" I was already pretty wrecked by about halfway through the movie . Then that shot press me over the edge . bestial . "
Warning : The list below will spoil certain movies ! say at your own jeopardy !
Let’s be honest: sometimes you just need a good ugly cry every now and then. So, when Reddit userMoneyLibrarian9032asked: “What is the most depressing scene ever?” over 10k people shared their movies. Here’s what they said below.
1.“The Land Before Time. You know which scene.”
— MeetSlight8173
" That motion picture is cruel . Little Foot gets cue constantly that his mummy is dead . "
— Lava - Jacket
2.“Opening montage ofUp. No lines or words spoken. Just 10 minutes of love, loss, and unfulfilled dreams. Heartbreakingly beautiful.”
— CowboyJoeBop
" I made the mistake of sitting down to watchUpfor the first meter after my nanna died , in her fourscore , married to my grandfather for 60 years . For me , still , that 10 minutes is the whole film , and I have no linguistic context for anything else presented from it . "
— coy - coyote
" I took a film class that fulfill a random elective credit rating in college . The professor play that collage as an untier to a discussion on the worked up effects of euphony . The twinkle come up , and 40 or 50 20 - somethings , most of whom had n’t see the movie since it was a recent ' child ' photographic film , are just appalled because no one expected to vile cry in their 9 a.m. course . The professor says something like , ' Yeah , it ’s a real tear - yanker ! ' The way is set up like a small movie theater : big covert , ' stadium ' seating , and a guy gets up from the middle of the room and say , ' Maaaaaaan , bang you , ' and walks out .
The prof , who was brand unexampled and young , take out a notebook and pen and says aloud as he ’s writing , ' Note to self : Do n’t … Make …. Class …. Cry …. Without …. bazaar …. monition . ' It separate the tension , but the class conjointly gibe it was a dick move .
The student number back a few transactions later , apologized , and sat back down . The professor acknowledge he was the bad guy and just go bad right into the lesson . Lol . "
— srmg925
3.“For me, the scene inWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape:when the mom realizes what everyone thinks about her weight. Then there’s one after where it shows her at home, kind of processing feelings that make me feel very, very, very bad for her.”
— Fun_Camp_2078
" The ending when they ’re support out of doors weeping and say , ' We ca n’t immerse her , there will be a crane and news camera , ' like even in death , she ca n’t find peacefulness . "
— Normal_Bid_7200
4.“The Roadhas an extremely depressing scene that starts at the beginning of the movie and lasts about an hour and 40 minutes.”
— 01spirit
" The book is even darker . "
— TwinFrogs
5.“John Coffey’s death inThe Green Mile. Completely broke me.”
— oooheycait1223
" For me , it ’s the ' I ’m tired ' speech . The older I get , the harder that one hits . "
— cardnialsyn
6.“When Shadow gives up climbing out of the mud pit. [Homeward Bound.]”
— MisunderstoodPenguin
" I rewatched that of late and had apparently completely forgotten the escape child aspect . That caught me off sentry duty . "
— RadioMessageFromHQ
7."‘Brooks was here.’ I wept.The Shawshank Redemption."
— OpieAngst
" The Brook ’s plot line was lamentable , but the real tear - yanker for me was when Red was talking about how Andy ’s absence seizure after the escape was affecting him .
' I have to prompt myself that some birds are n’t stand for to be cage . Their feathers are just too lustrous . And when they fell away , the part of you that knows it was a sinning to lock them up does rejoice . But still , the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they ’re gone . I guess I just omit my acquaintance . '
Gets me in the feels every meter . "
— realmofconfusion
8."‘I could’ve got one more person.‘Schindler’s List."
— Dragonstone - Citizen
" When they leave the stones on his grave accent … "
— finalina78
" The people in that scene were the existent Jews who had been saved by the real - life-time Oskar Schindler . "
— knucklehead923
9.“Lilo and Stitch. In the scene where Stitch is leaving the house with the ugly duckling book, she says, ‘I’ll remember you, though, I remember everyone who leaves.’ I know the ending is happy, but the sadness in her voice paired with Stitch’s depression and uncertainty because he believes he’s causing the destruction of their lives when he’s just trying to be himself and also protect himself, kills me inside. It’s such a deep moment for aDisney film, and it hurts even thinking about it. It’s such a beautiful moment of him sacrificing his own future for the sake of theirs.”
— Nearity
" This panorama has always pull me up , but what make me commence bawl is Stitch walking alone in the rainfall and crying out , ' I ’m lost . ' He sees the Ugly Duckling do it in the book , and then someone comes to help the Duckling , but no one comes for him . "
— NinnyBoggy
" Lilo and Stitch tackled a great deal of very heavy , adult topic through the lense of a child , and it off so differently than nearly any other Disney picture show . Child Protective Services , a vernal woman running the menage and test to elevate her sister , inherited loss , the release of a favorite , self destructive leaning , bullying , stigma and racialism , etc .
It is easy one of Disney ’s most compelling and well written picture show ever . "
— OhGodImHerping
10.“The scene inForrest Gumpwhen he says, ‘Is he smart, or is he like me?’ It breaks my heart every time. Maybe not THE most depressing movie moment, but the fact that Forrest achieved all these incredible things and deep down, still knows people think he’s ‘stupid’ and is so worried about his son. It’s so sad.”
