Most intense on-the-edge-of-your-seat film ever?

[Dragonbreathp9d]

Army of Shadows - a French film from the sixties about the french resistance during WWII. about 4 hours long... I was exhausted after that movie and my muscles hurt they were so tense! Not one moment were you given rest!

[AngryAmish]

1. The Disorderlies

[Phillycat]

2. The Descent was like being beaten up for two hours.

I was exhausted.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

5. The Descent was like knowing exactly what was going to happen for two hours

it was hilarious

[Phillycat]

6. Well, that's your opinion.

:shrug:

EDIT: why would you post a thread asking people for their opinion, and then ridicule them for their opinion?

[Dragonbreathp9d]

10. I was just giving my opinion of the movie

a lot of my film friends agree with you, but I didnt like it

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Things haven't changed while you were away...

:)

[Phillycat]

18. Really not!

:D

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. That was some scary sh*t. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Sorcerer (1977)

Trucking nitroglycerine through the jungle. More fun than "Ice Road Trucking".

Good soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.

[flvegan]

4. Parts of "Saving Private Ryan"

were, to me, very intense. The battle scenes were a little too realistic for me.

[MotorCityMan]

7. Aliens and Irreversible

Two VERY different films.

Aliens, once they go back to the alien planet, is incredibly intense. The scene where Ripley and Newt are trapped in room with the face huggers had me literally on the edge of my seat

Irreversible is a French film that is one of the most disturbing, intense films I have ever seen. Like Memento, the story is told backward. It is a very graphic film, also, with a rape scene that is unwatchable. The actress, Monica Bellucci, deserved a medal for appearing in it. The only reason I watched this one is that there was a controversy over the content. Being someone against ANY kind of censorship, I had to watch it to make up my own mind.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

11. Never seen irreversible, I'll have to check it out

[MotorCityMan]

13. Fair warning, it is not a pleasant experience

I would NEVER say to anyone "Don't see this movie", just because everyone's tastes are so different (I thought Forrest Gump was overrated). I will give a warning, though, if it is warranted, and this movie is really not for everyone. There is a very graphic, brutal murder scene in it, also.

The controversy over the film, in my opinion, was justified. The dvd box cover even has a warning on it.

It's like when Seven came out. I woman I worked with at the time told me to go see it. She said while it's an excellent movie, it's very disturbing and it will bother you. It did. I kept thinking about it, so I ended up calling my best friend and we went and saw Showgirls, which I knew would be a so-bad-it's-funny type movie. It was hilarious and took my mind of Seven.

[soleft]

23. I heard the rape was as disturbing as the murder

I saw several people walk out of the film while I was in the lobby at Angelika Film Center.

[MotorCityMan]

25. It was

I ended up fast forwarding thru it; it seems to go on FOREVER, and is too realistically done. As I said in my original post, the actress deserved a medal for her performance.

[soleft]

32. Monica Belluci who played Mary Magdelen in Passion of The Christ

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000899/

She was also in the 2nd Matrix movie.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. IMO Alien is more intense than Aliens

But that's me...

[MotorCityMan]

28. I liked both movies

Hell, I even liked Alien 3, which was pretty downbeat.

I orginally saw Alien in the theater in '79 when it first came out. I didn't know what to expect, and it scared the crap out of me. It was a very intense experience, especially that first viewing.

I always thought of Alien as more of a horror movie, in a sci-fi setting. Even though John Hurt's big scene has been seen/copied over and over (in fact, there is a similar scene in David Cronenberg's They Came From Within that predates Alien), it totally horrified me.

Aliens was much more an action movie with a very different feel to it.

[WeRQ4U]

8. Heat and Black Hawk Down...

I had white knuckles through the entire showing of Black Hawk.

And that gun fight on the streets in front of the bank in Heat... holy shit.

[cobalt1999]

9. "Das Boot" made me realize what stress the submariners went through.

The depth charging scenes had me stunned and on the "edge of my seat"

[RandomKoolzip]

12. Andy Warhol's "Sleep."

[jgraz]

14. Jaws

[Mad_Dem_X]

37. OMG, yes

I've seen it several times, and it still gets to me every time.

[hedgehog]

15. Arachnophobia

I swear it took forever to come out on DVD because it was so intense. My son and husband watched it on the edge of their seats. I watched it from the kitchen.

[MrCoffee]

19. Spellbound...yeah, that's right, the one about the spelling bee

that movie was intense.

[ironflange]

20. Rear Window

First time I saw it was in a revival-type movie house. It was packed, and although most of the people there had probably already seen it, there were many times when you could have heard a pin drop.

[formerrepuke]

21. "Diabolique"...the original, of course (1955).

[ceile]

22. For me it's "Run Lola Run"

I almost didn't want it to end.

[MotorCityMan]

29. Cool choice!

I loved that one. That is one I can watch over and over. Loved the soundtrack, and the movie is even more enjoyable with the volume turned way up.

[soleft]

24. Silence of the Lambs

[RebelOne]

26. "The Thing." The original one made in the 1950s. n/t

[Common Sense Party]

27. "Duel"

'Nuff said.

[Little Star]

30. The Game

Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.

[deucemagnet]

31. "Hard Candy"

Intense, with some interesting twists.

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34. "Good Burger"

Not knowing what that crazy duo was going to do next was a killer.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

35. "Brotha Reed, you have messed up my afro!"

that was an awesome movie

"I'm aware!"
"I thought you said you were Kurt?"