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30 Movies With Extremely Upsetting Endings That You Probably Don’t Want To Watch With Your Kids
Interview With Expert
Time for a cozy movie night! Grab the popcorn, gummy bears, chocolate-covered raisins, and I'll prepare the fluffy blankets. Put on your PJs, grab your sparkling beverage of choice, and settle into the couch. Now, what would you like to watch this evening: an uplifting film full of laughter and joy or a depressing drama that will turn you into a puddle of tears?
Redditors have been discussing movies that have anything but a happy ending, so we’ve gathered some of the saddest ones below. If you’re looking for something to watch with your kids, you might want to skip these. But if you’re in the mood for some much-needed catharsis, keep these heartbreaking films in mind! And continue reading to find a conversation with John Barker, Managing Director at All The Right Movies.
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#1
The Green Mile.
I spent the whole movie hoping for the truth to come out and for him to be exonerated.
>!Then the truth comes out and everyone that matters is poised to do exactly that and the poor f**k is just so tired and beaten down from all the hate and hurt in the world that he just wants to get it over with. Everyone involved knows full and damn well he's innocent and they go ahead with the e*******n anyway, because this literal angel full of childlike love and innocence basically begs them to set him free from this mean a*s world. !<
It's one of only a couple of movies that are both on my "Favorite movies of all time" list and also on me "Can never ever watch it again" list.
talliloo 11 months ago
stephen king wrote a heart-wretching story. originally put out as a serial work it was frustrating to have to wait for the next installment as the story was riveting. so many time written works have been made into films and they fall short in the continuity of the story-this has happened several times with king's work. but this time the story and the casting was on point.
cecilia kilian 11 months ago
I read the books when they came out as a series. I re-watch the movie from time to time, and have shown it to family, friends, and some of my classes at school. Nobody ever said they would not watch it again. Many asked to borrow my dvd. The multiple plot threads touch so many issues that are at the core of our society, and mirror the emotions we all deal with. I am an unabashed Stephen King fan.
Alexandra Hughes 11 months ago
I’ve seen this movie many times; it’s one of my favorites. And I sob every. single. time. It’s actually very cathartic.
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#2
Stand By Me. Listening to narrator talk about how friends fade into obscurity and only memories remain becomes more relatable every time I watch it.
Awesomekip:
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”
Hits hard.
persephone134 11 months ago
And he waves to River Phoenix, who walks into the distance. Doubly sad.
Johnnynatfan 11 months ago
I was around 11 when this movie came out and watch its a lot. friends you have around that age are special and its a special time to be a kid. Old enough to retain memories but still young enough to want to be a kid.
SkippityBoppityBoo 11 months ago
For me it's the part where River Phoenix fades after walking away...
Mama Clare 11 months ago
It was when they found Ray Brower that got me.. That image has NEVER left my head
#3
Dead Poets Society.
ihavesomestuff:
In my top 10 favorite movies. One of the few movies that destroyed me emotionally but I've still watched multiple times. It's just that good.
cecilia kilian 11 months ago
I am so old I had it on vcr. I think it conveys a really significant message about integrity and independant thinking.
To learn more about some of these surprisingly sad films, we reached out to John Barker, Managing Director at All The Right Movies. He was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and discuss some films that would certainly fit on this list.
"Some of the most memorable films ever made have downbeat endings: Casablanca, where Rick sacrifices his chance at happiness with Ilsa is timeless," John shared. "A more modern (and equally devastating) one is Million Dollar Baby, where Frankie turns off Maggie's life-support system."
"Maybe the saddest for me, though, is Chinatown, where Evelyn is shot, and her daughter is left alone with her abusive father," the cinephile says. "Truly tragic and highlights the theme of the film, the futility of fighting corruption."
#4
Hands down it's Grave of the Fireflies.
ravravioli:
In the 90s, my parents found this movie for us because we loved Totoro. They put it on for us and then went out to dinner. They came back to utter chaos. 20+ years later I am still traumatized.
PeepPeep the duck 11 months ago
Accidentally traumatised my ex with this one too. The whole way through is so emotional
Bill Swallow 11 months ago
Yeah, it's Studio Ghibli, but not *Hayao Miyazaki*. 'Grave' was directed by Miyazaki's partner Isao Takahata. As I recall, Ghibli had some sort of mandate to do 'culturally relevant' films or some such. 'Grave' and 'Totoro' were released as a double bill, with Grave going first, followed by Totoro as a sort of 'pallet cleanser', so to speak. I have a copy of Grave of the Fireflies on DVD. It is a *very* powerful film, not for everyone. If you can watch it through and endure its message, it is worth watching as a reminder of harsh realities. But I agree - very few people need to see it more than once in a lifetime.
talliloo 11 months ago
have read so many things about this film and i have yet to see it. keep trying to find it so i can self-traumatize myself.
