I have only ever cried at one thing that I saw on a screen. I must have been something like six years old, but I remember it fairly clearly. A bear cub stranded on a rock in the middle of a flooded and rushing river. It couldn't escape, and the mother was on the side of the river trying to find a way to get to him, but it couldn't. And they just filmed it while going on about how nothing could be done to save it and it would inevitably die. I was mortified and ran out of the lounge bawling my eyes out to find my Mum who was outside on the deck and I just clung to her and told her about it and she hugged me. I was outraged that the people didn't do anything to save the cub because people are powerful and should always save animals.

I've probably never cried so much (well, never cried at all) over something on TV since then because I'm older and for some reason rarely cry at all unless it's something that directly affects me (eg. family death or a breakup)... but some part of me also thinks that I've never cried at anything I've seen on a screen since then because no film or show I've seen has ever hurt me as much as watching that moment.

Makes me feel sickly sad even now.