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101. The Notebook...

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Wed Dec 25, 2013, 12:04 AM

Dec 2013

my biggest fear is either me losing my faculties, or my wife of 20 years not knowing who the hell I am. I cannot watch the last five minutes of that movie- it scares me. The movie implies it, but they didn't die of natural causes- they chose which way to go.

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What is the saddest movie you've ever seen? [View all] Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 OP

Love Story... Sancho Dec 2013 #1

A Thousand Clowns Brother Buzz Dec 2013 #2

Sophie's Choice comes to mind. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2013 #3

I've never been able to bring myself to see that. LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #82

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The Remains of the Day tandot Dec 2013 #5

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The Minus Man or Total Eclipse Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #7

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. a la izquierda Dec 2013 #8

I had a mini breakdown after Eternal Sunshine. vanlassie Dec 2013 #30

Kiss of the Spider Woman bench scientist Dec 2013 #9

Hilary and Jackie. LisaLynne Dec 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #11

Old Yeller. After seeing that as a child I avoided sad movies like the plague. nt Walk away Dec 2013 #12

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Good idea! I'm making a list. nt Walk away Dec 2013 #59

Any movie that involves the death of an animal RebelOne Dec 2013 #90

Same here. Old Yeller hands down. Grateful for Hope Dec 2013 #98

Old Yeller it is. mimi85 Dec 2013 #108

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I agree. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #125

Night and Fog.. Stuart G Dec 2013 #14

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Schindler's List, for me chungking34 Dec 2013 #16

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Brian's Song. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #17

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Breaking the Waves LynneSin Dec 2013 #21

quite a movie. nt BootinUp Dec 2013 #117

The Deer Hunter... Locut0s Dec 2013 #22

Marley & Me graywarrior Dec 2013 #23

Yes, yes, yes. I loved that movie and I read the book. RebelOne Dec 2013 #88

"Dead Man Walking" made me sob openly, in the middle of a high school class. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #24

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The boy in the striped pajamas Taitertots Dec 2013 #25

Doctor Zhivago (the original) nt Waiting For Everyman Dec 2013 #26

Grave of the fireflies. Doc_Technical Dec 2013 #27

I'll second this!! Locut0s Dec 2013 #28

I concur and third this... Xyzse Dec 2013 #43

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Mine too!!! raptor_rider Dec 2013 #34

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It does. Xyzse Dec 2013 #74

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All Quite on the Western Front n/t sarge43 Dec 2013 #39

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Exceptional movie!! ailsagirl Dec 2013 #118

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Under the Lighthouse Dancing. Shadowflash Dec 2013 #51

Ring of Bright Water (1969) gort Dec 2013 #52

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Il Postino Nedsdag Dec 2013 #55

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OK, I'm an expert on this subject spiderpig Dec 2013 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author mucifer Dec 2013 #63

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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest... sendero Dec 2013 #60

"The Green Mile" Brigid Dec 2013 #61

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I never saw the movie, but I read the book. RebelOne Dec 2013 #89

El Norte mucifer Dec 2013 #64

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Midnight Cowboy. That was some unrelenting misery Codeine Dec 2013 #65

Schindler's List. WillowTree Dec 2013 #66

The Conversation mucifer Dec 2013 #68

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Long Day's Journey Into Night gvstn Dec 2013 #73

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Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights".. tokenlib Dec 2013 #77

The Grey n/t riverwalker Dec 2013 #78

Someone told me the plot to Million Dollar Baby when it first came out, and I valerief Dec 2013 #79

What was funny to you about it? BootinUp Dec 2013 #100

The woman boxer thing was funny. Men are the pugilists, not women. valerief Dec 2013 #111

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And some real life action BootinUp Dec 2013 #115

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Word. joshcryer Dec 2013 #138

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The one that depressed me most was not supposed to be sad LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #83

Platoon pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #84

Million Dollar Baby. BootinUp Dec 2013 #85

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Did you ever read the novel "Sophie's Choice"? Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #127

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The Notebook... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #101

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