Saddest movie ever

[Nightwish84]

Yep. As well done as it is, just brutally hard for me to watch human suffering on that scale.

And Spielberg was directing Jurassic Park at the same time. I can't fathom the shifts of emotion from doing arguably one of the most important and depressing films ever made to a summer blockbuster about a dinosaur park.

 

[Tskware]

Glory had me shedding some tears.

Also based on a true story. The opening scene of Antietam is reminiscent of Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Keeping the faith]

Lorenzo's Oil

 

[HeismaNole]

Blue Valentine

I watched that when it first came out about 13 years ago. I remembered it being a downer. Watched it again on HBO a few months ago and it's just so damn depressing all around. Dead dog, raising kid that's not yours, wife hates you, gets the wife fired, and gets left. The movie ends on that note.

 

[thabigbluenation]

Requiem for a dream was disturbing and sad

 

[SkyPrince1]

Terms of Endearment.
The scene with Debra Wingers character in the hospital being visited by her youngest son for the last time.

 

[SkyPrince1]

Requiem for a dream was disturbing and sad

I put it in the category with " Leaving Las Vegas".
Very depressing but not really a tear jerker.

 

[JDHoss]

Also based on a true story. The opening scene of Antietam is reminiscent of Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan.

And the end of Saving Private Ryan as well. The only sound in the sold out theater was the muffled sobs of several people as everyone quietly filed out.

 

[JGCraw]

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Dog follows his owner to the commuter train every day and is there waiting for him when he comes back each day from work. The owner dies at work. Then it follows the dog who obviously doesn't know what happened to his owner.

If you love dogs, do NOT watch this movie. Dang it was sad.

I went to his statue in Tokyo . Tear jerker movie.