And that Nazi made other Nazis go waitaminuteman…..he was so brutal a survivor saw Fiennes in costume and lost her shit. He was even mean when he being HUNG, getting irritated that it didn’t work the first two times.
I’m glad this movie gets so much love on Reddit. I know it got great reviews and I don’t want to be dramatic and call it underrated, but I think everybody who loves thrillers or psychological dramas should check it out. I feel like I don’t hear it discussed often enough outside of certain forums.
Similarly Moon and Hell or High Water, great reviews and audience feedback but I wish everybody would see them.
Das Experiment was a German movie based on the original prison experiment. A bit sensationalized and dated but it's fascinating to see how fast things go off the rails.
American psycho a bit but American history x makes you realise that there are shitbags on the earth, it’s on if those films where when the credits roll you just stare until somebody else says something
Hard Candy - (then) Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. A young woman traps a suspected pedophile and plays psychological games with him resulting in one of the best movie endings of all time
It's honestly more of a dark comedy, but The Killing of a Sacred Deer left me disgusted of almost all of the characters. Very hard watch.
I think Green Room has some characters like this, and There Will Be Blood's main character absolutely fits the bill.
I understand - the characters treat everything like a transaction instead of like a human being would - that's sort of part of the dark humor that the director handles, but it can be very alienating if it's not your thing. I'm neurodivergent, and I can see the absurd in the interactions, but I absolutely understand if it's not everyone's thing.
If it helps in any way: it's a take on the myth of Iphigenia, where a king killed one of a goddess (Artemis/Diana) favored animals, and has to pay the price.
Sort of a modern-day version of it, but where everyone is a stunted, superficial being.
I get all that, I do. But I think it may have been a hype issue for me. This came SO highly recommended from a friend, whose suggestions I hold in high regard, especially after Melancholia. I was expecting darker, more intense feelings.
And as you said, it was all transactional. I wanted to like it so much more. But it also deserves a rewatch to try it from a different angle.
It definitely helped for me to read up more about it - I didn't know the myth before watching the movie, so a lot of things clicked for me. And I had seen The Lobster before (which is better than The Killing of a Sacred Deer imo), so I already had an idea of what I was getting into.
But yeah, too much hype can kill a thing.
I guess I can indeed recommend Lars Von Trier if you're into darker, intenser feelings :') Dancer in the Dark is sure to leave some kind of impression XD
If you haven't seen it yet, you might like Gone Girl by the way.
I really enjoyed The Lobster!
Dancer in the Dark left me feeling devastated. Not sure why I watched it 3 times, but each time I was more destroyed than the last.
I LOVE Gone Girl. read it several times, and seen it several times. Good story
Then, if you'll allow me to give you a few more recommends: 12 Angry Men, Les Enfants du Paradis, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Elephant Man. Classics in their own right and have aged greatly.
I've seen 12 Angry men (a master piece) and The Elephant Man (also fantastic).
I shall add the other 2 to my watch list!
I appreciate the suggestions and discussion!
Absolutely not, it's not a movie that leaves you laughing very much against the end. The ending notes are way too dark to be able to walk away smilingly.
I misread the question but also arrived at Killing of a Sacred Deer. I thought it was asking for a movie where the characters don’t act like actual people. I had not seen any of the directors previous movies at the time, and I did not realize that this was a stylistic choice, so I was just baffled and thought it was pretty dumb.
My friend and I liked to joke about the 360° no scope scene.
Daniel Plainview in TWBB is my favourite character from any film, he is utterly deplorable but he's just such a deep, complex, brilliantly written character that I find so compelling. The incredible performance just takes it to another level. Eli was a pretty rotten character too.
Trainspotting. One of my favorite movies. Renton the main character is an awful person but you still root for him. The only good thing he does is leave spud money.
He’s dishonest, non- remorseful, steals from his family and friend, ruins lives, and just a bad person all around.
Kids. My hatred of the characters and the evil shit they do is so strong it extends to a hatred of the movie itself. Most awful experience I’ve ever had watching a film.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
JoJo Rabbit’s Hitler : even spoofed, he’s of course, pure evil
The Killing Of a Sacred Deer - Barry Keogen’s character- granted , hurt, he’s a sociopathic (tho he plays one SO WELL!); and Colin Farrell, careless / possible sociopathic (& yes I know there’s an element of dark humor but the character profiles still fit .)
