What's the most heartbreaking film you've watched?

[LudoBear]

I've just watched Mums List. Proper sobbing watching it and I don't even have children.

Eight Below, Haachi and Marley & Me are sad too.

That Benjamin Button shite. Hours of my life I'll never get back.

Marley and Me. Saw it at the cinema and as we walked from our seats my husband said about how many people were crying, then looked at me and saw I was distraught too. I sobbed all the way home and carried on for a while afterwards.
I don’t usually cry at movies so thought I’d be okay to watch it again on a plane but I was very wrong.

The only other one I remember crying over was Beaches at the cinema 30+ years ago.

Lion
The Champ
But Beaches will always be the one that makes me bawl.......

Haatchi, is for sure the saddest film ever.

Beaches was sad too.

The light between oceans
My Sister's keeper
The Boy in the Striped pyjamas
Lion - DH saw it before me and made me watch it, on Mother's Day of all the days

The Outsiders - "stay gold Ponyboy".

Agree with The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. The last five minutes of Pay It Forward gets me every time, and I’m not a crier.

Sophie's choice , i could never watch it again.

Me before you
Last Christmas
Utter blubfests

Armageddon - I've just remembered that last part!

Ah so many of the films here make me properly well up.
But two (out of so many!) that have really, really stayed with me are:

Poetry- A Korean film about a grandmother, diagnosed with Alzheimers. She single-handedly raises her teenage grandson who, along with a gang of other teenage boys, gang rapes a teenage girl over a period of six months. Anyway, I won't say anymore other than, it's a masterpiece. If I could name only one film that could hold that title of masterpiece, it would be Poetry. The ending just left me stunned. It's the most powerful ending to a film I've ever seen.

The other film is the Danish film, Land of Mine about these German POWs- teenage boys- sent to clear the landmines in Denmark. Again, it's just such a powerful, heartbreaking film. It leaves a stain.

Nothing has ever made me cry like the 12 Days of Christine! Miss Lonely Hearts in Rear Window gets me as well.

Testament of Youth, I think it was a BBC film, I literally cried the whole way through which is not me at all, the only other time I used to cry was some episodes of Vampire Diaries.

Beaches. I watched it for the first time when I was 14.
I literally can't watch it now I have kids.

Cloud Atlas always makes me bawl and swear to live a better life! It's an odd film but I love it.

The Light between the Oceans
Beaches
The Notebook

Sophie's choice I watched years ago, well before having children, and it still haunts me. I have two children now and just thinking about it is enough to get me crying!
Truly, madly deeply - every time
The Champ
Dances with wolves
Schindler's list - I almost left the cinema watching this because I was so distraught.
I, Daniel Blake - had to show it to a class in school - very distressing all round. Lots of tissues needed.

Oh yes! What Dreams May Come! Can never watch that again after Robin killed himself. Made me bawl even without that.

My Girl.

Also, as previously mentioned, Marley and Me and Bridge to Terabithia.

Pay it forward - has me absolutely howling tears everytime.

Extremely loud and incredibly close, had to turn it off after the first half hour as I was crying so hard!

Grave of the Fireflies.

I was a bit in shock at how remorselessly cruel the people around them were, but very recently, I read a first hand account of Hiroshima, where a teenage boy lost his entire family, and how matter of fact he was about how being so alone in the world made him an outcast in Japanese society. He had no one. There was no compassion.

Agree with grave of the fireflies. Another anime film called Giovanni’s Island had a similar result 😭

I’m sure it’s not the most heartbreaking film I’ve ever seen, but a few months ago I watched Only the Brave and it broke me. In fact I still keep thinking about the men it was based on.

Sophie's Choice

Saw it when my children were similar ages to hers and it utterly wrecked me. I was completely traumatised about it, to be honest, and knew I'd never be able to watch it again. A shame, because I think it was a brilliant film and beautiful in some ways.

I need a list of all these to watch! Love a cathartic film.

I cried at All The Bright Places, not sure how well known it is but loved it.