A psychology study tested dozens of tearjerker clips to see what consistently hit hardest. One movie kept winning, and it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What do you do when you're feeling down? Sometimes, you sit back and watch a sad film. After all, there is something compelling ...

From the grief-ridden The Babadook to the hauntingly atmospheric Let the Right One In, these films prove that the horror genre can be utterly sad.

To function as a human being in this complicated world, sometimes, you need a good cry. And there's no better way to let the tears flow than by watching a good sad movie, better known as a "tearjerker ...

In 1979, director Franco Zeffirelli remade a 1931 Oscar-winning film called The Champ, about a washed-up boxer trying to mount a comeback in the ring. Zeffirelli’s version got tepid reviews. The ...

From heart-shattering romances like Atonement to soul-crushing war films such as The Grave of the Fireflies, these are the saddest period drama films.

Many of us remember films for iconic scenes. If you’re a bigger movie buff, captivating cinematography will likely catch your eye and make a specific title memorable for you. But for some of us, it’s ...

Heartbreak always hits harder in children's movies. Audiences expecting a feel-good story are sometimes shocked by unexpectedly heavy themes when they present themselves. Just because the content is ...

It's been 16 years since researchers at the University of California concluded that the finale of The Champ, in which a young Ricky Shroeder--spoiler alert--mourns the death of his boxer father is the ...