15 Feel-Bad Movies That Make You Feel Like Sh*t
5. Irreversible
Told in reverse chronological order over the course of one fateful
evening, Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible is a bleak and brutal tale of revenge gone
wrong. Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel star as friends Marcus and Pierre who
vow to avenge the beating and brutal rape of Marcus’s pregnant girlfriend Alex
(Monica Bellucci) at the hands of a psychotic pimp.
Infamous for its graphic violence which includes a ten-minute-long real time rape scene and a guy getting his skull crushed with a fire extinguisher, the film is as acclaimed as it is controversial prompting rave reviews from the likes of Roger Ebert but also a walkout en masse after its Cannes Film Festival premiere back in 2002.
Watch at your own peril.