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[dave is ok]

The scene in Eternal Sunshine when they are sitting on the steps outside of the house on the beach and everything after it for about five-ten minutes.

 

[Cimarron]

When Roy Fokker dies in Macross the Movie. So fricking sad!

 

[Kabuki Waq]

The Last Kenshin OVA.

Grave of the Fire flies

Cool Runnings ( the end of the race)

 

[Master Z]

Passion Of The Christ

Crucifixtion scene. That part made me shed a tear, and I'm not even christian.

 

[Hooker]

Outside of the already mentioned ones, Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers.


Where King Theoden says "No parent should have to bury their own children" -- I should add that I saw this movie a couple of days after my favourite nephew who turned 3 a couple of days prior passed away.

 

[Jugendstil]

Oh man, that scene in Roger Rabbit is brutal. I saw the movie pretty recently, and when it got to that scene I was still completely horrified by it. The Judge was a bad, bad man!

Iron Giant is another one.

I thought parts of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind were pretty sad, especially the ones towards the end.

Menace II Society has a really depressing ending, especially with Caine's monolouge.

Amores Perros and 21 Grams are both hopelessly depressing too.

Man, I love sad movies.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Man that Shoe was so innocent looking and so happy


OLD boy probably has the most Sad Disturbing aand depressing ending ever.

 

[Great Wasabi Man]

Paying $10 to see LxG, Tomb Raider, The Matrix just to name a few

 

[Loki]

I'm sure I'm forgetting many others, but...


Forrest Gump: When you see that Jenny has died and he's at her grave crying.

Message in a Bottle: When Garrett dies at the end after trying to rescue a family drowning at sea.

 

[lexi]

Grave of the Fireflies, the ending, there is no contest. The music,

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The expression on Seita's face as he cremates Setsuko

 

[Ninja Scooter]

the end of Boyz in the Hood when it tells you that Doubghboy got murdered 2 weeks later. Doughboy kicked ass all he did was eat, sleep and shit.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Passion of the Christ... the part at the end where Jesus is carrying the cross and drops it and Mary tries to help him and they show flashbacks of Jesus as a child.

 

[DarthWoo]

Maybe not the saddest moments for me, but still sad nonetheless:

Saving Private Ryan -

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(1) When the chaplain's car arrives at the Ryan home, and the mother collapses on the porch. (2) Someone else reminded me of this scene in another thread, and I'd agree: When they're in the bombed out church trying to sleep, and Wade recounts his childhood, when he'd pretend to be sleeping when his mother got home late at night, and he didn't know why he did that. Probably more poignant because of what happens to him later, of course.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Maybe not the saddest moments for me, but still sad nonetheless:

Saving Private Ryan -

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(1) When the chaplain's car arrives at the Ryan home, and the mother collapses on the porch. (2) Someone else reminded me of this scene in another thread, and I'd agree: When they're in the bombed out church trying to sleep, and Wade recounts his childhood, when he'd pretend to be sleeping when his mother got home late at night, and he didn't know why he did that. Probably more poignant because of what happens to him later, of course.

speaking of Private Ryan, that reminded me of another, when that Nazi is fighting the soldier and ends up stabbing him right in the heart, while that pussy ammunition kid just stands right outside the door and does nothing. Everytime i watch that scene im like "GET YOUR ASS IN THERE FUCKER!"

 

[dem]

As cheesy as it is... that last scene in Saving Private Ryan at the cemetery always gets me.

 

[quin]

speaking of Private Ryan, that reminded me of another, when that Nazi is fighting the soldier and ends up stabbing him right in the heart, while that pussy ammunition kid just stands right outside the door and does nothing. Everytime i watch that scene im like "GET YOUR ASS IN THERE FUCKER!"

When i saw that i wanted to get up in the theater and yell at the screen soo bad...

 

[way more]

Magnolia is the kind of depressing movie that cheers me up, that and Bringing Out the Dead.

AI is brutal, pretty much all of it.

 

[fallout]

That scene in Requiem for a Dream when Harry's talking to his mother. Just the weird calmness of it all and the distance they put between each other. It's like the entire movie slows down just once so you can see that performance.

 

[karasu]

When Robocop was shot by his fellow police officers after fighting that prototype mech in the original movie.

