# Movies its ok for guys to cry at **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918 "2006-10-02T02:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/1 "2006-10-02T02:05:58Z")
What movies does it seem socially acceptable for men to cry in? The one that I can think of , and personally “afflicts” me, is Saving Private Ryan. Love that movie, quite the tear- jerker. And you? ---
**Author:** ![ACC\_Expat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ACC\_Expat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ACC_Expat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/2 "2006-10-02T02:34:42Z")
_Brian’s Song_? “I love Brian Piccolo…” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/3 "2006-10-02T02:39:45Z")
_Old Yeller_ ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/4 "2006-10-02T02:44:20Z")
_Iron Giant_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/5 "2006-10-02T02:54:57Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] What movies does it seem socially acceptable for men to cry in? The one that I can think of , and personally “afflicts” me, is Saving Private Ryan. Love that movie, quite the tear- jerker. And you? [/QUOTE] The Dirty Dozen. (Apologies to Tom Hanks.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/6 "2006-10-02T03:27:42Z")
Braveheart. Field of Dreams. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/7 "2006-10-02T03:38:31Z")
[The Pride of the Yankees](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035211/). (Lou Gehrig Story) > [@](#): > > Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but … Always gets me, especially as it was true. Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright were absolutrly perfect in the movie and Babe Ruth as Babe Ruth was fun. Jim ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/8 "2006-10-02T03:43:14Z")
Any movie in which the dog dies. I still get teared up watching, “Big Jake” when “Dog” gets killed by the guy with a machete. And for me, “Truly, Madly, Deeply.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/9 "2006-10-02T04:12:05Z")
I think crying at _Big Fish_ is probably acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/10 "2006-10-02T04:13:37Z")
I saw a lot of guys cry at **Platoon** ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/11 "2006-10-02T04:18:10Z")
Rudy (1993) Shawshank Redemption Star Trek II ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/12 "2006-10-02T04:19:28Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I think crying at _Big Fish_ is probably acceptable. [/QUOTE] I can live with that one and Field of Dreams, especially if your dad has already passed away. Both would do a number on those whose Dad is gone. As long as someone mentioned Iron Giant, I will admit to tearing up at the end of Wrath of Khan as Scotty is piping Spock out into space to the Genesis planet and in Star Trek III as the Enterprise is destroyed. Both got me, yes I am a geek. I think I was the wrong age for Iron Giant; it was not a tearjerker for me. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/13 "2006-10-02T04:25:13Z")
Transformers: The Movie. Spider-Man. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/14 "2006-10-02T06:53:59Z")
The original “Italian Job” when the Mini’s fall down the cliff. Vanishing Point, where the the car blows up. Same with Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Grand Prix, when the Ferrari gets wrecked. You get the idea… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/15 "2006-10-02T10:54:13Z")
_King Kong_ , the original version. I loved that big ape. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/16 "2006-10-02T14:13:08Z")
_Forrest Gump_, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/17 "2006-10-02T14:18:40Z")
My dog Skip ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/18 "2006-10-02T14:38:25Z")
The Alamo (when the sole survivor rides out through the Mexuican troops). of course I was only a kid when I saw it… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/19 "2006-10-02T14:51:04Z")
Last of the Mohicans ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/20 "2006-10-02T15:20:42Z")
My husband cried on a crowded plane home from Los Angeles while watching _Finding Neverland_, bless his heart. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918.md?page=2)