That is an exact description of how I feel about both movies as well.

RFAD 3
The Basketball Diaries 0

Requiem For A Dream - 4
Basketball Diaries - 0

i like the mean realism of Requiem....and the fact that all of the character are horrible people who for the most part deserve what happens to them...except for maybe the mother....although i still find her character to be very flawed....i also like the fact that he casted Hubert Shelby Jr for a small "speaking" role

I have a feeling I should have picked some other movie to compete with Requiem For a Dream. But I couldn't think of a universally known and seen drug movie which is also so good like Requiem. Oh well...

Requiem For A Dream - 5
Basketball Diaries - 0

what? i think the story here is how addiction can make you so desperate as to do these terrible things. not how they were jackasses to start with.

hmm...i see it as the drugs are more of a fuel on the fire of narcissistic people

And the winner is Requiem For A Dream, obviously.

Next: battle of the 80s sci-fi horror

The Fly

vs

The Thing

The thing is probs the best film of it's type.
The Fly 0
The Thing 1

Well they are two damn quality films and the human angle on The Fly is superbly done amongst the grossness but there is no way on earth I will choose another horror over The Thing (apart from maybe the original Halloween), it's the absolute shit.*

The Fly 0
The Thing 2

*There is a prequel being filmed ATM. At least it isn't a remake and has the potential to be decent, however Carpenter is not involved at all :(
The Thing prequel gets a fiery first selection of images - Den of Geek

i think i'm gonna have to go with The Thing...i love Cronenberg's take of The Fly...but The Thing is still as fresh as it was in the 80's....just an all around great movie

The Fly - 0
The Thing - 3

Wow, two really good movies, but like everyone else so far I'm going to have to go with The Thing.

The Fly - 0
The Thing - 4