10 Heaviest Movies of the Last 15 Years

While film as a medium largely has the perception of being a source of entertainment and relief from the stresses of everyday life, this type of cozy, comforting energy is far from shared across every cinematic experience. There is also a selection of films that, through the art form and strengths of storytelling, utilize the medium to delve into some demonstrably bleak and heavy subject matter, putting a pit in the stomach of the audience with deeply mature themes and content.