The ultimate tearjerker?

I hear you: Which movie actually hit you where it hurts—the kind that left you with a lump in your throat or a tear in your eye? What’s the saddest thing you've ever seen on screen? Here are my picks, but feel free to add yours.

The bridges across Madison County 🙂 😢

Dirty Dancing😬
I honestly can't even remember why I was crying, but I know for a fact I did—probably all five or six times I watched it. 🤣

The last time I actually sat there sobbing was at that party

Linda Chase81 said:Madison County bridges🙂 😢

I was actually going to write... I found myself crying because there is no tomorrow. 🙂

The hardest part for me was when she wrote in that letter: "Do you remember that dress I always refused to wear? I wore it that day, when I was with him. Please understand—wearing it now would feel like showing up to work in a wedding gown."

I can't be certain if those were her exact words, but you get the idea. 🙂

party, gladiator (a few times during the movie)
the lion king 🙂 🙂

Bambi

[Bambi and his Mother are eating grass ; suddenly She stands in attention]
Bambi's Mother: Bambi. Move! Get to the brush!
[they run; a gunshot is heard]
Bambi's Mother: Faster! Faster, Bambi! Don't look back! Just keep running!
[Gunshot is heard , then silence]
Bambi: Mother? Mom?
The Great Prince: Your mother can't be with you anymore.

Amores perros

El Chivo: [to his newfound dog, Blackie, after misbehaving] This isn't right, you jerk!

Million Dollar Baby

Frankie Dunn: Mo cuishle means my Darling. My own blood.

Kill Bill

Bill: [dying] How do I look?
The Bride: You look ready.

And the latest one — honestly, I’d rather just end it all than publicly admit this! — I think Kleenex actually made a decent profit off this specific scene...

...Julien Donkey-Boy...it breaks me down, every single time. Maybe that’s not the right way to describe Harmony, but Julien is just pure emotion from start to finish...😍 😍 😍

I definitely fall into this category. I found myself tearing up during The Legend of the Bear, watching A.I. (especially that scene where the kid finally gets to feel a mother's love for just one day), and even Harry Potter 4...

Those are just a few of the recent movies that had me sobbing.

And don't even get me started on the classics... they aren't really my thing. Anything involving heartbreak, a mother's devotion to her child, or animal movies where someone doesn't make it—if there isn't a happy ending, I probably shouldn't watch it. I'm not usually a crybaby, it's just that when I watch movies, I get way too invested, so I have to keep a box of Kleenex ready nearby.

Honestly, *The Sea Inside* completely wrecked me.

Oh man, I totally blanked on Million Dollar Baby 😢

Could someone please suggest a movie that’s actually a bit more heartbreaking? I’m just so 🙂 🙂 🙂, especially after watching those scenes involving the Madison County bridges. I still remember sitting in the theater crying my eyes out during Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, while everyone else in the audience was just laughing at me.

Hmm...
1. Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula - a few tears
2. X - Men 2 - 😬 - a little weeping
3. Van Helsing - 😬 😬 - some tears and mocking laughter
4. Jacobov's Ladder - tears
5. Moulin Rouge! - half tears, half weeping
6. Cabaret - sadness
7. The Fifth Element - a bit...
8. Blow the Wind - I can't quite remember...
9. Spartak - tears
10. We Were Soldiers - that scene where the women get the news about their husbands... - fighting back tears
11. Saving Private Ryan - tears
12. Blade II - a few tears
13. Mad Max - tears and shock...
14. The Hills Have Eyes (remake) - mostly just shock and discomfort

Titanic - sobbing, wailing, and just pure disbelief that I'm actually crying over this shit
Sophia's Choice - the raw, primal cry of a woman and a mother-to-be... just devastating
Life is Beautiful - what can I say? I absolutely love this movie
The English Patient - shed a few tears here
Amelia - happy tears at the end and just total emotional melting
The Hours - broke down during Meryl Streep's monologue... it really hit me hard

Forrest Gump

I believe I’ve mentioned this before, but there are two films that absolutely belong on this list for being total tear-jerkers:

Cabiria
Imitation of Life (both versions)

For Whom the Bell Tolls is such a nerve-wracking movie. Titanic was something I got over ages ago 🙂, but Blow the Wind and The Lion King 🙂 🙂 🙂

Bridges, obviously 🙂 Clint and Meryl are absolute legends 🙏

Mad Max. 🙂

They aren't exactly the best, but...
Riding in Cars with Boys
I remember watching Dead Poets Society for the first time. Honestly, when that movie hit, I think my entire family was sitting there sobbing their eyes out.

I honestly can’t help myself—I end up tearing up at pretty much every sad movie I watch. One that really gets to me is "Field of Dreams."