— HoeForSpaghettios
" I show this movie every year to my US history category . It ’s always interesting to see ruffianly West Philly kids misplace it over ' You died on a Saturday Morning . ' "
— RoryDragonsbane
11.“Neil Perry killing himself inDead Poets Society.”
— PhoenixAZisHot
" Him crying out , ' Oh my son ! ' and the female parent hysterically repeating , ' He ’s alright ' is tattooed on my learning ability . The way the aspect is filmed from the threshold and behind the desk is gross filmmaking . It feels so real . It experience like we are voyeurs look out the most individual and pivotal moment of their life , something we should n’t be seeing . Goosebumps . "
— acastleofcards
12.“Click! When Sandler’s character realises he’s fast-forwarded through his whole life.”
— PangolinMandolin
" So , I got plunge really unexpectedly class ago . I was smart BAD and needed something to make me laugh .
' Oh , hey , there ’s a newfangled Adam Sandler movie out …. '
Shit ruined me . "
— medullah
13.“Jojo Rabbitis such a beautiful movie! Fun and charming at times, and absolutely devastating at others. Perfect movie.”
— piffling - pickle
" It was so perfectly cast . Everyone is so peachy in it . It ’s concentrated to move audiences to laugh in one view and bawl their eyes out in another , only to laugh again at the next . "
— AuggumsMcDoggums
14.“There are so many, but the scene inDumbowhere the mother cradles him from behind the bars destroyed me. A few years back, I was protesting outside (peacefully, just holding placards) of a circus that still used live animals, and they had an elephant that was so stressed, and I thought of her.”
— HystericalOnion
" ' Baby Mine ' is such an underrated Disney song . "
— Casoscaria
15.“Grave of the Fireflies.”
— SoupOpus
" tomb of the Firefliesis the distressing picture show I ’ve ever seen . But what hits hardest is learning that the autobiographic story that it is based upon has one major falsification , in that it depicts the report as how the author would have require to dissemble :
Nosaka sound out that in the story , Seita ' got progressively transformed into a better human being ' since he was trying to ' compensate for everything I could n’t do myself ' and that he was never ' kind like the primary character . ' Nosaka explained that ' I always think I wanted to perform those generous enactment in my head , but I could n’t do so . ' He believed that he would always give food to his sister , but when he hold food for thought , he ate it . The food tasted very serious when it was scarce , but he felt remorseful afterwards . Nosaka concluded , ' I ’d think there is no one more hopeless in the mankind than me . I did n’t put anything about this in the novel . '
Grave of the Firefliesis not just a warfare narration . It is the author ’s survivor ’s guilt feelings and apology to his sister . "
— F_B_W
16.“The scene inGladiator, where Maximus comes home to find his wife and little boy slaughtered and hanging. Any dog death in a movie just kills me; I usually can’t even watch them:I Am Legend, for instance.”
— Queenofscots
" This is the first thing I thought about , too . I owned horses arise up , so to hinge on yours to exhaustion only to total home to your mob hanging by ropes in a tree diagram is the uncollectible matter I can retrieve of . Watching him tinge their feet and slimy cry make me snap up every time . "
— theplacewiththeface
17.“Bing Bong inInside Out.”
— DanLebaTurdFerguson
" learn it in the dramatic art with my daughter , who was just gain that phase where the dateless days of giggles , stickers , and make - believe were ending . I was already pretty wreck by about halfway through the movie . That Bing Bong aspect push me over the edge . Brutal .
Even hearing the euphony still place a goon in my throat . "
— Ok_Objective_9524
18.“The scene inLove Actuallywhen Emma Thompson finds out he didn’t buy her the necklace.”
— jackies_goodies
" Emma Thompson just crush that scene . you could see her spunk fail in real time , and then you could see her selflessness and love for her family when she refuses to lease it break their Christmas . It ’s so unbelievably sad . "
— onebirdonawire
19.“InEncanto,when they’re giving abuela’s backstory, and you see her village leaving but being pursued by the bad guys. Abuelo sees what’s happening, kisses his babies goodbye, and goes to stop the riders. Whew. Just got dusty in here.”
— GoChocoboGo69
" This one andCoco . Like , two totally different character of crying , but both heart - wrenching . The two grandmother ’s stories being so vital to their family in life and in death … It never go to get me . "
— StarsofSobek
20.“Steel Magnolias.Sally Field at her daughter’s burial.”
— iocanetolerance
21.“Cast Away. When Tom Hanks’ character loses Wilson. I don’t even remember what the majority of the movie was like because the last time I saw it, I was super young. However, that screaming and fighting to get Wilson back, only to watch as Wilson drifts away slowly, will always be burned into my memory.”
— Stea1thsniper32
" Fuck that part . When he finally returns to his wife , and she is remarry with a family is blinking soul - crushing . That entire sequence is toilsome to watch , especially when they lead to each other in the rainwater . "
— all___blue
22.“Beaches:Barbara Hershey looking for a picture of her mom’s hands.”
" My friend ’s mamma made the fault of rentingBeachesfor a sleepover when we were in like fourth grade , because we had try ' Wind Beneath My wing ' on the radio receiver and make love it . Cut to her waking up at 11 p.m. to a Greek chorus of wailing , sobbing girls , all of us absolute crash . As an grownup , I forgive you , Lauren ’s mom . As a child , then … Not yet . "
— SceneNational6303
23.“The Mist’s ending.”
— FranksNBeans2025
" This is probably the individual most shocking ending to a film that I can retrieve ; I can still remember the unbelief I had take in it for the first time . astonished . "
— DreadForge
