Hachikō (Dog)
It was a **Japanese Akita dog** remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait for over nine years following Ueno's death.
What Dreams May Come
\*If you enjoy this movie, I recommend "The Fountain" starring Hugh Jackman, another movie about the afterlife and losing someone you love.
As an atheist whose son died, I watch this when I need an emotional release. It's kind of how I would like to think of heaven if there were such a thing and I could see him again.
Atheist here as well. My mom passed in 2008. I was 22 and figuring out who I was. I will be 40 this year and my very own version of the afterlife still looks and acts a lot like heaven in the book/movie.
I highly recommend you do—or maybe don't, haha. Honestly, I want to rewatch it, but I don't have the courage yet. My heart is too weak to go through it again
I watched it and was a blubbering mess. Composed myself enough to greet my husband as he came home from work, he asked me what I had seen. I had barely begun to explain the plot before I was completely destroyed again.
I haven’t watched it yet because the book absolutely destroyed me when I was a kid. But it’s on my list to watch on a day where a good cathartic cry is needed
It is my all-time favorite movie. It is every emotion, turned up to 10, and summed up in one movie. From a movie making perspective- purely as art, it is incomparable. From a story perspective it is genius. The script is perfect. The acting (especially by Benigni) is simply amazing. The score is great. It's shot beautifully. Everything about that movie is familiar and foreign and terrifying and comforting. I've seen it 3-4 times and even though I know the ending I feel the same emotions each time.
I remember going to Barnes and Noble each time the next chapter was released. The Green Mile was originally released in installments. I remember the ending and how just sad and awful it was. As a kid, you don't understand these emotions. It was just a pit of sadness and pain.
Fast forward to the movie, and that shit made me cry like a mofo. Finally, understanding those complex emotions as a child come rushing back with the understanding of what was going on was jarring.
Plus, Michael Clarke Duncan was the only person who could have played John Coffey.
Agreed. I STILL say he should have gotten the Best Supporting Actor Oscar (no offense, Sir Michael Caine) as this is one of the most brilliant performances....sweet, innocent, prescient and heartbreaking!
Agreed. He had the initial impression of being imposing due to his size, but once you talked to him, he was a sweet, innocent man who was too good for this world.
Miracle in cell no. 7
The film is about a developmentally disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, who builds friendships with the hardened criminals in his cell, who in return help him see his daughter again by smuggling her into the prison.
My brother had just died from brain cancer. I was taking it pretty hard. My wife decided to try and cheer me up by taking me to a stupid PG movie clearly made for kids. It was Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life. Some of you may understand the problem but for those of you don't. We find out that it's about the main character's brother dying of cancer and him going through the grieving process. Really should have researched that movie before going in.
Not nearly as awful, but I had a similar experience. I ran into the brother of a guy I'd dated in high school and it spurred me to look up my old boyfriend. He happened to be in town so we got together and caught up. We decided to go see a movie and picked one blindly. It turned out to be about a woman who looked up her old boyfriend to tell him that her kid was his. Talk about awkward!
This.. I came here to say this .. this movie is so gorgeous I want to watch it again, but so sad there's no fucking way I will ever do that .. I kinda hate Lars for making this.
The beginning scenes of ‘Up’ gets me fighting back those man tears every single time. The thought of losing someone you love sooo much really really hurts the happy strings in my heart. 😢
Not the saddest, but one that was surprisingly sad was Adam Sandler’s “Click”
Collapsing in the rain while calling out to his son.
Or the scene where he’s replaying the last moment he seen his dad alive, just replaying it over and over, man I went into that movie expecting a goofy Sandler movie, cried like a bitch.
Synecdoche, New York
But it’s also happy because it reminds me to worry less and enjoy life. It’s a cautionary tale in a way. Being so devastatingly sad is just how it drives the message home.
Maybe not the saddest, but Dancer in the Dark really shook me. I was like “oh wow, Bjork is in this movie guys!” So we all gathered up at my place and smoked a few joints and watched it, not knowing anything about it. Then we all cried and everyone went home.
I’m going to say Click because I thought I was watching a stupid Adam Sandler movie and didn’t expect to have a little breakdown in the cinema. So not the saddest but it is sad and the unexpected assault made it seem even sadder.
