10 Emotional Movie Scenes That Will Make You Cry

10. Max Leaves The Island - Where The Wild Things Are

Spike Jonze's 2009 adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book remains a divisive film. The Being John Malkovich and Adaptation director always was an unorthodox choice to helm a film based on a beloved family classic, and he didn't deliver as mainstream-friendly a film as some had anticipated.

Yet while some might deem Where The Wild Things Are too slow, ponderous, and sinister for younger viewers, it brings Sendak's iconic creatures to life beautifully, and captures both the joys and sorrows of childhood in an often painfully blunt manner.

Never is this closer to the bone than in the final act, when Max (the extraordinary Max Records) realises he has to leave the island of the Wild Things and return home.

As Max gets into his tiny boat to sail away, the Wild Things watch him go - joined at the last moment by Carol (James Gandolfini), the most hot-headed of them who had been closest to Max, and the most hurt by his decision to leave. As the boat bobs away oh-so slowly, Carol's face creases up and he lets out a mournful howl.

It's a heart-rending moment that takes you back to every time you had to bid a loved one goodbye.