The Five Best Sad Love Story Movies

Whether it is star-crossed lovers, unrequited love or any other sort of tragic romance, sad love story movies have the power to touch their viewers. Sometimes people want to watch sad movies for therapeutic reasons. It can feel good to watch a movie and have a good cry. Sad love movies are perfect for sleepovers and girl's nights in. Sometimes a sad love story is just what is called for. So, which are the top five best sad love stories?

Bridges of Madison County. This film is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. It was adapted for the big screen in 1995 and starred Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. It is a very sad story about a repressed housewife who falls for a traveling photographer while he is on holiday. The film deals with the time they spend together and the tragic ending to their love story. It is a definite tear jerking love story.

Titanic. Titanic is the highest grossing film of all time. However, it wasn't just for the big budget or the amazing special effects. Everyone was amazed by the scenes of the Titanic sinking, but what really tugged the audience's heartstrings was the love story of Jack and Rose. She was a high society girl on the top deck, and he was a penniless artist on the bottom deck. This bittersweet movie had to inevitably end in tragedy. It is one of the saddest love movies in modern cinema.

The Notebook. The Notebook is based on the Nicholas Spark's novel of the same name. It tells a cross-generational sad love story about a couple who find and lose each other. It starred real-life couple Rachael McAdams and Ryan Gosling and they were applauded for having great on-screen chemistry. This is a really sad movie. If you watch it, make sure you have a pile of tissues nearby.

A Walk to Remember. Also based on a Nicholas Sparks novels, A Walk To Remember stars pop star Mandy Moore in her first big screen role. She plays a shy and reserved girl who falls in love with a popular guy from her high school. It is a story about what happens when two social worlds come into contact, and it has a very sad third act.

P. S. I Love You. Shot in beautiful Ireland and staring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler in the lead roles, P. S. I Love You is a heartbreaking love story that will have almost anyone in tears by the end. It is a story about how love survives after death, and one the most sad love movies of the past decade.

Of course there are hundreds of others sad love movies which have been made. Most Nicholas Spark's novels are big tearjerkers. And there are classics like Beaches, Love Story and Romeo and Juliet. But the films listed here are certainly some of the most truly sad love stories.