23 Sad Movie Moments That Were So Impactful, People Sobbed Out Loud At The Theater

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We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which movie scenes they vividly remember watching in a movie theater — and many of them were ones that resulted in a collective sobfest because they were so sad. Here are some of the best responses.

Of course, there are many, many more sad movie scenes — but these are ones where people remembered their movie theater experiences. Please feel free to share yours in the comments below.

🚨Warning: MASSIVE spoilers ahead! 🚨

1. When Tony Stark died in Avengers: Endgame:

Marvel

"My sister-in-law blew her nose and the whole theater laughed. You could tell there were sobs everywhere."

—SlytherinPride

2. When Snape dies in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2:

Warner Bros. Pictures

"When Snape was dying in Deathly Hallows, and Harry came up with the vial to catch his tears and he said, 'You have your mother’s eyes,' the entire theater broke. Everyone was already quietly crying and sniffling, but when the line was said, you could hear the turmoil in the room. People were gasping, crying out, and openly sobbing."

—megana459810788

3. When Augustus, Hazel, and Isaac have a pre-funeral wake in The Fault in Our Stars:

20th Century Fox

"There was not a dry eye in the theater. I remember the elderly couple in front of me saying, 'I didn't know it was going to be so sad.'"

—liozzo22

4. When Robert has to kill his dog in I Am Legend:

Warner Bros. Pictures

"There was an audible gasp. I haven’t experienced that before or since."

—amandac4b39f8d18

5. When Mufasa dies in The Lion King:

Disney

"So no one wants to talk about Mufasa’s death? Or any scene in The Lion King, for that matter? I didn’t see if in theaters (because I wasn’t alive yet), but relatives have, and they said the theater was dumbstruck when they got to the stampede scene."

—s8354932

6. When the toys hold hands in the incinerator in Toy Story 3:

Disney

"When I saw Toy Story 3 in theaters, this little boy behind me started crying when the gang was in the incinerator, and said, 'I wanna leave, I wanna leave!' I felt so bad."

—marye18

7. Okay, the entire dusting sequence in Avengers: Infinity War was so sad, but specifically when T'Challa is dusted...

Marvel

"When I saw Avengers: Infinity War, there was a woman in the theater who screamed out, 'T’Challa, NO!' when he got dusted. When I’ve watched it at home, I always say that now!"

—tomb4adc7727a

8. ...and when Peter Parker gets dusted too:

Marvel

"Seeing Avengers: Infinity War in the theater, when Spider-Man DIED, a bunch of TEENAGE boys in the front row literally jumped up and screamed, 'NOOOOOOO!'"

—7seasofrhye

"When Peter Parker got dusted, I was in the theater with a bunch of my friends, and one of them was like, 'No, Tom Holland can't dieeeeeee.'"

—bway1103

9. When Miguel sings "Remember Me" to Mama Coco in Coco and she sings along — a moment that was both sad and happy and so many other emotions:

Disney

"I was in tears, and you could hear people bawling loudly all over the theater."

—panapuerboli

"It destroyed everyone in the theater, and we all dissolved into ugly sobs. Still my favorite Pixar movie 💙."

—PeachPie1995

10. When Flynn "dies" in Tangled:

Disney

"I saw Tangled in theaters, and when Flynn 'dies,' you could tell everyone in the audience was trying not to cry. Then one little girl shouted at the top of her lungs, 'I'M. SO. SAD.' It was so cute and pitiful, I think it helped a lot of people suck those tears back in."

—Thebiggestsparrow

11. When Marley dies at the end of Marley & Me:

20th Century Fox

"Everyone in the theater was crying."

—kjorn

12. When Katniss makes a memorial for Rue and gives the three-finger salute in The Hunger Games:

Lionsgate

"Not a verbal reaction, but...on opening night of the first Hunger Games movie, when Katniss finished her memorial for Rue and gave the three-finger salute, most people in the theater were in tears and gave the salute as well."

—smokinace1113

13. When John Coffey, a completely innocent man, asks not to have the hood on because he's afraid of the dark as he is about to be executed in The Green Mile:

Universal Pictures

"Lots of crying — pretty sure there were sobs as well, and it wasn’t just from me!"

—Meld84

14. When Natasha sacrifices herself at Vormir in Avengers: Endgame:

Marvel

"I remember in Endgame when Black Widow died, there was this girl who was SOBBING so loud! Like, a lot of people were crying, but she was full-on sobbing." 

—lmniccum01

15. When things aren't looking great for WALL-E in WALL-E:

Disney

"When WALL-E's health was failing and they were rushing back to Earth to get his parts replaced. There were a few seconds there where you thought he was going to die. A kid cried out in tears, 'What's going to happen to WALL-E?' We all laughed 'cause secretly, we all were scared too."

—zeilerra

16. When Jack dies at the end of Titanic:

Paramount Pictures

"Oldie, but in Titanic when Jack died! I saw this in theaters twice, and everyone was crying. You could feel the sadness when Rose let him sink."

—beckers0505

17. When Jojo finds his mother hanged in Jojo Rabbit:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

"In Jojo Rabbit when Jojo was following the butterfly and then saw his mom’s feet swaying in the air because she’d been caught and killed. Outside of Marvel movies on opening night, I haven’t been in a theater with that big a reaction — people were sobbing. The shot of Jojo trying to tie his mom’s shoelaces made me ugly-cry."

—Ale

18. When Ray dies in The Princess and The Frog:

Disney

"Everyone was so sad when Ray the firefly died, but the little girl one row ahead of me said, 'But Mommy, why did the bug die? Is he really dead?' It was so, so cute and also so sad. I was glad to see how engaged everyone was."

—King Sasha

19. When Rey thinks she blew up the ship that Chewbacca was on in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker:

Lucasfilm

"I was at the midnight first showing, and I could not understand why a family brought a little 4- or 5-year-old girl to the show. When everyone thought Chewie was dead, there was shocked silence until we heard a high little voice ring out from the back. She said in her loud but tiny, clear voice, 'Oh Mama, not Chewie, not Chewie. Mama, no.' Then WE ALL SOBBED AS ONE AND CHEERED OUR BUTTS OFF WHEN HIS FATE WAS REVEALED. She was the loudest of all."

—daisydee

20. When Bing Bong sacrifices himself in Inside Out:

Disney/Pixar

"I cried actual tears."

—hannahg472fd3ea9

21. When Landon breaks down to his dad in A Walk to Remember:

Warner Bros.

"I remember going to see A Walk to Remember in theaters with my family. I was a 'too cool' teen who was terrified of just generally showing emotion. I held it in for so long, but when Landon broke down in tears to his dad, I let out what can only be described as a guttural sob. I was instantly embarrassed, but my sob literally broke the floodgates, and I immediately heard cries all around the theater."

—MoxieTttt123

22. When Jackson Maine dies by suicide in A Star Is Born and his dog is outside the garage door:

Warner Bros. Pictures

"I had to hold my hands over my mouth because I was absolutely SOBBING."

—nenar

23. And finally, the whole, entire opening montage in Up:

Disney/Pixar

"I remember seeing the Pixar movie Up in the theater. After the heartbreaking opening montage that shows Carl and Ellie growing old together, everyone in the audience was silent. A little voice rose through the crowd, asking very innocently, 'What happened?' It still makes me laugh when I think about it!"

—tiffanyb25

Do you have any memorable communal weeping experiences at the movie theater? Share them in the comments below!

Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.

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