Bored Potato 11 months ago
Yep knew it was gonna be there. My mom spent 3 rolls of toilet paper on this. Yes, 3.
afia kooma 11 months ago
Is this the one where they jump of the train and robots follow and shoots the Mother? If it is, then it messed with both my brother an I..
#5
What Dreams May Come.
anon:
I was scrolling through to see if this had been mentioned. That whole movie is sad and depressing. Beautifully done and an incredible performance by Robin Williams but good lord I can’t watch it again.
Tamra 11 months ago
I'm pretty sure I may have actually been dehydrated after watching this, because of all the crying.
Nikole 11 months ago
I saw it in the theatre with my mom and younger brother. It was soooooo difficult not to burst out in loud sobs. It sounded like everyone in the theatre was crying. Beautiful movie though.
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#6
My girl. His glasses, he can't see without his glasses.
Professional-Text495:
Saw that movie in the theatre. No one expected that- they thought it was going to be another comedy from that kid in Home Alone.
My biggest memory from that movie was walking up the aisle and seeing kleenex all on the ground from people wiping their tears.
It was several years later when I'd see that much kleenex on the ground leaving a theater, but that time it was for "eyes wide shut."
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Kids dying has always hit me harder than anything else (though I guess that's understandable since two of my brothers died before I was 20).
SkippityBoppityBoo 11 months ago
When I'm gone... I've left explicit instructions with people that I want to be buried with my crutches and calipers, my glasses... So I can do and see in the afterlife... But also to go through my flat and burn or remove any "personal pleasure thingys"!!! 😁😁😁
On the other hand, we wanted to know if there were any upsetting films that John wouldn't ever want to watch again.
"Requiem for a Dream is one; a film about addiction that ends with all characters in varying states of ruin," he shared. "A finale far too bleak for more than one viewing - for me, anyway."
"The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: Set during the H*******t, the ending involves the death of the main characters," he continued. "Something we've seen before, but the way in which it happens (no spoilers) is pretty shattering, and unexpected."
"The one that stayed with me the longest was probably Grave of the Fireflies," John added. "It's an animation, but there's not much you can call fun about it. Set during World War II and following the tale of two orphans, describing the end would reveal too much. It's superb, but you'll probably not want to watch it again."
#7
The boy in the striped Pajamas.
PaperStSoapCO_:
God damn I recently rewatched this and it f****d me up real good. Everything about it, obviously the ending but I was bawling through the entire thing. It hurts me.
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Fantastic book and movie though. Also, you have to expect that it's going to be depressing, given the subject matter.
PeepPeep the duck 11 months ago
I made my bf watch this one last week, it’s so well written and has some awkwardly funny moments between the kids etc but yeah that ending is a full on as that ghibli WW2 anime (I forget the name right now)
Jesse 11 months ago
You mean Grave of the Fireflies? It's currently #1 on this list
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale - a serious tearjerker this one.
michyeosseo1998:
Even to this day, I tear up the moment I hear the soundtrack of the movie, let alone watch the movie itself...
Rosie Hamilton 11 months ago
Same. Doesn't matter how good the movies are, I know how distressing I would find it.
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Featherytoad 11 months ago
I will probably never watch this again. The whole story is so burned into my memory that I just don't want to, not to mention that it's based/inspired on a true story.
Lost Panda 11 months ago
My wife found it funny that I cried at this. Japanese emotions are weird XD
Surly Scot 11 months ago
They went from genocide in WW2 to Hello Kitty in only 29yrs. The Japanese are an interesting bunch!
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The Land Before Time.
That's a tragedy for those poor dino kids. Heck. That movie even reminds me of my dead pets. To top it off, the melancholic tone of "If We Hold On Together" by Diana Ross as its main theme. It gets me everytime.
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 11 months ago
I measure how devastating a movie is by Land Before Time. "Hey, Sophia, have you seen {x movie}?" "Don't see it! It's worse than Land Before Time!"
Finally, we wanted to know if John believes viewers should go into a film knowing that there will be a sad ending or if the element of surprise can make these endings more powerful.
"Knowing a film has a sad ending allows the viewer to prepare themselves, meaning they can focus on how the story is crafted, or on what the message of the film is - this is probably a benefit for more artistic filmmakers," he noted. "On the other hand, the act of unfolding a story can be an artform in itself. A sad ending can be a more powerful and memorable way to climax your story, and the user not knowing what is coming allows a filmmaker to build narrative tension - a key part of many films."
#10
Million dollar baby
xMCioffi1986x:
Yeah, there's no tiptoeing or silver lining, it's just brutally honest "your life can completely change in a split second and sometimes there is no happy ending."
