Without an absolute doubt, the saddest moment of the movie Titanic is when they're doing the montage of the boat going down, and they show the old people on the bed.
I'm not kidding when I say this is a formative moment of my life. I think about it constantly.
And for those who don't know, this couple is based on real-life people.
Their names were Isidor and Ida Straus, and they were first-class passengers on the Titanic.
According to the National Archives, Isidor and Ida went to the lifeboats when the Titanic struck an iceberg. Isidor refused to get on a lifeboat because he was elderly and younger men were around him. Ida also refused, saying, "Where you go, I go."
According to reports, the two were last seen on deck holding hands before a wave washed them away.
There's even a deleted scene showing this moment in the movie:
