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20. Requiem For a Dream
Director – Darren Aronofsky
Cast – Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 6 October 2000
Box Office – $7.4 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
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19. Old Yeller
Director – Robert Stevenson
Cast – Kevin Corcoran, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 25 December 1957
Box Office – $6,250,000
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
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18. The Pursuit of Happyness
Director – Gabriele Muccino
Cast – Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Will Smith
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – December 15, 2006
Box Office – $307.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
17. Grave of the Fireflies
Director – Isao Takahata
Cast – Akemi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Ayano Shiraishi
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 16 April 1988
Box Office – $516,962
Genre – Animation, Drama, War
Awards – None
Plot –
16. Moulin Rogue!
Director – Baz Luhrmann
Cast – John Leguizamo, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 1 June 2001
Box Office – $179.2 million
Genre – Drama, Musical, Romance
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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15. American History X
Director – Tony Kaye
Cast – Fairuza Balk, Edward Norton, Elliott Gould, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 30 October 1998
Box Office – $23.9 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
14. Philadelphia
Director – Jonathan Demme
Cast – Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 22 December 1993
Box Office – $206.7 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
13. P.S. I Love You
Director – Richard LaGravenese
Cast – Lisa Kudrow, Hilary Swank, Kathy Bates, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 24%
Release Date – 20 December 2007
Box Office – $156,835,339
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
12. I Am Sam
Director – Jessie Nelson
Cast – Dianne Wiest, Sean Penn, Richard Schiff, Loretta Devine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 35%
Release Date – 3 December 2001
Box Office – $97,818,139
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
11. A Walk to Remember
Director – Adam Shankman
Cast – Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 27%
Release Date – 25 January 2002
Box Office – $47.5 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
10. The Green Mile
Director – Frank Darabont
Cast – Michael Clarke Duncan, Graham Greene, David Morse, Michael Jeter, Tom Hanks, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 6 December 1999
Box Office – $290.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
9. Bridge to Terabithia
Director – Gábor Csupó
Cast – Robert Patrick, Josh Hutcherson, Bailee Madison, AnnaSophia Robb
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – February 16, 2007
Box Office – $138 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
8. Forrest Gump
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Gary Sinise
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 23 June 1994
Box Office – $678.1 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 6 Oscars
Plot –
7. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Director – Lasse Hallström
Cast – Jason Alexander, Erick Avari, Joan Allen, Richard Gere
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 8 July 2009
Box Office – $46.7 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
6. The Notebook
Director – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Gena Rowlands
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 25 June 2004
Box Office – $115.6 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
5. Million Dollar Baby
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – December 15, 2004
Box Office – $216.8 million
Genre – Drama, Sport
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –
4. My Sister’s Keeper
Director – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – 26 June 2009
Box Office – $95.7 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
3. Into the Wild
Director – Sean Penn
Cast – Catherine Keener, Emile Hirsch, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Marcia Gay Harden
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 21 September 2007
Box Office – $56,822,960
Genre – Adventure, Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
2. Titanic
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Bernard Hill, Frances Fisher
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 18 November 1997
Box Office – $2.187 billion
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
Plot –
1. Schindler’s List
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 30 November 1993
Box Office – $322.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
Plot –
So have you watched any of these sad movies? Which film you think has the saddest theme? Do you like watching sad movies? What makes you cry the most? Tell us about it in the comments below.
