Most emotional ending to a film you've seen?

What you don't see in the film, but was in the first edition of the book, is when she is reaching for the door handle at the lights - her hubby is also doing the same. He had been having a secret gay affair with 'Clint' under a bridge.

Probably.
 
Surely a new classic weepy is Marley and Me.

I think this film works due partly to the sheer ordinariness/mundaneness almost of the plot. Theres no big dramas - just the ups and downs of normal family life

Its so funny most of the way through. The death scene is almost gratuituos!!:eek:

Also the ending where hes staring at his family so lovingly...
 
I definitely agree with the OP's choice of 'Requiem for a Dream' ... I was left feeling so numb after that film. I also think the soundtrack was very effective. 'Lux Aeterna' is now one of my favourite pieces of music, even though it is used in everything from Sky Sports news to Britain's Got Talent.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was also incredibly emotional. I have never sobbed so much in the cinema. It was actually rather humiliating having to walk out into the packed foyer still blubbing and half-heartedly trying to cover my face.
 
Out of all the films I've seen the most emotional was probably My Girl
Not so much for the death, but Vada's reaction at the funeral
 
Ray - God I couldn't talk for 20 minutes after that film in case I broke down in tears.
Midnight Cowboy - Great acting and directing
Sideways - The look on Paul Giamatti's face when he is listening to the answer machine message is just chilling.
 
Forrest Gump for sure!
Meet Joe Black
Platoon
The Killing FielRAB

(I cried in Jude when I realised how bad a film it was!!!!!!!!!!!)
 
endings/films that have made me emoitonally invest in some way:

ET
Beaches
The Boy in the striped pyjammas
Kite Runner
The Golden Mile
To Kill a Mockingbird
Shawshank Redemption
Wizard of Oz
 
  • Anything with Lassie - IMHO anyone who doesn't is probably an alien
  • Actually make that any film with animals in perilous situations, especially abandoned dogs
  • The Notebook
  • Any Chinese film - do they make any where the hero/heroine/both don't die?
  • The Wrestler
  • The one where Meg Ryan is an alcoholic married to Andy Garcia?
  • The Time Traveler's Wife
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Hahaha! That made me laugh!

I have to say, ET always makes me break down in tears even though I've seen it about a million times!

Titanic used to make me cry, but not so much now.

I watched a favourite film from my childhood the other day on Sky - A Little Princess - and cried at the end of that.

I tend to cry a lot at films actually, even if they're not sad. A great happy ending will reduce me to tears too!

When channel 4 showed the 'Top 100 Tearjerkers of all time' earlier this year, I was home alone watching it and cried at just about every clip - even though I hadn't seen 80% of the films! :cry:
 
Homeward Bound.

I remember thinking poor Shadow wouldn't make it.....:( And then he came limping over the hill at the end of the movie and I was so emotional. :cry:

Favourite movie ever.
 
Suprised no one has mentioned Armageddon. It's such a "Hollywood" film and the teary bit towarRAB the end is so cheesey in places but no matter how many times i watch it and how much i think to myself "I know whats going to happen and its only a film for goRAB sake" at least 1 tear always manage to escape my eyes. My Fiancee's mascara (sp) is practially a doodle on her cheeks by the end.
 
It's been mentioned a few times already but Schindlers List.... gets me every time.

The part where Oscar Schindler breaks down stating that he could have saved more lives if he had sold is car is heart wrenching :cry:

And the final scene in the graveyard.......!
 
When I saw this film at the age of 16 it moved me so much that I was inspired to choose it as my chosen text for my RPR in Higher English. I still have the original recording from when I taped it back then. Haven't watched it in ages though - it's not the sort of film you watch for pleasure (very sad) :(
 
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