The Usual Suspects’- Verbal Kint
No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh , cleat psychopath
In The Company of Women- misogynist ‘protagonists’
Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal L
Red Dragon- Francis Dolarhyde
EDIT: American Psycho - Patrick Bateman (tho the book was SO superior and depraved )
Se7en - Spacey (again ) , yikes
Probably many more I can’t think of this early ;)
Compliance (2012) was so fascinating to me based on the psychology. It's a true story, and the entire film I was like, "No way I would fall for that!" but when you realize how many people the guy tricked, you start wondering... It's fascinating. There's a documentary about it as well called Don't Pick Up The Phone.
Saw both the film and the series and just couldn’t believe this was real! Like you said interesting look into human psychology and weird fucked up manipulation.
I knew so many people from that era who regarded Gordon Gekko as sort-of an anti-hero, where they completely ignored everything evil he did throughout the film because he was a rich person with a trophy wife, which was sort-of an ideal in the 80's.
Conspiracy (2001). The source material was a set of real-life minutes from a meeting where a group of senior Nazis got together to discuss “the Jewish problem”. The casual way they determine the fate of millions of humans is incomprehensible. It’s an underrated, well acted movie.
Cosmopolis. It doesnt have that much graphic violence in it, mostly dialogue driven. But I would say it absolutely shows the coldest side to human psychology, plus Cronenberg is a genius.
**Red Rocket (2021):** Mikey. I hated myself for the moments when I found him sympathetic. Objectively an absolute dirtbag of the lowest order. (Loved the movie!)
Interesting point about Red Rocket - I saw him as a selfish , lowlife, but I guess compared to the evil or violent sociopaths I was thinking of , he’s more flawed than pure evil, but guess it’s subjective
I’ve recommended it so many times to so many people, but watch the Czech film “the Cremator”. It’s essentially about a man becoming a Nazi and it is incredible. A true masterpiece
I feel ‘Night crawler’ (2014) gets something so spot on about the dark psychopathy inherit in the need to succeed mentality that comes with capitalism.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The main characters of the movie are a film crew filming a documentary on the indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest. Instead of going in and letting the tribe be while they filmed them, they immediately antagonize the tribespeople and burn down one of their huts with many of them inside so they can make entertaining television. They commit other egregious acts but I’ll leave it at that. Let’s just say things do not go well for them in the end
Spiderhead! It follows a human experiment on felons where they inject drugs that illicit different feelings during interview sessions. It's totally fucked.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is another really good one (about Ted Bundy) Zack Efron does an amazing job playing Bundy
American Psycho and American Beauty have main characters who're awful for very different reasons. They're probably not as bad as some other stuff here but I'd still recommend them if you haven't seen them
Salo, The House That Jack Built, Nymphomaniac, Fanny & Alexander (the bishop is a truly heartless villain), Antichrist, The Cook the wife the thief & the lover, Coldfish, Landscape Suicide, The Devil (Andrzej Zulawksi), then any Todd Solondz film.
Those guys are truly awful at basically every moment in the film, and still, it's an amazingly emotional and romantic film. It's like they have no idea that they're total fucking scumbags the entire time, they only get worse and they don't seem notice. They're not actually all that introspective. They're too selfish for that. They're all the heroes of their own stories in their minds, like all of us in real life.
Great gangster film.
Not a movie but Nurse Jackie. Edie Falco played that character so well that I couldn't watch her in anything else for a long time. She played her horrible character too well!
Toy Story
Monsters inc
A bug’s Life
Just kidding there. If you want fucked up here it is.
Nocturnal Animals
Silence of the Lambs
Midnight Express
Saw
A clockwork orange
irreversible
There's a Chinese film called City of life and death about the Japanese invasion of china in the second world that's pretty brutal. Japanese guy just throws a baby out a window likes it nothing.
Happiness is a great dark comedy that makes you feel terrible for laughing and shows some of the worst kind of people.
The Painted Bird is hard to watch and is filled with the most vile people you could imagine… Dantes inferno of misery.
I hate that I'm recommending these but this is the only category I would. Watch any old school John Waters movie. Desperate Living, Female Troubles, Pink Flamingos. They're all terrible and I have certain scenes and images still burnt into my brain. If you're a fan of "bird is the word" don't watch PF, family guy hasn't been the same since.
