10 Movies with Most Heartbreaking Finales If You Want to Cry Your Eyes Out

Among other things, cinema has a therapeutic function. Sometimes you want to let your emotions run free and not be ashamed of your feelings.

We have collected movies that will make you cry from the bottom of your heart. No one will remain indifferent – here are sad movies about love, animals, friendship and the difficult fates.

1. A Single Man, 2009

Professor George Falconer recently buried his beloved Jim. Now he has suicidal thoughts from time to time, but his young student Kenny is on a mission to give the man back his purpose in life.

Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, who played the main character's friend, created an incredible acting duo – they managed to convey all the pain that two endlessly lonely people can experience. The world knows the director of the film, Tom Ford, primarily as a fashion designer. Therefore, the movie can easily be called one of the most aesthetic dramas in the history of cinema.

2. I Am Not a Witch, 2017

One day, a girl appears in an African village, and with her comes misfortune. The locals send her to a settlement of "witches" – women once accused of witchcraft. They live in a closed area from which there is no escape: a white ribbon is attached to the back of each woman, preventing them from escaping.

The government uses "witches" as laborers – they are brought to work in the fields, or to serve as entertainment for tourists. Despite the humiliation, these women maintain their sisterhood.

An incredibly beautiful and emotional film about the consequences of magical thinking and unusual cultural practices, that will move you to tears with its cruelty and the brutally honest pain of a little girl.

3. The Impossible, 2012

A heartbreaking movie based on true events that happened to the Alvarez family in 2004 during one of Thailand's most destructive tsunamis.

Shortly before the disaster, Henry, the head of the family, is spending time by the pool with his two youngest sons, while his wife, Maria, reads a book nearby. In a few moments, the family's vacation is destroyed by a powerful wave.

Maria manages to save her oldest son, and Henry pulls the younger children out of the water, but ends up in another part of the damaged city.

4. A Perfect World, 1993

A crime drama that you will want to see through to the very end. Dangerous criminals Butch and Terry escape from prison and take an eight-year-old boy, Phillip, hostage to help them cross the Texas border.

Terry begins to take an unhealthy interest in the child, and Butch decides to kill him. Continuing to hide from the police, the criminal makes his way to his final destination in the company of Phillip, who gradually warms to his captor and begins to see him as a father.

5. Beautiful Boy, 2018

David worries about his eighteen-year-old son, Nic, who suffers from drug addiction. He tries with all his might to help his son, but each time they both break down: the father insults Nic, and Nic buries himself deeper in addiction, afraid of not living up to his father's expectations.

The movie evokes emotion through its narrative form: present-tense scenes of a father devastated by his inability to help his child are intercut with flashbacks to moments when they had fun together, listening to Nirvana, discussing plans for the future and living their best lives.

6. Still Alice, 2014

Linguistics professor Alice has had a brilliant academic career, a wonderful husband, and three children. But everything changes after a woman unexpectedly gets lost on a well-known university campus. Doctors give her a terrible diagnosis, rare for her age – Alzheimer's disease.

For her impeccable performance, Julianne Moore collected all possible awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. The actress managed to portray a process of slow mental decline that will touch even the most cynical viewer.

7. Candy, 2006

The promising artist Candy falls in love with the poet Dan. The young people are happy together, but drug addiction puts an end to their future, and lack of money brings the couple to the bottom of their lives.

Director Neil Armfield has undoubtedly succeeded in filming a hopeless story of self-destruction. At the same time, the movie cannot be called an ordinary project about dangerous addictions – in this case, even love cannot save the two people.

The main advantage of the movie is certainly the performance of the late Heath Ledger, who was never afraid of difficult roles.

8. The Bridges of Madison County, 1995

Italian Francesca married an American at the end of World War II and has long since resigned herself to being a simple farmer's wife. Her monotonous existence is broken by photographer Robert Kincaid. Love flares up between him and Francesca, but they only have four days for their relationship.

Clint Eastwood often stars in movies he directs, and this time he was paired with the magnificent Meryl Streep. In Eastwood's hands, even a story of ordinary romance becomes a heartbreaking drama.

9. The Horse Whisperer, 1998

After being hit by a truck while riding her horse, a young girl Grace has to have part of her leg amputated. A horse is also seriously injured, both physically and emotionally. To save her daughter from depression, Grace's mother decides to find Tom Booker, who is said to be able to communicate with horses in the same language.

A gentle melodrama directed by Robert Redford tells how deep the relationship between man and animal can be.

10. Harry and Tonto, 1974

Elderly professor Harry Coombes is homeless. All he has left is his faithful cat named Tonto. The old man decides to embark on a journey across America that will change the course of his life forever.

This heartwarming and tear-jerking film is almost unknown to the general public today. But its star, Art Carney, once won the Oscar for Best Actor, beating even Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson.