TEN OF THE SADDEST MOVIE SCENES EVER

Sad movie scenes. We hate them, we love them. They're the parts we dread when we sit down to watch

a movie, yet at the same time we have a morbid desire for a story to make us weep. 

Because apparently I have nothing better to talk about this week than heart-rending movie moments, today I'm sharing some of the scenes that I find the saddest- and maybe even make me cry. Grab your tissues, y'all, because let me tell you I almost teared up just writing parts of this. xD (not to be confused with the times I rewatched some of these scenes on YouTube, wherein I DID cry)

Spoiler alerts! Just in case any of you guys haven't seen the scenes I'll be talking about, here the movies I'm referencing: 

-Cinderella (2015)
-The Amazing Spider-man 2
-Return of the King
-Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
-Black Beauty (1994)
-Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast
-The Lion King
-Avengers: Infinity War
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
-Up
-Bridge to Terabithia
-The Hunger Games
-Tangled

(Each movie is listed in bold before every spoiler, so feel free to just skip to the next one. Be warned, though: there are some spoilerish gifs.) 

CINDERELLA (2015) - The branch

This scene just breaks my heart. Ella runs to the door all excited because she thinks she's about to get a letter from her father who's away, but instead... she receives the news that he's died. 

But the part that gets me is when the man delivering the news gives her the gift she requested of her father back when he left- the first branch that brushed his shoulder on his travels. When she asked for this odd gift, she said she wanted it because it would mean that when it came back to her, he would be with it. 

Now, she silently mourns her father while trying to appear strong, while her stepsisters are only mourning the lace and parisols they didn't get, and just like that, her life starts to slowly crumble. 

Excuse me while I weep for Ella because :( The poor precious girl. (Honestly, the first good bit of this movie makes me want to cry because I just feel so bad for her.)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 - The clocktower

Peter spends this whole movie trying to protect Gwen, trying to keep her out of his superhero endeavors because he doesn't want her hurt. He already feels responsible for her father's death, and he desperately wants to keep the same from happening to Gwen. Before the fight with Harry at the end, he even webs Gwen's hand to a car to keep her from following him. But she ends up following him anyway, and... well, you know what happens next. 

It's so close. It seems like Peter's web catches her just in the nick of time, but... he's a breath too late, and he can't save her. 

This is so heartbreaking to me, because Peter tried SO hard to protect Gwen. I don't recall a moment in this movie where he does anything to put her in danger; usually in a movie I feel the death would somehow have ended up being his fault, even after all his previous efforts to protect her... but he really did do his best. In the end, it was her choice to follow him, but that doesn't keep him from feeling guilty. This scene feels so realistic (other than the whole, you know, superhero thing), which adds to the sadness of it. And Peter's reaction just... *sniffles* SO sad.

RETURN OF THE KING - "...here at the end of all things"

Don't be fooled, there are MANY more than just one moment in this movie that rip my heart out. But this one... oh man. When Frodo and Sam are on the rock in the lava after destroying the Ring, and they start talking about the Shire... oh. my. goodness. I'm literally about to die typing this because IT'S JUST SO SAAAAD. These poor precious little hobbits having just been through SO much, and now they're longing for home, but they know that they won't be returning... *insert ugly cry here* And for some reason, the part that REALLY gets me here is when Sam mentions Rosie and says, "If ever I was to marry someone, it would've been her. It would've been her!"

SAM MY POOR SAD BOY. *CRIES* I LITERALLY CAN'T STAND IT. PLEASE SEND A STRETCHER BECAUSE I AM DEAD. 

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON - "You Can't Take Me"

I think this was the first movie that ever made me cry. Not the first time I watched it, but now I always tear up during this part, when Spirit is being dragged away from his herd by the cowboys. The music, Spirit's desperation to escape... and then his friend the eagle swoops down looking so sad and concerned and... I just can't. IT'S SO SAD, GUYS. probably gonna go cry myself to sleep now HOW did they make me feel so much emotion over an animated horse??

Honestly, this whole movie makes me want to cry, but it's mostly just nostalgia. xD

BLACK BEAUTY (1994) - Ginger

This is another one that's pretty sad all the way through. Even the non-heartbreaking parts are a bittersweet kind of sad, as you see Black Beauty going from home to home and you just want to see him find a forever family and be happy. The part when Ginger leaves to go to a new home is sad enough.

