Another one for the guys. Juliet Stevenson in "Truly Madly Deeply", breaking down to her therapist over the death of her lover in one of the most harrowing grieving scenes I have ever seen on film. (Starts at 1:00)
Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses, he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed, and its pillow was wet with wasted tears. -- A Tale of Two Cities