Movies that make you cry

[Airman Doors, USAF]

I couldn't sleep, so I stayed up and watched Rudy. Every single time I've ever seen that movie I've cried at the end. I'm not ashamed. It always seems to strike a chord with me.

So what about you guys? Any movies bust you up every time you see them?

[G. Nome]

Born Free and Amistad. But why would I see them more than once? They made me cry.

[AbbySthrnAccent]

Life is Beautiful
Green Mile
Little Women
Sweet November
Steel Magnolia's
Love Story
Forrest Gump
Schindlers List
Braveheart
The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
Message in a Bottle
Sleepless in Seattle
Pay It Forward

Even though I can't think of them there's more, I cry alot a movies.

[Chas.E]

I always cry at movies. Hell, I cried when I saw the IMAX film "Earth from Space" because it was too beautiful, seeing high resolution images of what I have always longed to see from orbit myself.
But then, I shed a tear tonight at the climax of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure."

[sewalk]

Gardens of Stone
My Life
Citizen X (When Colonel Filitov relates his conversation with the FBI)
Saving Private Ryan

I can't watch any of these without getting a little teary-eyed.

[sdarr2002]

old yeller- i cry every single time i see this thing.

[Agrippina]

*E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
*Babe ("That'll do pig. That'll do.")
*The Lion King (only once, though, when Mufasa died)
*Amistad
*Titanic
*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
*Rain Man
*Saving Private Ryan (only because the old guy at the end looked like my own grandfather, and I only cried once at that, too)

[waxteeth]

The Color Purple, and My Girl.

[Lsura]

Little Man Tate(I don't know why, it just does)

Beyond that, I'm not a big crier at movies.

[Zebra]

Babe the Gallant Pig
Empire of the Sun
Field of Dreams
Life is Beautiful
Where the Red Fern Grows

[gobear]

SPOILERS
















West Side Story--I always tear up at the end when Maria is grieving over Tony's body. ("How many can I kill, Chino? How many, and still have one bullet left for me?")

Titanic--At the end, when the camera pans over the photos showing how Rose did all the things that she and Jack had planned to do together.

Silent Running--when Bruce Dern blows himself up and we see the droids tending the last forest as Joan Baez sings "Rejoice In The Sun" over the end credits

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon--when Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat finally reveal that they are in love with each other, but too late, because Chow Yun Fat has been poisoned by Jade Fox's dart, and then at the end when Zhang ZiYi dives into the clouds

Schindler's List--I sniveled through the whole movie, but especially when the Nazis are cremating the bodies of the Jews killed in the scouring of the ghetto, and we see the body of the little girl in red who hid under the bed when the Nazis were executing the people who had evaded the roundup.

[ShibbOleth]

Generally sad stuff with children, off the top of my head...

Cider House Rules when the "ugly" orphan explains how it feels every time a couple comes to adopt a child and it's never him.

Au Revoir, Les Enfants Nazis v. innocents, a proven formula to get the duct work going.

[Scotticher]

I cry all the time during movies. Of course, I also cry during TV shows, books and even some commercials.

But the only movie I can recall having SOBBED through is an obscure Mel Gibson movie called "Tim." I believe it was one of his first screen appearances. Colleen McCullough, the lady who wrote "The Thorn Birds," wrote the book, and I sobbed all the way through that, too. The movie also starred Piper Laurie.

I recommend both the book and the movie. And it has a happy ending, which is almost a requirement for a hopeless romantic like me. At least for repeat viewing.

Scotti

[Stellablue]

The English Patient, "I have always loved you."
Boo Hoo

[Arden Ranger]

Boys On The Side. I love that movie and cry every time I watch it.

[nonsequitur]

Originally posted by sdarr2002
old yeller- i cry every single time i see this thing.

I get choked up at the commercials. If my kids want to see that movie, they'll have to watch it at someone else's house. I don't ever want to see it again.

Another movie that I cried at that seems odd is Jurasic Park. I didn't cry when people got killed but at odd moments like when all the ice cream went bad or the helicopter ride home. Willie Wonka makes me cry too. Maybe it's fond memories of childhood. Go figure.

[CnoteChris]

Sheesh, I can't believe I'm about to do this, but since it's not on the list yet-

When Hairy Met Sally

I'm not an emotional guy. I think the last time I cried was when my brother stole my extended crayon set and puched me when I told mom on him. It was a week or so ago.

But that movie, for some reason, and no matter how many times I've seen it, still gets me teary eyed by the end.

Not wailing or anything. I mean, I am a man and all, but I do get choked up when they finally hook up.

<sniff>



Besides, it's a bitch thinking Meg Ryan's rack is taken off the market by such a loser like Billy Crystal.

-smile-

[Phouchg]

I hate, hate, HATE "Chick Flicks" but there is one notable exception:

Somewhere In Time

I think because it has an interesting "twilight zone" twist I like it, but also Jane Seymour...hubba hubba


um, I also cried at Schindler's List, Philadelphia, and It's A Wonderful Life.


