Movies for antinatalists

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This is fairly inclusive short of just all existentialist or pessimist or apocalyptic films - there are already lists of those.
Any movies, stand-ups, music videos or series that might be of special interest to antinatalists,
mostly recommendations from reddit (not all very rigorous but mostly added them all anyway)
https://antinatalisminternational.com/reference-guides/anfilm/#1605215074237-5796ecdd-7268
https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/2zanp1/movies_antinatalists_might_like/
and other threads there
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https://letterboxd.com/brainless_/list/anti-natalism-cinema/detail/
https://letterboxd.com/spaceageoctave/list/antinatalist-cinema-the-horrors-of-parenthood/detail/

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE THEME ANY GLANCE HERE OR IF THIS LIST SHOWS UP FOR YOUR MOVIE MAY BE A SPOILER. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

Some of those may only have a passing phrase that relates to antinatalism, and the rest of the film might not be about anything pessimistic at all.

A lot of those still have a pro-natalist message.
I would even hold back Arrival but it's a bit more nuanced apparently. Anyway, big warning for that one, as well as for any family movies here.
might remove after watching: Housekeeping, Dalloway

also chucked in Lawrence Anton's favorite film, Withnail & I

Films mentioned for egregious natalism:
A Quiet Place + Part II
Birdbox
Hunger Games
A Boy and His Dog 1975
Greenland
https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/muqglg/pregnant_during_an_apocalypse_movie_trope/

Films I removed after watching:
Pandora (2016)
Mauvaises Herbes
Mrs Dalloway

see comments for clips

not on IMDb:
Life Is Random
Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (the music video, see docu listed)

not released
My So-Called Selfish Life

not added (yet?)
https://letterboxd.com/kalabalik/list/antinatalism/detail/

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    The Bride Wore Red

    1937, in 0 top lists Check
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    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
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    Of Mice and Men

    1939, in 4 top lists Check
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    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
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    East of Eden

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Bad Seed

    1956, in 5 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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    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check
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    Pollyanna

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 225 new

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 226 new

    The Children's Hour

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
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    Play of the Week: Waiting for Godot

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
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    El ángel exterminador

    1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check
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    Lord of the Flies

    1963, in 1 top list Check
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    Nattvardsgästerna

    1963 — a.k.a. Winter Light, in 10 top lists Check
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    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
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    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 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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    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
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    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
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    Una vita in scatola

    1967 — a.k.a. Life in a Tin, in 0 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Skammen

    1968 — a.k.a. Shame, in 7 top lists Check
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    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    1969, in 6 top lists Check
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    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    I sottaceti

    1971 — a.k.a. Pickles, in 0 top lists Check
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    I väntan på Godot

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Play It Again, Sam

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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    What Became of Jack and Jill?

    1972 — a.k.a. Romeo and Juliet '71, in 0 top lists Check
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    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
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    Peopletoys

    1974 — a.k.a. Devil Times Five, in 0 top lists Check
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    I Don't Want to Be Born

    1975 — a.k.a. Sharon's Baby, in 0 top lists Check
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    Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    Zaklete rewiry

    1975 — a.k.a. Hotel Pacific, in 2 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Le diable probablement

    1977 — a.k.a. The Devil, Probably, in 3 top lists Check
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    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 254 new

    Oi karvouniarides

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 237 new

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 257 new

    Kichiku

    1978 — a.k.a. The Demon, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 215 new

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
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    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 211 new

    Dreszcze

    1981 — a.k.a. Shivers, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Pit

    1981 — a.k.a. Teddy, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 240 new

    Possession

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
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