Thursday Movie Picks: Movies with Devastating Crushing Endings that Makes You Want to Weep

Hey all, it's once again time for Thursday Movie Picks. As you can guess by the title, this is a tough week. As always, our host for this weekly event is Wanderer at Wandering Through the Shelves. Please check out her sit for the particulars on how to join this little party of ours. The short of it is she gives us a topic and we suggest three movies that fit.

This week, well, we're going out of my comfort zone simply by including the word 'weep.' When it comes to movies, I just don't do it. However, there are some rather soul-crushing movies out there where I understand why people do. I'm going to try explaining why I feel this way without actually spoiling any of these films. Wish me luck. Here it goes:


Okay. I told a little bit of lie in my intro. I have cried over a movie. Once. This was the movie that did it. It came out when I was eight and I saw it when I was nine or ten. It was the Movie of the Week, way back when that was a thing. The story, from what I remember because I've refused to watch it since, follows a boxer and his little boy. It's one of those stories where the fighter should quit, but for one reason or another, does not. Things don't work out the way anyone wanted, leading to the scene depicted above. I actually made it through that without tears. When I got to bed, however, it was boo-hoo city.


The true-life story of Brandon Teena is one that depletes your faith in man. Brandon is biologically a woman, but identifies as male. This is not something he's advertising and when people find out it causes problems for him, generally of the physical kind. After one such incident, Brandon moves to another town, falls into a tight-knit group of friends, and fell in love with a young lady. Then, all hell breaks loose.


This movie is particularly devastating. It deals with two young men who were molested by their baseball coach back when they were eight years old. In the years since, they have gone down separate, but troubled paths. One becomes a male prostitute while the other becomes so withdrawn everyone thinks he's asexual. When we get to the ending, I really wish that comet would come along and wipe us all out.