# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/61 "2011-06-18T15:21:58Z")
Yep. I’m a crier. My friends will make me watch sad movies just so they can see me cry and make fun of me. I hate my friends.\* Oh, and **Shodan**? I love love love the song you linked to. and bawled like a baby the first time I heard it. And the second. and the… well you get the idea. \*Not really ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/62 "2011-06-18T15:55:16Z")
Am I the only sucker for films about a boy and his robot? As a boy I cried at the end of that Johnny Socko movie, (“Come back, Giant Robot! Come back!”). As an adult I got misty eyed at the end of\* Iron Giant\*. But the biggest tear jerker for me is at the end of the Bruce Dern Science Fiction film _Silent Running_ where the last of the robot drones, Dewey, is left alone to tend to the last forest in the Solar System. ---
**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 19, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/63 "2011-06-19T04:25:39Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > You do know that Clarence didn’t _really_ get his wings, right? > [@Larry\_McAwful](#): > > Heh… Maybe I’m just thick right now, but: you’re joking, right? Man, I hope so. I’m running over the final scene, trying to suss out how I might have missed the clue that he didn’t! I mean, the bell was ringing like crazy on the Christmas tree, and… yeah, I’m just thick. I’ll have to use that one on other people when I feel like playing a mildly cruel trick, which is usually. He’s just trying to make you cry again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jehan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/64 "2011-06-19T06:49:29Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > "A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. > > "An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight!! > > “By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!” > > That’s the one that gets me. “I would have followed you my brother- my captain-my king”. sniff. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/65 "2011-06-19T10:05:25Z")
Last film I saw was _ **Agora** _ and, yes, I was crying at the end. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/66 "2011-06-19T10:51:42Z")
> [@jenah](#): > > “I would have followed you my brother- my captain-my king”. > > sniff. yeah, that’s a good one. my lord of the rings moment aside from what’s already been mentioned is the charge of the rohirrim: “Go forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride for ruin, and the world’s ending…to death!” and also “i can’t carry it for you, but i can carry you” most of my pixar ones have been mentioned. opening montage of up, i was another embarrassingly loud crier during that one, it was just so unexpected. upon rewatch, i’m ok until ellie stumbles going up the hill, and that’s when i lose it. toy story “when she loved me”, incinerator, “so long, partner”, absolutely. also: beaches(when hilary dies on the beach) thelma and louise (ending) the lion king (mufasa’s death) pay it forward (this one’s a guilty pleasure, but the candelight vigil at the end always gets me choked up) snow white (the end- and i really can’t explain this one because it’s such a disney stock ending, prince charming shows up and carries her off to his castle in the sky, etc, but i cry every single time. i think the music swells at just the right moment or something, i don’t know.) beauty and the beast (ballroom scene; mainly for the stunning animation) harry potter and the goblet of fire (the prior incantatem scene in the graveyard) and many, many more. it doesn’t take much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/67 "2011-06-19T11:02:12Z")
I cry like a baby at many a film. Like many here, I cried at **Up, Field of Dreams** and **Toy Story 3** , but the one that still makes me sob like no other is the end of **Saving Private Ryan**. “Have I been a good man?” gets me every time. There are many more, but that’s the biggie for me. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/68 "2011-06-19T12:45:42Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > I cry like a baby at many a film. Like many here, I cried at **Up, Field of Dreams** and **Toy Story 3** , but the one that still makes me sob like no other is the end of **Saving Private Ryan**. “Have I been a good man?” gets me every time. There are many more, but that’s the biggie for me. i’ve seen the ending of saving private ryan but it didn’t affect me since that’s the only part of the film i’ve seen, aside from the first 3 minutes or so. it came on the other night and i decided to watch it since i’d never seen it, and at first i was like “oh this isn’t so bad” and then it cuts to the shot of a wounded soldier screaming for his mother and i had to switch channels. stuff like that really gets to me. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/69 "2011-06-19T13:36:19Z")
