10 Movies It's Impossible To Finish Without Crying

9. Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity swept the Academy Awards back in 2013, and it's no wonder. An emotional survival story, the plot sees Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone, a biomedical engineer who is assisting with upgrades to the Hubble Telescope in orbit around Earth. Accompanied by George Clooney's Lt. Matt Kowalski, tragedy strikes their space walk and Dr. Stone is left adrift in space by herself. Ryan goes through many hardships over the course of the film (naturally) in her struggle to stay alive, and we also learn that she lost her daughter to a fatal accident in a playground. Whilst viewers spend most of the movie placed firmly on the edge of their seats thanks to the near-constant tension, the third act brings plenty of tears (provided you're not an unfeeling robot). Finally reaching the Chinese space station Tiangong, her last hope for survival, Stone discovers that there is no fuel aboard for her to head back down to Earth. Thinking there is no hope left, she decides to turn off her oxygen supply in an act of suicide.

This is when the previously assumed-KIA Kowalski lets himself through the airlock and takes a seat next to her. He gives her an inspiring, scolding speech, hinting at a potential escape plan for her, and promptly disappears - a hallucination brought on by oxygen deprivation. As Ryan makes the monumental decision to live, she makes an impassioned prayer to Kowalski, asking him to pass on a message to her daughter in heaven, and this is when the waterworks turn on.

"Hey, Matt? Since I had to listen to endless hours of your storytelling this week, I need you to do me a favour. You're gonna see a little girl with brown hair. Very messy, lots of knots. She doesn't like to brush it. But that's okay. Her name is Sarah. Can you please tell her that mama found her red shoe? She was so worried about that shoe, Matt. But it was just right under the bed. Give her a big hug and a big kiss from me and tell her that mama misses her. Tell her that she is my angel. And she makes me so proud. So, so proud. And you tell her that I'm not quitting. You tell her that I love her, Matt. You tell her that I love her so much. Can you do that for me? Roger that."

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