The Moment: Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang) launches an attack on holy Na'vi territory in order to clear the land for mining operations.
Get Your Tissues Ready: The Na'vi Hometree - a central hub for Pandora's natural neural network - is felled.
If It Was Played For Laughs: The Na'vi fashion the tree's branches into massive clubs and smackdown the humans Captain Caveman-style.
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Jeffbiscuits
Oct 24th 2011, 7:36
The Fly 2 should be on here. The scene when he puts the mutant dog to sleep is the most heart wrenching thing I've ever seen. Definitely more touching and affecting than a lot of the moments on this list. The fact that it's in a slightly dodgy (but still enjoyable) sci fi horror doesn't make it any less emotional or worthy of inclusion.
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Toursiveu
Oct 24th 2011, 7:58
Here's what Chandler Bing had to say about Bambi's mother's death : "Oh yeah, I was really sad when the guy STOPPED DRAWING THE DEER!"... Chandler Bing cracks me up... Another recent heartbreaking scene is the one in Biutiful where Uxbal (Javier Bardem) and his brother discover the embalmed and very well preserved body of the father they never knew and who died so young they look much older than him... Don't know why but that scene got me by the throat. Couldn't stop crying...
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Toursiveu
Oct 24th 2011, 7:58
Here's what Chandler Bing had to say about Bambi's mother's death : "Oh yeah, I was really sad when the guy STOPPED DRAWING THE DEER!"... Chandler Bing cracks me up... Another recent heartbreaking scene is the one in Biutiful where Uxbal (Javier Bardem) and his brother discover the embalmed and very well preserved body of the father they never knew and who died so young they look much older than him... Don't know why but that scene got me by the throat. Couldn't stop crying...
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dropdeadsam
Oct 24th 2011, 9:25
I would have thought Saving Private Ryan would have been in here. The scene on the beach and Corporal Uppam's death upset me. Also the Death of George Kirk in Star Trek (2009) was a tear jerker. Kudos for making Schindlers list 2nd and Up! 1st. Up! was really sad :(
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Hadouken76
Oct 24th 2011, 10:28
Its not a movie, but the death of Senna in the documentary was tragic. What is sadder, is that Roland Ratzenberger was killed the day before. Unfortunately, last week motorsport claimed 2 more lives..RIP Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli.
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aaroncupboard
Oct 24th 2011, 10:43
I can't believe 'The Mist' was left out of this! Without giving away spoilers, it is possibly the most heartbreaking end to a film I have ever seen, it literally left me sobbing like a baby! I would also personally add the moment when Luke Skywalker burns Darth Vaders body in Return of the Jedi, that killed me as a kid (and still does).
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LukeSween
Oct 24th 2011, 10:43
I agree about George Kirk's death. Probably the one thing that gets me each time I see it. Amazing for a character you only know for a few minutes.
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daz8778
Oct 24th 2011, 12:05
GREEN MILE!!!!!!! and for some reason shallow hal when he sees the kids in the burns unit at the hospital got me choked up too
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FBRJorge
Oct 24th 2011, 12:18
There should be a place for Where The Wild Things Are ='(
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FBRJorge
Oct 24th 2011, 12:18
There should be a place for Where The Wild Things Are ='(
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FBVAtkins
Oct 24th 2011, 13:59
The Fountain. The entire final 45 minutes of The Fountain makes me sob everytime I watch it. And Wash in Serenity.
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Flaygor
Oct 24th 2011, 16:26
@dropdeadsam- I'm not sure who you are thinking of but Cpl Upham dosn't die in SPR. he is one of the 2 survivors along with Reiben.
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charolastra22
Oct 24th 2011, 17:24
The ending to Dancer in the Dark is very bleak and I found it incredibly emotional to watch as Selma condemns herself to death without speaking of her innocence. Also, an ex girlfriend of mine used to cry at the BEGINNING of The Notebook cos she knew what was coming at the end!
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SixStepSamurai
Oct 24th 2011, 21:36
Where the hell is The Never Ending Story? You know, The Swamp Of Sadness? Artax sinking? For a kid's film it was too much for me to handle! Or how about A Bullet In The Head? The scene where Tony Leung (I forget their character's names) finds his childhood friend and decides to end his misery by shooting him in the head, then his friend move's the gun down to his chest instead, (After years of getting slapped about the head) always puts a lump in my throat!
