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 ...

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 ...

One of the powers of good storytelling paired with solid filmmaking is invoking the ugly cry from viewers. The ugly cry is the uncontrollable stream of tears you, as the audience member, engage in as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...