Laura Noemi Diaz 11 months ago
Oh no, I've forgotten about this one. Not going to watch this one ever again. Brilliant but disturbing
Binky Melnik 11 months ago
I had to be carried out of the movie theatre after this one. I was a mess. The next day, a close friend said to me “She coulda refused medical care.” 😳 Yeah; he was absolutely right. Then there’d be no movie, though, so she had to do the dumb thing (not refuse it) and struggle to die.
afia kooma 11 months ago (edited)
Boys dont cry is another great movie of hers. It hurts just thinking about it
Foxglove🇮🇪 11 months ago
When we watched it the second time, I couldn't believe my husband didn't remember how it ends.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Also that some of us just have sh*t families who will be vultures at your lowest point.
Pedro Vazquez 11 months ago
I saw this movie some years ago, never to see it again, I promised myself.
#11
Pan's Labyrinth.
Kuhneel:
Between the bottle scene and the ending, I don't think I could sit through it again.
Amazing, but emotionally exhausting.
Rachelle 11 months ago
Okay, not a popular opinion, but for me the ending WAS happy. Whether it was her fantasy or not, Ofelia found the family she was searching for and was reunited with the idealized version of her mother and father in a world that radiates joy and love. The world she left was one of hurt, betrayal, famine and depression. I think a lot of people would love that after a life of misery.
Libstak 11 months ago
Exactly, she found her way home through love of her brother over herself, Pan was her guide and teacher through the Labyrinth of a material world filled with horrors and temptation to be selfish and greedy.
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Alethea Wiesner 11 months ago
After seeing previews and thinking it was a gorgeous fantasy, I brought a first date to this. We ended up cringing in our chairs. At one point he whispered to me "what have you brought me to?"
Sarah Bailey 11 months ago
This is one of my comfort movies. I've watched it many, many times.
#12
Old Yeller. Sad ending for a good dog.
Scott Rackley 11 months ago
We had to read that book in 8th grade. Jesus that's heavy reading for that age.
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I will not watch movies where the dog dies. Even Cujo. It was not his fault he was bitten by that bat.
"It can depend on genre too," John continued. "Going into a war or horror film, a viewer has certain expectations and is probably more prepared for a potential sad ending than they might be if watching another genre. This is one of the reasons Grave of the Fireflies hits so hard."
"As with many things in movies, to say which 'works better' is totally subjective," the cinephile added. "Most viewers probably want to have expectations subverted. There are some, though, who might find a shock, sad ending genuinely upsetting. Cinema is all about storytelling so it is - or should be - the filmmaker's call on how the story is told. If they think the tale works best with a sad ending - surprise or not - they are the ones to make that creative decision."
#13
Marley and me.
Oh god I started watching this, got sucked in even though I KNEW how the ending would go. My bf came home in the middle of it, asked me why the f**k was I watching this, and then just handed me a roll of toilet paper. (We only bought actual Kleenex if someone was sick.) PS I used half of it.
Dar Mal 11 months ago
I never watch a film that has an animal/pet in the title.....Walt Disney taught me that...
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Black Beauty destroyed me as a kid. I didn't learn. I watched Marley & Me. I didn't learn. I watched Hachi, cried for 2days straight, finally learned never to watch a movie about an animal because there's not enough Kleenex in the world.
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I avoid any movies where there might be a death of a pet. I just can't do it.
William Teach 11 months ago
Loved this movie. I'd give it 5 stars out of 5. But, I cannot take the last 20 minutes, just a weep fest knowing what is coming
#14
The Fox and the Hound.
arothmanmusic:
I saw that in the theatre as a birthday party. You know what ruins a birthday party? A bunch of crying children. That ruins a birthday party.
Vanessa Steis 11 months ago
I watch it every few years 'cause it's one of my favorites, but I cry every time.
Mama Clare 11 months ago
I cannot watch this.. I dread the day when my kid asks me to watch it with them..
#15
Requiem for a Dream.
connorlukebyrne:
Best movie no one ever wants to watch twice.
Johnnynatfan 11 months ago
Ive seen it a few times only because I watched it with people who had never seen it before. It does not get any easier to watch. Its such a sad movie
Laura Noemi Diaz 11 months ago
This one. I couldn't stop crying when it finished. Broke my heart into pieces
Debbie 11 months ago
My boyfriend and I were doubting between Moulin Rouge and this one, I wanted Moulin Rouge but he preferred this one. We went to see Requiem for a dream. I'm sure he regretted it. I was in a bad mood for two weeks and didn't want to be touched by him. The film was so so real. I could really see how this would be reality for too many people, women especially.
#16
Se7en
Cynthus68:
This is the one that popped into my head right away. That was horrible. Definitely no warm and fuzzy feels with that ending.
