Most heartbreaking movie scene ever.

[Brigid]

John Coffey's execution near the end of "The Green Mile." Need I say more?

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[krispos42]

1. Yeah, that one was pretty potent. n/t

[JCMach1]

2. Marley and me--- saying goodbye scene...

[tblue]

4. That's why I can't watch that one.

I don't have the strength.

[Skittles]

12. My Dog Skip

:cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjX7QJwzp-U

[zanana1]

30. I thought that was the corniest movie...

But at the end of it, I cried like a baby.

[tblue]

3. Oh for sure! And when Old Yeller got shot.

You're making me teary. Stop it!

[triguy46]

41. Testament. 1983 movie starring Jane Alexander

As she holds her son as he is dying from radiation poisoning after nuclear war. No dry eye anywhere.

[AverageJoe90]

61. I actually cried during the end credits a couple of times.

.......still can't watch most of them. :(

[Frank Cannon]

5. The ending of Grave of the Fireflies.

What am I saying? I mean the whole freaking movie.

[marzipanni]

10. I googled this movie

Well, it looks like another reason to add DVDs to Netflix. Thanks for the recommendation, or warning, depending on how you look at it.

[Frank Cannon]

13. It is the greatest movie you will never want to see again.

Seriously, it's an absolutely beautiful film. One of the best anti-war statements I've ever seen. But make sure you and yours have plenty of Kleenex on hand when you see it, because you WILL cry. Oh, yes, you will.

[kentauros]

15. I torture myself by watching it every few years.

Mostly because the film IS so beautiful! I'd seen plenty of anime up to that point, including Akira and My Neighbor Totoro, but this one blows even them away. Plus the director, Isao Takahata, is a long-time personal friend of Miyazaki :)

[Xithras]

27. Turtles Can Fly still holds that spot for me.

Beautiful film, but I won't ever watch it again. It's too depressing.

[jobycom]

44. No kidding! And it's not that nice, self-indulgent crying, either.

That movie will break your heart. I want to watch again... someday...

[darkstar3]

6. Here's one that I didn't see coming: The memory book scene from UP.

The old man has been through hell, and he thinks he's failed even the memory of his wife, and then he finally turns past that one page in the book...

I'm not even sure I can explain why, but that was just heartwrenching for me to watch.

[Ilsa]

87. I was so depressed at the beginning of that flick that

I would have left if my kids had not been with me.

[darkstar3]

88. darkspouse and I both cried in the middle of the theater during that first bit.

People looked at us like we were both dying of third-eyeism.

[era veteran]

7. It is happening again unfortunately

Grapes of Wrath
Muley Graves: There ain't nobody gonna push me of my land! My grandpa took up this land 70 years ago, my pa was born here, we were all born on it. And some of of us was killed on it! ...and some of us died on it. That's what make it our'n, bein' born on it,...and workin' on it,...and and dying' on it! And not no piece of paper with the writin' on it!

[LibDemAlways]

8. It's an oldie....but the final scene in Splendor in the Grass gets my vote.

Natalie Wood, newly released from a mental hospital, pays a visit to her lost love, played by Warren Beatty. Absolutely heartbreaking.I cried the first time I watched it and I never cry at movies.

[marzipanni]

9. I don't have very clear memories of movies

but I remember watching Splendor in the Grass on television when I was in my teens and it was very poignant.

[BlueJazz]

99. That scene stayed with me for many years. ....Ha!.....still does.

:)

[Duer 157099]

11. OMG I was just watching that

That whole movie is just one big tear jerker.

Well, and one, no make that two, big jerk jerkers.

[siligut]

17. I still don't like Doug Hutchison because of his portrayal of Percy

He just played the character too well and it was the first time I ever saw him, so he is Percy to me. For Sam Rockwell, it is different, I had seen and liked him in "A Box Of Moonlight", so he isn't forever a cruel, child molesting murderer in my mind.

[TorchTheWitch]

14. Dances with Wolves when the wolf gets shot

I bawl my eyes out at that part every time. I had to skip that scene entirely when my dog, Boo, was sick and I knew he had very little time left. I love that movie, and he liked it a lot because he loved anything on tv that had horses in it, so I often popped it in the player to re-watch.

