# Crying At Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763 "2011-06-17T00:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/21 "2011-06-17T05:05:20Z")
> [@Monkey\_Chews](#): > > The movie that has made me cry the most was _Dancer In The Dark_ with Bjork. I was sobbing uncontrollably at the end. I didn’t stop for a long time. I was a wreck. Jesus that movie fucked me up. I was a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/22 "2011-06-17T05:59:24Z")
I have no problem admitting that I cry at the end of _Phonebooth_ when Stu is giving his confession, if I watched the movie from the beginning and allowed it all to build up. Have cried multiple times during this scene, even. I have only seen _Requiem For A Dream_ once and I cried at the ending of that one as well. Won’t be watching that movie again any time soon though. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/23 "2011-06-17T06:19:46Z")
I cry at movies all the damn time. The most recent was _Defiance_ with Daniel Craig and Liev Schrieber, but it’s a Holocaust picture (well, sort of) and so heartwrenching by nature. The most persistent? _Sister Act II_, at the end, when the kids are singing at the competition. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen that, if I hit it when I’m channel surfing, I’ll watch, and I’ll cry. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/24 "2011-06-17T06:31:51Z")
_American Splendor_. It made me blub like a little baby on more than one occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/25 "2011-06-17T07:04:44Z")
Here be Pixar spoilers. _Up_ got me in the opening montage. The family went to see it shortly after my mother hadj a stillbirth to end a difficult pregnancy. ☹ The rest was good but ow. And Pixar got me again with _Toy Story 3_. Twice. When they all hold hands going down into the incinerator, and just share the knowledge that they’ve given it all to Andy and they’re going out together gets me sad but proud. and then at the end when Andy gives them up so they can be special to someone new it chokes me up with a smile. EDIT: And _Wall-E_ didn’t make me cry, but it probably came close. Is Pixar getting more tear jerking, or am I getting soft? I think I’ll be safe with _Cars 2_. ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/26 "2011-06-17T07:57:38Z")
Not many dry eyes (if any) during the early montage scene in _Up_ at our screening. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/27 "2011-06-17T10:58:42Z")
As mentioned earlier, the end of **The Return of the King** for me. Cue Annie Lennox singing and the tears start rolling down. **Up** as well for me. I’ve never wanted children, so that wasn’t the rough part for me; seeing them never get to make that trip was rough. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/28 "2011-06-17T11:25:38Z")
_West Side Story_ every time. But that’s a given. Once that caught me out recently was the end of _The Sixth Sense._ I trust spoiler boxes are unnecessary at this stage. I’d seen it several times, I was channel surfing, and it was on. I’ve got a bit teary before at the bit at the end in the car when the kid is telling his mother that “Grandma says hi”, and goes on to tell the story about the ballet recital. It struck an emotional chord, having lost my own mother a few years ago. But I forgot that I hadn’t watched it since I lost my husband. So when Anna is lying dozing with the wedding video on, whispering “Why did you leave me?” - oh boy. Really should have seen it coming. Cried buckets. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/29 "2011-06-17T12:10:37Z")
I’m a big old sap and tear up all the time. Maybe I spend too much time alone… Heck, I even teared up some last night watching a rerun of one of the Bones Christmas episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/30 "2011-06-17T12:35:26Z")
No, I didn’t cry, but the “When She Loved Me” montage in _Toy Story 2_ had me a little choked up. And the last line in Ordinary People - “I’m not disappointed, dad. I love you.” Sniff. And [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na-xvlYMGck) too. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Gilles\_de\_Rais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Gilles\_de\_Rais](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilles_de_Rais)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/31 "2011-06-17T13:13:01Z")
The Judy Garland version of _A Star Is Born_. Just the line, “This is Mrs. Norman Maine” can get me to cry but there was a time when I was involved in an abusive, alcoholic relationship and [this scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArgJOJlVpQ) is a heart-wrenching portrayal of life as co-dependent. Damn - just linking to that scene and I’m sitting here bawling… ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/32 "2011-06-17T13:37:10Z")
Got a bit teary when I first saw Gladiator - the bit near the end where he’s walking through the corn fields and you know he’s going home to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/33 "2011-06-17T13:50:39Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > 8 posts and still no mention of _Brian’s Song_? Every jr. high English class in my school watched this movie, and every class reported that the teacher cried at the end. Every time. When I was a kid I remember \*Mask \*getting to me. It’s based on a true story, which I think adds to the sadness (although I’m sure some of it is slightly embellished). It’s very unlike most stories about people with a disability or disease who usually start out in a bad way but end up making the most of it, finding the bright side, whatever. \*Mask \*is the opposite. Rocky Dennis goes from always looking at the bright side to hitting a streak of bad luck and realizing that his life actually is pretty crappy. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/34 "2011-06-17T14:05:19Z")
\*The Notebook \* _Love Story_ _Turn Left, Turn Right_ (Chinese film) - get a copy to watch. You’ll thank me later. _Scrooged_ - When the little boy finally talks…I watch it every Xmas and it still gets me. one more…_Seven_, only because I realized that it was a movie, and Gwyneth Paltrow was still alive in real life. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/35 "2011-06-17T14:12:39Z")
I cried and cried and cried at the end of **ET**. But in all fairness, I was only about eight at the time. I didn’t cry at the end of **The Mist** , but I did feel like I’d been punched in the chest, as did my husband. We were pretty sombre for the rest of the evening and both of us mentioned a few days later how we were still thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/36 "2011-06-17T16:15:06Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > Here be Pixar spoilers. > > _Up_ got me in the opening montage. The family went to see it shortly after my mother hadj a stillbirth to end a difficult pregnancy. ☹ The rest was good but ow. > > And Pixar got me again with _Toy Story 3_. Twice. When they all hold hands going down into the incinerator, and just share the knowledge that they’ve given it all to Andy and they’re going out together gets me sad but proud. and then at the end when Andy gives them up so they can be special to someone new it chokes me up with a smile. > > EDIT: And _Wall-E_ didn’t make me cry, but it probably came close. Is Pixar getting more tear jerking, or am I getting soft? I think I’ll be safe with _Cars 2_. Mine is **Monsters, Inc.**. It helps to be a big hairy galoot with a little daughter. Every “Kitty!!” reminds me of how much I love my little munchkin. ---
**Author:** ![samjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@samjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samjones)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/37 "2011-06-17T16:26:14Z")
Cinema Paradiso? The Killing Fields? It’s a Wonderful Life? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/38 "2011-06-17T17:01:14Z")
**Imagine: John Lennon**. I saw it in a theater when it came out in 1988 and got so wrapped up in it I wasn’t thinking of what was coming. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/39 "2011-06-17T17:07:25Z")
I’m not a cryer, but it sure doesn’t take much to get the wife started. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/40 "2011-06-17T17:15:04Z")
\*Up \*(the opening scenes) \*Toy Story 2 \*(When Somebody Loved Me) \*Toy Story 3 \*(the incinerator scene) _Schindler’s List_ (also very somber at the end. I saw it in the theater during its first release, and I remember several people (us included), wandering around the parking lot in a daze after it let out). \*Bolt \*(when the cat talks about being left behind–I’m powerless against sad cat stories) - I remember this because it was only a couple of weeks ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=3)