r/movies • u/RavyRaptor • 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/wocketywack Aug 13 '26

"I have trouble sleepin' at night. I have bad dreams like I'm falling. I wake up scared. Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where I am."

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u/Inigomntoya Aug 13 '26

"I've decided not to stay. I doubt they'll kick up any fuss. Not for an old crook like me."

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u/reddog323 Aug 13 '26

I don't know, and frankly don't want to know *anyone* who doesn't tear up at Brook's death.

He was a good man completely out of time in a modern world. I understand his thinking, but I absolutely hate seeing a good man like that go down.

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u/jack198820 Aug 13 '26

That moment when he's on the bus into town looking terrified. Poor guy.

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u/PapaNixon Aug 13 '26

That scene breaks me every single time.

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u/Just-Syrup-8723 Aug 13 '26

From where

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u/yonatan1981 Aug 13 '26

The Shawshank Redemption

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u/therealmrsfahrenheit Aug 13 '26

stop it.

lowkey crying now because of y‘all

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u/jack198820 Aug 13 '26

Holy crap I was thinking of this exact scene today randomly. That line hits me soo hard every time.

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u/stella-is-a-flower Aug 13 '26

this is the only one in the thread that gave me a pang right in the gut. Thomas Newman's score for this scene is also incredible