8 Deep, Sad Movies That Will Move You

People say that it is much easier to make someone laugh at a movie than to make them cry. Getting in touch with viewers is not easy, but it can be wonderful when it happens. Especially sad movies have a special power to touch you and make you feel empathy with the characters.

For a few hours, your eyes will bring you into their lives. You will feel what they feel, you will shout when they shout, and you will feel moved when they feel moved. The magic of the film is that it is like an activator for your own impulses, played by people on a screen.

Sad movies put you in the shoes of people who are suffering and facing difficulties. It is not always a happy ending. But they teach us why it is so important to never give up when things get tough.

8 sad movies that will move you

Love

This French film tells the story of an elderly married couple facing their wife’s illness. Misunderstanding, loneliness and compassion are the major themes in this film. Georges, the husband, has to deal with his wife’s problems, and it is so difficult for him that he gets to a point where he does not want to continue living.

The frustration and pain make both him and his daughter fight not to lose her. Director Michael Haneke won an Oscar in 2012 for this masterpiece that we consider a must-see.

Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale

Parker Wilson is a music teacher who finds an akita puppy one day. Even though his wife says no, he decides to keep the dog, and they end up forming a special bond. The story, based on real events, focuses on how loyal dogs are to their owners. In this film, the dog goes so far as to wait for Parker every day at the train station.

Hotel Rwanda

The genocide that took place in Rwanda when the Hutu people killed the Tutsis is portrayed coldly and objectively in this film, but also brave . The main character is Paul, a Hutu man who manages a hotel and who decides to hide hundreds of families from persecution.

Paul’s wife is a Tutsi, and both she and their daughters receive death threats. While waiting for international help, he must bribe Hutu leaders, deal with a devastating lack of resources, and always maintain his composure to save his family.

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain tells the story of a love affair between two American cowboys. At first they both deny their feelings due to social conventions, but later they begin a beautiful, albeit bumpy relationship. The way the film shows us how they fall in love is simple and natural, but it is also very complicated due to their great fear of rejection.

Pianists

This absolute treasure of a film by Roman Polanski centers around the life of Wladyslaw, a Polish pianist with a Jewish background. They force him to live in the Warsaw ghetto, where he has an extremely naked life and faces the horrific atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis. His love of the piano is what keeps him alive, and makes him favor a Nazi leader who discovers his talent.

Side by side

Isabel is a fashion photographer who thinks of nothing but work. She is in a relationship with a divorced man, Luke, who is constantly arguing with his ex-wife and mother of their children, Jackie. Their lives are completely turned upside down when they find out that his ex-wife has incurable cancer, which means that Isabel has to spend more time with the children.

My Girl – My first kiss

Little Vada lives a life where she is constantly surrounded by death. Her father owns a funeral home that he runs in the basement, her mother died when she gave birth to her, and her grandmother has Alzheimer’s. She spends peaceful days with her best friend, Thomas, but everything changes when Shelly, the new funeral agent, shows up.

The day is yours

The last on the list of sad films is about John Keating who is an English teacher at a private boys’ school. His arrival brings some excitement and mysteries because his teaching methods are not completely common. A group of four friends find out that when he was younger, he belonged to the so-called “Dead Poets Society”.

Keating shows them where they used to meet: an old tree where they wanted to talk about poetry and express their deepest thoughts.

To sum up, deep, sad movies will make you think about the meaning of life. The characters in them are not always strong or brave, but that is what makes them so human and meaningful. Because change, whether good or bad, is something you can never avoid in life.