"What's in the boooox?"
Jayne Gilbert 11 months ago
First movie I saw where nobody in the theatre got up during the credits!
#17
Bridge to Terabithia, I saw that movie as a kid and rewatched it last year and again I cried like a b***h.
Kotekan:
I was NOT prepared for that in the slightest, me and my best friend sat in shock.
Sven Grammersdorf 11 months ago
I read the book in the mid-90s, very sad. Never saw the film
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Beak Hookage 11 months ago
That movie really got screwed over by the dishonest marketing, which made it look like a whimsical Narnia style fantasy adventure story. If I'd known what it actually was going in, I probably would have enjoyed it instead of being pissed that it wasn't what the trailer had promised.
CP 11 months ago
The trailer is to a movie what a headline is to an article. The creator typically has nothing to do with both.
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One who flew over the cuckoo's nest.
#19
The Mist. I think it's why they made an alternate ending.
Anon:
One of the only movies I can remember watching in theater that had me legit mad after walking out, because it was just so good, but so painful.
I didn't even realize until seeing it pointed out later down the line that it was even worse because, as I recall, a woman who left early in the movie to save her kids, crying that nobody would come out to accompany her, was part of the group of people being escorted by the military.
F**king hell, that movie is a good one.
marianne eliza 11 months ago
Too bad they had to make up a different ending for the movie than what is in the book. But I guess the director wanted more blood, guts, and horror on screen instead of leaving it to the imagination.
SkippityBoppityBoo 11 months ago
I'll always prefer the book, because it was left on such an ambiguous ending... Btw The Mist has been made a few times so which one are we talking about?
William Teach 11 months ago
Well, it was supposed to be harsh. This was a Stephen King horror movie. The short story ended badly. The movie ended in Horror. Appropriately. I read a lot of horror, and some are meant to end Horror. That's the way the should. Read a book called In Hell by Marshall James
#20
Donnie Darko. That rendition of the song Mad World further makes the ending more depressing and full of dread.
#21
The Lovely Bones.
Sammie2Dope:
I cannot finish this movie without getting anxiety and stressing out. This is one of the saddest movies.
Foxglove🇮🇪 11 months ago
My name is Susie Salmon, like the fish. I was 14 when (??) murdered me. First line of the book.
Cosmos in your eyes 11 months ago
I read the book as a young adult and LOVED it. I saw it at the thrift store recently and bought it to re-read. Now as an older adult and mom, I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters before I had to stop reading.
Beak Hookage 11 months ago
It's just a shame the story kind of petered out once the "family tries to find the killer" plot ultimately goes nowhere.
#22
Forrest Gump!
I cry every single time I watch the scene where he visits Jenny's grave. Tom Hanks’ talent is extraordinary!
Surly Scot 11 months ago
When he starts crying saying "He's so smart, Jenny, he's so smart" about their son....floodgates open.
Binky Melnik 11 months ago
It’s the part right before that, when Forrest asks Jenny “Is he stupid?” It kills me every single time, thinking he’s made a bad baby. 😰😰😰 I just wanna take him in my arms and tell him he’s not stupid.
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Leaving Las Vegas.
moinatx:
This one wrecked me for some time. When people hate on Nic Cage as an actor I think about how affecting he was in this film.
SkippityBoppityBoo 11 months ago
From ImDb - "Nicolas Cage researched his character by binge drinking and visiting many hospitalized career alcoholics. Elisabeth Shue associated with prostitutes and interviewed them on the strip in Las Vegas. To get ready for his role, Nicolas Cage filmed himself drunk to study his speech patterns." ... Just going to leave that there because... This film is... Yeah.
talliloo 11 months ago
this is one of my ex's favorite films. he tried to get me to watch it so many times and i refused. i know the storyline and, in my opinion, don't want to watch someone in a downward spiral. maybe it was because of the job i worked at the time where i saw so many people struggle to overcome issues or the fact that i personally knew a person who was an alcoholic in self denial. just a big box of nope for this movie.
#24
No Country for Old Men. Nobody wins, except maybe Anton.
Research_Liborian:
This...x 10.
Only movie that ever left me hungover, despite my watching it completely sober.
#25
The road.
Cloaked42m:
I read the book. Once.
I'm never reading it again or watching the movie. They should have a warning on that thing.
Deborah 11 months ago
This is one of the very few movies mentioned here I've seen, and read the book. Oh dear God, I cannot do that again. Especially after Covid.
Lila Allen 11 months ago
I was working with my students and their English teacher assigned the book. I read the wiki summary and was so not ok. Begged their teacher to assign something else.
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Bonnie Buttons 11 months ago
That basement... I am a huge horror movie fan. But this... Nope. So many nopes...
