The Saddest Scene In Movie History (According To Science)

Scientists trying to identify film clips that could “reliably elicit a strong emotional response” in the lab spent years testing hundreds of different clips on subjects only to discover that the secret lay in a young Ricky Schroder.

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Source: smithsonianmag.com  /  via: avclub.com

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    • claired5 thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is Fail  about a year ago
    • ryuv thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is OMG  about a year ago
    • snowflakechewy a year ago

      The entire running time of the lovely bones. I cried constantly throughout the entire movie. The book was disturbing, but the beautiful innocence of the movie killed me.

    • nickrrrad a year ago

      Ok, it’s too fucking early for me to be crying to this shit.

    • emilyr9 thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is OMG  about a year ago
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    • aaront a year ago

      To me there is nothing more sad and depressing that the ending to Requiem for a Dream. Just watching the ending by itself is still very sad but you really have to watch the entire film for the ending to hit you hard.

    • emmam9 thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is OMG & Win  about a year ago
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    • Leslie H. a year ago

      F’ u science. This is the saddest scene in any media. And its comes in a Futurama episode. The bastards!

    • cassandraj3 a year ago

      swing kids. “PETER!!!! SWING HEIL”

    • deew a year ago

      Wow you people are posting some damn good competition for the saddest scene award.
      After watching about 6 clips haha i’d say between Armageddon bruce willis last scene, I am Legend doggie dying, and then Artax Dying in the swamp of saddness. 3-way tie!

    • elinak2 thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is OMG  about a year ago
    • HeavyD a year ago

      Dammit, I don’t even need context, just watching this one scene has me weeping.

    • ihaveashed a year ago

      bawled my eyes out like a baby.. goddamnit

    • ihaveashed thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is Win  about a year ago
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    • Christy K. a year ago

      Two words: “Sophie’s Choice”. If I could go back in time to never have watched that movie, I would.

    • shannond6   The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A...  about a year ago
    • neenerneeners a year ago

      Bruce Willis’ goodbye to his daughter in Armageddon. Never fails to make me tear up

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    • hollyhallw a year ago

      I loved Brian Piccolo.

    • Cece M thinks The Saddest Scene In Movie History (A... is Win  about a year ago
    • blackmask6 a year ago

      this movie, as an adult, made me cry the first time i saw it, I didnt wanted to put a video of the end because of spoilers but, yeah made me cry, big time

    • aikea-guinea a year ago

      How about the ending to the Green Mile? I cried so much after that.

    • ~DRE~ a year ago

      anything that involves and animal get hurt, or die..so many many movies. Pay It Forward, What Dreams May Come (the whole movie), American History X (the ending), Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes (when mary louise parker dies), City of God, Boys Don’t Cry.. gosh soo many movies.. I think it’s all relative..

    • blackmask6 a year ago

      LAND BEFORE TIME Made me cry SO HARD! this scene made me weep for days, I was about 7, but even to this day the Soundtrack for this movie makes me feel very uneasy and sad… very sad,
      the entire movie has this really sad tone to it, and the music, so sad, I am surprised this is for kids

    • sergios a year ago

      OMG that is the saddest thing I have ever seen….I was skeptical, but I was tearing up like hell…damn can anyone cheer me up now please???

    • c0lleen a year ago

      The Yearling made me cry more than any movie in existence. I drooled as I cried, that’s how bad it was.

    • newsdaylaura a year ago

      Gets me everytime

    • J Defined a year ago

      The saddest scene in video game history. If you played Lost Odyssey, you know it by heart already. If not…massive spoilers ahoy. Don’t watch if you haven’t played yet and plan to someday.

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