Favorite sad movie

[Mandy21]

Well, that's not a sad one, Lynne, for the same reason that Shawshank Redemption didn't make my list.  How can you possibly be sad when you're listening to the inimitable (my fave actor of all time, so I'm a bit biased) Morgan Freeman's voice at the end, speaking of hope, and the fact that life will continue?

[southendmd]

Gonna shut up now, I've been awfully yappy today with all my posts.[/color]

Never shut up.  I love all your yappy posts today!

[Mandy21]

Aw, Paul, that's so sweet of you to say.  Don't know what's come over me today, for some reason?  I just can't stop typing and wanting to share my goofy thoughts.

Reading back through my list of sad movies, it occurs to me that a common theme definitely resonates, and that is one of losing the love of your life, either through death, disappointment, or disappearance.

Ouch, I'm going to have to ponder that one for a while...

[Lynne]

Well, I picked ones that made me tear up sometimes in places.   I'm not one to cry, as a rule. Here's my list. I actually feel somewhat manipulated by movies that seem designed to elicit tears, which is why although Stepmom and Benjamin Button make me cry, they are not favorites, per se.

Angel S5 Episode 15 "A Hole in the World"
Beaches
Blood Diamond
Boys Don't Cry
The Bridges of Madison County
Brokeback Mountain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cinderella Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Finding Nemo
Forrest Gump
Ghost
Hotel Rwanda
In the Name of the Father
It's a Wonderful Life
The Joy Luck Club
Leaving Las Vegas
Legends of the Fall
Love Affair
Mask
Philadelphia
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption
A Single Man
Steel Magnolias
Stepmom
Sweet November