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badger86
Oct 24th 2011, 23:21
Dancer in the dark and spocks death in khan should be on here.
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JohnJDuffy
Oct 25th 2011, 2:43
Little Red Flowers and The Bicycle Thief are hard to watch
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JohnJDuffy
Oct 25th 2011, 2:44
The Pit Ponies ending the saddest ending ever!
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JohnJDuffy
Oct 25th 2011, 2:51
The Cove
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KimLikesMovies
Oct 25th 2011, 8:24
Where's the Godfather part II?? Come on, there's so many scenes in that movie that are just absolutely heart-wrenching! For me its a toss up between the ending where Michael (Pacino) sits alone after having Fredo (Cazale) killed; and another Pacino-Cazale scene, where Michael 'forgives' Fredo at their mother's funeral but looks at Neri to let him know that Fredo isn't really forgiven. On a side note though, I'm happy Grave of the Fireflies and Biutiful made it onto the list. They're both very moving films and I feel like they don't get enough love; but I would've gone with different scenes. For Fireflies, I think the scene when Setsuo sees her older brother getting beaten up for stealing food is extremely sad. What makes it so much worse is how she tries to comfort him afterward. And for Biutiful, it would be the warehouse scene plus the scene when the bodies are found washed up on the beach.
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dropdeadsam
Oct 25th 2011, 9:36
@Flaygor. c**p your so right. I meant the medic. I dont remember his name.
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deanishbacon
Oct 25th 2011, 20:02
Iron Giant gets me EVERY time - don't know why...
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marvel1
Oct 25th 2011, 20:31
Edward Scissorhands When Edward says goodbye to kim.
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callumoakabywright
Oct 25th 2011, 22:55
Never Let Me Go when Andrew Garfield cries at the end.. Crushing.
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MikeyRix
Oct 26th 2011, 12:23
I'm with @badger with the Spock thing. I'm not a huge crier at films but a few tears may have run down my face at the end of "...Khan". Heh ^^
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youngnedyoung
Oct 26th 2011, 17:09
The final scene in Hana-Bi where Takeshi Kitano takes his dying wife to the beach. Sad and a little shocking. Totally agree about Never Ending Story too. I remember when I was a kid going to the cinema and crying my eyes out to a half-hour short feature (in the days when they showed them before the main film) about a kid who brings his dog back to life after it was hit by a car. Having searched in vain, I stumbled back upon it after it appeared as an extra on The Nightmare Before Christmas. The film was called Frankenweenie, the director was Tim Burton and it was meant to be a black comedy. Still gets me today...
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seepeejay
Oct 28th 2011, 15:55
Would have picked what Harry saw in Snape's tears or when his parents come out of Voldemort's wand as most tear enducing moments in HP, also thought ET would have been higher up, but on the whole I mostly agree. The opening of 'Up' was a real surprise and definatly gets ya!
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analeorne
Oct 29th 2011, 15:12
Definitely the ending of Hair, when we realise Berger has gone to Vietnam instead of Claude, and The Flesh Failures jump in; when the camera focuses on Berger's grave and then zooms out to the thousands of graves there are in the cemetary, it's time to get your tissues.
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redflost
Oct 30th 2011, 19:47
really happy UP is no.1 also that Marley and Me is on there, saddest film ever, but i also find the scene in I Am Legend where he has to kill his zombie dog
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mrfixit426
Oct 31st 2011, 15:45
How is Simon Kinnear still getting paid for writing this childish drivel. Completely ruined the point of the list with the painfully unfunny "played for laughs" comments. YOU ARE NOT FUNNY. STOP TRYING TO BE.
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FranJester
Nov 1st 2011, 17:47
Platoon - if it was played for laughs = Tropic Thunder!
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FBRBeasley
Nov 13th 2011, 15:11
Machine Gun Preacher was utterly heartbreaking, I'm not sure how you'd play if for laughs though..
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Nickey09
Feb 20th 2012, 20:40
Jeffbiscuits is totally correct - "The Fly II" Dog Scene!!! If that doesn't have you in tears, check if you have a pulse!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yc7ygB_LpM
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ma7tin
Mar 26th 2012, 14:45
Field of Dreams gets me every time I watch it. 'Hey, Dad. Wanna play catch'
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FBJRamirez
Mar 30th 2012, 13:20
I was hoping to see the end of Warrior on here. Actually made me cry.
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