Grab Your Tissues: We've Rounded up the Most Heart-Wrenching Movie Character Deaths

There’s a fine line between reality and movies. When a character dies in a film that’s already drawn you in, you start to feel that ache in your heart and tears begin to flow. Sometimes, it takes minutes or even hours to recover from such a loss because it feels too real to let go. If you know that feeling, we’ve compiled a list of the saddest movie character deaths to date, so you can relive the heartache all over again — because, well, why not?

Could Rose have made a little room for Jack on that floating door? It’s a valid argument. Nevertheless, that unforgettable scene of Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) sinking into the icy Atlantic Ocean will forever be etched in our memories. We’ll never let go, Jack (cue the tear), we’ll never let go!

Rafe: Danny, you can’t die. You can’t die. You know why? ‘Cause you’re gonna be a father. You’re gonna be a daddy'.

A few seconds later

Danny: No, you are.

Early 2000s producers and directors really knew how to let a story unfold on screen. The Notebook combines love and heartache all rolled into one unforgettable movie moment!

"Here lies Dobby, a free elf." Dobby, you were a true hero—truly a hero!

If only Shmuel had gone under the fence to Bruno’s side instead of the other way around.

"The most heart wrenching scene in the most underrated Keanu Reeves movie ever." — @bad2dabohn1992 on YouTube

Saying goodbye to a companion like a pet is hard, but having to end their life to save your own — now that’s tough!

Cartoon or not, watching a young cub lose his father to a stampede he could have avoided if only his jealous brother had lent a hand is a tearjerker in any dimension!

Travis: No mama

Mama: There’s no hope for him now Travis, he’s suffering. You know we’ve got to do it.

Travis: I know mama. He was my dog. I’ll do it.

What could shatter the everlasting bond between two close friends? Cancer! To make it even more gut-wrenching, the film is (loosely) based on a true story. What a heartbreak!

The Bridge to Terabithia pretty much sums up most millennials' childhoods — playing outside and living through imagination. But Leslie’s death (whew) really threw us for a loop!

Oh boy, you better have your tissues ready before sitting down for Me Before You. Your journey didn’t have to end there, Will, but your trials are undeniably felt.

"The Ending of the movie **Armageddon** is the saddest ending in the history of of movies." — @xxxxCloverxxxx on Reddit

After everything Katniss did to protect Prim, starting with volunteering as tribute to keep her out of the Hunger Games, she dies anyway. Talk about a plot twist that hits you right in the gut!

You know what's never-ending? The thought of poor Artax taking his last breath while slowly sinking into the sloshy mud.