Saddest film you've ever seen

willmunny1990

Just watched Inside Out and Im not ashamed to say I wept.

Thought it was brilliant, very clever and probably one of if not the best animated movies I have seen, so many themes explored on a really intriguing topic. Really hits you in the right spots.

Toy Story 3 is another one, when he's giving the toys away and the inferno scene, when they all just accept the inevitable.

When I was younger Armageddon got me but not so much when I re watched it.

Green Mile is another.

So, what are the saddest most emotionally soul crushing films you have ever seen?

venomousfrog

E.T gets me all the time.

Aimeee

Terms of Endearment
Still Alice
and
Schindlers List (that little girl in the red coat is forever in my brain).
Two more: Oranges and Sunshine (kind of wish I'd never watched it sometimes) and there's one with Robin Williams, have to google;
What Dreams May Come.

long_b

"Breaking the waves"
Wouldn't recommend it.
"Who will love my children?"
Sadder than sad

willmunny1990

Aimeee wrote: »

Terms of Endearment
Still Alice
and
Schindlers List (that little girl in the red coat is forever in my brain).

I forgot about this even though Ive only recently re watched it.

The end always gets me, when he's given the ring.

IvySlayer

Children of Men is fairly depressing

Tigger

boy in the striped pjs

Slydice

It's hard to say what's the saddest. I know I've seen many.

My first reaction to your thread was:
Grave of the Fireflies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies

Recently, there was A Monster Calls:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Monster_Calls_(film)
This one was sad from its core. There's no catch. There's no twist and it still got me.

I found Seven Pounds very sad but it's one that probably depends on how ya take it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Pounds

The Fault In Our Stars was another recent (ish) one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fault_in_Our_Stars_(film)

Oh just looking there and remembered:
Million Dollar Baby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby
I remember feeling like I'd have to check all Clint Eastwood directed films after this.

There's so many more, I've probably even forgotten some that were very sad for me.

chicorytip

The Champ

job seeker

Simon Birch..

Noveight

Braveheart and Michael Collins both always got to me despite their historical inacurracies. Indeed, I'm a hoor for a martyr

Aimeee

long_b wrote: »

"Breaking the waves"
Wouldn't recommend it.
"Who will love my children?"
Sadder than sad

Breaking the Waves is super depressing. Emily Watson is brilliant in it though. One of the reasons I watched Oranges and Sunshine (also very depressing and sadly closely related to Irelands history of child abuse/mistreatment at the hands of 'carers').

TPF2012

Manchester by the Sea. Saddest film I ever saw, especially since I've just become a father myself.

Slydice

Awe I forgot A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence
It's ending is really sad but I think it needed me to have invested in the boy (robots) story.

CaptainR

+1 for Million Dollar Baby, really heart wrenching. I've seen it the once and I don't think I'd actually watch it again it was that depressing.

willmunny1990

long_b wrote: »

"Breaking the waves"
Wouldn't recommend it.
"Who will love my children?"
Sadder than sad

Yeah, I read the synopsis of that and there is no way im going near it.

derfderf

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Toy Story 3 is another one, when he's giving the toys away and the inferno scene, when they all just accept the inevitable.
.....

Watch the start of Up....

Sexual Chocolate

Marley and Me

O.A.P

Song for a raggy boy

claresmurf

Seven Pounds

_CreeD_

The Fountain

Surreptitious

Cinderella Man, Warrior, The Notebook, The Patriot.

NikoTopps

Prayers for Bobby or Marley&Me.Both have me in tatters afterward

Surreptitious

Philadelphia, Where the red fern grows (it's ancient).

OleRodrigo

+ 1 for Grave of the Fireflies.

Its so sad I watched it again to see if I was in a funny mood the first time. But no, it was still as sad.

matrixf

More of a documentary but dear Zachary is incredibly sad

As for movies
Philadelphia end scene coupled with Neil youngs tiltle song always gets me!
About time another that surprised me how sad it made me feel
Requiem for a dream
Green mile

Timberrrrrrrr

City of angels

Of mice and men

Mountainsandh

Well worth a watch even with subtitles : Le Huitieme Jour (really, I have shown this to many people here and no none has ever regretted) and La Haine.

Both sad but brilliant.

yerwanthere123

Million Dollar Baby
Brokeback Mountain
Manchester By The Sea
Schindler's List

Obviously there's a lot more but these are the first that jump to mind.

Life is Beautiful- i can't even talk about this film without crying.

NIMAN

This one scene is probably one of the saddest for me

pilly

+ 1 on The Champ for me.

Still makes me bawl.

Dynomutt

My Dog Skip - I'm not even a dog person, but that ending makes me weep every time.

Ranjo

Inside Out, same as the OP. Just watched it the other day.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Also made me fairly sad for a few days.

con___manx1

This is my father

Jawgap

pilly wrote: »

+ 1 on The Champ for me.

Still makes me bawl.

+1

"Wake up Champ......wake up!!" I always get something in my eye about then
.

The first 15/20 minutes of "Up" were traumatic!!

And "Glory" when they are lining up to charge the fort.

Lorelli!

Kes

Brief_Lives

Awakenings, with DeNiro and Robin Williams... right in the gets...

tampopo

Tarka the otter.

madmaggie

The Killing Fields. A horrifying depiction of man's inhumanity to man.

Day Lewin

"Sophie's Choice"
Brrrr....

Tom Mann Centuria

A. I. and Boy in the striped pyjamas. Can't bring myself to watch either of them again.

AndyBoBandy

Not a sad film, a comedy, but when watching Trains, Planes & Automobiles when I was a kid I cried when I realised John Candy's wife was dead all along.

Probably the first & only time I cried watching a movie.

Easy Rod

Another vote for Manchester by the sea, the scene where he meets his ex wife is heartbreaking.

Also, A perfect World with Kevin Costner...not too well know but I watched it when I was a kid and it stuck with me.

Sam Kade

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Just watched Inside Out and Im not ashamed to say I wept.

Thought it was brilliant, very clever and probably one of if not the best animated movies I have seen, so many themes explored on a really intriguing topic. Really hits you in the right spots.

Toy Story 3 is another one, when he's giving the toys away and the inferno scene, when they all just accept the inevitable.

When I was younger Armageddon got me but not so much when I re watched it.

Green Mile is another.

So, what are the saddest most emotionally soul crushing films you have ever seen?

Yes sir boss.

mrcheez

Surprised no one has mentioned "Watership Down"

As soon as Bright Eyes comes on I get a lump in my throat

runnerholic

"The Fault In Our Stars". Went through a few tissues watching this.

Brian CivilEng

My Girl. One of the first films I ever saw in the cinema. Still makes me cry.

thisistough

Pay It Forward absolutely killed me

TerrorFirmer

Of all time - Schlinders List hands down for me. The whole film is just testament to how low humanity can stoop (notwithstanding that it's also about good people who sacrifice everything to help others).

Recently - Manchester By the Sea. Some very haunting, uncomfortable scenes in that movie.

Honorable mention - Irreversible. Just a tragic film about senseless acts and the reality that the world is full of horrible people that get away with what they do.

razorblunt

Requiem for a Dream, I won't ever watch it again and I mean that in the best way possible.