It’s been 15 years since Mandy Moore and Shane West played two lovestruck North Carolina teens in the Nicholas Sparks adaptation “A Walk to Remember.” Jamie and Landon’s unlikely romance caused all sorts of feels among moviegoers when it came out in 2002. Click through to take a trip down memory lane and see the 15 moments that made us cry. Beware of 15-year-old spoilers!
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When Jamie tells him her one condition
When Jamie agrees to help Landon with his lines for a play, she says, “You have to promise you won’t fall in love with me.”
“That’s not a problem,” he responds, laughing. Obviously, this wouldn’t be a tear-jerker on its own, but given that he eventually does fall in love with her and we understand why that was a condition of hers… yep. Tear-jerker.
When Jamie sings and Landon improvises
When Jamie sings “Only Hope” during their performance, Landon improvises the ending and kisses her in front of the entire audience. It’s a super intimate moment that marks the beginning of their powerful relationship.
When Landon and Jamie were in two places at once
On their first date, Landon helps Jamie cross one thing off of her bucket list: being in two places at once. He takes her to the state line where she can have one foot in Virginia and the other in their home state of North Carolina. Landon goes to extreme lengths to prove his devotion and love to her, and obviously, we later realize why Jamie has a bucket list at all.
Jamie gets a tattoo
Another thing on her bucket list was to get a tattoo. When Landon puts a temporary tattoo of a butterfly on her shoulder, the thoughtful gesture made girls around the world get weepy.
Their kiss
Landon tells Jamie, “I might kiss you,” to which she responds, “I might be bad at it.” He says, “That’s not possible.”
When Landon names a star after her
Arguably the most romantic moment of all time, Landon names a star after Jamie, which prompts her to finally tell him she loves him.
When Jamie finally tells him she’s sick
It’s one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the movie — when Jamie tells Landon she has leukemia.
“No, you’re 18, you’re perfect,” Landon says. She responds, “No, I found out two years ago, and I’ve stopped responding to treatments.”
When Landon asks his dad for help
Landon wants to help Jamie in any way he can, so he drives out to his estranged father’s house to ask the cardiologist for help. His dad eventually agrees to pay for Jamie’s home care.
Landon never leaves Jamie’s side
After Jamie faints, she is admitted to the hospital, where Landon never leaves her side.
Landon tells his mom Jamie’s changed him
“She makes me want to be different. Better,” he tells his mom.
When he learns to dance for Jamie
Landon asks his mom to teach him how to dance in an adorable and tear-inducing mother-son moment.
When he proposes
Enough said.
When Landon tells Jamie she’ll never be without him
“I’m scared of not being with you,” she says, to which Landon responds, “Oh, baby, that will never happen.”
Their wedding
Jamie, extremely weak at this point, walks down the aisle with her dad who formerly disapproved of her relationship with Landon.
When Landon returns four years later
When Landon returns to see Jamie’s dad four years after her death, he tells him, “I’m sorry she never got her miracle.” Her dad responds, “She did. It was you.”
A sob fest ensues, especially when the movie ends with the following sentence: “Love is like the wind. You can’t see it, but you can feel it.”
TheWrap has teamed up with IMDb on movie anniversary coverage. Go to IMDb.com for more trivia, quotes and goofs from “A Walk to Remember.”
