r/ifyoulikeblank • u/witchdaisy • 1d ago

Film [IIL] gut wrenching movies that have the main protagonist be filled with regret/regress to child like states, WEWIL?

Basically the title. I am in the mood to be absolutely devastated tonight and need a good suggestion that will make me incredibly sad/cry.

Examples: The episode of American horror story where twisty tells his backstory. (Specifically ‘but mama died)

Carrie crying for her mother after she killed her as the house collapses.

thanks in advance!

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u/Lachtaube 1d ago

The Green Mile

The Fall (not as big of a moment but worth watching all the same)

Brokeback Mountain

Cast Away

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u/witchdaisy 1d ago

I’ve seen all but the fall! The green mile still makes me blubber like a baby.

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u/pennylane_9 14h ago

Oooo The Fall is fantastic!! Highly recommend.

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl 1d ago

Paris, Texas

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u/Icy_Marionberry_2422 1d ago

Bark! (2002). They call it a "comedy" but it's about a dogwalker that regresses into being like a dog cause she's had enough of the world. It was so depressing that I was baffled by the comedy tag.

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u/Itsa2319 1d ago

Requiem for a Dream might do it for ya.

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u/HELMET_OF_CECH Quality Contributor 19h ago

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

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u/lovemypennydog 1d ago

Rachel Getting Married could fit the bill. (Title is misleading, this is a tearjerker.

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u/ErstwhileHobo 1d ago

Love, Liza

Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s wife dies and he gets addicted to huffing glue

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u/Anxious-Flamingo-994 1d ago

Manchester by the Sea

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u/EGOtyst 19h ago

Saddest movie I've ever seen

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u/Foreign-Context-5376 15h ago

You should watch silence (2016)

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u/EGOtyst 14h ago

Those two seem... nothing alike.

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u/Foreign-Context-5376 14h ago

They're just sad as fuck lol.

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u/witchdaisy 15h ago

I actually just watched this one for the first time- very good.

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u/Adorable_Mud_1932 22h ago

Manchester by the Sea
Synecdoche, New York
The Wrestler
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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u/EGOtyst 19h ago

Flowers for algernon

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u/witchdaisy 15h ago

This is such a good example of what I’m looking for- the book made me cry like a baby

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u/lilborat 19h ago

Manchester by the sea, Magnolia, Schindlers List, American History X, born on the 4th of july, tully, The Brutalist, The Master, basketball diaries, gilbert grape, american sniper, place beyond the pines, hereditary

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u/AdFamous7264 16h ago

In Wild (2014) the main character doesn't regress to a childlike state, but it's one of my favorite depictions of regret in film! 

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u/negcap 16h ago

The Road or the Mist.

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u/witchdaisy 15h ago

Both of these make me cry so bad, I had snot down my face during the road if I’m being 100% honest

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u/pennylane_9 14h ago

K-Pax. A man appears “out of nowhere” and is taken to a psychiatric facility where he claims that he is from another planet and provides stunning evidence that he may just be telling the truth about who he is and why he’s here.

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u/IronLegitimate6165 12h ago

John Q. Unable to pay for his son's life saving heart transplant, a desperate father holds a hospital ER hostage to force the hospital to put his son's name on the heart donor list

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u/molsminimart 10h ago

Not really the protagonists per se, but one of the main characters. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has an ending that makes you feel conflicted and more sad/empathetic than anything. It's not a happy ending or a victory or closure that feels satisfying. It highlights how both victim and abuser were failed and you really desperately wish things were handled differently because you could see how there could have been a better ending.