17 Performances so sad that you won’t be able to hold your tears

Modified Feb 09, 2025 11:34 ET

The Father | Image Source: Sony Pictures Classics

6) Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Manchester by the Sea | Image Source: Amazon Studios

Casey Affleck delivers a masterful, soul-crushing performance in Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler, who, following his brother's death, has to revert to his hometown to confront painful memories and responsibility for taking care of his nephew. Affleck gives in to playing the role of a man drowning in grief; one can really notice the emotional heaviness crushing upon him at such moments as in scenes when he is struggling with the loss of his children and his unsuccessful marriage.