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Essential Disturbing Movies

For some reason I'm always intrigued when I hear about disturbing movies. It's like extreme sports for the hardcore cinemaholics. These are 25 of my favorites. I could have picked many more, but I think that these are essential.
I have listed the movies in order of level of discomfort it gives me.
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Scum (1979)
Scum (1979)
1
89%7.6
The Vanishing (1988)
The Vanishing (1988)
2
98%7.7
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
3
74%7.5
Haze (2005)
Haze (2005)
4
6.5
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
5
78%6.2
Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
6
82%7.2
Titicut Follies (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
7
100%7.7
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist (2009)
8
53%6.6
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
9
89%7.0
The Golden Glove (2019)
The Golden Glove (2019)
10
54%6.7
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
11
62%6.0
Inside (2007)
Inside (2007)
12
83%6.7
City of Life and Death (2009)
City of Life and Death (2009)
13
93%7.7
Begotten (1991)
Begotten (1991)
14
67%5.6
Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Men Behind the Sun (1988)
15
6.1
The Girl Next Door (2007)
The Girl Next Door (2007)
16
67%6.6
Threads (1984)
Threads (1984)
17
100%8.0
Martyrs (2008)
Martyrs (2008)
18
64%7.0
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
19
65%5.8
Angst (1983)
Angst (1983)
20
100%7.2
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
21
70%5.8
Orozco the Embalmer (2001)
Orozco the Embalmer (2001)
22
6.7
Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
23
96%7.5
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
24
97%8.4
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
25
8.3
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