Films that should (and most likely will) make you cry !!! Sad :-( (24 titles)
This is all about lovely films that are sad for lots of different reasons. I am constantly on the look out for sad films so will update when i come across them.
The most touching romantic film i have watched. Truely lovely. MUST WATCH
The Notebook(2004) Starring:Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner Director:Nick Cassavetes Certificate:
A sweeping love story told by a man reading from his faded notebook to a woman in a nursing home. The Notebook follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds. Though her upbringing takes places in an antebellum mansion and he grew up in the kind of house where musicians ..read more »
Beaches
on DVD
(1988) Starring:Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard Director:Garry Marshall Certificate:
The story of a deep friendship, lasting from childhood to beyond death, between two very different women--Bette Midler plays C.C. Bloom, a poor but ambitious Jewish girl from the Bronx who goes on to become a famous Broadway star, and Barbara Hershey plays Hillary, an attractive WASP from a wealthy ..read more »
Ghost
on DVD
(1990) Starring:Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg Director:Jerry Zucker Certificate:
After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly and Sam, a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to her, Sam has come back as a ghost in ..read more »
Oh .. my ... god. Sad, just sad. Touching, but deeply sad.
Steel Magnolias
on DVD
(1989) Starring:Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton Director:Herbert Ross Certificate:
Based on a true incident of screenwriter Harling's mother and sister. The story is set in a small-town beauty shop near New Orleans, and spans several years in the lives of the shop's owner and her customers.
Dying Young
on DVD
Starring:Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio Director:Joel Schumacher Certificate:
Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott star in this moving love story about the power of inspiration. With little money, a poor education and no luck when it comes to love, Hilary O'Neil (Roberts) answers a wanted ad and finds her whole world suddenly changed. Hired as a caretaker to a seriously ill ..read more »
Mel Gibson is wonderful in this film. His character has great strength.
Braveheart
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Director:Mel Gibson Certificate:
In the late 13th century, William Wallace returns to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland has died without an heir and the king of England, a ruthless pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, has seized the throne. Wallace becomes the leader of a ramshackle ..read more »
"Jack .. the boats here Jack !! .. Jack !!!!" awww.
Titanic
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane Director:James Cameron Certificate:
TITANIC, James Cameron's blockbuster, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as young lovers aboard the ill-fated voyage. A mysterious nude sketch found in the wreckage of the Titanic leads to the tale of its subject, the now-elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater (Winslet). As her story begins, Rose is 17 ..read more »
Return To Me
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Minnie Driver, David Duchovny, Carroll O'Connor Director:Bonnie Hunt Certificate:
Return To Me is an endearing romantic comedy infused with real life humor. Life can change in an instant and it does for Bob Rueland and Grace Briggs. A lonely Bob is embraced by Grace, who is surrounded by a coterie of substitute mothers including her Irish grandfather, who with his Italian ..read more »
well, this will take anyone down who has kids. I wasn't TOO bad but it wrecked my mate !! sad !!!!!! :-(
Who Will Love My Children(1983) Starring:Ann - Margret, Frederic Forrest, Soleil Moon Frye Director:John Erman Certificate:
Lucile Frey is the caring mother of 10 young children. She is the loving wife of a man almost crippled by arthritis. She is also dying. Stricken by a terminal illness, she has only a few months left to live. Her husband, tormented by the painful truth, turns to the bottle and, with a broken heart, ..read more »