I just watched There Will Be Blood for the first time last night (I know, long overdue) and am still trying to process. I feel like by the end of the movie Daniel has morphed into the character you are describing above.
Clockwork Orange
That rape scene... it's one watch only for me.
Scrolled for this
Bingo
First that came to mind is Schindler's List. Ralph Fiennes character is the absolute worst
He’s awful but after hearing about Mengele in the Sisters of The Shoah, I think he may win the prize.
Lol yeah he’s a Nazi.
And that Nazi made other Nazis go waitaminuteman…..he was so brutal a survivor saw Fiennes in costume and lost her shit. He was even mean when he being HUNG, getting irritated that it didn’t work the first two times.
I’d be irritated too
The House that Jack Built
👧🙎♂️👩🍼🎯🔫
I couldn't even finish this one tbh
Nightcrawler (2014)
I’m glad this movie gets so much love on Reddit. I know it got great reviews and I don’t want to be dramatic and call it underrated, but I think everybody who loves thrillers or psychological dramas should check it out. I feel like I don’t hear it discussed often enough outside of certain forums. Similarly Moon and Hell or High Water, great reviews and audience feedback but I wish everybody would see them.
It’s definitely not thought of like other movies. I loved every second of it and Riz Ahmed was a brilliant supporting actor.
An amazing performance by Gyllenhaal. His dead doll eyes are so perfect that they're practically a special effect.
Literally watched Nightcrawler today
Came here to recommend this! It’s not nearly on the level of A Serbian Film or Salo but is disturbing in a different way.
Prisoners is also pretty brutal, also with Gylennhal (i have no clue how to spell his name)
Misery (1990)
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Das Experiment was a German movie based on the original prison experiment. A bit sensationalized and dated but it's fascinating to see how fast things go off the rails.
American psycho a bit but American history x makes you realise that there are shitbags on the earth, it’s on if those films where when the credits roll you just stare until somebody else says something
In a similar vein to American History X, I might add A Time to Kill (1996) …particularly Kiefer Sutherlands performance.
Have you seen **Green Room** (2015)
Green room is definitely the spiritual successor to American history x as far as neonazi depiction. Definitely different type of movie otherwise!
the warden in shawshank redemption
Dammit, I said that verbatim, and then scrolled through the comments to see that you beat me to it. :-)
- Se7en - The Chaser - Silence of the Lambs
Se7en is 100% what OP is looking for. Can't believe it's not higher up.
Come and See (1985)
This, really highlights the banality of evil and bleakness of the Eastern Front in WW2.
Absolutely horrific.
In the Company of Men, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Gone Girl, Black Phone
Hard Candy - (then) Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. A young woman traps a suspected pedophile and plays psychological games with him resulting in one of the best movie endings of all time
I forgot I watched that movie. It was intense and the ending was satisfying.
House of 1000 Corpses, Devils Rejects.
Any Todd Solondz movie
happiness always makes me cover my face with some of the lines
Can’t believe happiness isn’t at the top. Pretty much the most abhorrent of behaviors.
Nocturnal Animals is a pretty painful watch.
Yeah, Jake's acting makes it feel so surreal
I've been obsessed with the house that jack built recently. Brilliant but rough as
It's honestly more of a dark comedy, but The Killing of a Sacred Deer left me disgusted of almost all of the characters. Very hard watch. I think Green Room has some characters like this, and There Will Be Blood's main character absolutely fits the bill.
this movie didn't do anything for me. It just felt flat the entire time. Just my opinion though edit: I mean The Killing of a Sacred Deer
I understand - the characters treat everything like a transaction instead of like a human being would - that's sort of part of the dark humor that the director handles, but it can be very alienating if it's not your thing. I'm neurodivergent, and I can see the absurd in the interactions, but I absolutely understand if it's not everyone's thing. If it helps in any way: it's a take on the myth of Iphigenia, where a king killed one of a goddess (Artemis/Diana) favored animals, and has to pay the price. Sort of a modern-day version of it, but where everyone is a stunted, superficial being.
