7 Rom-Coms That Will Make You Cry

Romantic comedies are supposed to take you out of your life and provide you with a temporary fairy-tale, where everything is peachy and the worst that could happen is an easily-corrected misunderstanding. Even if a movie has a happy ending, sometimes they flip the switch with some super sad moments, guaranteed to get you ugly cryin.' Here are seven rom-coms that make us weep. 

'Sleepless in Seattle' (1993)

Just try to keep in together while Tom Hanks describes everything he loved about his late wife. Dr. Marsha Fieldstone asks him what was so special about her and at first he simply responds, "well, how long is your program?" Aaaand now we're weeping. 

'Say Anything' (1989)

What we choose to from Frasier's" DAD, for crying out loud), who is an actual criminal for embezzling funds? This film is not without its gut-punches. 

'Love Actually' (2003)

Yeah, we went there. The beloved "Emma Thompson, for that matter. Can we take a second to realize that these two get the seriously short end of the candy cane here? While everyone gets a happy ending filled with holiday cheer, they get the emotional equivalent of coal in their stockings. 

'As Good As It Gets' (1997)

There are more than enough funny moments to make you smile in Helen Hunt struggling to care for her sick child? Not laughing now, are we? 

'Beginners' (2010)

While "Christopher Plummer plays McGregor's elderly father, who has recently come out in his '80s, and then reveals he has terminal cancer. In between all the (bitter) sweetness and glimmers of hope, there are bits of nostalgic sadness in almost every frame. 

'About a Boy' (2002)

Watching Toni Collette is absolutely heartbreaking as Marcus' depressed mother. Beware of waterworks. 

'About Time' (2013)

Don't be fooled by this adorable laughing-in-the-rain moment. Time-traveling romance "About Time" is an emotional rollercoaster that will leave you sinking in a puddle of your own feelings.