Best Depression Movies

The 93 best-rated depression movies 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.

8½ 1963 ★ 8.1

Memoir of a Snail 2024 ★ 8.0

Me Before You 2016 ★ 7.9

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 ★ 7.8

The Whale 2022 ★ 7.8

Close to the Horizon 2019 ★ 7.8

Aftersun 2022 ★ 7.7

All the Bright Places 2020 ★ 7.6

Taste of Cherry 1997 ★ 7.7

Detachment 2011 ★ 7.6

Better Man 2024 ★ 7.6

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 ★ 7.6

Harold and Maude 1971 ★ 7.6

Synecdoche, New York 2008 ★ 7.5

Oslo, August 31st 2011 ★ 7.5

Ordinary People 1980 ★ 7.4

Happiness 1998 ★ 7.4

Diana: In Her Own Words 2017 ★ 7.7

Lolita 1962 ★ 7.3

Little Women 1994 ★ 7.3

Red Desert 1964 ★ 7.3

The Hours 2002 ★ 7.3

Dolores Claiborne 1995 ★ 7.3

Boiling Point 2021 ★ 7.2