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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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    Macbeth

    1948, in 1 top list 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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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    Oranges and Sunshine

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    V tumane

    2012 — a.k.a. In the Fog, in 1 top list Check
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    S21, la machine de mort khmère rouge

    2003 — a.k.a. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, in 6 top lists Check
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    Wolyn

    2016 — a.k.a. Hatred, in 0 top lists Check
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    Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the...

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    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    1989, in 1 top list Check
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    Anita

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
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    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
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    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
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    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
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    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
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    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Grey Zone

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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    Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    Titus

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    Nanjing! Nanjing!

    2009 — a.k.a. City of Life and Death, in 1 top list Check
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    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
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    Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält

    1970 — a.k.a. Mark of the Devil, in 2 top lists Check
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    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
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    Marketa Lazarová

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    Waco: The Rules of Engagement

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
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    Casualties of War

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
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    Polytechnique

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu

    1967 — a.k.a. Samurai Rebellion, in 8 top lists Check
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    Executive Action

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sakura no mori no mankai no shita

    1975 — a.k.a. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
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