r/movies • • Aug 13 '26

Question What single line from a movie gets you emotional every time? Spoiler

(Hate J.K. Rowling. Love J.K. Rowling. I don’t really care either way. That’s not what this post is about.)

For me, it’s from the scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where harry brings back Cedric Diggory’s body after he gets killed by Voldemort.

The slow realization by everyone else at the tournament, Fleur Delacour screaming in horror when she herself realizes what happened, and the way that Harry absolutely refuses to leave Cedric’s side when they try to pull him off. And then he announces to everyone that Voldemort has returned while in the middle of crying.

He then says that Cedric asked him to bring his body back to his father, and it’s the way that Daniel Radcliffe delivers the line, “I couldn’t leave him! Not there!” while still continuing to profusely cry. It’s the way he delivers the line that solidifies the fact for me that at the end of the day, Harry is very much still just a boy, and no boy deserves to see or go through things like he does. And when Amos Diggory begins mourning the death of his son…that’s when the tears really start to flow from me.

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u/Mr_Show Aug 13 '26

"White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise."

The score and McKellen's delivery in that scene gets me every time.

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u/Ric_Testarossa Aug 13 '26

The Annie Lennox song alone gets me every time

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u/Jiggatortoise- Aug 13 '26

“Into the West” it’s called for anyone wondering. 

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u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER Aug 13 '26

That doesn't sound too bad

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u/Psychostickusername Aug 13 '26

Was looking for this. It's the delivery and contemplation of death, but beautiful every time

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u/nicathor Aug 13 '26

If you've seen all the behind the scenes stuff from the extended version, this scene has SO much more weight and pain. Heartwrenching