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Get your tissues ready... Join us as we count down the most heartbreaking, iconic, and unforgettable farewell scenes ever put to film! Our countdown includes tearjerkers from "Casablanca," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Toy Story 3," "Forrest Gump," "Schindler's List," and many more! Which on-screen goodbye hits you hardest? Share your favorites in the comments!
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00:0920. Edward Scissorhands
00:38In this Tim Burton classic, Johnny Depp's Edward is a tragic figure who craves human connection
00:45but is destined to live a life of isolation solely because he's different. His doomed
00:50romance with Winona Ryder's Kim was a real chance at happiness, but alas, it was not
00:57to be. Edward's first kiss with Kim is also their final goodbye. She confesses her love,
01:02but it's too late. He's killed a man and now his only option is to leave suburbia and hide
01:25himself away. Their parting is bittersweet. Edward finally knows that he's loved, but
01:31the pair can never be together. That insult to injury, Kim's older self confirms that there's
01:37no hope for a reunion.
01:39She never saw him again. Not after that night. How do you know?
01:55Because I was there.
01:56Number 19. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
02:02On screen, separations are always emotional, whether it's a romantic couple deciding to
02:21call it quits or old friends going their separate ways. The third entry in Marvel's Guardians of the
02:26Galaxy Saga sees our beloved gang of space misfits separate for the last time. While Rocket,
02:33joined by his partner Groot, becomes the new head of the group, the original Guardians are no more.
02:38One of the saddest separations is the parting between Star-Lord and Gamora. While this may
02:54not be the Gamora both Star-Lord and the audience screw to love, alternative timeline Gamora is a
03:00different person after all that doesn't make their parting any less sad. The star-crossed lovers part
03:06as friends, but it's a heartbreaking end for such a likeable couple.
03:10I bet we were fun.
03:18You couldn't believe it.
03:21Number 18. The Fox and the Hound.
03:31We've all been scarred by a Disney death or two, but the House of Mouse doesn't need to kill off
03:37its
03:37characters in order to break us. We may have had something in our eye when Widow Tweed took her
03:43beloved companion to the forest and watched him disappear in her rear view. It was the kindest thing
03:48to do, but how do you explain that to a fox?
03:52Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end. But in my heart's the memory.
04:04Two arts are breaking in that scene and we're not sure which one hits us the hardest. The lonely old
04:10woman
04:10saying goodbye to her only friend or the bewildered Todd, who can't understand why he's suddenly
04:16being abandoned.
04:33Number 17. Before sunrise.
04:46The first of the Before trilogy, Before sunrise follows Jesse and Selene who meet on a train across
04:54Europe. It's a slow-paced dialogue heavy romance and we get to know the two characters gradually as
05:00they fall in love over the course of one night in Vienna.
05:03Are you trying to say you want to kiss me?
05:21The film ends with a parting on a station platform. As they kiss goodbye and attempt to tear away from
05:28each other, the couple finally admit that they don't want this to be the end. They plan to meet again
05:33in the
05:33same place in six months time and we're wondering whether they'll both keep their promise.
05:39It's a goodbye that leaves us wanting more, but it's also very romantic.
05:45Last night, which was June 16th, so track nine, six months from now at six o'clock at night.
05:56December. December, yeah.
05:57Number 16. Furious 7.
06:12The ending of the seventh installment in the Fast and Furious franchise is poignant not only because the
06:18characters are saying goodbye, but also because it's the last on-screen appearance of Paul Walker. The
06:24actor passed away in a collision in 2013 before the film was completed. With the help of his brothers
06:30as stand-ins, repurposed footage of the actor, and visual effects, the ending of Furious 7 became an
06:37emotional tribute to Walker.
06:53The song See You Again by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth was also a tribute to the actor. It was
07:00nominated for an Oscar
07:01Best Original Song.
07:11Number 15. Ghost.
07:14Do you love me, Sam?
07:17What do you think?
07:21Why don't you ever say it?
07:22What do you mean, why don't I ever say it? I say it all the time. I feel like-
07:26No you don't. You say ditto, and that's not the same.
07:28What is it exactly that makes a line of dialogue part of the romantic cinema canon? For those of us
07:34who
07:34have ever been exposed to the movie Ghost, the word ditto will forever be synonymous with Demi
07:40Moore and Patrick Swayze. This is the key word in the love language of their characters. They use it in
07:46place of I love you too, and it's the sign that Molly needs to recognize her husband and finally believe
07:52that he's speaking to her from beyond the grave.
07:55Tell her I love her.
07:56He says he loves you.
08:00Sam would never say that.
08:02Ditto. Tell her ditto.
