Dancer in the Dark has forever ruined "These are a few of my favorite things". Not that I was a fan of the song to begin with, but now it just creeps me out when I hear it.

Wish I'd never watch it either. Same for Requiem for a Dream.

Haven't seen it, but does Million Dollar Baby really belong on that list?

The one on the list I'm sure I saw was The Audition, and I've seen it twice. I'm probably not seeing it again because I remember it well enough to not have to--but if someone put it on while I was there I wouldn't leave or anything. I may have seen When The Wind Blows --I know it chokes me up a lot, but I can't place having seen it. Which is weird. I have no urge to see it again, since those 80s horrors of my teendowm are powerful and irrational and best left alone.

Wait, no! I've seen Million Dollar Baby. I keep forgetting that, because although I cried like a baby, I cried whenever she hit someone, every time she clenched her teeth and won a fight. I was done with tears about halfway through the movie. The bit after was just filler until she died. She had to die, and for me she had to die on her own terms. So it was...well, not happy (here's where the Oldboy people look at me funny) but narratively satisfying to me.

I feel pretty good about my choices that I've only seen Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby of that list. But I did see Breaking the Waves, and that was way more traumatic than either of those. I mostly like non-disturbing movies.

Although, I did just see Gone Baby Gone, and that was fairly disturbing, although I was distracted by meta -- both from the book ( didn't the cop have a heart attack at the quarry? ) and from real life (I went to high school with the guy who played the perv ).

My DH will watch Gallipolli over and over again.

Movies on that list I've seen: Requiem for a Dream, When the Wind Blows, and Leaving Las Vegas. Most of the rest of them I conciously decided not to see at all.

Eta: Requiem is the only one that I would definitely not want to see again, though I'm glad I watched it once.

Upon some reflection (but not much), I think Dogville would be a better example of Von Trier's particular brand of evil genius than Dancer In The Dark.

Dancer is less sadistic, that's for sure -- there are a few moments of pure joy in there that make the trauma that much more...traumatic. Whereas Dogville is three hours of "Still haven't walked out yet? Muahahaha! I can make you people watch ANYTHING!!!! I'm Lars von fucking Trier!!!" And then he hits you with that completely fucking brilliant last scene that almost makes up for having to sit through the rest of it to get there. Almost.

Breaking the Waves was very disturbing, but I did love the actress. I think Dancer in the Dark (same director) was one of those that I decided I didn't need to see once.

Cheerios:

Am I really the only one here who's seen Safe? Not that I think it belongs on that list since I've been wanting to see it again ever since.

I saw Safe. And yep, I'd like to see it again. Haven't gotten around to buying the DVD or anything....

It is bleak, but nowhere near as bleak as some of the others on that list.

From the imdb trivia page, my favorite Dogville story:

Paul Bettany didn't want to play Tom Edison because they were shooting it in Sweden. Then his friend Stellan Skarsgaard said that Lars von Trier's shoots are so funny that "you'll miss something extraordinary if you turn the part down". After shooting half the movie Bettany asked Skarsgaard when the fun will start, which Skarsgaard replied: "I lied. I did it because he is amazing to work with, and you wouldn't be able to see that before you were actually here yourself. I wanted to give you a chance, and you wouldn't have shown up if I had been frank with you"

Haven't seen it, but does Million Dollar Baby really belong on that list?

I don't think so. But I didn't really like the movie anyway, so I wouldn't see it again regardless. I don't think it's Requiem-level painful or anything, though.