CrunChewy McSandybutt 11 months ago
A barista once told me that Cormac McCarthy had written even more bleak storylines, and I said, "HOW???"
Ashtophet’sRevenge 11 months ago
One of the only books I’ve only read once… and I actively avoid the movie, thanks I have plenty of memories of the worst scenes…
RedandVine 11 months ago
I read the book years ago and I still think about that ending. Movie was traumatizing as well. Never again
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Watched the movie. Destroyed me. Was told there was a book that was even worse. Refused to read it after seeing the film because I don't earn enough for that kind of therapy.
cerinamroth 11 months ago
I wouldn’t watch this. I read the book. That was enough. Haunts me to this day.
#26
Atonement.
pinkleaf8:
I had no idea what the movie was about & was blown away by it & then have never been able to stop thinking about what happened - the injustice, the separation before their love even got started, the sadness, the deaths.
#27
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.
beamer4:
Yes. Worst part is this isn’t fan fiction, it’s a real life nightmare that no family ever deserved. One of the few times I have felt physically gutted regarding people I’ve never met.
Cronecast AtTheRisingMoon 11 months ago
Yeah, I watched this completely unprepared for what was going to happen and I literally let out an anguished scream and cried so hard I thought I was going to throw up from how upsetting it was. It’s a documentary, I was fully not prepared for what happened. Could not watch this again, ever.
Beak Hookage 11 months ago
Sad *and* insanely infuriating. WHO THE HELL GIVES CHILD VISITATION RIGHTS TO A MENTALLY UNSTABLE MURDERER? UNSUPERVISED? Like what the hell did they THINK was going to happen?
#28
Memento is a singular movie to me where I thought it was brilliant and I never want to watch it ever again.
YariAttano:
The ending lines are forever burned into my mind:
“I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world’s still there. Do I believe the world’s still there? Is it still out there?... Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I’m no different.”
Julie S 11 months ago
I've always liked Guy Pearce ever since he was in Neighbours back in the 80's
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The Butterfly Effect.
hellsbelle51:
I actually watched it with the Directors cut playing. didnt know. felt so f**king empty inside after that.
Leigh 11 months ago
I watched it and the ending was great. Watched it again and it was a totally different terrible ending. What gives? Is there two versions of the film?
T'Mar of Vulcan 11 months ago
There are a couple of different endings. I saw the one in which (SPOILER) he tells the girl he's going to kill her or whatever, and he walks past her in the end, seeing she's okay. The DVD had the ending (SPOILER) in which he strangles himself in the womb. I think there's another ending as well.
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Brokeback Mountain.
Anon:
I put off watching this for so many years because I knew it was sad. I watched it this year, a few months after my relationship didn't work out. I think I had to carry the movie sadness with me for months. I don't know if I can watch it ever again.
T'Mar of Vulcan 11 months ago
I found this movie so boring, but maybe that was because I read the short story and didn't like the author's writing style. Mainly, though, it took me about 20 minutes to read the story and the movie went on for two hours with the same amount of material. The actors all did good jobs, but having been spoiled by amazing slash fanfic for a number of great shows, this just didn't compare.
#31
The ending of American History X hit me pretty hard the first time.
SkyBlueRoan:
Just watched that and I knew something was coming, but I didn't want it to be true. Heartbreaking.
Dar Mal 11 months ago
I live in a very racist part of America and my students said the meaning of this film was if the main character hadn't turned his back on his beliefs, his brother would be alive. How they contorted that meaning out of the film, I have no idea. They felt the younger brother was the true hero for dying for his beliefs.
#32
Melancholia.
rawpunkmeg:
Great movie but damn did the ending really leave a hopeless feeling in me.
T'Mar of Vulcan 11 months ago
But the ending is shown at the beginning? You know the Earth will get destroyed.
#34
The Truman show is depressing as hell when you think about the trust issues and paranoia he’ll have for the rest of his life.
Daniel Atkins 11 months ago
Yeah agree it looks happy but he will still be so messed up he would have a hard time actually adjusting to a world that doesn’t revolve around him
#35
Schindler's List.
Heartbreaking because it's the truth.
Liam Neeson should've won an Oscar.
The guy who played Amon Goeth, he should've received an Oscar for that role also, they both got robbed.
The part where he cries and says: I could've got one more!!
I know he probably lived with all that guilt til the end of his days..
Also, passion of the christ, I'm not even overly religious but I cried nonstop from the moment they captured Jesus, and when they whipped him with the blades.. until the very end.. I kept thinking to myself why is nobody helping?? Why are they letting this happen?? I keep thinking to myself that I would've tried to help because that suffering, oh God, I ugly cried..
Deborah 11 months ago
Schindler's List. The end, where the survivors drop the pebbles. Broke my heart.
cecilia kilian 11 months ago
The ending is the only part I can watch again.
