10 Intense Movies That Dared You To Sit Through Them

10. Requiem For A Dream

Kicking off with one of the more well known films on this list, Requiem For A Dream has become known as one of the most depressing films of all time.

Darren Aronofsky's stunning debut follows the downfall of four connected characters, as each one becomes destroyed by their respective drug addictions. The likeable main cast is made up of Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans, and each of them go from bad to worse losing limbs, minds and freedoms by the time the credits roll.

It's Burstyn's character who gets it the worst though. Hooked on amphetamines, she slips into a world of her own: one where her own fridge is sprouting teeth and terrorising her. She ends the film a shell of her former self, lobotomised after being admitted to hospital. Her body and mind have both been wrecked, and the audience is powerless to do anything other than watch.

The filmmaking is inventive and the story is powerful, but Aronofsky never lets up even for a second.