 

[Prince of Space]

speaking of Private Ryan, that reminded me of another, when that Nazi is fighting the soldier and ends up stabbing him right in the heart, while that pussy ammunition kid just stands right outside the door and does nothing. Everytime i watch that scene im like "GET YOUR ASS IN THERE FUCKER!"

One of the very few scenes in a film I just can't watch. Jesus, I wanted to beat the living SHIT out of that kid.

 

[etiolate]

I'll add the end of MASK (cher movie) and the end of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

 

[DarthWoo]

speaking of Private Ryan, that reminded me of another, when that Nazi is fighting the soldier and ends up stabbing him right in the heart, while that pussy ammunition kid just stands right outside the door and does nothing. Everytime i watch that scene im like "GET YOUR ASS IN THERE FUCKER!"

I read this essay once on how it wasn't really fair to hate Upham for his cowardice, because he was supposed to represent the everyman or something. Then again, Captain Miller was from pretty much from the same type of educated background, and he turned out fine.

 

[Kebric]

I think its because its Upham's first time in close combat, and he's scared to death.

 

[Gibbo]

The last part of 'Man On Fire' as well as the Korean war film, Brotherhood.

 

[Arwen]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

When Christopher Lloyd dunks that cartoon shoe into the acid.

:lol

Man did he ever scare the hell out of me when I was a kid. You know the part where his eyes go all crazy and stuff. That was some disturbing junk to put in a kid's movie.

Saddest movie moment:

It would be in Grave of the Fireflies -- man that whole movie had me bawling.

Oh and the ending of Cowboy Bebop

And the Boyz 'n the Hood... it was depressing (Definitely Cuba Gooding Jr.'s best role to date)

 

[The Shadow]

A Perfect World

Saddest. Ending. Ever.

Agreed.

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Especially when you go back to the very beginning when they show him smiling with all that money falling everywhere. At least he seemed happy when he died.

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Someone else reminded me of this scene in another thread, and I'd agree: When they're in the bombed out church trying to sleep, and Wade recounts his childhood, when he'd pretend to be sleeping when his mother got home late at night, and he didn't know why he did that. Probably more poignant because of what happens to him later, of course.

Also agreed here.

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To show how powerful his performance was, I was crying even before I really understood what he was saying meant. It was just the remorse and regret he had on his face that did it for me. Plus, I was balling when they were trying to save him after he got shot up and they gave him morphine and he's saying, "Mom....Momma...." Oh fuck. I lose it every time.

 

[Kintaro]

Hmmm...things that randomly pop into my head:

Last Samurai - The Climax on the Battlefield with the Machine Gun comes into play =(
Moulin Rouge - The ending =(
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind - Moments here and there
Rocky III - Already mentioned
Transformers the Movie - Prime's Death

Grave of the Fireflies - Whole damn thing
Saikano - Ending
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day - The movie that ends the love triangle. Not just ending it, SHATTERING IT. Brutal =(
Gundam: Char's Counter Attack - I thought this movie had an overall feeling of dread, not to mention all the death...
Macross Plus - Bowman's Death
End of Evangelion - Asuka Reaching out as the Production Evas fly overhead, her Eva going Berserk after it's been assaulted...and the screams from Miya in the intercom afterwards ;_;

Eh, probably more later.

 

[APerfectCircle]

Lion King when Simbas dad dies :'(

exactly the same for me, its the only movie that had ever got me close to crying. i sat in the cinema in disbelief, mufasa.

 

[norinrad21]

Akira when Tetsuo disappears with the other 3 kids

Kenshin OAV ending

Summer of Kikujiro when the kids finds out about his mom

Shinji Ikari`s relationship with his dad


Last Samurai Watanabe ken`s perfect moment

The professional Leons demise

Macross Do You Remember Love.....ending

 

[spliced]

Forrest Gump -

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When Jenny dies, his mom dies and when Dan loses his legs.

Titanic -

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When Jack dies

Patch Adams - I don't remember the exact parts but I know it was very sad.

Stand By Me -

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At the end when the Narrator tells about one of the friends dying.

 

[MrSingh]

what? no votes for the crying game?

 

[Quantum Mechanic]

Apart from some animated movies whan I as a kid, I'd have to say some episodes of Futurama, especially the ones about Fry's past life. Not a movie, I know, but you just don't expect that kind of emotional depth in a cartoon.

