Not Again: 24 Great Films Too Painful To Watch Twice  Not Again:
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1. Requiem For A Dream (2000)  Darren Aronofsky's brutal
adaptation of Hubert Selby's novel depicts the horrors of
substance abuse in many forms—heroin, pot, caffeine,
prescription pills, hope—with such visceral, breathtaking force
that shell-shocked audiences were forced to think long and hard
about pouring that first cup of coffee the next day. The result
is one of the only genuinely effective, non-hysterical anti-drug
movies ever made. Dream flirts extensively with delirious camp
during its fever dream of a climax, but retains a pummeling
power thanks to Aronofsky's unblinking willingness to trawl deep
into the bowels of hell alongside his heartbreakingly fragile
characters.  2. Dancer In The Dark (2000)  Starting with 1996's
Breaking The Waves, writer-director Lars von Trier all but
commandeered the genre of fascinating, beautifully wrought
movies that are too agonizing to sit t