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Sad scenes that are visually distinct?


What are some sad scenes that are visually distinct? A lot of sad scenes is just two persons talking or someone crying in their bedroom, but there must be some more aesthetic or visually memorable ones?

ET - when Elliot is observing him at the hospital.
The Fox and the Hound - when the old woman is dropping off the fox in the forest
Titanic - Rose and Jack amongst the ice blocks
Three colors: Blue - When Julie stands in the blue room, then searching for a letter, hearing someone crying in the kitchen.

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Not a movie, rather from true crime videos. It just rips into my soul whenever I see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbrjDRDbeCQ

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A very poignant scene of an emotion-filled breakdown between a father and a son:

https://youtu.be/hrqAc3OyX4g

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Back to the Future III -- when Doc and his girl don't make it into the Delorean, and it was especially sad when the Delorean is destroyed by a train.

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[–] Boromir (8241)
Too many spoilers in this thread, we need to be more careful.

Duly noted.

Spiderman 3 (2007) - The scene where Sandman awakens
Thelma & Louise (1991) - The Ending
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - The ending and what it entails
Corpse Bride (2005) - when the CB sublimates
Barry Lyndon (1975)- where he beats someone savagely
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - huge chunks of the movie, but the pointedly important deaths
Pulp Fiction (1994) - when the character of Thurman learns of her friend's death and does not, dares not react
The Wind Rises (2013) - The death of the wife and her 'reappearance'
Taxi Driver (1976) - when Bickle experiences a last hallucination before the movie ends, revealing that he is not cured
Memento (2000) - same kind of scene (in a car) as Taxi Driver, when Pearce's character accepts his fate
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - the end
The Notebook (2004) - where we realise how the main characters in the story's story are distinct from the story itself
Danton (1983) - the death of these characters
City of God (2002) - the death of the stoner dude
The Truman Show (1998) - the exit and what it means
Requiem for a Dream (2000) - the fate of the 3 amigos
Moon (2009) - the realisation of what is fated to happen to Rockwell's character
Being John Malkovich (1999) - the fate of Cusack
Parasite (2019) - the end (once again)
Plein Soleil (1960) - the death of Ronet's character
The Conversation (1974) - the end
Suzume no Tojimari (2022) - the fate of the white cat
The Last Supper (1995) - the deaths and Ron Perlman's off screen speech

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Dead Poet's Society - Neil’s Suicide
Land Before Time - Littlefoot’s mother’s death
My Girl - TJ’s funeral
Spider-Man - Uncle Ben’s death
All Dogs Go To Heaven - The ending

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final scene - the searchers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvfIsbhIQLA

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Iconic ending. 💯👍💯👍💯

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The McBain family massacre from Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) starring Henry Fonda.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0eEYEzsow&pp=ygUuT25jZSB1cG9uIGEgdGltZSBpbnZ0aGUgd2VzdCBmaW5kYSBraWxscyBjaGlsZA%3D%3D

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