10 Movies That Totally Destroyed You

1. Blue Valentine

You always hurt the ones you love.

Blue Valentine makes such a statement - sung in the movie itself by Ryan Gosling, accompanied by some Oscar-worthy dancing from Michelle Williams - unbearably true.

Playing out in two different timelines, it features a young couple at the very outset of their courtship, and years later at the end of their marriage. Carried by its two leads (neither of whom have ever been better than they are here), it simultaneously manages to make your heart swoon and break, effortlessly switching from the heady, butterflies-in-the-stomach romance to the gutting, desperate fight their relationship has become.

The tragedy of the movie lies in how Dean and Cindy can't stop loving each other just as sure as they can't stop hurting each other, with their daughter caught in the middle. It's love, it's hate, it's the need to let go and the need to cling on. By the end, after so much back-and-forth torment, much like their relationship itself you'll be relieved that it's over, but forever grateful it happened.

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