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Passion of the Christ is little more than a Jesus-themed snuff film.
#36
Up, I can’t watch that movie without crying. Russell doesn’t have a dad to look up to, Carl is trying to complete he and his wife’s childhood dream, Carl then meets his childhood hero who in turn tries to kill him. It’s all around an emotional movie.
#37
Shutter Island.
The guy went crazy after his wife m**dered all his children.. his consolation prize was a lobotomy.
#38
We need to talk about Kevin.
MyBallsMyWord:
Ya that movie is f**ked. Took me a while to figure out that Kevin’s sole purpose in life was to t*****e his mother. Not k**l her, but t*****e her. The inverse of a boys undying love for his mother. He had undying hate for his mother. To an extent that he k**led the people she loved most just to t*****e her. The movie is great but so f**ked up. Idk why but the part that messed with my head the most in that movie is when she walked in on him jerking off an he just jerked off even harder. So f**ked up an gross an weird.
Mutha Silvestre 11 months ago
The scariest part for me is how closely some parts seem to mirror the story of Paris Bennett, at least to me. For those who don't know, there's a very similar documentary by the name, "The Family I Had" but it's far more disturbing than the fictional subject matter, be forewarned.
Brandi Nicole 11 months ago
I remember seeing this movie years ago but I was so traumatized by it, I've actively blocked the plot from my memory.
#39
The original Mad Max.
Society is still f****d. Max has lost his wife and son. The last couple of shots are him just driving off with that thousand-yard stare into the lawless outback...
It's very understated, but it lets you know that he's not at all sated by having taken out Toecutter and his g**g and he becomes the 'shell of a man' as described in the introduction of the sequel.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
By the end of the 3rd movie, I swear Mad Max seemed to have lost almost everything of himself, I felt like if you asked him his wife and kids name he wouldn't even remember them.
#40
Precious. Great acting. Compelling story. This is one of those movies I will only ever watch once because I can’t go thru that movie again.
Dinkableplanet:
I cannot see the movie. I read the book and that alone pushed my limits.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Monique did such a good job in that movie of making you hate her.
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#41
Seeking A Friend For the End of the World.
jackarooster:
The ending of this never fails to make me cry.
#42
Into the wild.
I went into this film blind, I had no idea of it being a true story. Thought it would be a survival against the odds deal.
Spoiler - it was not.
Panda Kicki 11 months ago
I dont think it is a sad movie. It is a Darwinistic movie about a grown man that eventually have to face the results of a long row of bad choices. It is nothing compared to rhe rest of the list
#43
Remember Me.
I randomly came across it in a subscription service many years ago and decided to put it on. Wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I did, and sure as hell wasn’t expecting that ending. F**k.
afia kooma 11 months ago
I watched this as a "pick me up" after another sad movie.. it did not help. Learned to read the synopsis after that
#44
Dancer in the Dark.
MeMaccaron:
I think it’s not just the ending. The whole movie is just hopeless. Terrible, beautiful hopeless.
#45
Manchester by the sea.
DanielDannyc12:
Beginning and middle as well.
#46
There is a short film called The Snowman. It has no dialogue and is a cartoon. I guess it’s a “Christmas” movie, but not really. The ending absolutely crushes me every time. No spoilers. The first time I saw it was in grade school and I remember trying to hide my face in my hands while I bawled my eyes out. Same effect now and I’m 38. Also, the song Walking in the Air is from that film, and it’s a hauntingly beautiful song.
Andi 11 months ago
a UK Christmas classic by Raymond Briggs - always on at Christmas. Funnily enough I read recently that US TV planners wouldn't show it that often as, despite viewers thinking it was beautiful and sentimental, as there was no clear happy ending so it doesn't fit their viewing profile. Shame; if is is on over there and you haven't seen it, give it a watch - it is just lovely (also the Snowman and the Snowdog ).
Tiny Dancer 11 months ago
Well worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwOiOzcb6w
Load More Replies... Surly Scot 11 months ago
Played in the UK on TV every Xmas, once I moved to USA and no one had heard of it, had to find a copy to download so I can play it every December 25th. Pure nostalgia.
cerinamroth 11 months ago
I watch this with my kids every year to continue the tradition even though we no longer live in the UK and we don’t celebrate Christmas. I think it’s a beautiful lesson in how fleeting joy can be and how we should allow ourselves to throw ourselves into joy, despite knowing it may also bring sadness. Children can cope with complex feelings!
