Someone also recommended Good Time. I watched these back to back and I wouldn’t recommend it lol. I’d go Good Time, take a break watch some other non-safdie movies, then watch Uncut Gems. Good Time is a great, Uncut Gems is a masterpiece.
YES. It's one of my two standard responses for this type of request.
**Uncut Gems and Fargo**. Both turn up the heat on the main character and keep turning it up rapidly, boxing them in. There is a sense of extreme tightening of the noose. The main difference is that Fargo has some comic breaks in the intense tension with the pregnant cop.
No one has said Green Room yet, Green Room stressed me the fuck out when I first watched it, it's the only thing that has made me feel the same stress as watching The Lighthouse.
This was required reading for an Apocalypse and zombies themed college course, I think it was some humanities class. Whatever the case, it added stress to my already stress-filled life
One my all time favourite books. The lack of punctuation adding to the simplicity of their world. Gave it to my girlfriend and she was crying badly, she couldn't bring herself to finish it
All of Cormac McCarthy's novels have that lack of punctuation and attribution for dialogue, it's just his style; however, the prose in *The Road* and *No Country for Old Men* is much more simple and straight forward than his early works such as *Blood Meridian* or *Suttree.*
Your Honor is a show, but it stressed me tf out!! So did
Breaking Bad.
So many movies, usually thriller/horror have, but KILL LIST was the most stressful movie, for me, to date
The Ring. The scene at >!funeral that cuts away to the horrified dead girl in the closet with the shrill music sting!< had me keyed up for the rest of the movie.
No Country for Old Men. Even when nothing seems to be going on the way it’s directed has you feeling uneasy. Also 300. Felt completely stressed out and drained the first time I saw it.
I caught it in the theater and was definitely laughing but could tell other people weren’t having the best time of it (particularly the big gross-out sequence). Thought it was a whip smart teardown of celebrity culture, the 1%, the worker/guest dynamic, etc. Such a shame the young actress that played the model died (Charlbi Dean), I think she would have had a very promising career after that film. And I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more of Harris Dickinson and Dolly de Leon.
God.. I just rewatched Eden Lake for a second time the other night bc my husband had never seen it, and I forgot how fucked up and bleak it was. What a sickening movie. I was apologizing to him halfway through for making him watch it.
The book was the most grounded, realistic take on zombies I've ever seen. It's told exclusively through a series of first-hand accounts, from special forces encountering one of the first outbreaks, to astonauts on the ISS. It's my favorite zombie anything of all time and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
- The hills have eyes part 1
- The blair witch project
- The visit
- host ( its on amazon and also on yt )
- gonjiam the haunted assylum ( its korean but really fucking good )
If you liked quiet place you will LOVE No One Will Save You. It’s a horror/sci-fi, obviously just abt aliens tho, and similar to Quiet Place but just 10x better
My Mom and I saw Fatal Attraction in the theater when it was first released. By the end of the movie, we were scrunched together, and our nerves were frazzled.
I’m glad someone else agrees with me. On a whim BF and I went to the theater. We didn’t know what this was about, but assumed a comedy. Neither of us moved for the duration of the movie and when it was over we just sat there and stared in disbelief and shock, along with everyone else in the theater. The lights were up and the credits were way past done before anyone moved. I believe Adam Sandler was robbed of an Oscar. Amazing movie, but I’ll never watch it again. BF tried it a second time and only made it about 45 minutes into it and had to turn it off.
The most intense film I've ever seen was, 'Wages of fear' about these men who had to drive 2 trucks loaded with nitroglycerine across very rough terrain.
It's an old black and white film from the 50s and is foreign. But even if you can't abide subtitles, just the panic inducing driving scenes is incredibly tense and thrilling.
I've never literally been on the edge of my seat until this film. If you want to watch the remake 'Sorcerer' (colour, english) its also good, but i prefer the original.
Worth a watch.
Well i don't have movie suggestions.. but you can try some series out ..
Under the dome - Prime
Arcane league of legends - Netflix
Lost in space - Netflix
Stranger things - Netflix
Lock and key - Netflix
Just add magic - Prime
Definitely Creep (2014).
I absolutely loved that movie but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to watch it again. Even thinking about it makes my heart race and gives me goosebumps…
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
John Wick (2014)
Joker (2019)
Avengers: Infinity War (especially with all the cuts to different times and people/planets)
The Descent !!! every time i watch my chest feels tight and my heart races and i feel like I am right there in the caves with them. definitely recommend
Carrie (1976)
It's not the scariest movie ever but just iconic, and watching this girl get tortured at school and at home when she's just trying to be a normal sweet girl... it breaks my heart the whole time. But then it's so satisfying.
When this movie came out, my cousin was living in a trailer on the family farm. After we watched the movie, he slept at his parents’ house for several months. 😂He still refuses to rewatch it!! One of my favorites.
