15 Most Unexpectedly Depressing Movies Of All-Time
Nobody could have been prepared you for these.
It happens. You're sitting down to a movie, thinking you know exactly where you stand, and all of a sudden you're plunged into a unexpected depression, the likes of which nobody could have ever predicted from what came before. A movie that you thought you knew decides that no, it isn't going to stick to the genre rules; instead, having lured you in with a decisively trailer or an upbeat first half, it's going to proceed to break your soul. Of course, movies of this kind - those that are "unexpectedly depressing," if you will - are a curious sort. Much of this comes down to advertising and marketing. Unless it's a "big" subject (the holocaust, for example), studios are always reluctant to market a movie as inherently depressing, because people don't like paying to be sad. So what do they do? They make the trailer full-on funny, leaving out any sad, melancholic or gloomy parts. Which means that, when it comes time to actually watch the thing, those depressing parts come as kind of a buzzkill. It's not just "comedy" movies that disguise themselves, though - motion pictures have been pulling this sh*t for years, be they drama, western or rom-com. And whilst it's kind of nice to be thrown for a loop once in a while, there's something jarring about an unexpectedly depressing movie that makes you want to say: "Why me?" Here, then, are 15 unexpectedly depressing movies; motion pictures that you happily sat down to "enjoy," never anticipating the sense of woe inherent to each and every one...