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Poll: Best Portrait of Depression

These characters are depressed, their face conveys sadness, and their lives make no sense to them. Who is the most depressive?

Discuss here

Results of 875 votes:

  1. 1.

    Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

     
    Travis Bickle
  2. 2.

    Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019)

     
    Arthur Fleck
  3. 3.

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