08:04That was ditto. Ditto.
08:06Ditto is devastatingly deployed at the end of the movie, when the immortal word is used by Molly
08:13before he passes on.
08:16I love you, Molly. I've always loved you. Ditto.
08:31Number 14. The Iron Giants.
08:35Oh, here. This guy is Superman. Sure, he's famous now, but he started off just like you. Crashland
08:44on Earth, didn't know what he was doing, but he only uses his powers for good, never for evil. Remember
08:53that.
08:53He was built to be a weapon of mass destruction, but he wanted to be Superman. He made his own
08:59choices and didn't let himself be defined by the way others saw him. It's deep stuff for a Warner
09:05Bros. animated movie, and the Iron Giant packs an emotional punch whether you're 7 or 77. Loosely based on
09:13the Ted Hughes story and set during the Cold War, this fondly remembered 90s film digs into some serious
09:19themes, but it's also deeply heartfelt.
09:22I know you feel bad about the deer, but it's not your fault. Things die. It's part of life. It's
09:32bad to kill, but it's not bad to die.
09:37You die. It's an impressive feat to make a cartoon robot look so expressive, but as the Giant says
09:45goodbye to Hogarth and prepares to make his final sacrifice, we share in his every emotion. It's a surprisingly
09:52moving experience. No following.
10:08I love you.
10:09I love you.
10:16You are who you chose to be.
10:22Superman.
10:25Number 13. The Wizard of Oz.
10:46Yes, it's sentimental, but we all need some sentiment in our lives, and you've less heart than the tin man
10:53if Dorothy saying farewell to her friends doesn't get you just a little bit.
10:58After a long journey and many trials, she's ready to return to Kansas. Because, of course, there's no place like
11:06home.
11:06But first, each of her companions gets their individual moment for kisses and compliments.
11:31Judy Garland is so good as she turns a few simple and obvious statements into pure cinema and reduces her
11:39castmates to sobbing wrecks.
11:41And you, and you, and you, and you were crying.
11:46But it wasn't a dream. It was a place. And you, and you, and you, and you were there.
11:53Oh, that's good.
11:55But you couldn't have been, could you?
11:57We dream lots of silly things when we...
11:59No, Aunt Em. This was a real, truly live place. And I remember that some of it wasn't very nice,
12:06but most of it was beautiful.
12:08Number 12. The Truman Show.
12:19The Truman Show.
12:21At the end of the movie, The Truman Show, Jim Carrey's protagonist waves farewell to the only world he's ever
12:28known and all the people in it.
12:30He's stepping out to embrace his freedom and live an unobserved life. The viewers of The Truman Show, the show
12:36within the movie, are saying goodbye to Truman too, having watched him grow up and studied his everyday life since
12:42he was a baby.
12:43Then, there's us, the movie viewers. We're also saying goodbye to the characters within the film. It's a three-fold
12:50farewell and it's emotional for all involved.
12:53In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
13:03Yeah.
13:04As viewers, we don't know what fate holds in store for Truman's next chapter, but the ending of the movie
13:11feels hopeful rather than ominous.
13:14You want another slice?
13:15No, I'm okay.
13:17What else is on?
13:18Yeah, let's see what else is on.
13:18First of the TV day.
13:19Number 11. Schindler's List.
13:22Thank you, Mr. Dyer.
13:24Thank you, Mr. Dyer.
13:25Open wide.
13:28Thank you, Mr. Dyer.
13:35Oscar Schindler successfully saved the lives of over a thousand Jewish people during the Holocaust, putting his own life on
13:42the line in the process.
13:44In the final scenes of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film, Schindler is thanked by the men and women who have
13:51been able to escape to freedom because of him.
14:01The exchange is already very moving, but when Schindler breaks down wishing and believing he could have saved more and
14:08wracked with guilt as a result, it takes the scene to a darker but more poignant place.
14:14Schindler's List is a story of one man's act of heroism, but this scene also puts into perspective the millions
14:22of lives that were lost.
14:23Because others didn't do enough.
14:26Because others didn't do enough.
14:27I could have got more, Oscar.
14:28There are 1,100 people who are alive because of you.
14:32Look at them.
14:34If I made more money, I threw away so much money that you have no idea.
14:50If I just...
14:51There will be generations because of what you did.
14:56Number 10, Dead Poets Society.
14:59They made everybody sign.
15:00You gotta believe me, it's true.
15:01I do believe you, Tom.
15:02Leave, Mr. Keating.
15:03But it wasn't his fault.
15:04Sit down, Mr. Anderson.
15:06One more outburst from you or anyone else, and you're out of this school.