Another one is Field of Dreams when at the end Ray plays catch with the spirit of his dead father. I always bawl my eyes out at that scene, too.

Funny, I almost never cry. I wish I COULD cry more often because it is a bit of a release. But for some reason the things that make be sob at the drop of a hat are emotional movie scenes. My mom always said my dad was the same way. Maybe I got it from him.

[Bake]

16. Steel Magnolias. The whole freakin' movie.

Need I say more?

:hi:

Bake

[bigwillq]

20. Drink your juice, Shelby!

:) Love that movie.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. The scene where Sally Field is driving at dusk to get Jack from the sitter's.

Dunno if it is the colors of the twilight or what, but it gets me every time.And I have seen that damn movie over a dozen tiems.

[Bake]

63. I've seen it so many times I've lost count, and I cry every damn time.

And hell, I'm a MANLY man!

:hi:

Bake

[dixiegrrrrl]

64. awwww..now I do not feel so bad...

One of my favorite movies.

[Bake]

70. Then my work here is done!

:hi:

Bake

[Mad_Dem_X]

74. Sally Field's breakdown at the cemetary

I can never not cry at that scene.

[charlie and algernon]

18. The ending of "The Mist"

So far that's the only movie where I found myself too much in shock to turn off the movie while the credits played. :cry:

[rbnyc]

38. + 1,000,000!!!!!!

I thought it was a really good movie, but I could NEVER watch it again. The ending was seriously painful. I actually cried off and on for days.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

42. that was a shocker

cannot even begin to imagine what he was going through at that moment...

sP

[Frank Cannon]

60. I saw that movie in the theater, and some dude a few rows down...

broke the tension by crying out, "Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me!"

[Shagbark Hickory]

67. What an awful end to a shitty ass movie.

[Supply Side Jesus]

102. +1

P.O.S.

[LynneSin]

19. "Beaches" - nuff said. All other movies pale in comparison

I win!

[mwdem]

21. All of the above, lately the ending of "Never Let Me Go"

That movie struck a chord in me for some reason.

[Rambis]

22. The wind that shakes the barley

that movie made me physically ill, sick in the soul and depressed for a long time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460989/

[MrCoffee]

24. It's your fault that I watched that movie

Damn.

[Rambis]

25. Brutal!

when Damian has to execute the teenager I thought I was going to vomit.

[idiotgardener]

23. answers from a few months ago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9744554

and from a couple months ago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3755848

and from 2009

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8381810

and

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8936040

2005

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2592378

2004

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1603677

[kentauros]

46. Yeah, well, we like going over it, again and again.

It's cathartic. It's therapeutic :hi:

[idiotgardener]

48. It's interesting that the answers are similar each time

I didn't look to see if it's the same people responding though.

[kentauros]

49. Mostly likely many of the same people.

I usually recommend the same movie (Grave of the Fireflies) for this kind of theme. But, it also exposes the theme to newbies and gets them into the conversation, too :)

[idiotgardener]

50. I watched that because of seeing it mentioned here...

maybe it was your recommendation!

[kentauros]

51. And...?

Your reaction? ;)

[idiotgardener]

52. It didn't hit me as hard

as it seems to hit others here. Definitely sad, but not as upsetting as others I've seen. Maybe because it was animated?

[kentauros]

53. To me, the animation quality is so high

that I forget it's animated. Also, I don't think of animated movies as any different than other movies. If I know the quality of animation is going to be good, then I'm watching for the story and why I can forget it's animated. Most of Miyazaki's and Takahata's films do that for me. Try the Takahata movie "Only Yesterday". It's not sad, but the animation quality approaches real life, at least for detail. Try "losing yourself" in it and you just may forget it's animated :)

[idiotgardener]

54. The animation was fantastic

but there's still something about animation that keeps it from being too real. Like if someone gets shot in an animated film and there's blood all over I'm OK, but I can't watch it in live action (yes, even knowing it's fake!)

