# The Saddest Movie Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515 "2002-12-23T10:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/81 "2002-12-29T20:41:10Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life still makes me bawl. As a matter of fact, I start crying in anticipation of the parts that make me cry. So, basically I cry throughout the entire movie. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/82 "2002-12-29T20:47:59Z")
Oops, after posting, I noticed the title is about sad movies. So, while It’s a Wonderful Life makes me cry, it isn’t sad. I change my answer to Sophie’s Choice. I’ll never watch that movie again. ---
**Author:** ![twelfthsign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@twelfthsign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twelfthsign)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/83 "2002-12-29T22:56:06Z")
Eyes Wide Shut. Or was it Boobs Wide Open _But porn is always welcome_ ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/84 "2002-12-29T23:29:54Z")
Muriel’s Wedding. Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/85 "2002-12-30T02:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadkiller \* > \*\*Grave of the Fireflies is animated? > > I don’t understand how an animated film can be sad. Still, I want to rent it. \*\* ummm…the same way a live-action movie can be sad. It’s all make-believe…it’s just a matter of how the make-believe interacts with you. (sorry, but it really frosts me when people think animated movies are “fake”, or “for kids” or that they can’t possibly be complex and beautiful like live action movies are.) ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/86 "2002-12-30T02:54:25Z")
**Grave of the Fireflies** **Dancer in the Dark** And for movies nobody has mentioned yet… **The World According to Garp** always makes me cry during the scene Where Garp tries to say goodbye to his mother but she can’t hear him over the helicopter. **The Sixth Sense** the second time you watch it. The anniversary dinner scene is so friggin’ sad. **The Umbrellas of Cherbourg** When they meet again at the gas station. ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/87 "2002-12-30T02:57:15Z")
I’d like to see Grave of the Fireflies and Barefoot Gen. Anyway, here’s my list: Schindler’s List Steel Magnolias Beaches Terms of Endearment The Evening Star Testement(indeed a great movie…) ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/88 "2002-12-30T02:59:19Z")
Oh wait…I forgot: The Mission Agnes of God ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/89 "2002-12-30T03:11:10Z")
**Schindler’s List** ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/90 "2002-12-30T03:13:05Z")
Someone beat me to it! **An Affair to Remember** – the 1957 movie. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/91 "2002-12-30T03:41:02Z")
I always cry during **E.T.**. Just hearing the music makes me tear up. It gets so bad that I refuse to watch that movie with any of my friends, 'cause I don’t want them to see me bawl like a baby. **Babe** also makes me cry, at the end. That’ll do pig. Dittos to **The Elephant Man**. I cried when Treves, Mothershead, and Gomm give Merrick the vanity set and he says, “My friends! My wonderful friends!” over and over. He’s just so happy! I remember a quote from John Hurt (who played Merrick) during “The Making of The Elephant Man” documentary who said, “Anybody who is not moved at the end of ‘The Elephant Man’ is not someone who I would care to meet.” I agree! ---
**Author:** ![keira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@keira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keira)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/92 "2002-12-30T03:52:28Z")
**Closet Land** ---
**Author:** ![ScorpioStem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@ScorpioStem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScorpioStem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/93 "2002-12-30T07:04:16Z")
**One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest** (even though the book was better). The book **A Walk to Remember** made me cry like a baby, but the movie really disappointed me. ---
**Author:** ![Liakela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Liakela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liakela)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/94 "2002-12-30T07:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bean\_shadow \* > **I always cry during E.T.. Just hearing the music makes me tear up. It gets so bad that I refuse to watch that movie with any of my friends, 'cause I don’t want them to see me bawl like a baby.** Oh my god… when it was re-released to the theatres, I took my two kids with me to see it. They’re both 7, just a little younger than I was when it was first released. My son enjoyed the movie, got a little sad, but nothing wrenching. My daughter and I were bawling. I mean, so much that my son was teasing us /both/. My daughter looks up at me from the seat beside me when E.T. looks like he’s about to die, tears rolling down her cheeks and asks, “Mommy, is he gonna be ok?” Bah. Sap. Me. Makes me cry (again) just thinking about it. We held eachother, and I laughed a little through my tears. “Yes, he’ll be ok, sweetie.” And so will I. After I go blow my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/95 "2002-12-30T10:31:04Z")
Shadowlands. ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/96 "2002-12-31T14:27:45Z")
Elephant Man Awakenings My Dog Skip Message in a Bottle Flowers for Algernon (made as Charlie I think) Forrest Gump made me cry at the end…(grave scene) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/97 "2002-12-31T14:33:57Z")
**Whose Life is it Anyway** with Richard Dreyfuss. I had to watch it twice, because I missed the second half through snivelling. This was a while back, so I don’t know if it is as I remember. My sister howled for two hours after watching **The Champ**. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/98 "2002-12-31T15:17:04Z")
When I was a kid, watching the 70s TV remake of _All Quiet on the Western Front_ was a shocking experience. Probably the first time I ever cried about something I saw on TV. (You know, the remake with John-Boy.) ---
**Author:** ![Fazhoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Fazhoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fazhoul)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/99 "2002-12-31T16:44:40Z")
While all of these are sad movies they can’t hold a wet kleenex to Lorenzo’s Oil. I had to stop the video tape at least six times because my wife and I were crying so much. I would like to watch the movie again but I’m not sure I can handle it. Hell, I’m tearing up now just remembering it. The most heart wrenching scene: Susan Sarandon’s character is holding her son Lorenzo who is suffering from a disease that is destroying the protective coating on his nerves. He is having seizures, burning up with fever and suffering greatly. Since the whole ordeal started she’s been telling Lorenzo to keep fighting. When she sees how much he is suffering she tells Lorenzo that “If the pain is too much you can let go. Just let go and go be with the Baby Jesus.” If you don’t cry at this movie you’re just not human. Fazhoul ---
**Author:** ![Fazhoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Fazhoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fazhoul)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515/100 "2002-12-31T16:50:12Z")
Well shit. I tried to edit my screw-up above but it says that I’m not allowed. Fazhoul [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-movie-ever/144515.md?page=6)