Top 100 Disturbing Movies
This list contains 100 sick, scary and disturbing movies I have seen the last decades.
The list is ranked from 1-100, where number 1 is most disturbing. This is my personal list, I have made to help you pick the good movies and avoid the bad.
I have spent hundreds of hours making this list; researching and watching movies. Trust me it has been fun and interesting, but also hard and boring, as many of the movies didn't impress me at all! I don't like watching movies with no story; Pure torture and disturbance are not enough ingredients for a movie to really affect me.
Subsequent movies, which I have seen, will be mentioned as comments to the original movie. Examples are: "Hostel Part II", "The Grudge 3", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" and "August Underground's Mordum".
IMDB is the best movie rating database, but sometimes I do not agree with most people. Because of that, I have also rated the movies myself. Movies rated from 6-10 are good movies, which I'll recommend; But please be aware that most of the movies are very graphic!
The list will be updated every month. Enjoy!
The list is ranked from 1-100, where number 1 is most disturbing. This is my personal list, I have made to help you pick the good movies and avoid the bad.
I have spent hundreds of hours making this list; researching and watching movies. Trust me it has been fun and interesting, but also hard and boring, as many of the movies didn't impress me at all! I don't like watching movies with no story; Pure torture and disturbance are not enough ingredients for a movie to really affect me.
Subsequent movies, which I have seen, will be mentioned as comments to the original movie. Examples are: "Hostel Part II", "The Grudge 3", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" and "August Underground's Mordum".
IMDB is the best movie rating database, but sometimes I do not agree with most people. Because of that, I have also rated the movies myself. Movies rated from 6-10 are good movies, which I'll recommend; But please be aware that most of the movies are very graphic!
The list will be updated every month. Enjoy!
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- DirectorSrdjan SpasojevicStarsSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicSergej TrifunovicJelena GavrilovicAn aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.Stunning movie! So many extremely disturbing scenes in a well produced horror movie, are never seen before! The soundtrack really rocks! Most disturbing movie ever!
10/10 - DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.Amazing movie which really made a great impression on me. I really felt with this brave, pretty girl. Very hard to watch and a spectacular ending. Intense and intelligent movie, which truly deserves a top position on this list!
10/10 - DirectorTun-Fei MouStarsDai Yao WuGang WangYing Git WongJapanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.This is an insane movie with several disturbing scenes. An autopsy on a living boy and a cat attacked by mice are only a few of the insane things one can expect of this movie. What makes it very creepy is that it all happened in real life in WW2!
5/10 - DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.Lots of torture, a retarded killer, a guy with a big mouth, lots of gore and black humor, makes this a cool movie. Very disturbing, but not hard to watch, as everything is extremely exaggerated!
7/10 - DirectorXavier GensStarsKarina TestaAurélien WiikPatrick LigardesA gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.Texas Chainsaw Massacre + Hostel x 10 = Frontier(s)
"New French Extremity" rocks!
8/10 - DirectorsAlexandre BustilloJulien MauryStarsAlysson ParadisJean-Baptiste TabourinClaude LuléFour months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.Wondering if all the visitors in this movie are stupid, since nobody can take out the crazy bitch? Please don't watch this movie, with your pregnant girlfriend!
8/10 - DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry PirkanenAn anthropologist ventures into the Amazon rainforest on a rescue mission, where he recovers footage shot by a film crew documenting their disastrous encounters with local cannibal tribes.This movie is by many people rated as the most disturbing movie of all time. I agree it's disturbing, but since 1980, lots of new movies have been made and the #1 spot is lost forever! I think especially the animal cruelty is hard to watch!
5/10 - DirectorNacho CerdáStarsPep TosarJordi TarridaÁngel TarrisA short film wherein a man working in a morgue mutilates and defiles one of the corpses.Well made movie, but definetely not a movie, I want to see twice. Necrophilia is very sick and that's why Aftermath gets this high position. 20 minutes autopsy and 10 minutes "love" are the ingredients to this movie!
5/10 - DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsMichael RookerTracy ArnoldTom TowlesArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.Michael Rooker is a cool actor and Henry is still a good and shocking movie!
7/10 - DirectorMarian DoraStarsZenza RaggiCarsten FrankFrank OliverTwo friends meet again to share their last days in an old house where everything happened a long time ago. They gather a group of people, which results in a disastrous turn of events, during which reveals the deepest human depths.This movie is an epic portrait of pain and suffering! Almost three hours of really twisted scenes! This german horror is extremely graphic and much more disturbing than even "August Underground", but also the same non-existing story. This is the main reason why this movie rank #10 and not #1!
