Depressing stuff + Pessimism

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Taste of Cinema's 10 Great Movies That Deal With Philosophical Pessimism
+ PTP list (Depressing stuff) - 1-489
+ /r/Pessimism recommendations - ~490-653 (this list is available on ICM separately)
+ ICM Depressing Top 150 - ~654-740
+ various suggestions from Letterboxd
https://letterboxd.com/dumb_demiurge/list/films-with-themes-of-pessimism-or-misanthropy/detail/

837-1581
https://letterboxd.com/darrencb/list/the-world-is-hell-hopeless-cinema/
(a rather random list)

also see Movies for antinatalists

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  1. 1 new

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    Match Point

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
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    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
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    Händler der vier Jahreszeiten

    1972 — a.k.a. The Merchant of Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
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    L'argent

    1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
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    Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

    2009 — a.k.a. The White Ribbon, in 10 top lists Check
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    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
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    Making a Murderer

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Terje Vigen

    1917 — a.k.a. A Man There Was, in 5 top lists Check
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    Dark Victory

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Le feu follet

    1963 — a.k.a. The Fire Within, in 8 top lists Check
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    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
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    Mouchette

    1967, in 10 top lists Check
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    Skammen

    1968 — a.k.a. Shame, in 7 top lists Check
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    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
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    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    1969, in 6 top lists Check
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    Johnny Got His Gun

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
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    Turks fruit

    1973 — a.k.a. Turkish Delight, in 5 top lists Check
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    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
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    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
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    L'histoire d'Adèle H.

    1975 — a.k.a. The Story of Adele H, in 1 top list Check
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    L'important c'est d'aimer

    1975 — a.k.a. That Most Important Thing: Love, in 0 top lists Check
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    Afonya

    1975, in 1 top list Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Cría cuervos

    1976 — a.k.a. Cría Cuervos, in 12 top lists Check
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    Stroszek

    1977, in 6 top lists Check
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    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
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    Watership Down

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    Höstsonaten

    1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check
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    In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden

    1978 — a.k.a. In a Year with 13 Moons, in 4 top lists Check
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    Best Boy

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
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    Woyzeck

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
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    Out of the Blue

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Spetters

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

    1981 — a.k.a. Christiane F., in 1 top list Check
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    Possession

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
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    Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

    1980 — a.k.a. Pixote, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Animals Film

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
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    Angst

    1983, in 6 top lists Check
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
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    Threads

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
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    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Ironweed

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
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    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check
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