The 15 Saddest Anime Characters With Tragic Backstories

15. Ray (The Promised Neverland) Though all of the kids at Gracefield House are destined to their tragic fate as food for demons,Raydefinitely got the worst of it. He knew—from the very start—what was going on at that orphanage. With his hyperthymesia, he knew that Isabella was his mother, and he knew that his mother would ship him out to be demon food along with the others. It would be far less tragic if he didn’t know the truth....

8 min · 1541 words · Ian Patrick

The 15 Saddest Pixar Movie Scenes and Moments of All Time

15. The Balloon House Floats Away in Up (2009) Part of the ending toUpsees Carl Fredricksen lure Charles Muntz into his floating house and jump from the window, using his balloons to get to safety. Muntz tries to go after them, but falls to his death. However, in the battle, Carl loses the last thing in his life that ties him to his departed wife, Ellie. As Muntz falls to his doom, Carl watches as the home that represents his time with Ellie floats away into the clouds, effectively saying goodbye to his late wife....

10 min · 2085 words · Adrienne Li

The 15 Scariest Horror Movies That Were Banned (And Why)

15. Hostel: Part II (2007) Eli Roth is known for making films that get a lot of attention, but perhaps not thegoodkind of attention. With his first film in theHostelseries, Eli wrote and directed himself into the mainstream horror viewer’s consciousness. In fact, the film was so successful that he was given full endorsement over the sequel—but people weren’t so happy with the follow-up. Instead of three men being held captive in an Eastern European village, this time it’s three women....

10 min · 2111 words · Ryan Peterson

The 15 Strongest Female Anime Characters, Ranked

15. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) Faye is one of anime’s most beloved women due to her quick thinking and witty personality. After incurring severe injuries in a spaceship accident that killed her parents, doctors chose to cryogenically freeze her. She wakes up 54 years later, not remember anything—needless to say, Faye has been through a lot. To make matters worse, she quickly realizes that she’s drowning in debt. What better way to earn extra cash than by crime?...

10 min · 1922 words · Maria Stewart

The 15 Weirdest Movies of the 21st Century Worth Watching

15. Mr. Nobody (2009) Many films involve an “alternate timelines” plot device, where every decision generates a split between possible life trajectories. Parallel paths shoot off into different branches of the same life, and those pathways often lead to unpredictable outcomes. InMr. Nobody, Jaco Van Dormael traces these different pathways in a twisty sci-fi narrative, starring Jared Leto as an 118-year-old man who’s reflecting on his experiences. What’s that thing all the hippies say about multiple realities existing at once?...

9 min · 1849 words · Norman Mclaughlin
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