For as far back as I can remember I have been an avid lover of horror and darkness. Because of this I am often on the search for a really good scary book or movie. But my favorite is when I can find one that is more than just a horror, it is also dark… Really Dark! Many of the movies on this list I have seen a few times and they have become my go-to movies when I feel like I want to indulge in that dark feeling.
This is a list that I will add to over time and I find more of these dark gems!
So, here is my list of The Darkest Movies I have Ever Seen:
Black Death: Oh, Oh! This movie is great! Dark, but great! It follows a band of the Catholic Bishop’s soldiers in 1348, who are sent to locate a village which is claiming to be unhindered by the plague sent by God (the Bubonic Plague). However, in their journey, the band encounters thieves, religious zealots, plague bearers, fake witches, and some real ones. The journey is dark and definitely points out some of the weakest moments in human history as people everywhere are trying to find anyone to blame for the pestilence… anyone! However, when our heroes come face-to-face with a side of the world that believes that God is a killer rather than a savior, they find themselves in real ‘cold water.’ (You will get that joke when you watch it) It is an awesome ‘Christian vs Pagan’ story. Are they necromancers or just happy villagers? You be the judge… and what an Amazing end this movie has. Well worth a watch!
Gamer: It cannot be stressed enough that movies that deal with the not so distance future are generally dark in their own way. In this movie video games have become so advanced that they are played with real people as the in game character. So, in First-Person Shooters, they play with convicts who really get shot at and really die. But this is not the darkest part of the movie. There is a very popular (to the underside of society) Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) where you play as another person… So there are a lot of dark happenings for people who have insatiable sexual desires, or for those who want to hurt others. Many fantasies are fulfilled when people don’t have to be responsible for the body that they are occupying… It’s very dark.
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oad: As I said above, for the most part I would and have watched many of the movies on this list more than once. However, this movie is not one of those. This movie is incredibly dark and left me with that hopeless feeling for a long time after I watched it. This movie deals with a not-so-distance, post-apocalyptic future where we follow a man who is trying to keep himself and his young son alive. As they make their way to the coast we are gradually shown a world which has run out of food. As our main characters slowly starve they encounter multiple groups of people, all of whom have resorted to cannibalism… among other things… to stay alive. Again, it is very, very dark.
Repo Men: As I have said before, most movies that deal with the not so distant future have a tendency to be that kind of dark that only comes from a horribly corrupt civilization. This is a movie where the medical world starts to be run by a corporate conglomerate that is selling people artificial body parts at prices that they cannot afford, yet to turn them down would mean death. When the people default on the payments the company sends repo men in to get the body part back, only to sell the part to someone else and repeat the process… That is insanely dark!
Running Scared: This is a movie that deals with a few intertwining dark stories. But, one part is that a child, who is running away, gets picked up at an ice cream shop by a man, woman and two children. As his story goes on we find out that the children don’t belong to the parents, but were actually also picked up with the promise that they would get ice cream… Later we see that the man and woman have done this many, many times before. Their plan is to molest and then dissect the children… It’s very creepy and dark.
Snowpiercer: This is another dark movie that takes place in the future where 17 year earlier the governments of the world attempted to solve global warming but just made it far worst. So our story takes place on a train that is capable of running indefinitely and holds the last remaining humans. However, they are divided by those in the front, who get to enjoy amenities that are extremely lavish by any standards and those who live in the back, which is much more like a prison. As the story escalates we start to see our protagonists in an evil light and our antagonist as the heroes of humanity… But trust me, in between it is a whole lot of dark terrible stuff and well worth a watch!
Sucker Punch: This 
movie is a bit odd because unlike many other dark movies, this one is all over the place. It has great action, good music, a brilliant grand master like character and pretty woman being total bad asses… Sounds great, right. So why is this one so dark? (This will be a bit of a spoiler) As we follow Baby Doll and her friends on their adventures, we are only watching what is in her mind. In other words, we are seeing what she is using as a coping mechanism for the horrors that she is facing in the asylum that she was wrongfully placed in. This movie starts and ends very dark.
Valhalla Rising: (No relation to the book by the same name) This is an insane movie that I loved! It follows a warrior named “One Eye” who is held captive by a highland clan who makes him fight to the death various times against numerous foes. He escapes and gets his revenge before he meets up with a group of Christians who believe they are sailing to the holy land to fight in the crusades, but actually end up somewhere far more dangerous. This movie has the darkest feeling of any movie that I have ever seen. But, like I said before, I loved it!
Vanilla Sky: This movies is all around dark. It gets crazy at about the half way mark, and then just progresses to a dark that went straight to my core. I honestly cannot say much about this movie without giving away what makes it good… So you’re on your own with this one. Just know that I would never watch it again, not because it was too dark, but because it was a long and dirty mind-rape that I don’t have time for a second time in the future. But, unlike most dark movies it ended very well.
Thank you for checking out The Darkest Movies I Have Ever Seen. This is a post that I will continue to update and I would love to know what dark movies you have seen and how you rate my list. Let me know by leaving a comment… I absolutely love them!
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