"What, you may ask, is the difference between a feel-bad movie and a tearjerker? Basically: Crying at a tearjerker brings catharsis, relief, even a sense of joy. A feel-bad movie, though, is a good movie that feels just awful to sit through, the kind of gripping story you might never be able to bring yourself to watch again. It is, in short, the very opposite of a feel-good movie. But if you find yourself intentionally seeking a film that puts you in a deep state of despair, who are we to judge? Below, we recommend 22 tough sits that will do just that—though we decided not to include films about the Holocaust, slavery, and other historic atrocities, since it'd be easy to fill a list like this with only those sorts of stories. (There's also no torture porn and few all-out horror movies as well: Graphic violence isn't exactly the bad vibe we were going for, as you'll see.) Press play, if you dare." - vanityfair.com
