We’ve all seen sad movies and retained traumatic memories from them. If you didn’t bawl at the end of Philadelphia or weep throughout Up or shoot tears perpendicularly during the Jean-Claude Van Damme/Dennis Rodman film Double Team , you’re less human than Movieline’s staff. Now lachrymose responses are part of a fascinating, cinema-related study : In 1995, scientists gathered film clips that made patients sad, amused, or evoked other emotions (for the purposes of understanding whether sadness leads to overeating, whether fear leads to over-spending, etc.). What’s the movie those scientists believe is most effective in producing melancholy? The answer will upset you — though maybe you’ll come up with a sadder movie yet.
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Talkback: Did Scientists Correctly Pick the Saddest Movie of All Time?