Little Bit 11 months ago
The first time I watched this I was six years old. I hadn't read the book so I didn't know how it ended. When I saw how it ended I sobbed and sobbed for about half an hour afterwards. I have never been able to watch it since. When my kids want to watch it I make myself scarce because I just know it will set me off and then I feel foolish at A- crying in front of my kids and B- crying at a cartoon. One year The Snowman was my eldest daughter's Christmas play one year at primary school. It was my emotional worst nightmare because the ending always makes me cry, Christmas is a tricky time of the year because that's when my dad died, and I find my daughters' Christmas concerts emotionally overwhelming at the best of times.
cerinamroth 11 months ago
Don't feel bad about crying in front of your children. They will understand you better as a person and see you as being in touch with all of your emotions. When I cry at things like this these days, I just let it out and explain to them that grownups get sad too sometimes but it's nothing to do with them. Sometimes we just feel a bit sad. Better than showing them that they need to learn to bottle it up by the time they become grownups.
Load More Replies... #47
The original ending to Clerks. Dante spends his day f*****g up everything in his life, and by the end of the night, he seems to realize that he needs to make an attempt to unf**k everything. After Randall leaves (where the movie normally ends) a thief comes in the store and shoots Dante.
#48
Logan.
You go into watching that movie knowing it’s one of the final performances of Sir Patrick Stewart’s Xavier and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Absolutely powerful, Oscar-worthy performances - probably better than everything in the MCU. It was hard to not have a certain attachment to these characters, having seen them played by the same people since 1999 because they were the living embodiment of their comic-book counterparts.
I don’t know many who weren’t balling their eyes out by the end.
Edit:
Back in 2017, Jackman and Stewart both confirmed that Logan would be the last time that they’d be playing their respective characters, long before Disney’s acquisition of Fox and other Marvel properties like X-Men and Fantastic 4.
Kelly Scott 11 months ago
Speaking of Patrick Stewart, watching the end of Safe House was not enjoyable.
#49
Cold Mountain. If you skip the last 5 minutes the ending is pretty awesome.
principaleigh:
I don’t even remember the details of this movie as much as how affected I was and how I know to this day I don’t think I could go through the emotional turmoil of it again!
Seán Baron 11 months ago
I watched this film on a Sunday evening after getting really drunk the night before. I was having my first ever hangover and it felt like the film lasted as long as the Civil War did! It was torture!
#50
Midsommer, goddamn that s**t was dark.
#51
Cast Away.
cropguru357:
Yeah that one really sucked. The rain-drenched scene near the end.
#53
Pay It Forward is a movie where Haley Joel Osment in his child acting phase is a miraculously nice and empathic child. He decides to do anything he can to improve the lives of three people - his alcoholic single mother, his teacher who has severe burn scars, and a homeless man. He helps his mom give up drinking and he helps his teacher find love by hooking up with the kid's mom. The homeless man gets cash, like all the money that an 11 year old can put his hands on. The rule is that each person he helps needs to help three more people in turn - you know, paying the kindness forward. The kindnesses multiply and the community starts to notice this kid. Things are really starting to improve and there's a really hopeful future.
Anyway, >!the kid stands up to a bully and gets stabbed to death.!< The end.
#54
Curious Case of Benjamin Button made me feel like s**t.
Montage of all the people he lost in his life. Her crying and spending time with a child and baby with dementia.
Idk, I think I was supposed to feel good? But I felt depressed and rugged when the credits rolled.
#55
End of Evangelion. All these traumatized and depressed kids are trying to prevent the apocalypse, and then it just happens anyway. The movie is f*****g incredible, but super depressing in an existential way.
#56
Interstellar.
funmasterjerky:
Agreed. That moment when he watches the messages after the water planet stuck with me for the rest of the movie. While it's a happy ending for humanity, Murph had a tough life and he never got to see his kid grow up. That was one of the few movie where I felt stunned when I left the cinema.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Only time McConaughey ever made me cry like a baby....no I haven't seen Dallas Buyers Club yet, but I know what i'm in for.
#57
The Time Traveler’s Wife. A friend claimed it was a great chic flic for our PJ party. We all threw our pillows at her when it was over.
Seán Baron 11 months ago
Much much better. I didn’t agree with the choice of actors for lead roles.
Load More Replies... #58
Don't look up was just really sad. The only thing that makes it better is the post-credit scene.
#59
The Big Short.
They got away with it. They crashed the economy, made themselves rich, and f****d over everyone else.
**Edit**
By 'they' I don't mean the 'protagonists', I mean the banks. The banks got away with the b******t they pulled. And sure, some people got fired. But the system overall? The system's still the same, they're just "regulated" now.
AtMostAFabulist 11 months ago (edited)
I am sure the system will be unregulated in the near future, with the orange troll in office.
Cuppa tea? 11 months ago
I don't blame people who made money out of it - like those guys played by Christian Bale and Steve Farrell. It's how big banks, insurances and rating agencies got away and scooping billions in help.
