12 Great Movies That You'll Never Watch Again (And Why)

6. 12 Years A Slave (2013)

What It'€™s About: An adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, this is the unbelievable true story of a New York born free African-American man who finds himself drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery. Northup spent an astonishing 12 years working on slave plantations in Louisiana before he was discovered and eventually released back to his family.

Why It€™'s Great: A story about our innate desire to survive, Steve McQueen€™s Best Picture winner takes a no-holds-barred look at America€™s dark history, bringing the very worst of the slave trade to the big screen. Chiwitel Ejiofor delivers the best performance of his career in the lead role, forcing you to invest in his fight against inhumanity, and the talent of the ensemble cast make his struggle all the more absorbing.

Why You'€™ll Never Watch It Again: When Solomon is finally reunited with his family after 12 years of forced manual labour, you really feel like joining in with the hugs. He doesn€™t speak of his ordeal, but we€™ve already seen what he went through in those dozen years, and the things he witnessed happen €“ the whipping of Lupita Nyong€™o and seeing her beg her master for soap isn€™t something you need to see over and over again. This film is simply too raw and real to be enjoyed on a regular basis.

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