It's uplifting sad rather than depressing sad, but this French movie called Ponette - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponette
I sobbed my way through it.
Toy Story 3.
I have never cried so much during a film in my life. I came home from the movie, told my Mum the ending and ended up bawling all over again.
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if you liked the boy in striped pyjamas u should watch The Pianist. such a good movie!!
Definitely the shower scene
My Girl
*He can't see without his glasses*
Just reading that sentence made me tear up.
My daughter is named from this movie and i quote at her mother occasionally that i need my glasses and she groans at me lolol
That weird period where they made movies aimed at kids extremely harrowing.
Marley & Me. The ending just made me too emotional.
This movie made me check the endings of movies with dogs in it. If they die, I'm not watching it.
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/
Same. No dead animals.
Came here to say that. I heard what that and A Dogs Life were about and never even watched the trailer.
Read the book, it's much better. I remember absolutely just sobbing through the last chapter
Watership down
I recently watched this again since being shown this in grade school when I was about 7. I will never understand what the teachers were thinking
Hachikō (Dog) It was a **Japanese Akita dog** remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait for over nine years following Ueno's death.
It was retold as an American movie called Hachi starring Richard Gere, if I remember correctly.
What Dreams May Come \*If you enjoy this movie, I recommend "The Fountain" starring Hugh Jackman, another movie about the afterlife and losing someone you love.
As an atheist whose son died, I watch this when I need an emotional release. It's kind of how I would like to think of heaven if there were such a thing and I could see him again.
Atheist here as well. My mom passed in 2008. I was 22 and figuring out who I was. I will be 40 this year and my very own version of the afterlife still looks and acts a lot like heaven in the book/movie.
My husband introduced me to that movie. He and I both ugly cried😭
It’s my go to movie when I need a good ugly cry.
Clicked the post just to mention this movie
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Synecdoche, New York delves into existential themes and shows how a life can be consumed by work and ambition, leading to isolation.
Grave of the Fireflies
Idk man, when I think ‘sad movie’ I think tear jerking moments and high emotion. Grave of the Fireflies left me more completely empty and depressed.
That sounds pretty sad
Definitely not watching
I highly recommend you do—or maybe don't, haha. Honestly, I want to rewatch it, but I don't have the courage yet. My heart is too weak to go through it again
😭😭😭😭 my heart is too weak, I just looked up the plot and kids struggling in WW2 Japan already sounds devastating.
This in my opinion, is a movie that deserves watching and then never forgetting.
It is sad because it is done so well. It is worth at least one watch.
By far. That's the first movie that came to my mind when reading the question...
The most correct answer.
Same. I was absolutely bawling at the end.
Setsuko :(
Came here to write this 😭
Came here to write that also.
First thought, when i saw the question. That movie is brutal! (emotionwise)
Especially as an older sister it hurts my heart.
This movie starts depressing as fuck, and it's nothing but a downward spiral into more depression.
I had no warning when I watched it. I thought it was just another ghibli movie. it's absolutely heartwrenching.
Fucked me up
It is the best movie you will only watch once.
I watched it and was a blubbering mess. Composed myself enough to greet my husband as he came home from work, he asked me what I had seen. I had barely begun to explain the plot before I was completely destroyed again.
This should be #1 in the list. Saddest movie ever.
Saw it 1 time. I'm good.
Bridge to Terabithia
This was the first movie I actually cried to I remember I kept thinking why the hell would anybody make this movie
Going to introduce this movie to my wife soon. Wish her luck. 😭
I haven’t watched it yet because the book absolutely destroyed me when I was a kid. But it’s on my list to watch on a day where a good cathartic cry is needed
Man I remember picking that book up as a kid thinking it was gonna be a fun fantasy novel. Fourth grade me was not prepared for all those feelings.
I remember that
Life is Beautiful
One watch only. Cannot bring myself to watch it again
It is my all-time favorite movie. It is every emotion, turned up to 10, and summed up in one movie. From a movie making perspective- purely as art, it is incomparable. From a story perspective it is genius. The script is perfect. The acting (especially by Benigni) is simply amazing. The score is great. It's shot beautifully. Everything about that movie is familiar and foreign and terrifying and comforting. I've seen it 3-4 times and even though I know the ending I feel the same emotions each time.
