24 Of The Most Heart-Wrenching Movie Scenes In Cinematic History (2024)

"She reaches out her trunk to gently rock her baby. Just thinking about it makes me cry!"

—kilodelta5

"Owen Wilson is talking to Marley and thanking him before they put him down. I'm forever wrecked."

—kellypila

“The line, 'Tell me I’m a good man, tell me I’ve led a good life' has emotionally destroyed me many times over the years."

—sierrao44a157429

"I'm normally really chill and unemotional during movies, but as soon as he crossed into the camp, you knew what was going to happen, and it was just so damn sad."

—fredzesty

"Gets me every time."

—kallinamkn17

"It doesn’t help that one of the dogs' opening scenes is it drowning from exhaustion and being resuscitated for experimental purposes."

—latania

"The way they fought for it was really sad! It has really changed how I've looked at those two!"

—pbjtime06

"I cried angry tears after Natasha’s death when I realized that they killed off the female lead just so we could see the men be sad for five minutes. It’s been almost two years, and I’m still livid."

—sierrao44a157429

"Mark writes Eduardo out of the company, effectively ending their friendship. Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield play it beautifully."

—bravetyper

"I've only seen the movie once, but it absolutely broke my heart when she ran out into the street crying."

—minhill

"The deer is eating all the crops. It’s an old but really impressive movie, and my heart breaks for Jody every time."

—audreys4a6196a57

"Dory is upset and tries to cheer her up by getting her a pebble, but then the current takes her."

—buzzgirl95

"The whole time, you're wondering why they keep showing the mom's shoes. Then when stuff starts happening, you begin to wonder where she is because you suddenly remember you haven't seen her in a while. Then there's a scene that seems so idyllic amid the bad — little Jojo follows a butterfly, and then the butterfly lands on the mom's shoes. Now we know she's hanging in the gallows. It goes from hopeful to sad in .01 second. You just want to reach into the screen and give Jojo a hug."

—doslasciudas32

"Especially the part where it cuts to Jack singing the last part of the song. I know Lady Gaga is a talented musician, but her acting truly captured the emotions of grief and regret in that scene."

—glitterway

"The scene is so cruel because the audience thinks that he'll run back and they'll be together, but it never happens. It's one of my favorite movies, but it breaks my heart every time I watch it and makes me ugly cry."

—phoebemayhew7

"She's so sad, weak, and thin, and Beauty remembers when she was young and beautiful and they were together in their happiest time. Then, the next scene is Beauty seeing Ginger dead and being hauled away on a cart, and he says, 'Goodbye my sweet one.' I cannot watch that movie anymore!"

—pines108

"It showed how he was super vulnerable and just a kid. I cried so much!"

—kermitzefrog

"Stu and Didi were so busy and exhausted because of Dil that Tommy felt like his parents didn't have time for him anymore. Tommy then goes and sits in the closet with the book he wanted them to read to him, singing how he wished Dil could sleep so he could finally have his parents, too."

—monikap6

"They take his body to the funeral parlor, and Vito says, 'Look how they massacred my boy.' Every time!"

—andiiram26

"I loved how they executed that scene. When Jo comes down the stairs for the first time after not seeing Beth in her bed, it’s such a relief when she’s sitting up at the table. The second time, you expect everything to be alright, just like Jo does. Then it isn’t alright. That was the first movie scene to make me cry in a long time. Say what you want about the movie, but Saoirse Ronan’s performance was spectacular."

—nothing-gold67

"I can usually hold it together until Vada says he needs his glasses. Then I’m done."

—benevolentspirit

"It was so unexpectedly emotional and raw."

—dawnae

"After the funeral, he refuses to take the daughter after she begs to go with him and leaves her bawling in the street while he peels out in his car."

—priscillar4e5b8d6f8

"As someone with social anxiety and depression, the whole movie really hit me hard, but seeing Shoyo finally see the world around him that he wasn’t able to see before just really got me. It's such an absolutely beautiful movie."

—lafoutloud

"She realized she was the only thing Thanos ever loved, and then he tossed her off a cliff."

—mellowchef32

"As someone who is currently going through a separation, this really hits close to home, and I remember sitting there just crying even after the movie ended on an uplifting note. Just thinking about that scene always makes me really emotional because it’s so raw and real. I’m still baffled neither of them won an Oscar for it."

—karinap4a90ae77a