This is a list of films that are frequently considered "disturbing" and would likely have a strong impact on the average viewer. These films are often mentioned in discussions of "the most disturbing" films ever made. This is not necessarily a list of "the most violent" or "the most extreme" films, but the most DISTURBING. One must understand that there is a very large difference between being disturbing and being merely disgusting. Anyone can easily hold up a pile of feces to someone's face and make them disgusted, but to actually shock and disturb someone and get inside their head takes real effort and talent. The films on this list are generally considered to have that effect on viewers. Whether they are quality films or not - and how disturbing they are - is, of course, entirely up to the individual.



Please note that several films in the Alpha Blue Archives' "Sadistic Seventies" and "The Flesh Rippers" collections, Sadistic Whore (1980's Japanese film, unknown release date), Obduktio (Finnish film, unknown release date), several of William Hellfire's films, the rest of the Eccentric Psycho Cinema series, The Shocking Faces of Death (unknown release date), In Hell (Asian film, unknown release date), X-Treme 1 (Chinese film, unknown release date), Crime (Japanese film, unknown release date), Snuff Army (Japanese film, unknown release date), Dirija Para a Vida (1995), Death Body & Death Women (Asian films, unknown release dates), various hentai films, several of the Cinéma Abattoir films, Los maníacos del martillo (Aquí en Vivo episode, 2010), the Faim de Mort trilogy (François Yagopian, 2009 - 2014), Gang Rape (2010), and Snuff Films (French film, unknown release date) belong on this list, but are not listed on IMDb (and I haven't added them yet).



These films are not in any particular order. Just because a film is on this list does not mean that I personally find it disturbing, or that I've even seen it. It simply means that many people would consider it disturbing.



Comments and suggestions are always welcome, of course. However, please do not comment if you didn't even bother looking past the first page for a film that you think is "missing" from the list. If a film genuinely isn't listed on ANY page of the list, THEN please suggest it to me. Enjoy...