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248

8.2

Forbidden Games (1952)

What is it about?
A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

johanlefourbe's rating:

331

7.6

7.8

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

What is it about?
A young American soldier in WW I is wounded by a landmine. He loses his arms, legs and eyes as well as his ability to hear, speak or smell. Lying in hospital, he is not able to distinguish if he is awake or if he is dreaming. Trying to find out, he relives his story in strange dreams and memories.

johanlefourbe's rating:

909

6.3

5.9

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

What is it about?
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to one hundred and twenty days of physical, mental and sexual torture.

johanlefourbe's rating:

455

6.5

6.6

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

What is it about?
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1839

7.5

7.4

Eraserhead (1977)

What is it about?
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

johanlefourbe's rating:

605

7.2

7.6

Christiane F. (1981)

What is it about?
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s . Christiane is fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend bring her there. There she meets Detlef.

johanlefourbe's rating:

2110

8.3

8.5

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

What is it about?
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

johanlefourbe's rating:

699

7.2

7.1

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

What is it about?
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness

johanlefourbe's rating:

6.3

Butterfly Kiss (1995)

What is it about?
Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. One day she meets Miriam, hard of hearing and a little ingenuous, who feels sympathy for Eunice and takes her home.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1116

6.7

6.4

Crash

What is it about?
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1434

7.5

Funny Games (1997)

What is it about?
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

johanlefourbe's rating:

747

8.1

The Celebration

What is it about?
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.

johanlefourbe's rating:

401

7.3

I Stand Alone

What is it about?
The Butcher has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and moves to Lille suburbs with his mistress.

johanlefourbe's rating:

264

7.3

The War Zone (1999)

What is it about?
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1309

7.2

7.1

Audition (1999)

What is it about?
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.

johanlefourbe's rating:

4854

8.3

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

What is it about?
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.

johanlefourbe's rating:

260

6.5

5.9

Trouble Every Day (2001)

What is it about?
Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane''s mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken.

johanlefourbe's rating:

534

6.8

6.9

Bully (2001)

What is it about?
Based on a true story. A group of teenagers plot to murder one of their own, who has been too much of a bully to them.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1519

7.3

Irreversible

What is it about?
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands and try to find the rapist.

johanlefourbe's rating:

7.6

7.3

In This World (2002)

What is it about?
Enayat and Jamal are Afghan refugees who live in a camp in Peshawar and try to escape to Great Britain by the help of people smugglers. Their dangerous journey leads them along the "silk road" through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey towards London.

johanlefourbe's rating:

658

5.8

5.9

Ken Park (2003)

What is it about?
It's about several Californian skateboarder's life and relationships with and without their parents.

johanlefourbe's rating:

787

7.9

7.8

Lilya Forever (2002)

What is it about?
Lilja is 16 years old. Her only friend is the young boy Volodja. They live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej. He is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

johanlefourbe's rating:

181

7.2

7.1

Tarnation (2004)

What is it about?
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.

johanlefourbe's rating:

2908

7.5

7.7

The Machinist

What is it about?
An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

johanlefourbe's rating:

479

6.8

7.2

The Woodsman

What is it about?
A pedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1350

7.7

7.6

Mysterious Skin (2004)

What is it about?
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering and actually sharing a horrible truth.

johanlefourbe's rating:

883

6.4

6.5

Tideland (2006)

What is it about?
A lonely girl gets trapped in an eerie fantasy world after her irresponsible parents die.

johanlefourbe's rating:

2342

6.3

6.5

Silent Hill (2006)

What is it about?
A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.

johanlefourbe's rating:

923

6.8

7.6

United 93

What is it about?
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

johanlefourbe's rating:

1603

6.8

6.6

Antichrist (2009)

What is it about?
A couple lose their young son when he falls out the window while they have sex in the other room. The mother's grief consigns her to hospital, but her therapist husband brings her home intent on treating her depression himself.

johanlefourbe's rating:

2294

7.4

7.5

127 Hours (2010) (2011)

What is it about?
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

johanlefourbe's rating:

784

7.1

6.9

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

What is it about?
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

johanlefourbe's rating:

577

6.9

6.7

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

What is it about?
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

johanlefourbe's rating:

225

7.2

7.5

Son of Saul (2015)

What is it about?
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

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So... What the hell do I mean by 'Hardcore movies' ?!?!

I mean movies which so deeply schocked me (most of the time by their stories but sometimes by their visuals) that I still thought about them days afterward. For some of them, I'm still shaken up years later....

I don't provide any notes explaining why they were shocking to me. I don't want to spoil it. If you have seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't seen it, you have never heard about it and you still wonder what is so 'hardcore' about it, I guess you'll have to wacht it then...