3/10 - DirectorFred VogelStarsKyle DealmanCasey EganeyDan FriedmanTwo serial killers go on a murdering rampage as one films the outcome from behind a video camera.An infamous trilogy of simulated snuff movies with very low budgets.
- August Underground -
1/10- August Underground's Mordum -
2/10- August Underground's Penance -
3/10 - DirectorSvetlana BaskovaStarsSergey PakhomovVladimir EpifantsevAleksandr MaslaevTwo Russian prisoners are abused mentally and physically.Very poor quality and hard to wait for something to actually happen! But there are some really nasty scenes happening in the cell! Can't believe it's a woman, who has directed this movie!
3/10 - DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsBernd Daktari LorenzBeatrice ManowskiHarald LundtA street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.Like I said about "Aftermath" necrophilia is very sick. Nekromantik is an old movie made with bad actors for a very low budget. The movie is more ridiculous than scary, but it's disturbing, no doubt about that. The scene with the knife at 1:06 is very weird and I really don't know what the director will show with this? Disturbing - Yes! Interesting - No!
2/10 - DirectorSatoru OguraA duo of guys capture and brutally torture a young girl to the point of piercing her retina.Guinea Pig 1-6 is an old classical "torture box" from Japan. It's faked snuff, which is made so realistic that Charlie Sheen believed it was real and prosecuted the director.
"Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment" is pretty hard to watch, especially the scene with the eye. But it's some old s*** and what was extremely scary in 1985 is just not cool now!
2/10
After this movie 5 sequels are made:- Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood -
2/10- Guinea Pig 3: Shudder! The Man Who Doesn't Die -
2/10- Guinea Pig 4: Devil Woman Doctor -
3/10- Guinea Pig 5: Android of Notre Dame -
2/10- Guinea Pig 6: Mermaid in a Manhole -
2/10 - DirectorMarian DoraStarsCarsten FrankVictor BrandlTobias SickertAn internet advertisement placed by a man with a cannibalistic obsession brings yields a willing victim to serve up his own flesh in this dramatic account of the crime that shocked the world.In one of the most extraordinary trials in German criminal history, the self-confessed cannibal admitted that he had met a 43-year-old Berlin engineer, Bernd Brandes, after advertising on the internet, and had chopped him up and eaten him.
Read more about the case here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes
This is extremely disturbing and sick and it happened in my neighbour country! Awww!
5/10 - DirectorGregory WilsonStarsWilliam AthertonBlythe AuffarthBlanche BakerIn a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture.This sweet girl next door is tortured the most horrible ways by other children. Extreme cruel movie, inspired by actual events!
9/10 - DirectorJames WatkinsStarsKelly ReillyMichael FassbenderTara EllisWhen a couple goes to a remote lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize them, and a weekend outing becomes a battle for survival.This movie was a bit boring in the beginning, but suddenly all the cruelties begin and immediately you start to hate the children. This movie really shocked me!
9/10 - DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia MorgensternDepicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.Intense torture scenes! Well produced movie telling the history in a very graphic way!
7/10 - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Also rated #1 on several horror lists. The special effects are great and there are some really creepy scenes. Amazing this movie still shocks forty years later!
Lots of sequels are made; All with a little or no success. I have seen most of them and they really stink. That's why I'll not mention them here! Just stick with this original movie and you will do fine!
8/10 - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.After watching it first time in 2002, "The Ring" was one of the few movies which got under my skin. God damn scary movie! Afterwards I have seen it a few times, but the excitement are all gone. This is a one time horror, which truly delivers!
10/10- The Ring 2 -
6/10 - DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo QuintavalleIn World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture.Almost 2 hours of disturbing, but boring content! I really don't understand why this movie is top rated by lots of people. I really feel for the actors and hope they were paid well for all the embarrassing scenes!
3/10 - DirectorNick PalumboStarsSven GarrettCerina VincentTony ToddA fashion photographer exposes his demented childhood and zooms his evil lens on the oldest profession under the moon, in quite possibly the most notorious serial killer film ever made.Extremely graphic movie and some pretty cool acting by the main character! Very disturbing and entertaining!
6/10 - DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other or face consequences. These two are the latest victims of the Jigsaw Killer.I'm a Saw fan!
Don't care what other say, I think all Saw movies are great!
That's why they get an overall rating!
9/10 - DirectorMarcus NispelStarsJessica BielJonathan TuckerAndrew BryniarskiAfter picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.I really love this remake! Great acting and some very creepy scenes!
8/10- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning -
8/10- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
7/10 - DirectorEli RothStarsJay HernandezDerek RichardsonEythor GudjonssonThree backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.Eli Roth made Slovakia a popular backpacker destination in 2005...! Great story and highly disturbing!
7/10- Hostel Part II -
6/10- Hostel Part III -
4/10