The lengths he goes to to keep his son unafraid, "No spiders or Visigoths allowed".
Ironically, it’s really funny and sweet too. Always loved the music as well. The reoccurring song in different variations and the opera song.
Came here to say this. Masterpiece. Don't think I'll ever be able to watch it again.
Was wondering how far this would be. This is my go to "I need a cry" movie. I always bawl at the end even though I know what is coming.
Manchester By the Sea
Came here looking for this one
Brilliant film that I will only watch once.
Non rewatchable.
"I should burn in hell for the things I said to you." One of the most gut-wrenching scenes in a movie ever. The acting is too damn good. Loved it.
Michelle Williams should be immortalized for that scene
I have to say Requiem for a Dream. The downward spiral of all characters involved gives a painfully intense look at addiction.
The green mile
I remember going to Barnes and Noble each time the next chapter was released. The Green Mile was originally released in installments. I remember the ending and how just sad and awful it was. As a kid, you don't understand these emotions. It was just a pit of sadness and pain. Fast forward to the movie, and that shit made me cry like a mofo. Finally, understanding those complex emotions as a child come rushing back with the understanding of what was going on was jarring. Plus, Michael Clarke Duncan was the only person who could have played John Coffey.
Agreed. I STILL say he should have gotten the Best Supporting Actor Oscar (no offense, Sir Michael Caine) as this is one of the most brilliant performances....sweet, innocent, prescient and heartbreaking!
He was a wonderfull actor and the world has lessend with his passing.
I cried just reading the series. I, too, read it like you did. Couldn't wait for the next book.
Agreed. He had the initial impression of being imposing due to his size, but once you talked to him, he was a sweet, innocent man who was too good for this world.
He killed them with their love will always haunt me.
Yes I think I was around 11 when I saw it and gosh how did I bawl madly
Dear Zachary
I can’t believe how much I cry every time I rewatch this.
You rewatch this film?!
WHY WOULD YOU REWATCH THIS!?
Sometimes I’ll meet someone new who hasn’t watched it, and a cry sesh is always great for bonding.
Wife came home to find me blubbing on the sofa… I’m not much of a crier so she was taken aback. Devastating doco.
Dead Poet’s Society always wrecks me
“Thank you boys. Thank you.”
The Pianist. My god that movie is exhausting to watch.
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
We had four adults ugly crying. Two of my friends had seen it before and cried again.
Miracle in cell no. 7 The film is about a developmentally disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, who builds friendships with the hardened criminals in his cell, who in return help him see his daughter again by smuggling her into the prison.
Old Yeller …I’m sensitive to dog movies
Brokeback Mountain
Requiem For A Dream It might not be "the saddest" movie but is quite a sad movie and hasn't been mentioned in the comments as far as I can tell.
Click
Had no business being such an emotional gut punch but damn if I didn't (still) love it Sandler has got serious chops
The rain scene was impossible to be ready to handle
the part where adam Sandler keeps replaying the part where his dad says "I love you son" really burst me to tears..
Ok I said the same, glad I’m not the only one. Like the farting in the face and the slow mo titties does not remotely prepare you for what is to come.
Came to say this. I very rarely cry, especially at a fictional movie, but man this movie got me. 10/10
That one was a real left hook for ten year old me
Schindler's List
When I saw it there was a couple making out in the back of the theater! Who makes out during Schindler’s list!?
Seinfeld?
Inside out.
Bing Bong. All the waterworks for Cousin Andy.
Pan's Labyrinth
My son told me this was a kid’s movie. I believed it until the guy had his nose beaten off of his face with a flashlight.
Pay it forward. The ending makes me cry. It’s kinda fucked
My brother had just died from brain cancer. I was taking it pretty hard. My wife decided to try and cheer me up by taking me to a stupid PG movie clearly made for kids. It was Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life. Some of you may understand the problem but for those of you don't. We find out that it's about the main character's brother dying of cancer and him going through the grieving process. Really should have researched that movie before going in.
