Sad movies

List of the saddest movies selected by our site visitors: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Notebook, Cool Kids Don't Cry, Me Before You, Five Feet Apart, I Still Believe, Two Is a Family, Million Dollar Baby, Bridge to Terabithia, Max.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, family, sport
CountryNetherlands
Duration01:35

Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:25

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
CountryUSA

The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryFrance, United Kingdom
Duration01:26

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, adventure, family, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, India
Duration02:29

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, family, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:29

A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

      Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration01:29

      A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:48

      A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:19

        The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, history
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Australia, Canada
        Duration03:14

        84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, India
        Duration02:07

        The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genredocumentary, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Syria, USA

        A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:37

        Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration02:00

        As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, cartoon, short
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:15

          Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:40

          The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
          Duration01:03

          Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

          Markimdb: 9
          Genredrama, military, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration03:15

          The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, West Germany, United Kingdom
          Duration01:48

          A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium
          Duration02:04

          A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryRussia

          What happens in fairy tales after the wedding of the prince and princess? Figure skater Nadia and hockey player Sasha got married and more than anything else they dream of a child. True, the price they will have to pay for this dream will be unimaginably high. After such upheavals, it seems impossible to count on a happy ending. But if you think so, you do not know anything about real tales...

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genredocumentary, biography, sport
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
          Duration02:42

          Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievments on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genredrama
          CountryLebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
          Duration02:05

          Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, New Zealand
          Duration01:53

          Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryRepublic of Ireland
          Duration02:30

          The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, short
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:09

            Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama
            CountryFrance, Belgium
            Duration01:27

            A troubled and emotionally fragile woman finds herself at the center of a firestorm, in this gut-wrenching psychological drama.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, drama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

            Markimdb: 8.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military
            CountryItaly
            Duration01:56

            A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:15

            Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
            Duration02:09

            Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountrySoviet Union

            A story about a difficult life of three women during the years after WWII.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany

            The story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Based on real events.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genredrama, adventure, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Germany
            Duration02:17

            The story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the tough questions in life. Euphoria is a contemporary drama about responsibility and reconciliation, in a world where these concepts are gradually being lost.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
            Duration02:40

            A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genremelodrama, drama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

            A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.




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