15:10Leave, Mr. Keating.
15:11Dead Poets Society tells the story of a group of boys attending a prestigious all-male prep academy in Vermont.
15:18With a strict focus on callous conventional learning methods, these gifted boys are only given the opportunity to truly spread
15:26their wings when English teacher John Keating introduces them to the idea of making one's life extraordinary.
15:33Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
15:36The Latin term for that sentiment is carpe diem.
15:40Who knows what that means?
15:44Carpe diem.
15:45Let's seize the day.
15:46Unfortunately, he's eventually terminated.
15:49While making one last stop to pick up some belongings, Keating learns his effort truly did impact his students' lives
15:56in a remarkable way.
15:58Each character's respective level of growth is embodied in this powerful scene, making it truly memorable and unequivocally relatable.
16:29Number 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
16:34Ah, juicy fruit.
16:38Boy, you sly son of a bitch, Chief.
16:43God!
16:45Can you hear me, too?
16:48Yeah, you bet.
16:50Well, I'll be goddamn, Chief.
16:53In the same spirit as our last entry, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tells the tale of a motley
16:59crew whose lust for life has been beaten out of them by a cold and calculated system, led by the
17:05ruthless Nurse Ratched.
17:06Randall McMurphy comes to the rescue, breathing life into the mental institution patients that Nurse Ratched is hellbent on subduing.
17:15McMurphy's goodbye is less bittersweet and more gut-wrenching as he is lobotomized for his so-called rabble-rousing.
17:23I'm not going without you, man.
17:29I wouldn't leave you this way.
17:32Fellow patient, Chief Bromden, mercifully ends his friend's life upon realizing he would never want to live in such a
17:39way.
17:40It's agonizing to watch, but knowing Randall inspired Bromden's eventual escape serves as a worthy consolation for the audience.
18:13Number eight, Lost in Translation.
18:17Are you going right now?
18:18Yeah, and my bodyguard's right here.
18:28Aren't you going to wish me and have a good fright or something?
18:32Yeah, right.
18:34Funny man Bill Murray's change of pace shocked moviegoers upon starring in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation.
18:41Bob and Charlotte are experiencing very different times in their life, but both feel lost, uncertain, and aimless.
18:49Upon meeting at a hotel bar in Tokyo, they develop a deep relationship that helps both of them work out
18:55their inner demons.
18:57You know, she doesn't want to leave the kids, and she doesn't need me to be there.
19:06The kids miss me, but they're fine.
19:12It gets a whole lot more complicated.
19:14Just like the many phases of their life, their hotel is only a temporary spot, and they're soon forced to
19:22part ways.
19:23Bob and Charlotte's final embrace is devoid of rom-com cliches, leaving the audience feeling a sense of emptiness and
19:30wholeness simultaneously as Bob whispers something only for Charlotte.
19:35The brevity of their encounter didn't make goodbye any easier, and left us heartbroken.
19:51Number 7.
19:52Forrest Gump.
19:55It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou.
20:01There was over a million sparkles on the water.
20:06Like that mountain lake that was so clear, Jenny.
20:11It looked like there were two skies, one on top of the other.
20:15Forrest never let the tragedies of life hold him back, and even in the face of danger and torment, is
20:22seldom tempted to feel anger towards others.
20:24Throughout his life, he significantly impacts historical US events of the 60s and 70s, but his love for Jenny is
20:31always at the forefront of his mind.
20:33She finally reciprocates his feelings, and the star-crossed lovers move back home to Greenbow, Alabama with their son Forrest
20:40Jr.
21:02It's not long before Jenny succumbs to her disease, and Forrest is left standing alone by her grave.
21:08His vulnerability, good nature, and epiphany about life reach an apex at this moment.
21:14Despite everything Forrest has done for Jenny, it's clear that she taught him a lesson more valuable than goal.
21:21I miss you, Jenny.
21:29If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.
21:41Number 6. The Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King.
21:57The Lord of the Rings trilogy is known for being quite the tear-jerker, but this moment made us ugly
22:03cry.
22:04The Fellowship has quite literally gone through hell with each other after spending three epic movies working to destroy the
22:10one ring to rule them all.
22:12At their journey's end, every man must go their own way, and each goodbye is more heartfelt than the last,
22:19starting with Gandalf's epic send-off.
22:22Here, at last, on the shores of the sea, comes the end of our fellowship.
22:33I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
22:42Finally, as Frodo's ship for the Grey Havens awaits him, he says goodbye to his fellow hobbits.
22:48Howard Shore's legendary score swells as Frodo parts with Sam, highlighting their intense brotherly love.
22:55But Frodo's departure is inevitable.
22:57This farewell understands bittersweet like few other movies, providing a satisfying end to an incredible franchise.
23:20Number five, Terminator 2.
23:23No, wait, wait, you don't have to do this.
23:26Sorry.
23:28No, don't do it, don't go.
23:30It has to end here.
23:33I order you not to go.
23:35I order you not to go.
23:37I order you not to go.
23:39Terminator 2 elevated the franchise in two ways, providing impressive large-scale action sequences
23:46and introducing an unexpected yet welcomed relationship between Schwarzenegger's T-800 and young John Connor.
23:53As the T-1000 relentlessly pursues Sarah and John, the T-800's protective instinct helps create a powerful bond that,
24:01unfortunately, must come to an end in order to prevent future robot takeovers.
24:06I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do.
24:19He may be a robot, but the scene's humanity is profound, ending with a thumbs up that subtly nods to
24:27a playful interaction between John and the Terminator earlier in the film.
24:31A high point of the franchise, it's emotionally driven, and a challenging yet satisfying ending.
24:50Number 4.
24:51Toy Story 3
25:04Pixar knows how to hit us right in the feels.
25:07The Toy Story franchise showed a poignant understanding of childhood innocence and the inevitability of leaving it behind to enter
25:15into adulthood.
25:16While Boo saying goodbye to her friend Kitty is gut-wrenching, Andy's last play with his toys before he passes
25:23them on never gets easier to watch.
25:39Viewers who grew up with the franchise particularly experienced the weight of this send-off, as it felt all too
25:45similar to their own lives 15 years after the original Toy Story.
25:49Powerfully hitting home in a way that's remarkably beautiful for an animated feature, Toy Story's stellar legacy is in large
25:58part due to the spectacular So Long.
26:18Number 3.
26:19E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
26:31Many great goodbyes on our list say so much, with so few words.
26:36E.T. is another iconic example of childlike wonder and makes us say ouch.
26:41When Elliot discovers an extraterrestrial that has been left behind by its people, a strong bond develops between the two
26:49as they race against time and government authorities to get the alien hero home.
27:01Few words are exchanged between the two as the inevitable departure of E.T. takes place.
27:06But it's made clear that an unforgettable bond has been forged between the two.
27:11As John Williams' iconic score intensifies, those four classic words are uttered.
27:34Number 2.
27:36Casablanca
27:36Why my name, Richard?
27:38Because you're getting on that plane.
27:39I don't understand, what about you?
27:41I'm staying here with him until the plane gets safely away.
27:43No, Richard, no, what has happened to you? Last night we said-
27:46Last night we said a great many things.
27:47You said I was to do the thinking for both of us.
27:49Well, I've done a lot of it since then.
27:51It all adds up to one thing.
27:52You're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
27:54Richard, no, I-
27:55Now, you've got to listen to me.
27:57In Casablanca, American club owner Rick Blaine becomes involved in matters of war in and around Casablanca.
28:04Everything changes when former love Ilsa walks into his bar, accompanied by her new husband, who also happens to be
28:11ahead of the Czech resistance.
28:13Both are in dire need to travel to America, and Rick finally makes the selfless decision to send them off.
28:19Remembering their old love in Paris, Rick shows just how noble he can be.
28:24Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him
28:28going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not
28:34tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
28:37But what about us?
28:39We'll always have Paris.
28:41This scene between legend Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman remains one of the most memorable and iconic goodbyes in cinema.
28:55Are you ready, Ilsa?
28:59Yes, I'm ready.
29:04Bye, Rick.
29:06God bless you.
29:09Gotta hurry, you'll miss that plane.
29:11Number one, Gone with the Wind.
29:33Gone with the Wind is a sweeping epic that takes place back home in the American South during the U
29:40.S. Civil War.
29:40Scarlett O'Hara spends much of the film unsuccessfully pursuing love interest Ashley Wilkes, all while rejecting her perpetual suitor,
29:49Red Butler.
29:50He eventually wins her hand in marriage, and she gives birth to a beautiful daughter.
29:54The two face misfortune.
29:56Tragedy soon strikes, leading Red to realize he will never truly win Scarlett's love.
30:01As he departs forever, he utters what may be the most well-known line in all of movie history.
30:08Where shall I go? What shall I do?
30:11Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
30:16Released during the peak of cinema's golden age, this send-off perfectly embodies the greatness of this historic era.
30:24I'll go home, but I'll think of some way to get him back.
30:30After all, tomorrow is another day.
30:40Which on-screen goodbyes really stick in your memory? Share your favorites in the comments.
30:46Thanks aán!
30:47See you next time.
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