But then you get to the scene when Black Beauty sees Ginger in the packed city, and she's overworked and sad and mistreated and nothing but a shell of the vibrant friend he used to know. Again, I don't know how they had any business making me feel this way over a horse, but my GOODNESS. Seeing his old friend in her condition, and remembering how she used to be... and then later seeing her body... it's just so awful.

(listen, I was doing okay and then I remembered the part at the end of the movie when Black Beauty is reminiscing, and goes back to the golden days when he and Ginger and Merrylegs were together and happy and life was good... actual tears in my eyes. not okay.)

TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST - Gruff's goodbye

I never thought I'd put a Tinker Bell movie on a list like this... but the end of this movie, where Fawn and the fairies are getting the Neverbeast ready for his thousand-year sleep... my goodness. I do believe I just about teared up when I watched it. It was so bittersweet, seeing all the fairies tenderly tucking Gruff in, so to speak, knowing that they would never see him again. It honestly felt like saying goodbye to a pet who has died, and since I've been through that multiple times, perhaps that's why it struck my heart so deeply.

THE LION KING - The stampede

Do I even need to explain? 

I'm pretty sure this movie caused trauma in many children's movie-watching experience back the in the day. I couldn't NOT include it on this list. Funnily enough, I don't really cry during THIS scene (though I cry for like half of the rest of the movie xD)... but the rest of the parts that make me emotional are BECAUSE of this scene. When Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait to be King", it saddens me because he doesn't realize what he's saying- to be king he has to lose his father- and because he doesn't realize that he'll be losing his father much sooner than he ever thought he would. 

(This movie is just so beautiful. It literally gets better every time I watch it.)

INFINITY WAR - The dusting

Again... do I really have to explain? 

I could really bunch this scene into the first part of Endgame, because it all just tore me up. When it was revealed that five years had passed... O_O Excuse me, but you are not allowed to play with my heart like this. 

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA- THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER - Coming home

Prince Caspian almost made this list, too. (the song along makes it worthy my goodness) But for me, the ending of Dawn Treader edges out a bit in the way of sadness. Because even though we've already been through it once with Peter and Susan leaving Narnia for good... Lucy and Edmund having to say goodbye is so much worse. The goodbye scene is heartbreaking- leaving Reepicheep, and Caspian, and Aslan. But then when they're back in their room, and the water is all gone, and the painting is still... and you see the sad, sad looks on their faces... *deep breath* It's just... so sad. Seeing Peter and Susan have to leave is terrible (especially knowing what happens with Susan later), but there's just something so wrong about knowing that Lucy can't go back. 

The fact that this was the last movie just makes this worse. Even if they make more movies later, it will just never be the same. (and yes I will forever be bitter about this)

STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH - Order 66

*sniffles*

This whole MOVIE could be on this list. Watching Obi-Wan and Anakin's friendship slowly fall apart- seeing Anakin fall completely apart while Padme helplessly watches- it's just so heartbreaking. But I had to pick one specific moment to go on this list, and I think Order 66 is a big one. When Obi-Wan and Commander Cody are talking like friends, and then Obi-Wan leaves and the Empereror initiates Order 66... and then everything turns. Everything's downhill from there. The clone troopers that were allies literally seconds ago are suddenly enemies, and the Jedi are about to be vanquished. Obi-Wan barely escapes in time, and you know he'll never be the same after that. 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

These honorable mentions aren't necessarily any less sad. But for me, personally, they maybe just didn't have quite the same effect as some of the others on the list, or I haven't seen them as much as others so I haven't had my heart ripped out by them quite as many times. Enjoy. xD

UP - Ellie

No explanation necessary. Every Pixar fan in the world knows how heartbreaking this is. 

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA - Leslie

I've only seen this movie once, but I remember how truly heartbreaking this death was. The whole movie was so much different from what I expected it to be, and I certainly didn't expect it to end the way it did. 

TANGLED - "You were my new dream"

OKAY TANGLED BEING AN HONORABLE MENTION ON ANY LIST SEEMS WRONG TO ME, I KNOW. BUT I guess simply because we know that Flynn actually survives, this part doesn't hit QUITE as hard as it could have. BUT IT STILL HITS PLENTY HARD, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. The "You were my new dream"?? TEARS. UGH. 

