being bothered by it a bit - it seems a natural conclusion to the film - but it bothers the hell out me.

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I can't believe no one has mentioned "The Passion of the Christ", yet.

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Probably because it bores you to death before while also being explicitly violent.

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Two that come to mind .

Requiem for a Dream. When Jared Leto's character shoots up into that gangrenous, open sore.

The Marathon Man. When Laurence Olivier's character tortures Dustin Hoffman by drilling his teeth without anaesthesia.

Is it safe?

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2 I'd choose are already gone; the 'hand or foot' scene in City of God,

And another that bothers me a lot, which I think is highly variable depending on how you feel by the end of the film, if the end of 'Naked' where Johnny is just walking away from it all. I can see a lot of people not being bothered by it a bit - it seems a natural conclusion to the film - but it bothers the hell out me.

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I def. agree with the hand or foot scene.

The end of Naked bothered me a bit... but it definately didn't suprise me at all.

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Have to agree with the Saving Private Ryan's knifing scene. Possibly the most disturbing and realistic acting job, watching someones life ebb away in front of you.

Generally the more graphic scenes I do not find as disturbing as implied scenes.

Gross or scary <> disturbing (for me).

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Bastard out of Carolina - the rape scene. I know this is the quiet zone but I really don't want to elaborate for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's disturbing.