Movie Scenes that Will Make You Cry

10) "Mulholland Drive" - Anyone who has seen it knows how complicated this movie really is. After watching it several times, I found more and more clues to figuring it out. There are many unique moments in the film although, my favorite is "Crying". A woman in a theater is singing the classic tune in Spanish. It's incredibly haunting.
9) "The Hours" - I love this film for many reasons. It has great depth and understanding and the acting is truly beautiful. It's hard to choose a scene for this one because of it's three stories. However, the scene that stands out the most is when Nicole Kidman's character, Virginia Woolf, is confronted by her husband about her sadness. She nearly breaks down in front of him, although, I'm not sure he knew exactly where she was coming from. I'm not sure anyone can grasp depression completely unless you've gone through the intensity yourself.
8) "Japanese Story" - One of my favorite films of all time. It's beautifully shot and sets the tone for the movie. The scene that made me cry was the sudden death of the character "Hiro", who was a business man from Japan sent to Australia for work issues. I'm so used to American romance films that end with a marriage, a baby, or a kiss. Foreign films don't follow the same creed, luckily. At the very end of the movie we see Hiro's body being sent by plane back to his country.
7) "Requiem For A Dream" - A hell of a movie and not for the faint at heart. The last fifteen minutes still haunt me in my sleep. The central theme is desperation and when you add drugs, it can't be pretty. None of them truly gained what they wanted, yet, I don't think anyone of them can say "I didn't see this coming". One loses an appendage, one's in jail, another loses their mind, and the fourth is so desperate she forces herself to do sexual acts in front of a large rowdy crowd.
6) "Girl, Interrupted" - I love movies like this because it makes me think about my own sanity. The best scene is at the very end where Winona's character confronts Angelina's character about how she perceives the world and lives it. She told Jolie she's "already dead inside", forcing her to break down and reevaluate her beliefs.
5) "Lost & Delirious" - One of the best indie films I've ever scene. When I first saw it I thought the Shakespearean metaphors were going to get old. It never did. The highlight, yet sad, scene is when Paulie stands on the rooftop declaring her love and defeat before falling to her death. Her girlfriend and probable soul mate, Tori, who left her for a guy because she wasn't able to confront her parents about her relationship, watches in horror and maybe secretly in awe.
4) "21 Grams" - I love films that don't stick to the boring linear structure. A wife loses her husband and two young daughters by a reckless hit and run driver. She ends up sleeping with a man who received her husband's heart, by surgery. One scene in the movie, Sean Penn's character confronts Naomi Watts' character about everything that's happened, and she goes off of him.
3) "Boys Don't Cry" - I was young when this actually occurred and it saddens me that I only found out by watching this film. The ending is what stands out because of the harshness of reality. A young transgender girl who feels like a boy, is brutally killed because of his difference. He was hoping to complete his life with his girlfriend but, it's all taken away from him by hatred.
2) "Magnolia" - Another brilliant film that has woven stories to tell a bigger one. The best scene by far is the musical number. Each character is shown singing a line from an incredibly sad song. Everyone wants change and it's truly amazing how far you have to go sometimes to be heard.
1) "Meet Joe Black" - One of my favorite films of all time. The end is the best scene in the whole movie, one of the best endings in film history. I'm not totally convinced the woman knew "Joe" was in fact "death but, she was trying to figure out the connections between the man she met on the street and his behavior. Maybe in time she would have figured it out but, that was off camera. I don't consider it a "romance" movie at all. It's simply about death taking a literal holiday, enjoying it, and giving back to others.