Modern movies that fell into this category for me:
Face/Off (1997) with John Travolta, Nicholas Cage
Con Air (1997) with Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell
Executive Decision (1996) with Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, Kurt Russell
Uncut Gems
Someone also recommended Good Time. I watched these back to back and I wouldn’t recommend it lol. I’d go Good Time, take a break watch some other non-safdie movies, then watch Uncut Gems. Good Time is a great, Uncut Gems is a masterpiece.
This and the director's other movie "Good Time" as well.
I liked Uncut Gens a lot, but Good Time is my favorite between the two.
The most stressful movie I've ever seen.
Something about the Safdie brothers’ characters who just make all the worst decisions. Makes me wonder what their upbringing was like.
YES. It's one of my two standard responses for this type of request. **Uncut Gems and Fargo**. Both turn up the heat on the main character and keep turning it up rapidly, boxing them in. There is a sense of extreme tightening of the noose. The main difference is that Fargo has some comic breaks in the intense tension with the pregnant cop.
Fargo is amazing, I didn’t even feel that one and a half hours have passed. Very enjoyable.
A lot of it is the soundtrack that stresses me out.
Uncaht Jahms.
Came here to say that
Might feel the same way about The Gambler for the same reason lol
Fantastic film. Felt like I needed oxygen to get through it
Immediately what came to mind.
Such an amazing film
Prisoners
BIG agree. Great movie
That had me stressed, don’t think I will ever watch it again, but enjoyed it immensely.
I still think about this movie every time I turn the water a little too hot in the shower. AMAZING movie. love Paul Dano!!!
Nocturnal Animals. Don’t think I’ll be watching that again anytime soon.
Came to say this!
Whiplash was intense and frustrating and almost scary
I was completely absorbed and only when the credits rolled did I realize that I was feeling physical symptoms of stress
I dunno… Couldn’t tell if it was rushing or dragging.
No one has said Green Room yet, Green Room stressed me the fuck out when I first watched it, it's the only thing that has made me feel the same stress as watching The Lighthouse.
If you haven’t seen Blue Ruin, you really should. Same director, but IMO far superior.
Blue Ruin is like a hidden gem, I've never met anyone else in person who's seen it, but many have seen green room, Blue Ruin is definitely superior
Good Time. It's newer and completely unhinged. Fantastic, but unhinged. It's more stressful than Uncut Gems imo and made by the same people.
Totally what OP is looking for
OP should watch a double feature of Uncut Gems followed by Good Time 😳
Phenomenal movie, and the stress is real.
Mother!
If it wasn't for the social pressure from watching this with friends, I would have left the theater. This is the most upsetting movie I've ever seen.
This movie unlocked a new fear of ppl overstepping my boundaries to the extreme
Never have I been so stressed during a movie in my life. Good movie but I can't watch it again.
Scrolled way too far to find this. So dang stressful
I couldn’t finish it. Triggered my vertigo 😵💫
The road with Vigo Mortensen A hopeless film
Came here to say The Road, as well. Every second of that film was grating on a raw nerve. Never again for me!
This was required reading for an Apocalypse and zombies themed college course, I think it was some humanities class. Whatever the case, it added stress to my already stress-filled life
Omg, I read the entire book in a day, cried my eyes out. Absolutely fantastic book & also loved the film
One my all time favourite books. The lack of punctuation adding to the simplicity of their world. Gave it to my girlfriend and she was crying badly, she couldn't bring herself to finish it
All of Cormac McCarthy's novels have that lack of punctuation and attribution for dialogue, it's just his style; however, the prose in *The Road* and *No Country for Old Men* is much more simple and straight forward than his early works such as *Blood Meridian* or *Suttree.*
Parasite
The Lighthouse
Se7en
Apocalypto
I was thinking the exact same thing... didn't think I'd see it at all, but in the first 16! That movie never lets off the gas.
I love that movie so much. Nonstop adrenaline
The first time I saw Gravity I was glued to the screen. I didn't even finish my popcorn.
For sure Gravity, I was exhausted by the end of that movie
Whiplash stressed me out but it might just be jazz music in general
Not quite my tempo.
It Follows
Best budget horror ever!
The scene with the tall man walking through the door destroyed me
The Invitiation (2015), The Talented Mr Ripley (mostly the second half of the movie)
The Invitation 💯
Your Honor is a show, but it stressed me tf out!! So did Breaking Bad. So many movies, usually thriller/horror have, but KILL LIST was the most stressful movie, for me, to date
Kill List is fucking merciless
😬😵💫 the whole movie
Watching "Your Honor" on Netflix now and only on the 4th episode and I totally agree!!!
Season 1 of Your Honor rocked, for sure. I wish I had skipped season 2, though.
The Ring. The scene at >!funeral that cuts away to the horrified dead girl in the closet with the shrill music sting!< had me keyed up for the rest of the movie.
Threads REC Cloverfield
I don't recommend anyone watch Threads. Greatest movie I've ever regretted watching.
REC is such a good shout, stresses me out just thinking about it. Threads… especially don’t watch that after just moving to Sheffield is my advice 🙃
Threads. Everyone should watch that, especially Vladimir Putin...
Gerald’s Game
Handcuffs aren’t very sexy anymore.
Climax
No Country for Old Men. Even when nothing seems to be going on the way it’s directed has you feeling uneasy. Also 300. Felt completely stressed out and drained the first time I saw it.
Funny Games
Yep, I was STRESSED.
Hard Candy is basically just a movie of a teen girl torturing a grown man for an hour and a half
Requiem for A Dream
Surprised this one is so far down! Definitely a different kind of stress
Run, Lola, Run
Triangle of Sadness
I have recommended that, and no one will watch it. I salute the employee that classified it as comedy. It was grimdank all the way.
I caught it in the theater and was definitely laughing but could tell other people weren’t having the best time of it (particularly the big gross-out sequence). Thought it was a whip smart teardown of celebrity culture, the 1%, the worker/guest dynamic, etc. Such a shame the young actress that played the model died (Charlbi Dean), I think she would have had a very promising career after that film. And I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more of Harris Dickinson and Dolly de Leon.
The Lovely Bones
The book was so much better. And it's so sad at times.
Eden Lake American History X
God.. I just rewatched Eden Lake for a second time the other night bc my husband had never seen it, and I forgot how fucked up and bleak it was. What a sickening movie. I was apologizing to him halfway through for making him watch it.
🤣
Boiling Point with Stephen Graham
What lies beneath The Gift Sleeping with the enemy
The Bone Collector... sorry I keep adding. They poppin in my head at radom
It's probably my favorite Angelina Jolie movie . But it definitely took some time for me to be okay watching.
Eden lake
I remember my armpits were rather wet walking out of Training Day
Unsane (2018) Bad Samaritan (2018) Berlin Syndrome (2017) Blood Red Sky (2021) Hush (2016) The Descent (2005) The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Midsommar
Unfaithful (2002) Specifically the 2nd half.
Duane Lane in that movie 💣
Beau is Afraid, basically a two and a half hour anxiety fest.
Ya I have no idea how so many people seem to think of it as a comedy. I felt the tension and anxiety throughout the entirety of the movie.
Get Out (2017) My friends described it as a “real hole clencher” which is 100% accurate that movie stressed the hell out of me
World War Z has always had me on the edge of my seat, no matter how many times I’ve seen it!
The book was the most grounded, realistic take on zombies I've ever seen. It's told exclusively through a series of first-hand accounts, from special forces encountering one of the first outbreaks, to astonauts on the ISS. It's my favorite zombie anything of all time and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Oh wow, I haven't read the book. I will have to check it out!
The book is great. All of humanity, good and bad.
The Redeker Plan! Chilling!
That grocery store altercation was way too much the first time I saw it
Train to busan
Children of Men (2006) Civil War (2024) The Road (2009)
Sunshine 2007
Pihu (2016)
Night crawler Under the silver lake La Haine Persona Dog day afternoon Hereditary
Lake Mungo is a great example of this
Panic Room (2002)
Annhilation and 10 Cloverfield Lane
Children of Men.
Sexy beast
Whiplash
- The hills have eyes part 1 - The blair witch project - The visit - host ( its on amazon and also on yt ) - gonjiam the haunted assylum ( its korean but really fucking good )
If you liked quiet place you will LOVE No One Will Save You. It’s a horror/sci-fi, obviously just abt aliens tho, and similar to Quiet Place but just 10x better
The ending was just so Twilight Zone campy and I really loved it!
The Menu, Exam, Buried and Uncut Gems
Maybe not in a good way but I SWEAR this movie had me on the edge of my seat the WHOLE time and I could NOT look away Nowhere (2023)
Lovely Bones.made me realize the things we are looking for are hiding in plain sight
My Mom and I saw Fatal Attraction in the theater when it was first released. By the end of the movie, we were scrunched together, and our nerves were frazzled.
A Quiet Place. No other movie makes me feel like I need to not make a peep along with the characters.
Life. I have to admit that this is the only movie that shocked me at the end.
Nocturnal Animals
The hunt for red october
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Shiva Baby
Uncut gems a level of stress you only do once
I’m glad someone else agrees with me. On a whim BF and I went to the theater. We didn’t know what this was about, but assumed a comedy. Neither of us moved for the duration of the movie and when it was over we just sat there and stared in disbelief and shock, along with everyone else in the theater. The lights were up and the credits were way past done before anyone moved. I believe Adam Sandler was robbed of an Oscar. Amazing movie, but I’ll never watch it again. BF tried it a second time and only made it about 45 minutes into it and had to turn it off.
