Certain TV and movie scenes are so sad that they turn you into an emotional wasteland each and every time you watch them.
So u/phantom_avenger asked Reddit, "What scene from a movie, show, or video game never fails to make your eyes tear up, no matter how many times you’ve watched it?" Here are some of the answers. Warning: You may need a box of tissues before you reach the end of this list.
Warning: there are (tragic) spoilers ahead.
1. When the first few minutes of Up ripped out our hearts and stomped on them in front of us.
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2. When Jojo from Jojo Rabbit chased a butterfly, only for it to lead him to the gallows, where he recognized his mother's shoes among the hanging victims.
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3. When Samwise Gamgee refused to admit defeat and carried Frodo up Mount Doom so that he could destroy the Ring in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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4. When Yondu sacrificed himself to save Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and used his last few moments to tell his adopted son how much he cared about him.
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5. When two elderly passengers embraced each other while the water rushed into their cabin in Titanic.
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6. When Inigo Montoya only wanted one thing from Count Rugen in The Princess Bride, and it wasn't money or power.
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7. When Futurama revealed that Fry's dog Seymour never forgot about him and spent years waiting for him to return.
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8. When the tragic origin of Hodor's one-word vocabulary was revealed during his death scene on Game of Thrones.
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9. And when Sandor Clegane convinced Arya not to die with him in the Red Keep, and she thanked him.
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10. When Chuck Noland lost his volleyball companion, Wilson, in the waves while trying to escape from the island in Cast Away.
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11. When Invincible's Omni-Man beat Mark within an inch of his life and still managed to be thrown off by his son's honest answer to a mocking question.
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12. When Will's father disappointed him again and he asked his uncle a heart-wrenching question on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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13. When Anya, an ex-demon turned human, confessed how lost and confused she felt following the death of Joyce Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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14. When Uncle Iroh celebrated his late son's birthday in a heartbreaking way on Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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15. And when Iroh willingly forgave Prince Zuko after his nephew betrayed him during a crucial battle.
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16. When Professor McGonagall called upon the statues of Hogwarts to protect the school in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
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17. When John Coffey is executed despite being innocent of the crimes of which he was accused in The Green Mile.
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18. When the family mourned while Marley was put to sleep in Marley & Me.
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19. When Oskar Schindler had a breakdown at the end of Schindler's List, overcome with guilt that he could've saved more lives during the war.
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20. When all the toys joined hands as they headed toward the incinerator in Toy Story 3.
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21. When the handmaids were subjected to a torturous fake execution (set to a Kate Bush song) in the Season 2 premiere of The Handmaid's Tale.
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22. When Mr. Keating's students rebelled against the strict rules of their school and honored their favorite teacher after he was fired in Dead Poets Society.
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23. When the passengers on the subway train Spider-Man saved from certain destruction carried the superhero to safety in Spider-Man 2.
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24. When Moana's grandmother died in Moana, and her spirit reappeared as a manta ray in the ocean as her granddaughter set out on her quest.
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25. When Rue died in The Hunger Games, and her dying wish was to hear Katniss sing to her.
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26. When Simon confronted Martin after he outed him in Love, Simon.
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27. When Rick realized that even he didn't know which of his daughters was real and which was a clone on Rick and Morty, because he was too cowardly to let himself know.
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28. When Dwayne realized that his colorblindness would stop him from fulfilling his dream of being a fighter pilot in Little Miss Sunshine.
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29. When Sipsey comforted Idgie following Ruth's death from cancer in Fried Green Tomatoes.
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30. When Sean broke through to Will and told him that his abusive childhood was not his fault in Good Will Hunting.
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31. And finally, when Captain America heard Sam say "on your left" in Avengers: Endgame and realized that everyone who perished in Infinity War was back and ready to fight.
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