Your favorite saddest movies

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7_Sorrows said:
Hachi was emotional torture. a beautiful story, but I cried the whole last hour of the movie!

I am surprised no one has mentioned Love Story with Ali McGraw.

Brian’s Song was another sad one with James Caan.
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Love Story was sad. 😦

And what about the scene in The Champ with Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder?

I saw that perhaps 25 years ago, I haven’t seen it since, but oh my.:bighanky:
 
The Outsiders with Matt Dillon,Patrick SwYze,Ralph Macchio,Diane lane…Stay Golden😪
 
Irishmom2 said:
Unlike other people, my family doesn’t mind watching a movie that makes us cry. I don’t know why, perhaps to release some kind of pent up emotion. 🤷 But maybe because sadness is a part of the human experience. My children (all over 18 now) are all very thoughtful, sensitive and insightful with regards to people that struggle in life for whatever reason. I honestly believe that their viewing of certain movies taught them to have compassion towards others.

(I am not saying that these qualities can’t and haven’t been learned elsewhere, just that they contributed in my family.)
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I agree.

The first sad movie I remember is 1972’s Sounder. Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Yearling, Stand By Me, 1994’s Black Beauty, and War Horse are all sad “coming of age” movies that help young people become more compassionate and accepting of sadness, and help adults reconnect with tenderness they may have lost.
 
LOL. I know what you guys are saying is true for most people.
But honestly, I’ve had enough sadness in my life, thank yew very much. 😉
 
Jeanne_S said:
Pretty much all the ones on my list have been already mentioned.I do have a few more to add,The Deerhunter
It’s A Beautiful,Life
Saving Private Ryan
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By ‘It’s a Beautiful Life’ do.you mean the Italian film ‘La Vita e Bella’? A great film - amazing mix of comedy and sadness.
 
RPRPsych said:
What, no “Grave of the Fireflies” yet? :(:(😦
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I’ll second your mention of the “Grave of the Fireflies”. I know Japanese anime is often very serious, it’s certainly not just for children. and the opening scene indicates the kids didn’t survive, but I kept hoping something would happen to save them, but their situation just kept getting worse and worse. 😦 And although that story is set in post WWII Japan, it makes me think of all the other kids who died in a similar ways, in the many wars around the world.

And speaking of Japanese movies, I have seen the original Japanese movie that “Hachi” is based on. Even though I don’t even like dogs that much, I cried when Hachi is finally reunited with his master. It’s even sadder to know that Hachi actually DID exist, and DID actually wait for his master all these years. (AFAIK, there’s much less proof that Greyfriars Bobby actually existed; he may have, but the details of his story are rather vague and contradictory depending on the version.)

“Kid movies” usually don’t make me cry, but the opening sequence of “UP” certainly made me sniffle. That really was a rare “family” movie with a lot of depth.
 
ToeInTheWater said:
I’ll second your mention of the “Grave of the Fireflies”. I know Japanese anime is often very serious, it’s certainly not just for children. and the opening scene indicates the kids didn’t survive, but I kept hoping something would happen to save them, but their situation just kept getting worse and worse. 😦 And although that story is set in post WWII Japan, it makes me think of all the other kids who died in a similar ways, in the many wars around the world.

And speaking of Japanese movies, I have seen the original Japanese movie that “Hachi” is based on. Even though I don’t even like dogs that much, I cried when Hachi is finally reunited with his master. It’s even sadder to know that Hachi actually DID exist, and DID actually wait for his master all these years. (AFAIK, there’s much less proof that Greyfriars Bobby actually existed; he may have, but the details of his story are rather vague and contradictory depending on the version.)

“Kid movies” usually don’t make me cry, but the opening sequence of “UP” certainly made me sniffle. That really was a rare “family” movie with a lot of depth.
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Speaking of ‘family’ movies (although in a different sense) I just watched the Godfather trilogy, having only ever seen bits of the first movie previously.

One bit really got me choked up. It is the start of Part II where young Vito - as a 9 year old boy who.has just had his whole family wiped out by the Mafia - is shipped off by himself to America, where he doesn’t know the language and seems to have no connections. Imagine how traumatic that must have been!
 
LilyM said:
Speaking of ‘family’ movies (although in a different sense) I just watched the Godfather trilogy, having only ever seen bits of the first movie previously.

One bit really got me choked up. It is the start of Part II where young Vito - as a 9 year old boy who.has just had his whole family wiped out by the Mafia - is shipped off by himself to America, where he doesn’t know the language and seems to have no connections. Imagine how traumatic that must have been!
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The scene that is really sad for me is when he’s quarantined and then he sings to himself.
 
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