The Saddest Movie Scenes That Aren’t Death Scenes
There’s no formula for making moviegoers cry. But when I think of tragic moments that brought audiences to tears (okay, fine, me to tears — are you happy now), the ones that jump to mind are usually the deaths of beloved film characters. Simba standing over the body of Mufasa in The Lion King. Tony Stark snapping his fingers in Avengers: Endgame. Jack freezing in the water at the end of Titanic because Kate Winslet did not want to share that damn door with him. It’s rarer — though in some ways even more tear-jerkingly satisfying — when a movie makes you cry without the death of a character. In...