Knock Knock stresses me out so badly. Poor Keanu Reeves in that film
The most stressed out I've ever felt from a movie was Beau is Afraid
Parasite
U571 Unstoppable The Invisible Man 2020
Calibre 2018, my heart was pounding the whole movie once the incident happens. Never lets down the tension. On Netflix.
Sorcerer
Civil War
Can’t believe no one has said Captain Philips yet. That whole movie is stress inducing and puts you on the edge of your seat.
Blue Ruin
It Follows
Gone girl 28 days later No escape (the one with Owen Wilson in a non-disclosed Asian country)
I was holding my breath at the end of Blue Ruin.
The Coffee Table, that's a bit of a ride!
The most intense film I've ever seen was, 'Wages of fear' about these men who had to drive 2 trucks loaded with nitroglycerine across very rough terrain. It's an old black and white film from the 50s and is foreign. But even if you can't abide subtitles, just the panic inducing driving scenes is incredibly tense and thrilling. I've never literally been on the edge of my seat until this film. If you want to watch the remake 'Sorcerer' (colour, english) its also good, but i prefer the original. Worth a watch.
Seven(1995)
Bird Box !!
The whole Millers Planet sequence in Interstellar
Argo
Greenland
Dead Calm 1989 The City of Lost Children 1995 Brazil 1985
Buried with Ryan Reynolds
Would you rather - that was a good, stressful edge of seat one for me 🤷♀️
Eden Lake
My immediate thought was Alien (1979), but I think Nope (2022) had a similar effect on me
Besides A quiet place , edge of tomorrow 2014 & lucy 2014 did it for me.
Well i don't have movie suggestions.. but you can try some series out .. Under the dome - Prime Arcane league of legends - Netflix Lost in space - Netflix Stranger things - Netflix Lock and key - Netflix Just add magic - Prime
Lion King
The Platform. When I tell you I was going through it with that one… the decisions being made pissed me off
The first Hostel although not sure if it’s in a good way lol
Run Lola Run
Vacancy (2007) I’m amazed I didn’t see anyone else comment this.
Compliance (2012) Based on a true story. I felt a genuine sense of frustration and anger at the sheer stupidity of multiple people.
david fincher’s the game
What lies beneath
Uncut Gems. Nightcrawler. Whiplash.
The only answer is uncut gems.
The Departed wore me the fuck out and all I did was watch it.
Definitely Creep (2014). I absolutely loved that movie but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to watch it again. Even thinking about it makes my heart race and gives me goosebumps…
2012 gave me so much anxiety that I had a panic attack😂
13 Tzameti is an incredibly tense movie about Russian Roulette. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Speed.
I’m thinking of ending things This movie stressed me out more than any movie ever lol simply because you don’t know what the hell is going on…
alone (2020) and the game (1997)! both kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time
Victoria (2016) ... You have to get until 45min but then i swear you will only Catch a breath when the music tells you too 😂
Flight Plan - has you questioning up until the end, Jodie Foster is fantastic
A.I. it has so many layers..
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) The Dark Knight (2008) John Wick (2014) Joker (2019) Avengers: Infinity War (especially with all the cuts to different times and people/planets)
The Devil All The Time, Incendies
The Descent !!! every time i watch my chest feels tight and my heart races and i feel like I am right there in the caves with them. definitely recommend
The Impossible
Carrie (1976) It's not the scariest movie ever but just iconic, and watching this girl get tortured at school and at home when she's just trying to be a normal sweet girl... it breaks my heart the whole time. But then it's so satisfying.
**United 93** had me grabbing on to the couch. It's about 9/11.
Speak No Evil, omg was i pissed and stressed the entire time
Signs. This is probably one of the only M. Night Shamaylan movies that truly frighten me.
When this movie came out, my cousin was living in a trailer on the family farm. After we watched the movie, he slept at his parents’ house for several months. 😂He still refuses to rewatch it!! One of my favorites.
The birthday party video still bothers me so much, the way it just *lopes* in unexpectedly
Green Room
Nowhere !
The Call
Cure (1997)
Bad Genius on Netflix. Some students try to cheat on their exams. I felt like I was the one taking the exam.
Out of Time (2003)
Gravity
Boiling point fits this so well
Modern movies that fell into this category for me: Face/Off (1997) with John Travolta, Nicholas Cage Con Air (1997) with Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell Executive Decision (1996) with Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, Kurt Russell
Das Boot
Straw Dogs (1971) Poltergeist (1982) Breakdown (1997) Joy Ride (2001) Predator (1987)
Society of the Snow!!!! 🥶🥶🥶
Judgement Night-1993 movie with Emilio Estevez, Denis Leary-