Saddest movie?

Captain Picard. · February 12 2013, 09:35 PM

What's the saddest movie you have watched?

Spot's Meow · February 12 2013, 09:44 PM

Titanic and The Lion King come immediately to mind, as cliche as they are.

A Walk to Remember is one of those movies that you expect to be a silly teen romance (which it is at some points), but suddenly you're bawling and questioning the meaning of life itself.

But you never really said in your original post - what do YOU think is the saddest movie?

auntiehill · February 12 2013, 09:45 PM

Testament. If you don't cry at this movie, you have no soul.
House of Sand and Fog. A film designed to make you slit your wrists.
Schindler's List. Sad, tragic and still uplifting.
Turtles Can Fly. "Sad" doesn't begin to cover it. The fact that most of the cast actually ARE orphaned refugees makes it even more tragic.

Captain Picard. · February 12 2013, 09:50 PM

Anyone seen imitation of life? I was crying for an hour

It was kind of embarrassing but I could not help it.

Yes Titanic is so tragic. When the mother is reading her children a story and the old couple are hugging

while the ship is sinking.

pigletsgiblets · February 12 2013, 10:11 PM

Titanic

thestrangequark · February 12 2013, 10:17 PM

Grave of Fireflies comes to mind. It was just pure, horrific depression.

foxhot · February 12 2013, 11:19 PM

''Escape from the Planet of the Apes.'' No question.

(''Testament'' is excellent, sad but also uplifting.)

Gary Mitchell · February 12 2013, 11:32 PM

Old Yeller

The last scene of "The Day After" usually gets to me. Jason Robards knows he's dying from radiation so he decides to go home for the last time. He's picking through the rubble of his neighborhood when he sees an old man and his family sitting in the remains of his house. Jason Robards yells at them to get out of his house and then falls to his knees in despair. The old man comes up to him and offers him an onion (a treasure after WWIII) and then hugs him.

JirinPanthosa · February 12 2013, 11:37 PM

I second Grave Of The Fireflies.

I think Titanic is on the line of the emotion being too forced to personally connect with.

Also, every movie Robert Bresson ever made.

Trekker4747 · February 13 2013, 12:14 AM

Titanic. It honestly made me cry the first time I saw it.

Garak · February 13 2013, 12:56 AM

Trekker4747 wrote:

Titanic. It honestly made me cry the first time I saw it.

Yeah, but you were probably having your period.

Anyways, movies with animals tug at my sensitive heart strings. Old Yeller, The Incredible Journey, Project X, Turner and Hooch.

Starbreaker · February 13 2013, 03:55 AM

My Sister's Keeper. Total schmaltz, but it'll get to you.

Orac · February 13 2013, 04:13 AM

My Girl

OdoWanKenobi · February 13 2013, 04:16 AM

thestrangequark wrote:

Grave of Fireflies comes to mind. It was just pure, horrific depression.

Yup. That's the very first film that came to mind. I must have been depressed for weeks after seeing that. The movie is an absolute masterpiece that everyone needs to see, but don't make me watch it again.

Praetor_Shinzon · February 13 2013, 04:56 AM

Grave of Fireflies was also the first film that i thought of.

February 12 2013, 09:35 PM	#1
Captain Picard. Lieutenant Commander Location: Earth	Saddest movie? What's the saddest movie you have watched?

February 12 2013, 09:44 PM	#2
Spot's Meow Vice Admiral Location: California	Re: Saddest movie? Titanic and The Lion King come immediately to mind, as cliche as they are. A Walk to Remember is one of those movies that you expect to be a silly teen romance (which it is at some points), but suddenly you're bawling and questioning the meaning of life itself. But you never really said in your original post - what do YOU think is the saddest movie? __________________ Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future. And time future contained in time past. —T.S. Eliot

February 12 2013, 09:45 PM	#3
auntiehill Fleet Admiral Location: av by Chemahkuu	Re: Saddest movie? Testament. If you don't cry at this movie, you have no soul. House of Sand and Fog. A film designed to make you slit your wrists. Schindler's List. Sad, tragic and still uplifting. Turtles Can Fly. "Sad" doesn't begin to cover it. The fact that most of the cast actually ARE orphaned refugees makes it even more tragic.

February 12 2013, 09:50 PM	#4
Captain Picard. Lieutenant Commander Location: Earth	Re: Saddest movie? Anyone seen imitation of life? I was crying for an hour It was kind of embarrassing but I could not help it. Yes Titanic is so tragic. When the mother is reading her children a story and the old couple are hugging while the ship is sinking.

February 12 2013, 10:11 PM	#5
pigletsgiblets Fleet Captain Location: Knoxville,Tennessee	Re: Saddest movie? Titanic __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum-Lucretius,De Rerum Natura

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February 12 2013, 10:17 PM	#6
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: Saddest movie? Grave of Fireflies comes to mind. It was just pure, horrific depression. __________________ "I wish I had two hearts I could follow." View my art!

February 12 2013, 11:19 PM	#7
foxhot Captain Location: maryland	Re: Saddest movie? ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes.'' No question. (''Testament'' is excellent, sad but also uplifting.)

February 12 2013, 11:32 PM	#8
Gary Mitchell Vice Admiral Location: Delta Vega ¯\_(°·O)_/¯	Re: Saddest movie? Old Yeller The last scene of "The Day After" usually gets to me. Jason Robards knows he's dying from radiation so he decides to go home for the last time. He's picking through the rubble of his neighborhood when he sees an old man and his family sitting in the remains of his house. Jason Robards yells at them to get out of his house and then falls to his knees in despair. The old man comes up to him and offers him an onion (a treasure after WWIII) and then hugs him. __________________ The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.

February 12 2013, 11:37 PM	#9
JirinPanthosa Captain	Re: Saddest movie? I second Grave Of The Fireflies. I think Titanic is on the line of the emotion being too forced to personally connect with. Also, every movie Robert Bresson ever made.

February 13 2013, 12:14 AM	#10
Trekker4747 To boldly go... Location: Kansas City	Re: Saddest movie? Titanic. It honestly made me cry the first time I saw it. __________________ Just because it's futuristic doesn't mean it's practical.

February 13 2013, 03:55 AM	#12
Starbreaker Fleet Admiral	Re: Saddest movie? My Sister's Keeper. Total schmaltz, but it'll get to you.

February 13 2013, 04:13 AM	#13
Orac Vice Admiral Location: Platonius	Re: Saddest movie? My Girl __________________ "Sorry, miss. I was giving myself an oil-job." - Robby the Robot (Forbidden Planet)

February 13 2013, 04:56 AM	#15
Praetor_Shinzon Rear Admiral Location: Virginia	Re: Saddest movie? Grave of Fireflies was also the first film that i thought of.