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Saddest Movies of All Time (My Top 11)
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:05 PM
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Do you like a good story?

I know it may be hard to admit when a film hits hard, relentlessly tugging at the strings of a world-weary heart, but I have chosen to endure the harassment that may await by revealing my all-time most moving cinematic experiences.  These movies are not only masterfully conceived and thematically sophisticated, but they are able to hold my fascination and affect me at the height of dramatic thrust with each successive viewing.  These ones never get old.  They just get better.
 
11. The Green Mile

10. The Conqueror

9.  Edward Scissorhands

8.  Where the Red Fern Grows

7.  The Pursuit of Happyness

6.  Amistad

5.  ET

4.  The Notebook

3.  March of the Penguins

2.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1.  Schindler's List
 

It isn't necessarily the number of tragic turns or the virtues of those affected.  There's just something inside those two hours that draws you in- inescapably- to vicariously walk the same uncertain paths in a way that leaves you feeling oddly lifted and somehow beholden to everyone and everything that matters to you.  As always, any top 11 list will omit many titles deserving of recognition and I'm sure that I will think of something as soon as I post this.  So, what's your top 11?

 

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doddcom read my blog view my photos
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:29 PM

Are we talking movies that make you cry? If so, here's my list of 11.

11. Old Yeller
10. Braveheart
09. Glory
08. The Fox and the Hound
07. Schindler's List
06. The Elephant Man
05. The Sixth Sense
04. Schindler's List
03. E.T.
02. The Muppet Movie (when Kermit is out in the desert talking to himself it absolutely kills me.)
01. What Dreams May Come

There. I've done it and I'm not ashamed.
doddcom read my blog view my photos
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:32 PM

Oops. Two Schindler's. Let's swap the 7th movie with City of Angels. There... all done!
Peggy_Hill view my photos
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:35 PM

doddcom, honey, tell me, what is it like to live without shame of any kind? Is it a good feeling?
MyFoxMaine read my blog view my photos
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:36 PM

How about Sophie's Choice? Saddest. Movie. Ever.
Mrnrfan182 read my blog
Jun 11, 2007 | 6:49 AM

11.) Lilo and Stitch (Family means never being alone)

10.) Shaun of the Dead (Come on, his best friend is so important to him he keeps him in the shed as a zombie!)

9.) Big Daddy (I wipe my own BLEEP!!)

8.) Click (Family first!!! Honeymoon, go on your honeymoon!)

7.) Armageddon (Come on!!!! Bruce Willis blows himself up to save the world!!! NO BRUCE, let that punk Ben stay, boooooo)

6.) Donnie Darko (I don't know it's just crazy in the end there)

5.) Life is Beautiful (Bonjourno Principessa)

4.) Toy Story (When Buzz finds out he's a toy...wow...just wow!!)

3.) Tuner and Hooch (awesome!)

2.) Short Circuit II (They pretty much kill Johnny 5)

1.) King Kong (T'was Beauty that Killed the Beast)
cats_corner read my blog view my photos
Jun 11, 2007 | 11:29 AM

Did none of you ever see "Love Story", "Terms of Endearment", "Steel Magnolias","Mystic River", "Ghost" or "Titanic"?
amarzen read my blog view my photos
Jul 13, 2007 | 7:06 AM

I agree with most of these movie titles, especially what dreams may come... I can't watch these things anymore... I'm too much of a sad sap.
ohlala
Jul 19, 2007 | 4:41 PM

I can't believe you didn't include "The Color Purple" or "Fried Green Tomatoes"!
doddcom read my blog view my photos
Jul 19, 2007 | 4:45 PM

Oh man, who could forget The Color Purple. Great film. It'll kill ya!
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Once thought to be a mythical creature, the Dylan belongs to a rare genus of nocturnal bipeds now nearing extinction. This arboreal primate is known to be department-store dwelling and nourishes itself on Doritos, lemon poppyseed muffins, and leafy underbrush. The Dylan cannot be toilet trained. It is easily startled and would not make a good pet.

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