Kelly Scott 11 months ago
Yeah, and welfare and food stamps for the poor are the problems? But it's not welfare when billions are given to corporations as bailouts, is it? Those pricks.
#60
Skeleton Key
Spoiler Alert: The main character, a hot young blonde, gets her body swapped with an elderly woman and she basically becomes completely disabled in that old body as a result of the process. Turns out a couple use voodoo to systematically steal bodies whenever the current ones get old and leave the home to the new bodies, etc. They spend the movie tricking the girl to believe in voodoo so that the swap will work.
The old dude the main character had been trying to understand and help the whole movie was actually another dude she had been talking to who had his body swapped and thus was why he was also so severly disabled. The two people, now trapped in old bodies and unable to basically move or talk are being carted off to die in some home as the body swappers look on and enjoy their victory together in front of their "new" house.
#61
Click.
whatdoidonate:
I always find myself surprised when I cry at the end of Click. It's an Adam Sandler movie, I shouldn't be crying!
#62
Man on Fire.
ambigious_meh:
I'm glad someone else agrees that the ending is a gut punch.
What do you think ?
Tiny Dancer 11 months ago
To HELL with your censors, BP. Right now, today, in current times, please don't erase the word H*O*L*O*C*A*U*S*T. Damn. 80th anniversary just yesterday and it's being censored. Wow.
Justanotherpanda 11 months ago
Watership down (1978), NOT your average kids cartoon. Beautiful movie though.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Every child's brain should be warped and destroyed by this movie. It does it in the 'right' way. I know that sounds strange.
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Jonathan 11 months ago
Once where Warriors, a NZ movie from the 90's that starts off real and just ends up really real
Lost Panda 11 months ago
Big Fish always gets me... but I watch it at least one time a year... I can't help myself...
Rachelle 11 months ago (edited)
For some reason I bawl like an infant every single time I watch Lord of the Rings & Boromir dies. Every. Single. Time. He had such a great character arch and in the end found his redemption. Also, I can't be the only one who just... CAN'T with dog movies. Sit me down with horror movies all night and day, and all I see are special effects artists who do their job incredibly well. Every dog movie that comes out I just KNOW that they'll suffer in some way or eventually pass on - gets me in all the feels. Bless whomever created the website: Doesthedogdie.com
Northlander72 11 months ago
Doesn't help when you get to the end of Return of the King either; when the credits roll, "Into the west" starts and you get served a long montage of pencil scetches of the characters in the movies, including those who died.
Load More Replies... Debbie 11 months ago
Not a movie and haven't seen any episode, just read the summaries on wiki/imdb/somewhere but it's one I know I don't want to watch because from just reading these things about it I got a know in my stomach as it's too much of a real possibility, like Requiem of a Dream. I'm talking about the Handmaid's Tale.
Philly Bob 11 months ago
The Rose did it for me. Bette Midler was fantastic but the end made me, a grown man cry.
Tiny Dancer 11 months ago
To HELL with your censors, BP. Right now, today, in current times, please don't erase the word H*O*L*O*C*A*U*S*T. Damn. 80th anniversary just yesterday and it's being censored. Wow.
Justanotherpanda 11 months ago
Watership down (1978), NOT your average kids cartoon. Beautiful movie though.
Surly Scot 11 months ago
Every child's brain should be warped and destroyed by this movie. It does it in the 'right' way. I know that sounds strange.
Load More Replies... Jonathan 11 months ago
Once where Warriors, a NZ movie from the 90's that starts off real and just ends up really real
Lost Panda 11 months ago
Big Fish always gets me... but I watch it at least one time a year... I can't help myself...
Rachelle 11 months ago (edited)
For some reason I bawl like an infant every single time I watch Lord of the Rings & Boromir dies. Every. Single. Time. He had such a great character arch and in the end found his redemption. Also, I can't be the only one who just... CAN'T with dog movies. Sit me down with horror movies all night and day, and all I see are special effects artists who do their job incredibly well. Every dog movie that comes out I just KNOW that they'll suffer in some way or eventually pass on - gets me in all the feels. Bless whomever created the website: Doesthedogdie.com
Northlander72 11 months ago
Doesn't help when you get to the end of Return of the King either; when the credits roll, "Into the west" starts and you get served a long montage of pencil scetches of the characters in the movies, including those who died.
Load More Replies... Debbie 11 months ago
Not a movie and haven't seen any episode, just read the summaries on wiki/imdb/somewhere but it's one I know I don't want to watch because from just reading these things about it I got a know in my stomach as it's too much of a real possibility, like Requiem of a Dream. I'm talking about the Handmaid's Tale.
Philly Bob 11 months ago
The Rose did it for me. Bette Midler was fantastic but the end made me, a grown man cry.
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