21. The Notebook
Noah and Allie will forever be #RelationshipGoals. Even though they broke our gosh-darn hearts when they died in that bed together.
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22. Stepmom
Tied for close second saddest scene in this tearjerker: When Susan Sarandon’s character comes home from treatment and sees the cardboard cut-outs of her kids. Or the final Christmas she spends saying good-bye to them. *sobs silently*
23. Hook
“You know what I wish? I wish I had a dad like you.” With this moment, Captain Hook plunged a rapier into Rufio… and the collective heart of everyone who has ever watched this classic.
24. Homeward Bound
S-S-Shadow? Is that you, boy? It is Shadow, you guys… it is! This was quite possibly the most heart-tugging scene in every ’90s kid’s childhood.
25. Castaway
By the point in this movie when Wilson floats away, we are all so invested in that damn ball that it feels like we lost a best friend, too. Tom Hanks clearly loves to toy with our emotions.
26. The Fox and the Hound
Listen, we all know the old lady was doing what she thought was in Tod’s best interest. But that didn’t make us any less irrationally angry at her for abandoning the cute little guy and breaking his little fox heart.
27. Patch Adams
When Carin opens up to Patch about her past, when she gets killed, when he reads the Pablo Neruda poem at her funeral, when he gets the little old lady to swim in spaghetti, this scene — it’s nearly impossible to pick only one saddest scene from Patch Adams.
28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
After watching this scene, it’s totally understandable if you need some alone time in a safe space. Dobby was a friend to us all, y’all.
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29. Saving Private Ryan
When he starts crying for his mom? There are no words. Just tears.
30. A Walk to Remember
The fact that Mandy Moore has Precious Moments eyes for the majority of this film makes it impossible not to be sucked into the sadness.
31. I Am Legend
In the future, if someone could just tell me ahead of time that a dog is going to die so I can avoid the movie altogether, that would be super. Kthxbai.
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
If Noah and Allie are forever #RelationshipGoals, then Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins are forever #SquadGoals.
33. The Land Before Time
Add this to the tally of Disney movies that made us all deathly afraid of losing our parents to an untimely demise. Remind me why we subjected ourselves to these movies over and over again?
34. Cold Mountain
The moment Ada realizes Inman has finally come back to her is the moment we all learn from personal experience that you can’t actually drown in your own tears.
35. Fried Green Tomatoes
“Miss Ruth was a lady, and a lady always knows when to leave.” BRB, just need to sob uncontrollably in the corner for a bit. As you were.
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