The Power of Emotion on the Big Screen

KA Lugo
8 min readMar 6, 2024

Three movie endings that always make me weepy

graphic by K.A. Lugo

If not for the emotions a good story brings out in us, books and movies wouldn’t be as popular as they are. It doesn’t matter what the genre is and what we expect from it (the HEA/Happily Ever After of romance, the spine-tingling horror, or the wonder of a good space drama), it’s the powerful feelings they awaken in us that keep us going back for more.

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KA Lugo

K.A. Lugo is a native Californian now living in Ireland. She dedicates her time to the Jack Slaughter Thrillers series and indie house, Tirgearr Publishing.