THE HUNGER GAMES - Rue

There are so many deaths in The Hunger Games, and it seems obvious that Rue's would be on a list of sad scenes. I think what makes it so sad is the way it affects Katniss. She knows how awful the Hunger Games are; she knows how tragic it is that twelve-year-old CHILDREN are slaughtered every year for the Capitol's entertainment. But what makes this scene so heartbreaking is that it's like it really hits home for Katniss. She's right there, in the middle of it; she sees an innocent young girl murdered in cold blood right before her eyes. She realizes it could have been her sister. And here she is, out here in the wilderness, trying to protect her family, and she feels so helpless and vulnerable. *hugs my poor Katniss*

RETURN OF THE KING - The Grey Havens

BY NO MEANS. BY NOOO MEANS is this an honorable mention because it's any less sad than literally ANYTHING else on this list. When Frodo leaves the Shire (leaves SAM NOO) to go the Grey Havens... and Into the West starts playing... I... I... I... 

-please hold while emily reloads-

Yeah. This scene is plenty sad enough. I only put it on the honorable mentions for the sake of not having two scenes from the same movie on the official list. xD 

Well, guys, have I got you sufficiently depressed yet? Because I sort of feel that way, after coming up with all these scenes and then writing a post about it. xD Also, the number of times I used the word "heartbreaking" in this post is ridiculous and I'm sorry. Ehehe.

ALSO, you've probably noticed- It's Thursday! I mean, obviously. BUT I'm actually going to be posting on Thursdays from now on, instead of Saturdays. I've been posting on Saturdays for a while now, but I really prefer posting in the morning, and most of the time I end up procrastinating and getting the post up either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. I finally realized, hey, this isn't working, so I'm changing it up. xD (I started out on this blog posting on Thursdays, and honestly it feels a bit like coming home.)

You might also have noticed that my URL changed! Keep an eye for some more changes around here! Nothing huge, but I'm excited about them!

So, which of these scenes do you think was the saddest? What sad movie scenes would you add to the list? (give a spoiler warning in your comment, please xD) 

THE NEVER HAVE I EVER TAG // writer's edition

Greetings, friends! Everyone's writerly life looks a little different, right? We all have different habits, have accomplished different things, and possess a number of other writerly quirks. Well, today I'm talking about alll that in this tag that has about 5 layers of dust on it because the wonderful Christine tagged me for it literally a year ago and I'm just now doing it. Ehehe. 

BUT fear not, because the tag shall no longer lie as a dead soul lost to mankind. I present to you: the Never Have I Ever tag- Writer's Edition! 

(in which I expose myself. ooh, juicy.)

-Link to and thank the blogger who tagged you! (Thank you, Christine!! ♥)

-Include the graphic somewhere in your post (or make your own!)

-Answer the questions truthfully and honestly. 

-Tag three bloggers. (*crickets*)

Here is the original post, if you want to check that out! 

NEVER HAVE I EVER…

. . . started a novel that I did not finish.

LOL. L.O.L. Y'all. I only started actually FINISHING my novels a couple years ago. xD I wrote and finished books back when I was younger, but I don't count those, sooo YES. I absolutely HAVE started a novel that I did not finish. (and continue to do so on a regular basis.)

. . . written a story completely by hand.

If we're talking novels, no, I haven't! Or at least not that I can remember. When I was a kid I used to write by hand quite a lot, but I'm not sure I ever really wrote a whole book that way. (And if I did, it certainly wasn't anywhere NEAR a full-length book.) I definitely have written many short stories by hand, though!

. . . changed tenses midway through a story.

Before a couple of years ago, I definitely didn't do this, because I always wrote in past tense. I still write my novels in past tense, but since I do write flash fiction in present tense now, I would totally believe that I may have slipped tenses. Not intentionally, though, because I always know what tense I want to be in when I start based on the type of project I'm writing. 

. . . not researched anything before starting a story.

Research? What is research?

I write fantasy, y'all. I make up worlds and then dive in head first. Research is the last thing on my mind when I start a story. xD

. . . changed my protagonist’s name halfway through a draft.

Ooh, I'm honestly not sure! I know I changed a protagonist's name before, but I don't think I'd started writing the story yet. I think there's only one other novel that has characters whose names I've changed, but that was after years of working on it.

. . . written a story in a month or less.

Surprisingly, no! I've done NaNo several times now and won three times, but I've never finished the book in that month. It's on my writerly bucket list!

. . . fallen asleep while writing.

More accurately, fallen asleep while procrastinating writing. xD I don't think I've ever drifted off literally while I'm typing, but I definitely have fallen asleep in bed with my laptop open. I was probably watching YouTube or doing something else random, but I was intending to write, at least. xD 

. . . corrected someone’s grammar irl / online.