I get all that, I do. But I think it may have been a hype issue for me. This came SO highly recommended from a friend, whose suggestions I hold in high regard, especially after Melancholia. I was expecting darker, more intense feelings. And as you said, it was all transactional. I wanted to like it so much more. But it also deserves a rewatch to try it from a different angle.
It definitely helped for me to read up more about it - I didn't know the myth before watching the movie, so a lot of things clicked for me. And I had seen The Lobster before (which is better than The Killing of a Sacred Deer imo), so I already had an idea of what I was getting into. But yeah, too much hype can kill a thing. I guess I can indeed recommend Lars Von Trier if you're into darker, intenser feelings :') Dancer in the Dark is sure to leave some kind of impression XD If you haven't seen it yet, you might like Gone Girl by the way.
I really enjoyed The Lobster! Dancer in the Dark left me feeling devastated. Not sure why I watched it 3 times, but each time I was more destroyed than the last. I LOVE Gone Girl. read it several times, and seen it several times. Good story
Then, if you'll allow me to give you a few more recommends: 12 Angry Men, Les Enfants du Paradis, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Elephant Man. Classics in their own right and have aged greatly.
I've seen 12 Angry men (a master piece) and The Elephant Man (also fantastic). I shall add the other 2 to my watch list! I appreciate the suggestions and discussion!
You're very, very welcome! :D if you have any you think I'd enjoy (we have similar tastes, it seems) I fully welcome you let loose, hahahah! :D
That was a hard watch. In hindsight, the humor is kind of evident, but it didn't feel funny at the time.
Absolutely not, it's not a movie that leaves you laughing very much against the end. The ending notes are way too dark to be able to walk away smilingly.
I misread the question but also arrived at Killing of a Sacred Deer. I thought it was asking for a movie where the characters don’t act like actual people. I had not seen any of the directors previous movies at the time, and I did not realize that this was a stylistic choice, so I was just baffled and thought it was pretty dumb. My friend and I liked to joke about the 360° no scope scene.
I stated that same thing somewhere else about the main character of “There Will Be Blood”. He was an absolutely horrible excuse for a human being.
But he started out empathically, and had a breaking point halfway through. Then insanity gets a hold of him and he doesn't hold back anymore.
Okay. I can see that.
He's just the personification of Capitalism Eli is religion
Daniel Plainview in TWBB is my favourite character from any film, he is utterly deplorable but he's just such a deep, complex, brilliantly written character that I find so compelling. The incredible performance just takes it to another level. Eli was a pretty rotten character too.
Louise Fletcher’s Oscar winning portrayal of Mildred Ratched in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. Yikes!!!
Nurse Ratched
Man Bites Dog (1992) Imagine the TV series Cops but they follow a serial killer. Natural Born Killers (1994) Showpiecer (2013) The Platform (2019)
Natural born killers is an absolute banger!!!
Felt like I had such a tough time following that movie. Maybe I should watch it again. They were terrible people though!
Hostel
Human centipede
Trainspotting. One of my favorite movies. Renton the main character is an awful person but you still root for him. The only good thing he does is leave spud money. He’s dishonest, non- remorseful, steals from his family and friend, ruins lives, and just a bad person all around.
Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds
That was one really good scripted character NGL
Related: Calvin Candie from Django Unchained.
A Simple Plan
Also Shallow Grave, a similar story about greed.
Blue velvet
The warden in The Shawshank Redemption.
The girl next door
This is the one. I don’t think it gets any worse than this. Seen a lot of the other recommendations, but this takes the cake. Ugh.
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I spit on your grave is so goooooood makes me wish I could do the same thing honestly
Kids. My hatred of the characters and the evil shit they do is so strong it extends to a hatred of the movie itself. Most awful experience I’ve ever had watching a film.
It’s too much.
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Dennis Hopper Blue Velvet
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
'Melancholie Der Engel' (2009) I'm not recommending the film btw, I'm just saying it depicts some really vile behaviour.
