13 Movies That Have Little Hope For Humanity

11. We Need To Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsay's searing drama about a mother, Eva (Tilda Swinton), coming to terms with her son committing a high school massacre is a brilliant yet infuriating two-fingers-up to other, lesser films which attempt to analyse horrifying crimes through the lens of basic pop-psychology.

This is a movie that presents a few possible explanations for Kevin's (Ezra Miller) ultra-violent act, but never clings to one and ultimately leaves Eva, Kevin and the audience themselves in the lurch. There is no quick-fix rationalising his act, only shock and sadness left behind.

It's a depressing primer for discussing the human condition as a whole, really. Awful things will happen, and despite humanity's attempts to put them in an easily explainable box, reality isn't quite so simple.

How It Ends: After it's revealed that Kevin also killed his father (John C. Reilly) and sister, the final scene sees Eva confronting her son in prison one last time. She asks him why he did it, and he simply replies that he used to think he knew, but isn't sure anymore.

In one of the all-time most depressing endings to a movie, a despondent, broken Eva hugs Kevin and leaves. There's no closure or semblance of hope. Grim.