I'll check out your other recommendation :-)

[kentauros]

55. That's understandable; not everyone sees animation the same way.

If you can handle the gore, you'd probably also do well with Akira. It's science fiction, and is rather cerebral, kind of like Ghost in the Shell. Only Yesterday is definitely light fare. It's just a good story and worth watching. Post in the Lounge when you've seen it and we'll discuss it :)

[idiotgardener]

56. Netflix doesn't have Only Yesterday!!

:-O

[kentauros]

58. See if it's under the Japanese title:

"Omohide poro poro" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102587

I'm with NetFlix, too, but have heard people using other services that are like it. You may have to go to an actual video store ;)

[dixiegrrrrl]

68. Goodie whompers! Even more movie ideas to sift thru. Thank you!

[Colonel Schwartz]

26. Forest Gump when he's at Jenny's grave

...and Shawshank Redemption (when Red is talking about how he misses Andy).

[Maccagirl]

34. Manipulative yes-but excellent acting by Hanks

When he leaves the note and says "You'd be so proud of him (Forest Jr.), Of oourse, THE scene from Sophie's Choice is gut-wrenching.

[jellen]

80. I agree with the Forrest Gump scene.

[BlueIris]

93. Or when Jenny is throwing rocks at her father's house. nt

[nolabear]

28. Brokeback Mountain. Ach, that shirt...

I did the mouth-open, can't breathe, ugly cry.

[digonswine]

32. That gets my vote--

[Kerrytravelers]

66. That always destroys me.

[Mad_Dem_X]

76. YES.

I cry buckets as soon as Ennis goes to Jack's parents' house, and keep crying til the end of the movie.

[Seedersandleechers]

85. +1

[GoCubsGo]

29. Nope.

It was Al Gore conceding the Presidency in "An Inconvenient Truth".

[Arugula Latte]

31. Damn.

That's true. :cry:

[DeeJay]

33. You know what bothers me about that film?

Well several things, but a couple are 1) why don't we ever see anybody asking John for his side of the story on what happened with the girls? Was he just walking by? Why didn't Paul ever once ask? and 2) why didn't anyone ask about the phrase John repeatedly used about "taking it back" when he did his magic stuff? Because that was the phrase he used when he was found with the girls. These prison guards were just too incurious imho.

[Curmudgeoness]

36. Oh, I think that all the guards knew exactly what happened

after what they saw and when they heard him use that phrase. But I think that at that time, someone set to be executed would not have had all the appeals and chances for exoneration that they may have today. The sad truth of how primitive the death penalty was (and still is) was part of the story. The guards could do nothing for John but treat him well while he was there.

[Mad_Dem_X]

78. In the original story,

when John says he wishes he could "take it back," it's assumed that he means take back the murders. Even when the guards find out the truth, the Powers That Be and the public are so gung-ho about the execution, they have to go through with it.

[blue neen]

35. A particular scene in "The Yearling".

I...can't...even...talk...about...it. :cry:

[Fire Walk With Me]

37. "The Road Warrior", when his vehicle crashes.

[applegrove]

40. "Sophie's Choice". You all know the scene. Just horrifying.

[jobycom]

45. That's my answer, too. That ending changed me. nt

[renate]

89. oh, me too, absolutely

I wasn't even a mother at the time I saw it--just a college student--and I have never ever forgotten it. I can't imagine watching it as a parent now.

[applegrove]

90. I rented it just last month. What a perfect movie. But yeah - to see that

scene again I was glad I've never been a mother.

[frogmarch]

43. The end of Tuck Everlasting.

I cried out loud, which would have been embarrassing if I hadn't been alone. Even then I felt silly. Still, though, it was sad!

[bluesbassman]

47. Bluto Crying.

:P
http://youtu.be/NPxnQv4RH5s

[Behind the Aegis]

57. The ending of "Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

Also, the graveyard scene in "Torch Song Trilogy."

[nomorenomore08]

59. "Dead Man Walking" was the last movie that made me cry.

This was a decade ago, and embarrassingly enough, happened in the middle of a high school class. Specifically the ending, where Sean Penn's execution by needle is intercut with a flashback to the horrific double murder he committed. I guess it must have been the accumulated death and tragedy, with a young couple in love brutally snuffed out for no real reason, and then the now-repentant killer's quiet, pathetic demise, that got to me.