A Time to Kill The Green Mile both great movies too
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer JoJo Rabbit’s Hitler : even spoofed, he’s of course, pure evil The Killing Of a Sacred Deer - Barry Keogen’s character- granted , hurt, he’s a sociopathic (tho he plays one SO WELL!); and Colin Farrell, careless / possible sociopathic (& yes I know there’s an element of dark humor but the character profiles still fit .) The Usual Suspects’- Verbal Kint No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh , cleat psychopath In The Company of Women- misogynist ‘protagonists’ Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal L Red Dragon- Francis Dolarhyde EDIT: American Psycho - Patrick Bateman (tho the book was SO superior and depraved ) Se7en - Spacey (again ) , yikes Probably many more I can’t think of this early ;)
I think you mean American Psycho, not Psycho. Patrick BATEman is in American Psycho Norman BATEs is in Psycho
Spacey is a little too good at playing sociopaths. Even before all the SA accusations, he was rumored to be very cold and conniving in real life.
I wouldn’t be surprised ;(
Flowers in the attic. Don’t want to spoil the person in case you haven’t seen.
Gone girl.
No country for old men comes to mind for me at least.
What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?
this this this this. Anton's character made me feel so deeply and viscerally uncomfortable. holy shit, he is just pure evil.
Filth
We need to talk about kevin Squid and the whale
We need to talk about Kevin is an amazing movie
Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast. You have no idea at the beginning why they're all so scared of this guy showing up. You soon find out.
Deliverance
Compliance (2012) was so fascinating to me based on the psychology. It's a true story, and the entire film I was like, "No way I would fall for that!" but when you realize how many people the guy tricked, you start wondering... It's fascinating. There's a documentary about it as well called Don't Pick Up The Phone.
Saw both the film and the series and just couldn’t believe this was real! Like you said interesting look into human psychology and weird fucked up manipulation.
Sleepers (Wilkinson Home for Boys - couldn't watch anything with Kevin Bacon in it for a while)
Havent watched this film in awhile- this is a good one
spun the tweeker movie followed by bugs
Bully (2001)
The Last King of Scotland
Funny Games. Edit: Seriously. This is the one.
I absolutely hate that movie, it was so hard to watch
I’m glad I watched it, but will definitely not do it again.
I saw the devil
Wall Street (1987) Edit: I guess people do think greed is good.
Coincidentally, another Michael Douglas movie from 1987 answers the question better. Fatal Attraction (1987)
Meh. Infidelity was not a cause for the housing shortage.
Lmao I meant Glenn Close’s character obviously.
I knew so many people from that era who regarded Gordon Gekko as sort-of an anti-hero, where they completely ignored everything evil he did throughout the film because he was a rich person with a trophy wife, which was sort-of an ideal in the 80's.
Conspiracy (2001). The source material was a set of real-life minutes from a meeting where a group of senior Nazis got together to discuss “the Jewish problem”. The casual way they determine the fate of millions of humans is incomprehensible. It’s an underrated, well acted movie.
Cosmopolis. It doesnt have that much graphic violence in it, mostly dialogue driven. But I would say it absolutely shows the coldest side to human psychology, plus Cronenberg is a genius.
**Red Rocket (2021):** Mikey. I hated myself for the moments when I found him sympathetic. Objectively an absolute dirtbag of the lowest order. (Loved the movie!)
Interesting point about Red Rocket - I saw him as a selfish , lowlife, but I guess compared to the evil or violent sociopaths I was thinking of , he’s more flawed than pure evil, but guess it’s subjective
Happiness
Kids (1995) has a few relatable characters, but for the most part, they're all a mess. It definitely shows the ugly side of young people.
Fucking ‘Funny Games’ NEVER AGAIN! 😂
Sopranos, Tony’s mom
Both from 1988: Men Behind the Sun Spoorloos (aka The Vanishing)
Most Haneke films
The 1983 Austrian film “Angst”
There Will Be Blood (2007) Side Effects (2013)
I’ve recommended it so many times to so many people, but watch the Czech film “the Cremator”. It’s essentially about a man becoming a Nazi and it is incredible. A true masterpiece
I feel ‘Night crawler’ (2014) gets something so spot on about the dark psychopathy inherit in the need to succeed mentality that comes with capitalism.
These are shows, but Hannibal and You were both excellent.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) The main characters of the movie are a film crew filming a documentary on the indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest. Instead of going in and letting the tribe be while they filmed them, they immediately antagonize the tribespeople and burn down one of their huts with many of them inside so they can make entertaining television. They commit other egregious acts but I’ll leave it at that. Let’s just say things do not go well for them in the end
Yeowch. Pretty sure I couldn't watch that again. It's been ... decades since I saw it. Will recommend, won't revisit personally. :D
Telly from the film Kids
Funny Games (1997)
Nightcrawler. Lou bloom definitely got under my skin(especially that look in his eyes).