Phouchg Hath Spoken

[astro]

Originally posted by CnoteChris
Sheesh, I can't believe I'm about to do this, but since it's not on the list yet-

When Hairy Met Sally

But that movie, for some reason, and no matter how many times I've seen it, still gets me teary eyed by the end.

Not wailing or anything. I mean, I am a man and all, but I do get choked up when they finally hook up.

<sniff>

When Hairy Met Sally? Was this the one starring Ron Jeremy?

[kylen]

I've cried at a number of movies, but in terms of the bigest sob-fest I can remember, it has to be Dancer in the Dark

[CnoteChris]

Originally posted by astro
When Hairy Met Sally? Was this the one starring Ron Jeremy?

If it had Ron Jeremy in it, it'd be When Harry Met Hairrier.

I don't think I'd cry at that.

[okielady]

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD



The Green Mile - I cried when I read the book, and the books that can make me cry are VERY FEW and far between. I knew I was in for it when I rented the movie.

Steel Magnolias - When Sally Fields breaks down at the cemetary after the funeral. I boo-hoo nearly every time I see that.

My Girl - If you've seen it you know why. 'Nuff said.

I could go on and on forever. I've been known to cry at the drop of a hat for no apparent reason, and more often for happy scenes than for sad ones.

[Poysyn]

I am sich a blubberer


Steel Magnolias "I'd rather have twenty minutes of wonderful then a lifetime of nothing special"

The Color Purple "Everything you done to me, already done to you"

Moll Flanders My God, the whole movie!

And lastly...

Dumbo That whole "Baby Mine" scene

[Drastic]

I tear up easily enough at lots of movies and shows these days, at least when watching alone. Random selections:

Grave of the Fireflies. I've seen it once, and think a few more years, and then a couple more for good measure, before I have a repeat viewing will be a good thing.

The Thin Red Line. Various points throughout. The inner reflections at the very end slug me everytime, though. "If I should never find you in this life, let me feel the lack. One glance from your eyes, and my life will be yours." "Oh my soul, let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes, look out at the things you've made. All things shining."

Harold and Maude, primarily the end sequence. Cat Stevens' "Trouble" as Harold zooms along, expression just numb and dead, towards his final decision. And the concluding moments after that decision is revealed.

And not a movie, but I'll include it since it's very recent. I just recently finished a reviewing of Serial Experiments Lain, and (particularly now that the whole thing makes more sense then the first time through especially) the full impact of what the namesake chose to wrap things up caused some ocular leaks.

[Freudian Slit]

Spoilers:

Storm of the Century (It just leaves me with such an empty feeling at the end. And you see this completely happy town, and this good, ethical guy has his family ripped apart. And I feel like I've gone through the whole movie with the whole town. Sigh.)

Posyn,, I agree with the "Dumbo" thing. And the scene in the pound in "Lady and the Tramp."

I teared up a little at the end of "Indochine," I must admit. That woman's daughter just abandoning her like that, and her letting her go. It was a great ending, just depressing.

[daffodil]

I cried LOUD at "Hannibal". All that wasted talent and money. *sob*

Seriously; "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest"
"Of Mice and Men"
"Dumbo" [yes, really]

For the rest; If a film only hints at sad things, I'm not gonna see it.

[racinchikki]

I don't cry. At least when people can see me.

That said, the first time I saw Titanic (I ended up going to the theater to see it like five times with five different groups of people, even though I didn't like the movie), I suddenly realized about halfway through that this was a true story (the background, anyway, screw Jack and Rose), this boat had been full of real people, and a whole assload of them had been doomed from the start and none of them had a clue about it. That shocked me into teary-eyedness.

But I've never cried at a movie.

[Patty O'Furniture]

Okay, did none of you tender-hearted persons cry during Joy Luck Club or were you so emotionally scarred that you've repressed the memories? That movie didn't just have a sad ending, but a sad begining and multiple sad middles, too.

The Lion King jerked a few of my tears at the end when the new cub was born & the circle of life was completed.

[RickJay]

I cried like a baby during "Forrest Gump." Especially the scene where Forrest is sitting at Jenny's sickbed telling her about all the amazing things he saw... I just bawled.

Mrs. RickJay and I both cried at the end of "You've Got Mail," but we met over the internet so that's a subjective case.

Damn that Tom Hanks, he got me three times; I cried at "Saving Private Ryan," too. And Spielberg also got me in "Schindler's List" (the final scene when he gets the gold ring) and "Amistad."

[Patty O'Furniture]

Torch Song Trilogy is good for a few tears especially at the end where Arnold slowly collects and caresses all of the mementos from his loved ones.

[SpazCat]

Dumbo. I have to leave the room when he goes to visit his mother in "jail."

The Dead Poet's Society. "Oh Captain, my Captain!"

[Guinastasia]

Titanic-the part when they pan over the elderly couple-the Strausses cuddling in bed, and the Irish mother in steerage reading to her children.

Anastasia-pretty much the whole damn movie.

Doctor Zhivago-when she leaves on the train with Komorovsky

[Myrnalene]

Originally posted by Attrayant
Okay, did none of you tender-hearted persons cry during Joy Luck Club or were you so emotionally scarred that you've repressed the memories? That movie didn't just have a sad ending, but a sad begining and multiple sad middles, too.

