Some sad movies from the last decade, courtesy of Claude:
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Manchester by the Sea (2016) - A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
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Moonlight (2016) - A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood.
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Lion (2016) - A young Indian boy gets lost on a train and is subsequently adopted by an Australian couple. Years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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A Monster Calls (2016) - A young boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.
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The Fault in Our Stars (2014) - Two teens with cancer fall in love after meeting at a support group.
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Short Term 12 (2013) - A supervisor at a facility for at-risk teens connects with a girl who reminds her of her troubled past.
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Fruitvale Station (2013) - The true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Black man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers.
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - A pregnant African American woman tries to clear her fiancé's name after he is falsely accused of a crime.
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Philomena (2013) - An Irish woman searches for the son who was taken from her decades earlier when she was forced to live in a convent.
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Still Alice (2014) - A linguistics professor is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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Boyhood (2014) - Filmed over 12 years, this drama follows a boy from age 6 to 18 as he grows up in Texas.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - In a Louisiana bayou community cut off from the rest of the world, a six-year-old girl goes on an adventure to save her ailing father.
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Precious (2009) - In 1987 Harlem, an abused, illiterate teen pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school.
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12 Years a Slave (2013) - In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - The story follows two fathers - a bank robber and a cop - whose destinies collide and whose sins haunt their sons.
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Room (2015) - A young boy and his mother escape captivity and adjust to life outside Room.
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Blue Valentine (2010) - The relationship of a contemporary married couple deteriorates into heart-wrenching crisis.
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Rabbit Hole (2010) - Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son dies in a tragic accident.
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The Impossible (2012) - The story of a tourist family caught in the destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Amour (2012) - Georges and Anne are an elderly couple dealing with Anne's debilitating health issues.
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The Tree of Life (2011) - The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
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Biutiful (2010) - A man involved in illegal dealings sees ghosts of the people he's killed. He's also diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Never Let Me Go (2010) - Friends at an isolated boarding school face a haunting reality.
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Her (2013) - A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - An AIDS patient smuggles alternative treatments into the US since they aren't approved by the FDA.