Oh, yeah. DEFINITELY. ALL the time. To the point where it makes my family mad. (Which... I don't really understand? Just trying to help you out here, wouldn't want you going out into the world and embarrassing yourself with bad grammar.) Do I keep doing it? Yes. Fight me. 

I've never done it online, though. xD

. . . yelled in all caps at myself in the middle of a novel.

HAHA. Yes. xD I couldn't count how many times I've inserted a good "WHAT THE HECK IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE" or "I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LOL" (both fabricated for the sake of this question, but their nature is very accurate xD). To be fair, I think I do this more in my mess of a notes document than I do in my novels, but still. 

. . . used “I’m writing” as an excuse.

Honestly, I don't think I have! This is probably a sign that I should take my writing time a little more seriously. xD

. . . killed a character who was based on someone I know in real life.

Ha. No. But there's still time. >:)

. . . used pop culture references in a story.

*dies inside*

So, let me tell you a story. My first novel (to speak of) was a portal fantasy about a bunch of a teenagers, one of which I pictured as Peter Pevensie from the Narnia movies. In the first scene (prepare yourselves, this is the most epic opening of a fantasy story ever) they were all sitting around eating popcorn and watching... you guessed it... The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. 

Genius, I know.

But I said I wasn't counting my old stories, so forget about that. xD I don't really have many opportunities to reference pop culture, since I write mostly fantasy. If I ever did have the opportunity, though, you can bet I'd be taking it.

. . . written between the hours of 1am and 6am.

Yes! I'm not 100% sure if I've ever written after 1AM, because as much as I'd like to stay up through the wee hours of the night during NaNoWriMo, my body simply won't let me do it. #iamgettingold BUT I do know that I've gotten up really early and written at like 5:30. 

. . . drank an entire pot of coffee while writing.

Surprisingly, no. xD I usually make it through one cup and then realize I've just been procrastinating writing to sit there and chug the coffee, so there's no way I could make it through the whole pot and actually get writing done.

. . . written down dreams to use in potential novels.

I don't think I have! Which is really weird, because I have crazy dreams AND I draw inspiration from the strangest places. But oddly enough, the two haven't crossed over yet!

. . . published an unedited story on the internet / Wattpad / blog.

Unedited?? What do you think I am, some kind of monster??

I mean, yeah, the Trentley and Jynnia stories I post on here from time to time are less polished than stories I would submit anywhere to be published. But they're still at least roughly edited. xD

. . . procrastinated homework because I wanted to write.

I mean... yeah. Mainly during NaNoWriMo last year, probably, because the rest of the time I was too drowned in homework to do much of anything. But I did manage to win NaNo, so it's inevitable that I must have procrastinated homework at least once. 

. . . typed so long that my wrists hurt.

I can't think of a specific occurrence, but I'm pretty sure this has happened, yes. Not very often though, thankfully!

. . . spilled a drink on my laptop while writing.

Oh man. Again, I don't remember a time when I did this, but I KNOW I have. (Honestly, probably more taking bookstagram photos than writing. xD)

. . . forgotten to save my work / draft.

I think I've done this before, but not recent enough to remember, because now you can bet I save my writing every 4.5 seconds. I do remember once years ago when I somehow deleted my whole book and didn't know there was a way to undo it, so I just accepted my fate and rewrote the whole thing. xD (Don't worry, though, it wasn't a great loss.)

. . . finished a novel.

I have! Yay! Only up to the second draft, though. Definitely not 100%!

. . . laughed like an evil villain while writing a scene.

Lol. This is almost certainly true.

. . . cried while writing a scene.

I actually think that I have yet to make myself cry with my writing! I may have almost teared up before, but I haven't actually cried yet. 

. . . created maps of my fictional worlds.

I made a map for one of my fantasy worlds years ago, which was okay in itself, but I drew out the characters' journey and they literally went in a straight line over the whole map. xD

. . . researched something shady for a novel.

Oh, yeah. Mostly about injuries, I think? Gotta know how much I can wound a character before they can't possibly be alive anymore, right? 

And there you go- all the details about me and my writerly self that you'll ever need to know. Note to self: Still need to make myself cry with my writing. Or maybe I'm just a heartless creature who will torture my characters all day long but never feel anything from it. *shrugs*

I'm not going to tag anyone because I always find it unnecessarily stressful xD So, if you want to do this tag, consider yourself invited! I'd love to read about all your strange writerly habits. Let us be strange together.

So, how many of these do we have in common? What's the shadiest thing you've researched for your writing? And I wanna know who's made themselves cry with their stories, because I feel like I'm in the minority here. xD