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41 of the Saddest Movies of All Time (British Vogue)

PSA: shedding a tear is scientifically proven to release oxytocin and endorphins, which is why you often feel better, or calmer, after a good cry. Which is surely as good a reason as any to pop on a film that could well make you weep? The thing is: the best sad movies are never just sad. To earn your emotional investment and bring you to the point where liquid actually leaks from your eyes, you have to fall in love with the characters and live their journey along with them. So, yes, you will cry a number of times, but you will also laugh, sweat, dance and have many epiphanies, to paraphrase Gwyneth Paltrow (who does not otherwise feature in this list). Below, Vogue lists 41 of the saddest movies of all time, all but guaranteed to induce a cathartic crying jag.
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
1
85%
Sing Sing (2023)
Sing Sing (2023)
2
98%8.0
Petite Maman (2021)
Petite Maman (2021)
3
97%7.4
We Live in Time (2024)
We Live in Time (2024)
4
Green Border (2023)
Green Border (2023)
5
All of Us Strangers (2023)
All of Us Strangers (2023)
6
96%7.9
Aftersun (2022)
Aftersun (2022)
7
98%7.6
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
8
Living (2022)
Living (2022)
9
95%7.5
A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story (2017)
10
91%6.9
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
11
98%8.1
Blue Valentine (2010)
Blue Valentine (2010)
12
86%7.3
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
13
85%8.1
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
14
91%8.1
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
15
The Way We Were (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
16
65%7.1
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
17
94%8.0
Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade (2018)
18
99%7.4
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
19
95%7.1
All About My Mother (1999)
All About My Mother (1999)
20
98%7.9
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
21
95%7.2
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
22
89%7.5
Beaches (1988)
Beaches (1988)
23
40%7.0
The Farewell (2019)
The Farewell (2019)
24
97%7.6
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
25
75%7.1
Little Women (2019)
Little Women (2019)
26
95%7.8
Rent (2005)
Rent (2005)
27
46%6.9
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
28
96%7.8
Blackfish (2013)
Blackfish (2013)
29
98%8.1
Ingrid Goes West (2017)
Ingrid Goes West (2017)
30
86%6.6
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook (2004)
31
53%7.8
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997)
32
89%7.8
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
33
90%7.6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
34
92%8.3
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
35
81%7.8
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
36
78%7.4
Marriage Story (2019)
Marriage Story (2019)
37
94%7.9
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
38
78%7.6
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
39
83%7.8
What Maisie Knew (2012)
What Maisie Knew (2012)
40
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