Best Despair Movies & TV Series

The 34 best-rated despair movies and TV series on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Downfall 2004 ★ 7.9

Umberto D. 1952 ★ 7.9

Top Boy 2019 ★ 8.0

Lilya 4-ever 2002 ★ 7.6

Threads 1985 ★ 7.6

The Life of Oharu 1952 ★ 7.7

Street of Shame 1956 ★ 7.7

Once Were Warriors 1994 ★ 7.4

Dead Man Walking 1995 ★ 7.3

Collateral Beauty 2016 ★ 7.2

A Place Close to Heaven 1952 ★ 8.2

Kolya 1996 ★ 7.4

127 Hours 2010 ★ 7.1

The Phone Call 2013 ★ 7.3

First Reformed 2018 ★ 7.0

Dodes'ka-den 1970 ★ 7.1

Distant Lights 2003 ★ 7.4

Stolen Away 2020 ★ 6.9

Lights in the Dusk 2006 ★ 6.8

Buried 2010 ★ 6.6

NiNoKuni 2019 ★ 6.6

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987 ★ 6.6

The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 ★ 6.5

The Fare 2018 ★ 6.5