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In reply to the discussion: What is the saddest movie you've ever seen? [View all]valerief
(53,235 posts)111. The woman boxer thing was funny. Men are the pugilists, not women.
Then when she said the woman died at the end, I thought of course she has to die! Partly because people love to cry, but mostly because she crossed over into a man's territory. Back in the days of the Hays Code, fallen women had to die, too, even if they reformed, because punishment always had to be meted out.
Hollywood cracks me up.
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Yes. Just recently watched it again, after 30 years. It is the best movie ever.
applegrove
Dec 2013
#113
Old Yeller. After seeing that as a child I avoided sad movies like the plague. nt
Walk away
Dec 2013
#12
"Dead Man Walking" made me sob openly, in the middle of a high school class.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#24
Steel Magnolias...not the whole movie, but the scene in the hospital and the funeral.
archiemo
Dec 2013
#54
besides "Old Yeller" and "The Champ" - I would have to go for "The Killing of John Lennon'
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
#72
Many of these are great. I also want to mention the ending of "My Dog Skip"
alphafemale
Dec 2013
#102
J.T. a television movie from 1969 written by Jane Wagner and starring Kevin Hooks
Tom Ripley
Dec 2013
#109