That's the movie I thought of one I read the thread title. One big bawl-fest from the beginning to the end for me.

[drm]

The Mighty at the very very end where the big kid has his breakthrough

Gladiator this ones pretty obvious where. This one isn't so much for the death (although it's sad) but for personal reasons.

Pay it Forward this one is pretty obvious as to where as well.

[drm]

Oh yah, Dead Poets Society at the same spot as SpazCat

[VitrolicBump]

*Little Women(the one with Winona Ryder and Christian Bale) - I can't even get throught the book, so seeing this movie just brought me to tears. I own the movie, but have only watched it once since I got it.

*Evita - I wasn't the only one. A really tough looking guy had to leave through the front exit because he was crying.

*Final Fantasy - only because I wasted my time and money on it.

I don't cry much in movies, unless I am laughing so hard that I am crying. Like I did last night when I saw Rat Race.

[Zebra]

It's a Wonderful Life

City Lights

and

Schindlers List

The strange thing about SL is that I got through the entire movie just fine but at the end when the workers give him the letter and the ring I start but when Schindler starts in on how he didn't do enought and sees what few possesions he has as people he could have saved I really lose it.

[Guinastasia]

Oh, that part got me too. He starts saying, "I'm not so great, I could've saved thousands more..." then he gradually breaks down and says, "Why not just one more..." and I started to cry.

I have to say, though, this movie wasn't the kind to make me cry-more likely, I just sat there, feeling nauseous at the idea of what happened then...it left me feeling empty, somehow-or appalled at the evil of the Nazis.

[Evnglion]

There are definetly a few of these...

• Phenomenon
• My Girl
• Forrest Gump
• Schindler's List

that's all I can think of right now, and I am pretty embarassed to say this, but there are 2 commercials that get me going. They are both Cingular ads, one of them is the one about the special olympics, and there are 4 boys competing in a 200 meter dash, or some running event. Well, they all take off, and one of them falls, and then, the other 3 stop, go back to the boy that fell, and they walk to the finish line, together, all three of them, arm around another. The other one is about the painter with no arms, and he has some mental disablity. He is shown painting pictures with a special head-mounted brush, and it is so sad. Then at the end he says, "I am so lucky", then, like clockwork, I lose it. Oh well...

[Nocturne]

The end of the Sixth Sense...and also the scene with Haley Joel Osment and his mother in the car when they're talking about his grandma.

Also the Dead Poets' Society, during the "O Captain, my Captain" part.

[plankter]

Going way back here - "Antarctica", the Japanese film about abandoned sled dogs, made me cry twice. Many years later, "Dangerous Beauty" had be blubbering in the theater.
Chas.E, thanks for reminding me about IMAX. When I saw "Blue Earth" and our planet seen from space filled the screen, I welled up with tears. I must be a Pagan at heart.

[Equipoise]

The more times I've seen the movie, the more likely I am to cry. Recent ones that made me cry, seen multiple times in the theater and/or on DVD/laserdisc, include:

Moulin Rouge (I know it's coming, but damn)
Apocolypse Now (Redux) (she just wanted to get the dog)
The Iron Giant ("I am not a gun")
One From The Heart ("You are my sunshine...")
Dancer In The Dark (Von Trier got me. Yes he did.)
The Cotton Club (the "Ill Wind" montage)

<sniff>

Eq

[beegirl13]

Ditto to The Green Mile, Phenomenon, and Titanic and add the movie version of Where the Red Fern Grows.

[andygirl]

Boys Don't Cry made me weep for a very long time.
The movie Boys On The Side also made me shed a few tears in the climax.

[CnoteChris]

[quote]Originally posted by astro
[b]

Originally posted by CnoteChris
Sheesh, I can't believe I'm about to do this, but since it's not on the list yet-

When Hairy Met Sally

When Hairy Met Sally? Was this the one starring Ron Jeremy?

Good googley moogley.

I didn't realize my faux paus until just now.

Color me dense.

[CnoteChris]

No comment.

[LabRat]

The whale sequence in Fantasia 2000.

[Spooky]

My husband ran out of the room with a pillow crushed into his face at the final scene of "Love Story", when I made him watch it. I WARNED him, but he said he could handle it. Get out your handkerchiefs.

Does any one remember that old movie with Jackie Gleason? It has a French title. Lemme look it up................. Ah, yes, Gigot, 1962. I remember my sister and I seeing this years ago on TV, but being unable to watch it, because it was SO SAD. We were just little girls. We told our Mom about it the next morning, and she said, "Oh, yes, that is very sad." I have been afraid yet intrigued by this film ever since.

Does anyone else remember this movie? I was only 7 or 8 years old, but I remember a scene where Jackie is taking care of a little girl, and she is on a carousel....... she goes round and round while he chases her and falls over the barriers. My sister and I weeped.

[Dr. Rieux]

Several of those already mentioned, plus:

What Dreams May Come
Legends of the Fall
A League of Their Own
Dances With Wolves

[Dr. Rieux]

How could I forget:
Out of Africa