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This is a CrowdRanked list of the saddest movies of all time. Did it make you reach for the kleenex box? Did your throat close up and you glanced around to make sure no one noticed your eyes getting red? Rank your biggest tearjerkers here by making your own list of them. Add what's missing or just rank what's already here.

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    Up The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Up

    2009
    Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure
    buy@amazon
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    Life Is Beautiful The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Life Is Beautiful

    1997
    Roberto Benigni
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, War, World cinema
    buy@amazon
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    Titanic The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Titanic

    1997
    James Cameron
    Drama, Costume drama, Period piece, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Historical fiction, Romantic drama, Tragedy More
    Most Listed
    buy@amazon
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    The Lion King The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Lion King

    1994
    Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical, Adventure, Music, Children's, Coming of age More
    buy@amazon
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    Schindler's List The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Schindler's List

    1993
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Black-and-white, History, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, Film adaptation, Tragedy More
    buy@amazon
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    Bambi The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Bambi

    1942
    Walt Disney, Bill Roberts, James Algar, Norman Wright, David Hand, Samuel Armstrong, Paul Satterfield, Graham Heid More
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Coming of age
    buy@amazon
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    Moulin Rouge! The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001
    Baz Luhrmann
    Drama, Comedy, Costume drama, Period piece, Musical, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Remake, Jukebox musical More
    buy@amazon
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    Steel Magnolias The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Steel Magnolias

    1989
    Herbert Ross
    Drama, Family, Family Drama
    Controversial
    buy@amazon
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    My Dog Skip The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    My Dog Skip

    2000
    Jay Russell
    Drama, Period piece, Family, Film adaptation, Family Drama, Coming of age More
    buy@amazon
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's, Family Drama More
    buy@amazon
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    Terms of Endearment The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Terms of Endearment

    1983
    James L. Brooks
    Drama, Family, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Film adaptation, Family Drama, Tragedy More
    buy@amazon
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    Beaches The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Beaches

    1988
    Garry Marshall
    Drama, Comedy, Musical, Comedy-drama
    buy@amazon
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    A Walk to Remember The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    A Walk to Remember

    2002
    Adam Shankman
    Drama, Romance Film, Teen, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Coming of age More
    buy@amazon
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    where the red fern grows

    buy@amazon
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    The Champ The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Champ

    1979
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Drama, Boxing, Family, Sports, Family Drama
    buy@amazon
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    An Affair to Remember The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    An Affair to Remember

    1957
    Leo McCarey
    Romance Film, Romantic drama, Drama Film
    buy@amazon
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    Philadelphia The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Philadelphia

    1993
    Jonathan Demme
    Drama, LGBT, Courtroom Drama, Tragedy
    buy@amazon
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    Old Yeller The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Old Yeller

    1957
    Robert Stevenson
    Family, Coming of age
    buy@amazon
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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    2008
    Mark Herman
    Drama, History, Period piece, War, Film adaptation
    buy@amazon
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    Saving Private Ryan The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, History, Action, War
    buy@amazon
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    My Girl The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    My Girl

    1991
    Howard Zieff
    Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance Film, Family Drama, Coming of age
    buy@amazon
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    The Way We Were The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Way We Were

    1973
    Sydney Pollack
    Drama, Period piece, Musical, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation More
    buy@amazon
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    Fried Green Tomatoes The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Fried Green Tomatoes

    1991
    Jon Avnet
    buy@amazon
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    Ordinary People The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Ordinary People

    1980
    Robert Redford
    Drama, Film adaptation, Family Drama, Coming of age, Existentialism
    buy@amazon
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    Goodbye, Mr. Chips The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939
    Sam Wood
    Drama, Black-and-white
    buy@amazon
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    I Am Sam The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    I Am Sam

    2001
    Jessie Nelson
    Drama, Courtroom Drama
    buy@amazon
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    The Green Mile The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Green Mile

    1999
    Frank Darabont
    Drama, Fantasy, Period piece, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation
    buy@amazon
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    It's a Wonderful Life The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946
    Frank Capra
    Drama, Fantasy, Family
    buy@amazon
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    Rebel Without a Cause The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955
    Nicholas Ray
    Drama, Romance Film, Teen, Short Film, Family Drama
    buy@amazon
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    Pan's Labyrinth The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Pan's Labyrinth

    2006
    Guillermo del Toro
    Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, War, World cinema
    buy@amazon
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    Toy Story 3 The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Toy Story 3

    2010
    Lee Unkrich
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Computer Animation
    buy@amazon
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    The Passion of the Christ The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004
    Mel Gibson
    Drama, Costume drama, History, Period piece, Indie, Epic
    Controversial
    buy@amazon
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    The Outsiders The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Outsiders

    1983
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Drama, Period piece, Teen, Film adaptation, Coming of age
    buy@amazon
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    To Kill a Mockingbird The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962
    Robert Mulligan
    Drama, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation, Courtroom Drama More
    buy@amazon
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    Because I Said So The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Because I Said So

    2007
    Michael Lehmann
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    buy@amazon
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    She's Having a Baby The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    She's Having a Baby

    1988
    John Hughes
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    buy@amazon
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    Yentl The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Yentl

    1983
    Barbra Streisand
    Drama, Musical, Romance Film
    buy@amazon
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    Edward Scissorhands The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990
    Tim Burton
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Film, Teen, Comedy-drama
    buy@amazon
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    Stand by Me The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Stand by Me

    1986
    Rob Reiner
    Drama, Period piece, Adventure, Teen, Film adaptation, Coming of age
    buy@amazon
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    Children of Men The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Children of Men

    2006
    Alfonso Cuarón
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Dystopia, Doomsday film, Future noir More
    buy@amazon
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    The American President The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The American President

    1995
    Rob Reiner
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Romantic drama, Political cinema More
    buy@amazon
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    West Side Story The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    West Side Story

    1961
    Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
    Drama, Crime, Musical, Romance Film
    buy@amazon
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    The Joy Luck Club The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Joy Luck Club

    1993
    Wayne Wang
    Drama, Film adaptation
    buy@amazon
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    The English Patient The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The English Patient

    1996
    Anthony Minghella
    Drama, Period piece, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Film adaptation More
    buy@amazon
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    The Messenger The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Messenger

    2009
    Oren Moverman
    Drama, Romance Film, War
    buy@amazon
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    The Holiday The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Holiday

    2006
    Nancy Meyers
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    buy@amazon
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    Working Girl The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Working Girl

    1988
    Mike Nichols
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    buy@amazon
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003
    Peter Jackson
    Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation
    buy@amazon
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    Pretty Woman The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Pretty Woman

    1990
    Garry Marshall
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    buy@amazon
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    Breakfast at Tiffany's The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made Film picture

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961
    Blake Edwards
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Drama Film
    buy@amazon

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    1. Tia
      The Biggest Tearjerkers Ever Made at 12/26/2010 12:08 AM
      What Dreams May Come, Jacob The Liar and Paulie should have been on this list too. And personally, I think The Passion of Christ was a lot more traumatizing than it was tearjerking. Great list other that that :)
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