Most Disturbing Movie Ever?

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That's it, I'm giving up on reading any more "most disturbing movie" threads. Seems I've read a handful and they generally refer to the same movies over and over, very few of which I've found entertaining. Now that I think about it, I have no idea why I need to make a post about this, but there it is.

Might just be my general mood, but I don't even know if I would have liked this movie sitting around stoned with my friends 20 yrs ago. I certainly found it a rung below on the watchability scale compared to other Miike stuff. I know it was supposed to be dark and funny, but it didn't seem either to me. Just kinda lowbrow, scummy. Like if Rob Zombie were a older Japanese guy or something.

Battle Royale!?, wtf is so disturbing about Battle Royale?

" Look, there's two women fuc*ing a polar bear!" - Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas 1998

For me, none of the movies mentioned on this thread are as graphic and disturbing as CANNIBAL (2005) directed by Marian Dora. It's an "art film" based on the true story of a gay man who finds another man on the internet to be willingly castrated and eaten.

I'd also put SALO and IRREVERSIBLE high on the list.

Other sick movies: IN MY SKIN, GOZU, and INSIDE.

I think that ..a non violent movie can be also disturbing..

..for ex ..Gaspar Noe's segment "We f..k alone" from Destricted kind of disturbed me ..i didn't like it ..but it's a good example of a non-violent-but-still-disturbing-movie :)

...I like "Irreversible" ..it's one of my favorite movies ..and "Audition" .."Ichi the Killer" ..and i LOVE "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance" and "Oldboy" ..these are a couple of masterpieces that are really interesting to watch..

I think we could add "Harlig ar jorden" to the list ..aka World of Glory (1991) by Roy Andersson (the biginning is awfully cruel to me) ..it is violent in it's way..

..But if you all talk about real massacre ..then try to find the russian "CESTILISHE" ..that was banned all over the world and in russia as well
You will not gonna find it on IMDB ..i've already tried
..i'm russian ..and i've watched parts of it 'bout 10 years ago ..because my father didn't let me to.. and i don't wanna tell you how it is..
..It'a a documentary made during the war in Chechenia ..by a reporter
-if i'll find where to download it ..or even remember the name of the guy ..i'll post the stuff..

Not EVER, but it must be in the top 25

I think miike films are too much like a comic book to be truly disturbing, although i found audition less cartoonish than this or ichi for example. I actually found this film strangely uplifting in parts which i'm sure says more about me than i wish to admit lol but things like seeing the mother run to the shops head high instead of her usual head down awkward gait was genuinely nice to watch. Even if she was just going to get vinegar so that her husband could remove himself from a corpse. Salo has been mentioned a lot, on this list and indeed every disturbing movie thread i've read and it is hard to watch in parts but salo depresses me more than disturbs me. To me salo says that the young people can't get free of their treatment so that's hopeless and that their captors can't change what they derive pleasure from and so that's hopeless. Yes there are some obvious horrible scenes but get over the initial shock of the situation and it is how there is no salvation for anyone that is clear, and as i said depressing. Guinea pig again is shocking in parts but there are long periods that are boring. Because we know nothing about the woman, we don't really care what happens. Well maybe not caring is a bit harsh but there's no connection between her and the audience apart from wondering why the only time she really screams is when they're throwing meat at her. August underground mordum could have been brilliant if it didn't come across as 3 people sitting together one night smoking a joint and listening to cradle of filth trying to think up every disgusting thing they could and then making a film which involves shoving them all in a row. The only character development in it is the girl sleeps with her brother, they like terrible music, and they like filming penises especially if they can make them sing or something. And those bits are just shoved haphazardly between scene after scene of taboo shattering images. And any disturbing parts in mordum are lessened by the fact that they can't seem to allow any moment of silence to give us chance to digest what has happened as if they feel the only way to express anything is to scream and shout as many expletives as possible, and that the camerawork looks like it's been done by an epileptic chimp. Anyways this is all in my opinion. You have already said irreversible which is not only hard hitting but brilliantly executed which puts it head and shoulders above some of the aforementioned films. I also found jack ketchums the girl nextdoor very hard to watch as the acting is brilliant and something about the fact that it is quite closely based on a true story and that the children are just as sadistic if not more so than any adult that is deeply unsettling. That movie still stays with me now.

You know what, I actually read the wikipedia plot summary of Visitor Q, before I bought this one. I was laughing hysterically. If you are new to Miike Takashi's filmmaking, then it would be disturbing. Otherwise, you really wouldn't take it seriously.You know, the guy defies logic in his films most of the time. His films, many of which are grossly exaggerated,are actually funny than shocking.