What is the number 1 saddest movie for you?

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abc3643 · Accepted Answer

"Testament" from 1983

I was a junior in college when I saw this movie in theaters around Thanksgiving 1983 with my BFF from high school.

When it was over and we walked out of the theaters, everyone was silent.

Then, my buddy said to me "Why did you make me watch that film?"

It's a very upsetting movie.

From Roger Ebert's review:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/testament-1983
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"Testament" may be the first movie in a long time that will make you cry. It made me cry. And seeing it again for the second time, knowing everything that would happen, anticipating each scene before it came, I was affected just as deeply.
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The film is about a suburban American family, and what happens to that family after a nuclear war. It is not a science-fiction movie, and it doesn't have any special effects, and there are no big scenes of buildings blowing over or people disintegrating. We never even see a mushroom cloud. We never even know who started the war. Instead, "Testament" is a tragedy about manners: It asks how we might act toward one another, how our values might stand up, in the face of an overwhelming catastrophe.
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In the midst of this devastation, Jane Alexander, as the mother, tries to preserve love and decency. She stands by her children, watches as they grow in response to the challenge, cherishes them as she sees all her dreams for them disappear. It is a great performance, the heart of the film. In fact, Alexander's performance makes the film possible to watch without unbearable heartbreak, because she is brave and decent in the face of the horror. And the last scene, in which she expresses such small optimism as is still possible, is one of the most powerful movie scenes I've ever seen.
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"Testament" was nominated for one Academy Award, a Best Actress nomination for Jane Alexander.

TrillXHippy · Accepted Answer

IAmLegend when his dog died

DizzyDesii · Accepted Answer

Lol there's too many. But i’ll say The Impossible

wittymilf · Accepted Answer

Marley and me. I hate sad animal movies

SweetDumplings · Answer

Into the wild :' (

Eeyore18 · Answer

The phantom of the opera Not bc of the story but bc of the singing. It's so wonderful yet, sad at the same time. I cry every time I watch it.

AviatorTom · Answer

I rarely show negative emotion at a movie. I cried during Schindler's List.

MORPHEUS_12 · Answer

Terms of Endearment - young mother of 3 dies of breast cancer.

Flower7 · Answer

“Titanic”. And the music really adds to the sadness of it.

exitseven · Answer

I first would say Old Yeller but I thought Avengers Endgame was sad on a couple of different levels.

StrawberryShake · Answer

Wind river, Schindler's list, and The Nightingale. Oh and also "In this corner of the world". There's probably lots more I'm just not thinking of.

Mark987 · Answer

more of a documentary: Time: The Kalief Browder Story.. one of the most intense documentary I have ever seen

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

The fault in our stars. A walk to remember. Another one which I can't remember 😁

haremhan · Answer

the awakening of gabriella

Fuentes · Answer

Watching Scar kill Mufasa in. Lion King hurt and scarred me as a kid

lycanthrope3 · Answer

imitation of life, watch the original in black and white if you can find it, the color remake is good, but original is better

Anonymous · Answer

It's a toss up between LOTR: Return of the King and Avengers: Infinity War.

Wymersley · Answer

The Remains Of The Day with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson

jimmy2 · Answer

Fargo it was billed when it came out as a drama/ comedy. Did you see any comedy on that one!

Elliegirl · Answer

Revolutionary Road was really sad.

SecretYuna · Answer

Your name it is a anime

LightOfTruth · Answer

Grave of the fire flies

bowenw · Answer

Elephant Man or Sophie's Choice.

najekim · Answer

Video of my first marriage. . .

OfDeath · Answer

The Adventures of Milo and Otis.

Desconhecida · Answer

The Green Mile with Tom Hanks.

ZooLander1 · Answer

The Notebook. My eyes welled up at the end 🤣🤣🤣

MTC29 · Answer

Old Yeller.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Marely and me. Not going to lie I was crying

the_sinner · Answer

Remember me, avengers endgame

Anonymous · Answer

The Crying Game left me in tears.

Agape93 · Answer

The Road

XXblack88 · Answer

I can only imagine

hellacray · Answer

Lion King?

Anonymous · Answer

Schindler's List

motownplayer2000 · Answer

Milo and Ottis

Still-alive · Answer

Les miserables

BloomingCutie · Answer

Titanic.

jahaims · Answer

Stand by me

AlexEfron · Answer

New York (2009)

Waldoe · Answer

the Holocaust

princeofromance · Answer

A walk to Remember.

LegendaryIcon · Answer

not sure

emperor90 · Answer

Romeo and juliet

EnglishEuropean · Answer

Spice World

msg999 · Answer

Life is beautiful

Anonymous · Answer

My life.

AkshiJanjua · Answer

Titanic maybe

Anonymous · Answer

disney's up

Anonymous · Answer

Room.

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