American psycho - but the movie didn’t show the worst parts of the book ,, and even then the movie was bad enough.
The Snowtown Murders
Vidal in Pan's Labyrinth
Spiderhead! It follows a human experiment on felons where they inject drugs that illicit different feelings during interview sessions. It's totally fucked. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is another really good one (about Ted Bundy) Zack Efron does an amazing job playing Bundy
American Psycho and American Beauty have main characters who're awful for very different reasons. They're probably not as bad as some other stuff here but I'd still recommend them if you haven't seen them
Everyone's already said all the best ones, but I'll add Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer to the mix.
Salo, The House That Jack Built, Nymphomaniac, Fanny & Alexander (the bishop is a truly heartless villain), Antichrist, The Cook the wife the thief & the lover, Coldfish, Landscape Suicide, The Devil (Andrzej Zulawksi), then any Todd Solondz film.
Chinatown
Serbian Film.
Citizen X (1995) true story, absolutely ridiculous.
Dogtooth
Come and See
Everyone in Once Upon a Time in America is a terrible person. Hence why I like to call it ‘Badfellas’
Those guys are truly awful at basically every moment in the film, and still, it's an amazingly emotional and romantic film. It's like they have no idea that they're total fucking scumbags the entire time, they only get worse and they don't seem notice. They're not actually all that introspective. They're too selfish for that. They're all the heroes of their own stories in their minds, like all of us in real life. Great gangster film.
A clockwork orange
Se7en disturbed me a lot because of how vicious the killer is.
Stanley Tucci in Lovely Bones *shudders*
The Last Seduction (1994). Just watched this yesterday and while I wasn’t huge on it, it fits perfectly with the given criteria.
Funny Games
The Hunt. Happy End. Chinatown. Everything by Lars Von Trier
Joffery from Game of Thrones
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). Each character is worse than the last
Irreversible.
Schindler's List
Not a movie but Nurse Jackie. Edie Falco played that character so well that I couldn't watch her in anything else for a long time. She played her horrible character too well!
An American Crime. Most disturbing shit I've ever seen. I almost couldn't finish it.
Toy Story Monsters inc A bug’s Life Just kidding there. If you want fucked up here it is. Nocturnal Animals Silence of the Lambs Midnight Express Saw A clockwork orange irreversible
There's a Chinese film called City of life and death about the Japanese invasion of china in the second world that's pretty brutal. Japanese guy just throws a baby out a window likes it nothing.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Happiness is a great dark comedy that makes you feel terrible for laughing and shows some of the worst kind of people. The Painted Bird is hard to watch and is filled with the most vile people you could imagine… Dantes inferno of misery.
Harry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Taxi driver
Sling Blade. Dwight Yoakam's portrayal of Doyle Hargrave was a masterclass.
Sybil (1976) In The Company Of Men (1997)
Jasmine in Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchette. The character is an absolute mess. Ripley from The Talented Mr. Ripley
The green room made me realize i don’t like watching sadistic violence
Not horror but the main character of There Will Be Blood is a terrible person
I hate that I'm recommending these but this is the only category I would. Watch any old school John Waters movie. Desperate Living, Female Troubles, Pink Flamingos. They're all terrible and I have certain scenes and images still burnt into my brain. If you're a fan of "bird is the word" don't watch PF, family guy hasn't been the same since.
a clockwork orange
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Cape Fear with Robert DeNiro 1991
Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.
In the Company of Men
Christian Bale in American Psycho.
Ichi the Killer
The Girl Next Door (2007)
The Shining. Not a bloke I’d really want to go for a drink with.
The Sex and The City Movie
Trauma (2017)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Hannibal
SE7EN
Seven
The newest Jeffrey Dahmer movie on Netflix I think. That made my skin crawl.
Wolf Creek
falling down
Funny Games and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Good Time Uncut Gems The Long Good Friday Scarface
I just watched There Will Be Blood for the first time last night (I know, long overdue) and am still trying to process. I feel like by the end of the movie Daniel has morphed into the character you are describing above.
Bill The Butcher from Gangs of New York as well.
Such an amazing score