Your favorite saddest movies

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No comedy films here, please. Rather, what are some of the saddest movies that you like? It can be a tear-jerker, drama, melodrama, or some other genre, of any country.

One of my choices is a film I saw as a child that affected me deeply: Old Yeller, about a boy and his dog.
 
Definitely Old Yeller. there was another one called Biscuit Eater.
a recent one is Hachi. a beautiful movie, but a real tear jerker.
Gone with the Wind and the Imitation of Life.
 
I have never really emotionally got over the death of Bambi’s mother…But I have never moved on from being a ten year old in many ways, according to my wife.
 
Where the Red Fern Grows is sadder than Old Yeller. I saw it with a room full of Marines and there wasn’t a dry eye in the place at the end. Dark Victory is a two hanky for me.
 
I know the whole movie isn’t sad, but the beginning of Up gets me every time. I watched it recently since I’ve been pregnant with my first, and the tears were worse than the previous times I watched it! I typically avoid movies that make me cry because I hate crying, but for some reason I come back for more with Up.
 
Catholic1954 said:
Where the Red Fern Grows is sadder than Old Yeller. I saw it with a room full of Marines and there wasn’t a dry eye in the place at the end. Dark Victory is a two hanky for me.
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Bette Davis gave a really good performance in Dark Victory. It has never made me cry though. I have never seen Where the Red Fern Grows. I don’t like to watch animal movies where they die.
 
For me, it’s Doctor Zhivago. It’s very easy for me to relate to the sadness of that film.
 
Well, The Empire Strikes Back ends with things looking grim for the Rebellion. Does that count? 😛 😉

EDIT: How could I forget … the death of Spock at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. “I have been, and ever shall be, your friend.” :bighanky:
 
Monte_RCMS said:
I don’t go to movies that would make me sad.
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A very sound principle. Sad movies can affect the stability of your heart rate and blood pressure, something I remember from my second-year pharmacology textbook. 🙂

I would watch a film which had other values but was incidentally sad (say, a movie about the life of a martyr), but “drama for its own sake” is unhealthy both physically and spiritually. Let’s not forget that “tragedy” was invented by Greek pagans, not Catholics. 😛
 
7_Sorrows said:
Bette Davis gave a really good performance in Dark Victory. It has never made me cry though. I have never seen Where the Red Fern Grows. I don’t like to watch animal movies where they die.
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There was a remake of Dark Victory with Elizabeth Montgomery, also very good and very sad.
 
The Yearling, I just watched it this past year. My FIL told us about it, I can’t believe I’d never heard about it before. If you like Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows, you’ll like The Yearling.
 
Well, a good movie that I thought was sad is “The Remains of the Day” .
Don’t ever put your job above personal happiness.

But this thread brings up a good point:
I don’t watch sad movies because for me, movies are an escape…entertainment, and I seldom am entertained by sadness.
I remember years ago, the press, critics, and most everyone were raving about “Terms of Endearment”.
I didn’t see it in the theaters, but everyone was talking about it, so when it came out at the video store, we rented it, to see what all the hype was about. I remember thinking (and still do think)
"I can’t believe I spent money to be this miserable, to see people treating each other so badly, and behaving so badly. It was sad. A sad commentary on a horribly flawed family.

Joe says to tell you all he votes for “Ghandi”.

Like Tom, perhaps it’s because Bambi scarred me for life. 🤷 😉
 
I would have to say the original Titanic, Terms of Endearment, and the English Patient.
 
Pianofish said:
I know the whole movie isn’t sad, but the beginning of Up gets me every time. I watched it recently since I’ve been pregnant with my first, and the tears were worse than the previous times I watched it! I typically avoid movies that make me cry because I hate crying, but for some reason I come back for more with Up.
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The beginning of Up makes me cry every time.
 
pianistclare said:
Well, a good movie that I thought was sad is “The Remains of the Day” .
Don’t ever put your job above personal happiness.

But this thread brings up a good point:
I don’t watch sad movies because for me, movies are an escape…entertainment, and I seldom am entertained by sadness.
I remember years ago, the press, critics, and most everyone were raving about “Terms of Endearment”.
I didn’t see it in the theaters, but everyone was talking about it, so when it came out at the video store, we rented it, to see what all the hype was about. I remember thinking (and still do think)
"I can’t believe I spent money to be this miserable, to see people treating each other so badly, and behaving so badly. It was sad. A sad commentary on a horribly flawed family.

Joe says to tell you all he votes for “Ghandi”.

Like Tom, perhaps it’s because Bambi scarred me for life. 🤷 😉
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mmmm… great minds think alike! Normally… I don’t watch tear jerkers either. Nothing is more embarrassing than crying over some movie! [at least for me]
 
pianistclare said:
Well, a good movie that I thought was sad is “The Remains of the Day” .
Don’t ever put your job above personal happiness.

But this thread brings up a good point:
I don’t watch sad movies because for me, movies are an escape…entertainment, and I seldom am entertained by sadness.
I remember years ago, the press, critics, and most everyone were raving about “Terms of Endearment”.
I didn’t see it in the theaters, but everyone was talking about it, so when it came out at the video store, we rented it, to see what all the hype was about. I remember thinking (and still do think)
"I can’t believe I spent money to be this miserable, to see people treating each other so badly, and behaving so badly. It was sad. A sad commentary on a horribly flawed family.

Joe says to tell you all he votes for “Ghandi”.

Like Tom, perhaps it’s because Bambi scarred me for life. 🤷 😉
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This makes a lot of sense. Often I see a movie not so much for the plot but because of the actors involved. I thought Terms of Endearment was overrated as a film but it’s always interesting to see Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. As I recall, the movie begins with a funeral and ends with a funeral and has a lot of suffering in-between. Not exactly an escape film.

Sometimes a basically funny movie can also be sad or perhaps philosophical. I found Woody Allen’s Annie Hall sad at the end, but the film also provided many good laughs.
 
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