The hunt for the saddest movie scene has been going on since 1988, when two researchers, now at Stanford, starting looking for a clip that would reliably bum people out that they could use for studies. After testing hundreds of movies on hundreds of viewers, they settled on The Champ as the cinematic scene "most likely to produce tears." The deserving couple of minutes depict the titular champ, after winning a come-back match, slowly dying in front of his young son. The son, Ricky Schroder, has a full head of bouncy blonde hair, and he doesn't take it too well.

This saddest of scenes has been used by masochist scientists for years in all sorts of studies. Are depressed people more likely than happy people to cry? They are not. Are sad people more likely to spend money? Yes, and old people are more weepy than the young. They also reported that people with binge-eating disorders do not eat more when sad, but that's crap. After spending the morning watching these clips, we decided to move our lunch break up an hour.

http://www.nerve.com/news/movies/watch-the-saddest-movie-scenes-ever-surefire-way-to-cry-your-eyes-out

http://www.nerve.com/files/resize/the-champ-l_786_poster-600x450.jpg

The original Champ is better along with Boys Town with Mickey Rooney those are tear jerkers.

The movie that had me just bawling was Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. Other movies have made me sniffle and tear up, but this one had me literally sobbing. :crybaby: