# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/81 "2011-06-20T07:25:54Z")
I don’t really cry, but something always gets in my eye during Wife Swap and Extreme Home Makeover, when they’re crying and talking about how much the people in their lives mean to them. On Extreme Home Makeover, I just really like to see great things happen to wonderful people, and see their gratitude. That’s the best show ever created, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/82 "2011-06-20T09:32:53Z")
The documentary, Young At Heart made me bawl since I watched it soon after my dad died. Same with the movie, Untamed Heart, soon after my boyfriend died. The movie Angus makes me misty at certain parts. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/83 "2011-06-20T10:01:58Z")
As an animal lover, anything sad involving pets will always get me. [Fox & Hound (Tod & Copper / Cap & Capper) ... sad scene - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3oZ0Il4QH4) This scene from Fox and the Hound will make me a blubbering mess until the end of time. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/84 "2011-06-20T10:33:41Z")
**I am not** an animal! [I am a human being!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF19L00KbAI) ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/85 "2011-06-20T23:23:18Z")
For some ungodly reason we watched Schindler’s List in my high school history class. By the end I had a constant stream of tears silently running down my face and puddling on my desk. My teacher got up to give me a box of Kleenex, therefore ensuring that everyone in the class saw me sobbing, and frankly I didn’t need kleenex, I needed a mop and bucket. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/86 "2011-06-20T23:43:59Z")
The movie _Crumb_, the documentary about the cartoonist Robert Crumb. When the credited rolled, and we find out: …that his brother Charles succeeded in killing himself… That tore me up. Seconded on a lot of the films already mentioned. Nearly any Pixar film - I sometimes watch _When Somebody Loved Me_ on YouTube if I need an emotional catharsis. That, and [Amy’s wedding](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02BxPxLTR3M) from Doctor Who. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/87 "2011-06-20T23:47:08Z")
I do shed some tears at movies, although I always try to hide it. Gad, that allergy is really hard on my eyes! What surprises me is how some movies move me unexpectedly. Sure, movies like _Brian’s Song_ and _My Life_ are meant to tear you up, but who would’ve thunk that _Deep Impact_ and _Bicentennial Man_, two sci-fi flicks would have those tear jerker moments?! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/88 "2011-06-20T23:48:57Z")
> [@Tibbytoes](#): > > **I am not** an animal! [I am a human being!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF19L00KbAI) If you don’t cry at that, you are an actual Vulcan. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/89 "2011-06-21T01:26:35Z")
Another vote for “Broke Back Mountain”. It sounded like everyone in the theater was crying. How about tears of joy? I always well up at the end of “The Full Monty” when they do their routine. They’re all such likable characters and there’s such a feeling of triumph. I know it’s cliche but I always weep at the end of “Titanic”. I’ve determined that I’m crying not so much for Rose and Jack but for myself as I think I’ll never have some to love and be loved by as much as those two. ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/90 "2011-06-21T21:06:17Z")
Darn you all to heck. To HECK, I say, making me relive all of these moments. Monsters, Inc. The end of the movie when the big guy opens the door. “Kitty!” Up In the opening scene, when she stumbles up the hill. I could see it coming from there. Up At the end, revealing the last page in the photo album. Toy Story 2 When Somebody Loved Me Toy Story 3 The look on the toys faces when the accept their fate in the incinerator scene. Toy Story 3 At the end, when Andy is passing the toys along. The Incredibles “I’m not strong enough. I can’t lose you again. I’m just not strong enough.” My Dog Skip I was literally bawling when it was revealed that the dog had died. My wife came into the room to find out what was wrong with me. Way too close to home. I can’t… Millenium Man At the end, with the passing of the “robot”. I cried on my wife’s shoulder for about five minutes. ET When the flower revives, indicating that the ET is Alive! Futurama Fry’s dog, waiting forever. …and many more I can’t remember. I avoid these flicks if I can. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/91 "2011-06-21T21:27:40Z")
> [@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. Actually, I was referring to this part of your post: > [@Larry\_McAwful](#): > > Simulated stuff doesn’t do it for me–I didn’t cry at Schindler’s List. It has to be genuine, or my eyes are dry. Fear not - within the context of the movie, Clarence is definitely winged. ---
**Author:** ![Cheerleading\_Dropout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@Cheerleading\_Dropout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerleading_Dropout)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/92 "2011-06-21T22:49:06Z")
If they kill a dog in a movie, I cry. Always. Aside from that, I only cry at movies where I am particularly attached to the characters. For example, I cried at the most recent Harry Potter movie, but that’s because I’m an avid Harry Potter fan, so I was expecting to cry. Some kids’ movies are real tear-jerkers. My mom wouldn’t even let my brother and I watch Bambi when we asked, saying it was too sad. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/93 "2011-06-21T23:16:01Z")
I cried most at **Schindler’s List**. The people at the end were the real thing. People stayed in their seats at the theater for a long time after the movie had ended. Reading about some of the things that happened between the Germans and the Jews while the movie was being made was quite moving too. My father was dying when I first saw **Field of Dreams**. He had taught me to love baseball. I went back to see it twice more before he died. The last time was two days before his death. Each time I cried like the child I was at that point in my life. After that I carried a baseball in my purpse for a long time. Then one Sunday a visiting minister gave a sermon based on the story. I walked up to the minister and handed him the baseball. He was stunned. One movie that made me cry inside and outside was **One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest** – when you see Will Sampson’s character for the last time. I haven’t been able to watch that film again since it was a new release. It affected me deeply. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/94 "2011-06-22T15:42:00Z")
I’m more likely to groan than cry at most weepers, simply because I feel so manipulated, as if the director is there with his megaphone shouting “Cry! Cry!” into my ear. However, both **The Bicycle Thief** and **Umberto D.** by De Sica got me misty, as did **Ikiru** and **Make Way For Tomorrow**. Recent films, not so much. ---
**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 22, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/95 "2011-06-22T16:10:04Z")
“i’m spartacus!” ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/96 "2011-06-23T16:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. THIS. Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. The kid’s death. Every single time. And I’ve probably seen it a dozen times. Funnily enough, I always start crying (further spoilers ahead, by the way) well BEFORE the kid even gets into that accident in the first place. What sets me off is the grim, fateful voice-over, hinting towards the upcoming disaster as being ordained by fate, inevitable, etc… Specifically, a line about how (I’m paraphrasing from memory here, bear with me), while Barry Lyndon spends his days fondly imagining his son’s future happiness and success, “Fate had long ago decided that he [Barry Lyndon] would die childless,” or something to that effect. From that moment on, of course, we as an audience already know what’s going to happen… And yet, when it DOES happen – ah, Old Testament-level devastation. Love that movie. (Hi, by the way, I’m new on the board.) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/97 "2011-06-23T16:48:40Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > What, no love for **The Dirty Dozen**? That’s they only movie I cry at. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEwDmc3FI\_Q](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEwDmc3FI_Q) Trini Lopez? ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/98 "2011-06-23T20:54:20Z")
[Grave of the Fireflies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_fireflies)… WOW! I should’ve have never watched the movie knowing I have a little girl. About two children coping with the WWII firebombings of Japan. Quite possibly, the saddest movie I have ever seen. And I had just watched the USSR’s “Come and See” a few nights before. Talk about a double-whammy of emotions. I just removed “Nanking” from my queue. From now on, I’m only watching World War II movies with John Wayne and a faceless, yet non-SS, Axis enemy. ---
**Author:** ![FrillyNettles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@FrillyNettles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrillyNettles)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/99 "2011-06-25T14:57:21Z")
I cry very easily, and have definitely cried during most of the movies mentioned. Of particular note are Return of the King, the Lion King, and Up. And everyone cries during the Notebook. A few that have not been mentioned (I think): Ladder 49, Iris (I did not cry _during_ the movie, but sobbed uncontrollably just after it ended, mostly because it made me think of my grandparents), and I was practically dry heaving when the spider dies in Charlotte’s Web. Of course, I was 10 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763/100 "2011-06-25T22:10:40Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I’ve gotten puddle-eyed in a couple, but the only movie that I have downright bawled in was “Big Fish”. Turns out I apparently have some unresolved father issues… This. My dad died unexpectedly just a few short years before, and he was among the world’s great bullshitters. I wasn’t expecting the response I had to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-at-movies/585763.md?page=6)