Homeward Bound - When Sassy and Chance have returned but Shadow is still missing. They all turn away and start to walk back but then Peter hears Shadow barking. Every time I watch it I know it's coming but I fill up everytime
Steel Magnolias - At the funeral when M'Lynn (Sally Field) finally breaks down and starts crying and talking about Shelby dying. She says something like "I was there when that beautiful creature entered this world and I was there when she left" Gladiator - The final few scenes when Maximus is dying and "sees" his wife and son waiting for him and when Juba buries Maximus's figurines and says "I will see you again, but not yet"
Apollo 13 - When everyone at Mission Control and at Jim's house is watching the broadcast on tv of the astronauts return. The scene in Jim's son's classroom when he is watching the clock and the 3 minute (I think) mark passes. At this point (even though I know they are ok) I just start sobbing.
A Time To Kill - When Dwayne Looney is giving evidence against Carl Lee, and even though he lost a leg because of Carl Lee, he says that he would have done exactly the same thing.
I could go on for hours but I am upsetting myself LOL
The penultimate scene of Midnight Cowboy when Rico and Joe are on the bus, the last 10 minutes of so of Brokeback Mountain and the
scene in Shawshank Redemption where Red has just been released from prison and is struggling to adjust to 'normal' life
have me weeping like no other.
Oh, and pretty much the whole second half of In Bruges- that is the saddest comedy I have ever seen (probably the only comedy where I cried as much as I laughed- thats what makes it such a good film to me).
Blast. I wished I hadn't watched this scene again. When you've seen all that's he suffered knowing it was for real and then come to this ending it has to be saddest movie scene of all time.
That's a really hard question, because the 'saddest' scenes in movies are also, usually, the most up-lifting.
When I was 10 I was heartbroken when Dorothy had to say goodbye to the Scarecow ... "I think I'll miss you most of all "
I remember tears rolling down my cheeks when Mel Gibson dropped the embroidered hankie ... as the spirit of his dead wife moved through the mob at the point of his death ( but that was sad/uplifting )
Most of the saddest moments in movies are like that ... sort of 'satisfying' in a reach for the tissues kind of way.
Amy Irving's slow motion walk to lay flowers on Carrie's grave in Carrie (up until right just before 'that' bit happens). It's filmed in such a beautiful, dream-like way and the flute and strings music is so ethereal it's how I imagine the world would 'feel' like just after you died, if there were such a thing as an afterlife.
There has been talk that they've cut that scene. I'm not sure if it's true and really hope it isn't. I think I'll be crying at
Dobby's death
in DH which I know they are including as they have been spotted filming it recently. I'm going to be a wreck when it comes to the scene with Harry
walking to his 'death'
as I can never get through that chapter without my vision getting so blurred that I can't read
As for films that are already out well I cried almost all the way though PS I Love You Whenever Holly remembered Gerry The book was even worse for making me cry but it was also really really funny at times whereas the film wasn't.
Oh also the scene where Liv Tyler is saying goodbye to Bruce Willis (can't remember the characters' names ) in Armageddon and the memorial at the end. I'm so glad we didn't get to see the end of this at school as I don't think I would have managed to keep the tears from falling as I certainly didn't when I finally watched the ending at home.
Also the first time I watched Just Like Heaven on dvd I got a little teary when Elizabeth wakes up at the end and doesn't remember whatshisname. I've got no idea why as I was absolutely fine when I saw it at the cinema, perhaps I was just extra emotional the second time.
As Good As It Gets- the end always makes me cry, but it's more uplifting than sad.
The Bridges of Madison County- the whole thing! But especially the scene near the end where her car is waiting behind his at the traffic lights in the rain and she has her hand on the handle and you don't know if she's going to stay or go. And after that where her kiRAB finish reading the diary.
Rain Man- when Raymond and Charlie are dancing together. And the end when Charlie gets on the train to go back to the home.
Forrest Gump: So many parts in that film! When Forrest is running looking for Bubba, when Forrest found out he had that Son and was worried he would be a bit dim like him. And most of all, when he was at Jenny's gave talking to her. SO SAD!!!
The scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy manages to get home to Kansas gets me every time. I haven't watched it for years as I always start crying every time I watch the movie. I don't know why I cry during that movie but it could be out of sympathy for the characters.
The last half hour of Gone With the Wind - starting at Scarlett's miscarriage all the way to end - it's just one big blubberfest (well the whole movie for me really)
The end of the The Champ - 'Don't die Champ, don't die' - I actually can't see the screen for tears
Just watching Notting Hill on ITV2 and the scene where Anna Scott says "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." Awww
