1. The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Chris
loses his house, he and his son even spend a night in a subway station
restroom. Through his tears we understand all the despair of this man
who does not see how he will get out.
2. Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood.
This
coach wants to put an end to the suffering of a boxer he loves so much
by relieving his life with a lethal dose of morphine. He will leave the
hospital and realize that he has practically killed himself by killing
the one he considered like his own daughter.
3. Life is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni.
The
last scene of this film is extremely touching. The little boy is
released from a concentration camp by an American tank and finds the
arms of his mother. He shouts at her "we won, we won!" We understand
then all the sacrifice of his father who lost his life to save him.
4. Up, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson.
The
opening scene where Ellie and Carl's relationship through time is shown
from their marriage to Ellie's death. Very sad scene yet one of my
Favorite Pixar's scene ever. I had the chance to take all my family to
celebrate Pixar's 35th birthday with a live orchestra in Paris and
everyone was crying on this scene without exception.
5. Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Forrest
is one of the most strongest characters I've seen in any movie. Jenny,
the love of his life is buried at the foot of the tree he adored when he
was young. No matter how often I watch this film, when I watch this
scene I can not hold back my tears. It breaks my heart.
6. The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé.
A
slave merchant, brilliantly interpreted by Robert Deniro, kills his
brother during a sword duel. He decides to follow a Jesuit missionary in
his mission to support Indians communities. He finds himself face to
face with the people he has hunted down for years and sometimes killed
in his old life. An Indian approaches him to kill him and finally
decides to forgive him. A very moving scene with an unforgettable music
composed by Ennio Morricone.
7. Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg.
It
is one of the best stabbing scene ever filmed. After this fight, the
survivor gets up but he is only the shadow of himself as the horror of
the war has transformed him forever. Breathtaking.
8. Lion, is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis.
A
five-year-old boy find himself trapped on a train for several days. He
arrives in Calcutta where he does not understand the local Bengali
language. He can not go home and wander the city for several weeks. Many
scenes are extremely poignant including the one where he finds himself
in an orphanage and where he is told that nobody find any trace of his
family. If the little boy takes this dreadful news with a lot of
courage, I had trouble retaining my tears.
9. City Lights, by Charlie Chaplin.
At
the risk of being taxed old sentimental from an other age, I can not
help but put this scene in my top 10. Of course we must discard the old
silent black and white picture movie but the ending scene of this film
is really very touching. Charlie overcame himself to get the money to
cure a woman of her blindness and when he found her fortuitously at the
end of the film, she expects a rich prince but the reality sometimes is
not what we believe.
10. Starwars, directed by Georges Luca.
On
my 10th birthday, I managed to convince my mother to go to the cinema
to see the very first episode of Star Wars. I was subjugated at the time
to discover a such wonderful univers totally disconnected from Earth.
But one of the scenes that struck me most was when the young Luke
managed to extract a part of the message inside a droïde named R2D2.
Princess Leia appears on an hologram and calls for help some Obi-Wan
Kenoby. There is not much in this scene, however, it has marked me for
life. Why this scene ? It is probably because that is the starting point
of an amazing epic story and I imagined myself in the skin of the young
Luke Skywalker saving a beautiful princess.
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