But let's just say I'm a *lot* more desensitized nowadays... :P

[Ineeda]

62. Two I haven't seen mentioned...

Terms of Endearment (mostly the scene where Emma is saying goodbye to her son). And Philadelphia -- practically the whole movie.

[dixiegrrrrl]

69. Yes, to Philadelphia.

What mother could stay dry eyed over that film?
I loved JoAnne Woodwards's depiction of the mother.

[Glassunion]

65. The end of Too Big to Fail... When the banks got the bailout.

[blasto]

71. Do documentaries count?

Dear Zachary made me cry manly tears.

[RedCloud]

72. When Kyle dies in World's Greatest Dad

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Mister kicks Nettie out of the house (The Color Purple)

When Celie and Nettie cling to each other, crying, I lose it.

[TorchTheWitch]

75. I'm horrified to realize there's so many movies in this thread I've never seen

I need to get busy on that.

[WilliamPitt]

77. The end of 'The Champ'

[Pryderi]

79. I have a strange one

It may not be the "most heartbreaking", but it's stuck with me for quite a while. "Mission to Mars" when Tim Robbins takes his helmet off in space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SDpXMbVsw

[amyrose2712]

82. Not strange, I sobbed. Also in The Abyss

" Virgil: Dont cry baby. Knew this was one way ticket, but you know I had to come. Love you wife" sob every single time. I think I cry in so many damn movies I can't even think of the worst.

[Hotler]

81. Monsters Inc.

When Sully had to say goodbye to Boo.

[pink-o]

83. Sorry to sound like an elitist latte drinker: but the Italians have my vote.

1) Vittorio Di Sica's Bicycle Thief. When the dad just walks away dejected and defeated, and the little boy is devastated.

2)Cinema Paradiso. The old man leaves the reel of censored kisses for his once-young friend, who's now a big director in Rome. I double-dog DARE anyone not to sob buckets at that point.

[rrneck]

97. I knew Bicycle Thief would show up before long. nt

[Flying Dream Blues]

84. Here's one nobody has mentioned:

In The Time Traveler's Wife, when he comes back after he's died. It tore me up thinking about it: if you could see someone you miss SO much on this earth, but knew it could only be for a few moments, would you want it? Could you stand it, knowing they'd leave you again?

It took my breath away, and I cried harder than I ever have at a movie. But maybe it's just me.

Other contenders:

"Give my daughter the shot!" in Terms of Endearment.

Philadelphia; so many scenes were heartbreaking in that movie.

[styersc]

86. End of the Original "Bryan's Song".

i'm getting misty.

[Tikki]

91. From a TV show...Doc Martin..when his mother...

(played by the outstanding actress Claire Bloom) visits her now
adult son Martin Ellingham and explains to him, to his face, in detail how his
birth and childhood affected HER life.

Her cold and bitter dialog comes across as controlled but
is fiercely expressed to absolutely destroy the son
she so resents having to have had in her life.

The only thing I have seen comparable is the verbal fighting between
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the movie "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".

I was in tears in both shows.

Tikki

[Taverner]

92. The entire movie "Streetwise"

It's a documentary about homeless kids in Seattle. Real feel good movie.

[BlueIris]

94. The end of Se7en after Morgan Freeman says, "John Doe has the upper hand."

OUCH.

[dembotoz]

95. shindlers list--the little girl in the colored coat

[darkstar3]

98. I've only watched that movie once, and for 13 years one very poignant part has stuck with me:

"...one more person."

[progressoid]

96. The last six minutes of Six Feet Under.

I know it was a TV series but... :cry:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4eUKmLujg

[Beaverhausen]

100. the end of Toy Story 3

I can't believe no one mentioned this yet. Kills me every time I watch it. :cry:

[jrandom421]

101. Most heartbreaking scene for me

From "Saving Private Ryan", at the close, where James Ryan is visiting France, 50 years after being sent back home:

Old James Ryan: My family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasn't sure how I'd feel coming back here. Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I tried to live my life the best that I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that, at least in your eyes, I've earned what all of you have done for me.
Ryan's Wife: James?...

Ryan's Wife: Captain John H Miller.
Old James Ryan: Tell me I have led a good life.
Ryan's Wife: What?
Old James Ryan: Tell me I'm a good man.
Ryan's Wife: You are.

Old James Ryan: