" I have never felt more depressed and shocked and sad after a film as I did with Mulholland Dr. I am making a copy for my friend right now and just going through the scenes is utterly gut-wrenching, it's one of those movies that changes after you have seen it once. I've never had this happen in a movie before, where I actually feel terrible and sad for a character. Naomi Watt's performance in this film is incredible. She really made me get into her character. Definitely her best work. I also cried at the end of Brokeback Mountain... my god that was sad. Strangely, they both involve homosexual relationships :S "
I saw the comedy version of Brokeback Mountain. You know, the part where the black sheriff tells the guy "put your balls in my mouth!".
" Dancer In The Dark anyone? Tbh the things that are the most moving are always the bittersweet endings, like The Life Aquatic, Chungking Express, or Eternal Sunshine or something. "
@RedSox8933 said: I would just like to add that I think that The Sopranos had the saddest and most disturbing moment I've ever seen in any media.
Many parts of The Wire and the "Family Meeting" in The Shield would disagree.
Saddest movies: Irreversible, Papillion, Oldboy (one my all time favs but that movie is heavy), Million Dollar Baby, Blade Runner ("Like tears in rain...")
@Meowayne: never heard of it before now but even the name sounds insanely depressing. for me its probably either forest gump the first time I watched it or the bucket list.
I don't know what the saddest movie ever is and I have seen many. But who can argue how sad that bit in the first pokemon movie is when Ash dies (SPOILER) and Pikachu is all like pika..CHUUUUUUUU! trying to bring him back to life... it breaks my heart every time..... seriously.
" Grave of the Fireflies wasn't that depressing... it made me cry for abit but no anime film, regardless of its drama had made me cry since then Recently, Seven Pounds has brought me into tears(well 1 and a half ago)... "
Seven pounds was really sad. I never understood the ending until they met at the end. I was wondering what they were talking about. That movie and Requiem for a Dream were just depressing.
hmmm. i can't think of the sadest movie i've ever seen but i can't think of the saddest in recent memory. i had girl over a couple of months ago show me "the boy in the striped pajamas". i found it to be a cute movie all the way through but the very end, man that was messed up and was sad as hell.
its hard for me to get really sad about movies. theres this one humane society commercial that i've been seeing on tv lately that every time, almost gets me to cry just cuz i love cats and dogs so much. but thats really all i can think of at the moment.
Dude, Se7en? What was sad about it? Maybe mind-blowing. Maybe totally brilliant. Maybe disturbing. Maybe perfect. But sad? Naw, man. Sure, I guess it was sad what happened, but I think it ended the film so well that I wasn't sad. Just totally flabbergasted and dumbfounded and in awe of what an amazing ending that was. That was like the coolest ending ever.
If you're Australian and haven't seen this. You need to. It's sad because you know what is going to happen but it is so hard hitting and realistic. And a movie that is actually true.
Also the end of Gallipoli is pretty tough.
I have never cried because of a movie though, however the beginning of UP was probably the closest I have ever gotten. That and the last episode of M*A*S*H
well million dollar baby, mystic river, and gone baby gone (all related in a way). 3 powerfully emotional films. i cant remember what mullholland dr was about, all i remember was the insanely hot lesbian scenes.
It starts with a guy who gets stuck in a blizzard for days and is presumed dead.
His wife goes to the town he used to live in after opening a letter, Hence the title, I don't remember the details though). And finds a woman that looks pretty much like her.
Well, basically the guy couldn't forget his first love after he left the town ( I forgot why he left), and married somebody who resembled her. Stuff revolves around the letter, and other stuff emerge. Something about the guy returning to town whatever.
Anyways, the movie ends with the woman that still lived in the town shouting towards the mountain that she still loves him.
The guy actually never shows up throughout the movie, his presence only shown in flashbacks and letters that were left behind.
The ending is very bitter sweet, most love stories end with people realizing each others love and being together, but here by the time the woman finds out that the guy she was waiting for was planning on returning to the town to meet her, he's already presumed to be dead (the movie doesn't say either way but it's a foregone conclusion).
It's like a happy ending wrapped around the worst possible ending ever. Needless to say it's a very hard pill to swallow.
Anyone I show this movie to, they can't help but cry so much at the end. One of the best films ever made. "
First time I didn't mind this vector artstyle. The action scenes were awesome; the conversations... needed more frames to say the least. Never heard of a "Philangist" before this and had to Wikipedia them and still don't know why they brought them up. And no, Palestine is not Auschwitz.
" well million dollar baby, mystic river, and gone baby gone (all related in a way). 3 powerfully emotional films. i cant remember what mullholland dr was about, all i remember was the insanely hot lesbian scenes. "
The way David Lynch shoots the movie is what makes it so sad though. It has such a fucked up structure and nothing really makes sense except the overall tone of sadness and regret.
The story of a young actress (Naomi Watts) who came to LA from Canada to try and be famous. She auditioned for a role, but this other girl got it. They eventually became friends and then lovers, but after a little while the other one wants to stop their meetings. It's because she wants to be with the director of her new film, so she can advance her career. The Canadian girl thinks that her friend is over this guy one night because she got a phone call invite to a party, but it ends up that the other girl called her there to rub it in her face and announce her marriage in front of her. But the whole first hour and 20 mins of the movie is told in a life that the actress wishes she had led, like a perfect life. It's a really fucked up movie and I'm not even really touching on anything, but the ending is just too much. Naomi Watts' acting is top notch in this movie
" I think maybe The Trueman Show or The Shawshank Redemption. Dunno, I don't really watch depressing movies. "
How can Shawshank redemption be a saddening movie as a whole? The moral of the story is about how persevering in hope can allow one to survive without letting their souls be crushed.
This thread should've ended as soon as Grave of the Fireflies was brought up, because for those who have seen it, it is the saddest, and for those that haven't, you should be watching it instead of posting on here...
" I think maybe The Trueman Show or The Shawshank Redemption. Dunno, I don't really watch depressing movies. "
How can Shawshank redemption be a saddening movie as a whole? The moral of the story is about how persevering in hope can allow one to survive without letting their souls be crushed. "
Fine, bittersweet.
I saw Requiem for a Dream during class once, and found the whole movie to be silly rather than sad. I hate movies with downer endings. They feel like a waste of time.
Not specifically a "Sad" movie, but Black Hawk Down. When Cpl. Jamie Smith bleeds out gets me every time. They just try so hard to save him, but they just can't. Then at the end with Eversmann talking to Smith's body, saying that he'll fulfill Smith's last wish.
Every time.
Another heavy moment is when Durant's crash site gets over run, watching SFC Randy Sughart and MSG Gary Gordon (who are snipers) fighting off hundreds of Somali militiamen from inside the downed blackhawk, running out of ammo and then getting killed. Then Durant get's taken prisoner. The two snipers were actually dropped off by another blackhawk to help out, even though they knew that the rescue convoy probably wouldn't get there in time.
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