 

[Kintaro]

Apart from some animated movies whan I as a kid, I'd have to say some episodes of Futurama, especially the ones about Fry's past life. Not a movie, I know, but you just don't expect that kind of emotional depth in a cartoon.

I cannot watch the episode about Fry's dog. Just can't do it.

 

[robochimp]

End of Iron Giant i dont know why it gets to me...

I am...Superman...

It would have been so much more powerfull if

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he didn't reassemble

 

[Cooper]

Life is Beautiful The end of that movie got me like few others.

 

[jett]

Braveheart. You know when. You fucking should know when, that is.

 

[impirius]

Raging Bull - The fallen Jake LaMotta trying to talk to his brother and reciting a poem in his dressing room

Big Fish - The bittersweet ending

 

[Litigation Manuel]

I cannot watch the episode about Fry's dog. Just can't do it.

Agreed. That is the sadest (and one of the best made) cartoons in cartoon history.

 

[Guzim]

How can I forget the saddest movie of all-time?

 

[Bigfoot]

Apart from some animated movies whan I as a kid, I'd have to say some episodes of Futurama, especially the ones about Fry's past life. Not a movie, I know, but you just don't expect that kind of emotional depth in a cartoon.

I agree too. As someone mentioned, the dog episode is really sad, and the one with his brother and the seven leaf clover is really sad as well. It's depressing just thinking about them.

 

[Juno]

Two that spring to mind (and have already been mentioned but are worth mentioning again):

The House of Sand and Fog:

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Kingsley's reaction when his son gets caught in the misfire while they're being held hostage. That more-so than the ending.

American History X

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Already said. The whole sequence from when Derek drops Danny off at school and most definitely Norton's reaction when he gets to the toilets.

 

[cvxfreak]

A Walk to Remember

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We find out Jamie has leukemia. Later, right after the wedding, Jamie dies.

The Last Samurai

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The Japanese bald rebel dude dies.

The Land Before Time (as a little kid)

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Littlefoot's mother dies. SONUVABITCH SHARPTOOTH!!!

 

[RedDwarf]

The Pianist had lots of sad moments, but

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when the nazi's throw the old man in his wheelchair out of the window really got me

.

 

[Biff Hardbody]

The end of "The house of sand and fog" is possibly the saddest thing I've seen in the movies.

 

[Strike East]

Battle Royale- When Chigusa dies

 

[darkiguana]

I agree too. As someone mentioned, the dog episode is really sad, and the one with his brother and the seven leaf clover is really sad as well. It's depressing just thinking about them.

Completey agree. The one where Leela goes into a coma and the last episode were pretty sad too. The dog episode is just heartbreaking.

darkiguana

 

[Vlad]

Completey agree. The one where Leela goes into a coma and the last episode were pretty sad too. The dog episode is just heartbreaking.

darkiguana

I've never seen the dog episode, and I never want to. Just reading a vague synopsis of it had me tearing up and going off to hug my dogs, I don't even want to know what a wreck I'd be if I actually saw the thing.

The professional Leons demise

That one's up there for me. That's one of those movies where, every time I watch it, some irrational part of me always hopes that he'll make it through the hall and onto the street...

 

[Takuan]

Same as Loki, the Forrest Gump scene when Tom Hanks is at Jenny's grave telling her stuff.

Also, for some reason, I felt sad when

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Denzel got shot up by the Russians at the end of Training Day

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There are a lot of other sad moments in lots of movies, but those two are the ones I remember most.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Menace II Society has a really depressing ending, especially with Caine's monolouge.

Yeah. That sucked.

But when I look back on it, I laugh my ass off because of the mocking of it in "Don't be a Menace II Society while drinkin yo juice in da hood"

But I can't get people's references to The Lion King. Those scenes were FUNNAY! Especially the way Mufasa slides in like "He's dead... they're gonna think you killed him. RUN! RUN LITTLE BOY!" :lol :rollin :lol

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

- The Deer Hunter:

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when Christopher Walken plays Russian roulette one last time

- Once Upon A Time In America:

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When Bugsy pursue the young punks fires a stray bullet into the back of Dominic, and he tells Noodles "I tripped".

- American Beauty: Even though you know Lester Burnham is going to die it was sad to see him go at the end, because you really are rooting for him and his family (or at least him and his daughter) by the end of the picture.