Movies have a way of making us feel things, right? One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re tearing up. But some films take it a step further—they make you feel uncomfortable, even downright ...

Mr. Schonfeld is a cultural critic and the author of “How Coppola Became Cage,” a biography of Nicolas Cage. We live in stressful times, and that doesn’t stop even when we escape to the movies. You ...