What is the saddest movie of all time?

From wartime tragedy and terminal illness to lost love and slow heartbreak, these films don't just make you cry — they stay with you long after the credits roll. Which one broke you?

1

Schindler's List

Steven Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust masterpiece follows German industrialist Oskar Schindler as he saves over a thousand Jewish refugees.

2

Grave of the Fireflies

Isao Takahata's 1988 Studio Ghibli masterpiece follows two orphaned Japanese siblings struggling to survive after WWII firebombings.

3

The Green Mile

A gentle giant on death row possesses miraculous powers in this 1999 Stephen King adaptation that shatters you by its final act.

4

Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky's 2000 harrowing descent into addiction follows four people as their dreams crumble into devastating reality.

5

Brokeback Mountain

Ang Lee's 2005 landmark film follows two cowboys whose secret love affair unfolds over decades of longing and regret.

6

Titanic

James Cameron's 1997 epic romance unfolds aboard the doomed ocean liner, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in star-making performances.

7

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Based on a true story, Richard Gere stars in this 2009 tearjerker about a dog who waited at a train station for his deceased owner every day for nine years.

8

Marley & Me

Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star in this 2008 comedy-drama about a couple and their lovably destructive Labrador — until the devastating finale.

9

Dancer in the Dark

Björk won the Palme d'Or for her role as an immigrant worker going blind who escapes into musical fantasy in Lars von Trier's 2000 tragedy.

10

Amour

Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner follows an elderly couple as one suffers a stroke and the other lovingly cares for them to the end.

11

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck plays a grief-stricken man who must care for his nephew after his brother's death in this understated 2016 masterpiece of loss.

12

My Girl

A morbidly curious 11-year-old girl growing up in her father's funeral home faces her first taste of real loss in this 1991 coming-of-age tearjerker.

13

Steel Magnolias

A powerhouse ensemble cast including Meryl Streep, Sally Field, and Dolly Parton navigate friendship, love, and loss in this 1989 Southern drama.

14

Terms of Endearment

Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger star in this 1983 Oscar-sweeping drama about a complicated mother-daughter relationship tested by illness.