> [@jenah](#): > > “I would have followed you my brother- my captain-my king”. > > sniff. Yup. The other LOTR moments already mentioned may, or may not, make me cry depending on my mood, but this one gets me every. single. time. Last week I went and saw the Extended Edition re-release with a buddy of mine and had to make sure I was looking off to the side when that moment came. I’m a big, huge sucker for redemptive scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/70 "2011-06-19T14:16:09Z")
I’m a big wuss. I’m crying just reading this thread. I recently saw _Tears of the Sun_ on DVD, and I was a wreck from the opening sequence all the way through to the closing credits. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/71 "2011-06-19T20:38:43Z")
What, no love for **The Dirty Dozen**? That’s they only movie I cry at. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEwDmc3FI_Q) ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/72 "2011-06-19T21:27:39Z")
You live up to your name, **outlierrn**! I’m a huge Cassavetes man, and I still watch some of his acting jobs to catch some insight. Tell it straight – was it Donald Duck or that Maggot that does it to you? ETA I’m in public, sort of, and don’t want to switch off my Don Patterson to see your clip, so you might have already answered already. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/73 "2011-06-19T21:40:15Z")
All the fucking time. All. The. Fucking. Time. I’ve never sobbed at a film ( or much at all in my life ), but I find I’ll leak at the corners at even the flimsiest, most contrived, most blatant and ham-handed attempts at sentimentality. In my defense I have more than normally teary eyes to begin with. They’d start watering just staring at any movie screen after an hour or so for no reason at all. Put me in a strong breeze and my eyes tear like crazy. But there is no denying it - sentimental scenes, even shitty ones I don’t particularly like, make me tear up even if just a little. I frequently find it embarrassing, _especially_ when it is a weak scene that is triggering it. Not very manly at all :p. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/74 "2011-06-20T00:12:36Z")
Oh! I forgot the Harry Potter movies, thanks for reminding me. Practically at all of the last 3 or 4. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/75 "2011-06-20T00:39:38Z")
I don’t cry, but for some reason I get a big throat lump when Boo is revealed to Scout. “Hey, Boo!” It’s not even a sad moment. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/76 "2011-06-20T00:50:18Z")
I’ve gotten misty eyed a lot, but only out and out cried twice. The first time was the Ryan O’Neal film _Barry Lyndon_. There’s a scene where a little boy has been injured after being thrown from a horse. As he lays in his bed, with his parents at his side, he pleads with them to stop quarreling, as they’ve been on the outs lately. Then the scene changes abruptly to his funeral procession, with swelling music, and we see his little coffin being borne along in the goat cart he used to love to drive. I turned my head to my husband(I was married then) and put my face down on his shoulder, bawling my eyes out. Then I cried at\* E.T.\* Not when he dies, but when the kids have shown him to their mother. She freaks out and hauls them away, and ET reaches his hand up with that cry of his. I cried for the fact he was sick, away from home, and now was being abandoned. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/77 "2011-06-20T00:53:51Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > I cry like a baby at many a film. Like many here, I cried at **Up, Field of Dreams** and **Toy Story 3** , but the one that still makes me sob like no other is the end of **Saving Private Ryan**. “Have I been a good man?” gets me every time. There are many more, but that’s the biggie for me. Actually he says “Tell me I’ve been a good man..tell me I’ve led a good life!” to his elderly wife…and when you put that into the context that he has brought generations of his family along with him to visit Captain Miller’s grave…yeah. That slays me. I weep like a fucking baby. Every…damn…time. “We Were Soldiers” gets me too (despite Mel Gibson). And almost any war movie with substance. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/78 "2011-06-20T02:42:54Z")
The very end of Schindler’s List, with the people putting rocks on the grave stone. I cried like a hugely fat baby. I cry at a couple of Futurama episodes, particularly the one where Fry’s dog waits for him. Joe ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/79 "2011-06-20T06:19:36Z")
MY Dog Skip…everytime. I even saw it dubbed in Italian…yep cried. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/80 "2011-06-20T07:14:49Z")
I’ll agree with Field of Dreams and Old Yeller. Oddly enough, the ending of Harold and Maude always gets me too. It’s supposed to be uplifting and it is but it’s painfully sad at the same time. One of my favorite endings for a movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=5)