Best Sadness Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 56 top-rated sadness movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Elfen Lied 2004 ★ 8.3
La Dolce Vita 1960 ★ 8.0
Inside Out 2015 ★ 7.9
The Notebook 2004 ★ 7.9
La Strada 1954 ★ 7.9
After Life 2019 ★ 7.9
Edward Scissorhands 1990 ★ 7.7
Encanto 2021 ★ 7.6
Seven Pounds 2008 ★ 7.6
Billy Elliot 2000 ★ 7.6
Manchester by the Sea 2016 ★ 7.6
Inside Out 2 2024 ★ 7.5
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live 2014 ★ 8.1
Él 1953 ★ 7.7
Burning 2018 ★ 7.4
The Big Sick 2017 ★ 7.3
21 Grams 2003 ★ 7.3
25th Hour 2002 ★ 7.3
Solo Mio 2026 ★ 7.4
Tell No One 2006 ★ 7.2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938 ★ 7.1
A Ghost Story 2017 ★ 7.1
The Son's Room 2001 ★ 7.1
If Only 2004 ★ 7.1