I read the book in year 9 at school. It was pretty sobering and morbid to read. I loved it though regardless.

The scene was authentic because they hired veterans as advisors for the movie

It's absolutely THE best of all horrible movies.

What's in the box?!

Proof that no talk is required to have a powerful scene

One of the few Disney movies with an ending like that they are very rare.

I've visited Belsen, and watched this. There's a pile of shoes in the museum that belonged to the dead, and the amount of little children's shoes is heartbreaking . We must never forget.

That scene when he drops the tin and it rolls...

OMG my dad did not want to watch it. We were both sick at my sister's destination wedding, so we were taking turns choosing the movie, and I wanted to watch it. Made it all the way to the part at the end where the cat and dog change, started frantically wiping my eyes because I didn't want dad making fun of me. Then I heard... a sniffle. Did a corner-eye glance so he wouldn't see me looking. Coco made my DAD ugly cry!

Robin Williams was a genius. Follow it up with the Fisher King as a double feature and you have an unforgettable night.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale. I turned it off, silently walked out to the patio and sat down. Then I just broke down sobbing.

I watched it for the first time just days after we put our dog down. Big mistake

Personal anecdote: When the movie came out, I was reading the book. But I hadn't reached the... heartbreaking part yet. I was still in the funniest chapters, and the trailers portrayed the movie as a comedy. As a result, I had no idea about the last third of the film and the ending... ouch. I cried in the movie theater, I cried in the car, I cried when I got home, and my mom couldn't believe it. I have never watched the movie again, and I never want to see it again.

Read it. It's beautiful. I will absolutely never watch it.

Old Yeller taught me not to watch any movie titled with a pet's name.

I read it a few times as a kid and ended up nearly crying both times

I just can't with sad movies about animals. :(

Six below did it to me, had no idea it was going to be like that. Me, my daughter and niece all just sobbing during the movie

Any movie about a dog and how cool the dog is, there’s an 80% chance it’s going to die in the end. Same with books, although if it’s an older book and it’s got a newberry medal on the cover the odds go up to 95% chance.

I too sobbed uncontrollably to the point I couldn't sleep the night after watching it. I was 12, but we had lost my childhood labrador just 2 years prior. It still hurts now, though.

The movie doesn't even compare to the book. Was bawling my eyes out, but it is a very good read. I high recommend

I can't watch animal movies at all since Born Free I, too was about 6 or 7. 1969. My heart can't take it.

I took my kids (5&10) to see it shorty after having to give their dog up. I thought it would have a happy ending. We sat in the theater for 15 min after while they sobbed. They called their dad when we left to tell him what I had done. They still bring it up today (18&23). They will NEVER forgive me.

The whole theatre was crying!

It was on the screen on an overseas flight - not the kind of screen I could turn off or change the channel. I bawled almost from start to finish. Dog movies get me every time

Only one movie ever put me in such a state it's Okja.

ARGH... after reading "Where the Red Fern Grows"... and also experiencing the family dog being put to sleep (she was super old and also was having acute breathing issues - it was a mercy)... I **refuse** to watch any of these movies. Yeeah the trauma started early...

Can’t watch it. I know it’s a great movie and I know how it ends. And I know I’ll cry.

A Dog's Journey is fabulous. Dog doesn't die, but it's really a great story.

Brilliant movie, but definitely "one and done." I usually don't cry watching movies, but this one broke me.

What a wild ride. It's phantasmagoric.

Love this movie. The movie plays one way, then does a sudden 180°. There was a collective "gasp" in the theater. And Sam Rockwell was brilliant.

1 of my all time favorite movies!!

I've heard all memories are stored, it's the accessing part that is the problem. In 2002 I saw Clockwork Orange for the first time (I knew the plot). Afterword, a *Crystal Clear* forgotten memory from 40 years earlier burst into my mind. ... My parents had just seen 'Clockwork' and as we were driving somewhere, I asked them if the movie was good. My mom, who was usually very easy going, blurted out, "NO. It was horrible". My father, then tried to explain it was really about the Nature vs Nurture debate and whether or not somebody's experiences made them who they are (and whether somebody could be rehabilitated by controlling their experiences if they were criminal), but my mom kept making little interjections while he talked. I now realize she wanted to tell me that any movie showing people reveling in rape and murder was vile and never should have been made -- but since I was a kid, she couldn't give examples. When my dad finished answering a follow up question I had, my mom defiantly said, "The movie was BAD!" I can still see her sitting in the passenger seat, looking towards my father as he was driving, and almost daring him to say something more. My father and I made eye contact in the rearview mirror and I could tell he had more to say, but his steady gaze said now wasn't the time. ... That kind of sums up my mom who was a very caring "sensor" and my father who was a "thinker". ... If you are a thinker, this movie is worth seeing.

Excellent movie, it's almost a shame it cannot be shown to high school kids since the lesson in it would be the most beneficial to their age group, I think.

His last line is what got me.

I knew this movie was going to be great once I saw them struggling to get signal/ wifi in their dwelling. The struggle is real for those of us who rely on wireless signals for our internet needs.

Cried so hard

That was a fun movie to watch untill the end. The end was so shocking, that when I saw the movie the second time I stopped the dvd just before the end. I couldn't watch that scene again. Too upsetting.

I immediately thought of this one when I read the title of this thread. Very powerful film. I love the details, like how that entire view out the window in the background of this shot re-creates the album cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals."

No kidding. That was quite the jagged pill!

Powerful. Horrible. Unforgettable.

Apocalypse Now. I was a kid. Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack.

It's so good, and didn't get the attention it deserved because a similar movie came out at the same time with Edward Norton

The only thing scarier than Javier Bardem in that film, was his haircut. 😬

I didn't get the hype.

The novel is worth a read, and I relatively enjoyed both movies, too.

You mean trippy :D

A24 studios puts out masterpiece after masterpiece.

One of the greatest films ever

Very good film that keeps us in suspense!

It made me so sad and angry.