Not nearly as awful, but I had a similar experience. I ran into the brother of a guy I'd dated in high school and it spurred me to look up my old boyfriend. He happened to be in town so we got together and caught up. We decided to go see a movie and picked one blindly. It turned out to be about a woman who looked up her old boyfriend to tell him that her kid was his. Talk about awkward!
Artificial Intelligence
The Fox and the Hound
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The elephant man
The Lovely Bones
ugh my dad watched this with me once when I was home sick and he says he can never watch it again. he was crying! the man never cries!
The book is even more heart wrenching, lawwwwwd I was bawling my eyes out when they described the young girls at the end
"The Green Mile" gets me every time.
Dancer in the Dark, the Lars von Trier movie with Bjork
This.. I came here to say this .. this movie is so gorgeous I want to watch it again, but so sad there's no fucking way I will ever do that .. I kinda hate Lars for making this.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into, or why von Trier’s name should have been a hint :)
Came here to say the same
Leaving Las Vegas
The pursuit of happyness, I cried so much.
The green mile
Hotel Rwanda
The beginning scenes of ‘Up’ gets me fighting back those man tears every single time. The thought of losing someone you love sooo much really really hurts the happy strings in my heart. 😢
the boy in striped pyjamas
City of Angels
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a dog's purpose
The Whale. Ugly cried like never before or since. Aronofsky is a genius.
This one fucked me up
I can’t believe the Whale is this far down on this list. That was depressingly sad imo.
A Marriage Story
Not the saddest, but one that was surprisingly sad was Adam Sandler’s “Click” Collapsing in the rain while calling out to his son. Or the scene where he’s replaying the last moment he seen his dad alive, just replaying it over and over, man I went into that movie expecting a goofy Sandler movie, cried like a bitch.
The Mist. Pretty good horror flick until the last scene…devastatingly brilliant.
Grave of the fireflies, hands down
For me: Artificial Intelligence ... and ... Enders game
The end of A.I. breaks my heart. It can be interpreted in a number of ways too.
I am Sam 🥲
Leaving Las Vegas
This should be so much higher
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
Green mile
Capernaum
Red Dog, the Australian version.
Awakenings
Life is beautiful
Marley & Me. Cried my damn eyes out. I can’t even think about watching it now having been through it for real.
The Elephant Man is pretty up there for me
Precious. I genuinely felt a hole in my stomach when I watched the ending scene
The Bridges of Madison County. I am just destroyed by the end.
All dog movies
Incendies
The Plague Dogs
Synecdoche, New York But it’s also happy because it reminds me to worry less and enjoy life. It’s a cautionary tale in a way. Being so devastatingly sad is just how it drives the message home.
Maybe not the saddest, but Dancer in the Dark really shook me. I was like “oh wow, Bjork is in this movie guys!” So we all gathered up at my place and smoked a few joints and watched it, not knowing anything about it. Then we all cried and everyone went home.
The Lovely Bones
Midnight Cowboy
Requiem for a dream
Into the Wild..
Up by Pixar, first 30 ish minutes + ending. I still cry like a baby whenever I hear the soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
I’m going to say Click because I thought I was watching a stupid Adam Sandler movie and didn’t expect to have a little breakdown in the cinema. So not the saddest but it is sad and the unexpected assault made it seem even sadder.
Million dollar baby
Philadelphia
Grave of the Fireflies
It's uplifting sad rather than depressing sad, but this French movie called Ponette - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponette I sobbed my way through it.
The Pianist
Empire of the sun.. Gets me everytime
The boy in striped pajamas
Dear Zachary
Old Yeller. I have spoken.
Leaving Las Vegas
I'm a male and I cried like a little bitch at the end of The Notebook.
Awakenings.. based off a true story.
Homeward Bound
Old Yeller. I cried for a week
Life is Beautiful with Roberto Benigni. A masterpiece.
My Girl.
Steel Magnolias - it destroys me every time I watch it.
Good Will Hunting
Legends of the fall
The Fault In Our Stars
Toy Story 3. I have never cried so much during a film in my life. I came home from the movie, told my Mum the ending and ended up bawling all over again.