# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/41 "2006-10-02T21:54:09Z")
After having seen _Titanic_, I was shuffling down the crowded theater aisle, heading for the exit. I overheard this conversation: WOMAN: Honey, I could’ve sworn I heard you sniffling. Did this movie make you cry? MAN: Well, yeah, a little. I thought Kate Winslet was gonna drown, and I was thinking “Aw, gee, what a pity. She had such nice boobs.” ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/42 "2006-10-02T22:19:34Z")
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - when Richard Dreyfus gets surrounded by the aliens at the entrance to their ship. Pretty magical. sniff sniff ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/43 "2006-10-02T22:30:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm. Seems like chick flicks we chicks cry over are all envolved with guys suffering and dying. And the guy flicks that involve tears involve…guys suffering and dying. Or some sort of wild life. Be nice if some guy manged to cry over us suffering and dying. Just saying. How many movies are there about women suffering and dying? If I saw one, I probably would cry over it. ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/44 "2006-10-02T23:10:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Grave Of The Fireflies will break the heart of the toughest mugg in the world. > > A second viewing is too much to take for most folks. Good lord yes. I rewatch movies all the time (most of my favorite movies get at least a watching every month) and yet I have not been able to go back and watch GotF since I first saw it four years ago. I have no trouble crying at movies (I have at one time or another cried at a good 75% of the movies mentioned here as well as others), but GotF was actually physically painful to watch. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/45 "2006-10-02T23:33:56Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] My husband cried on a crowded plane home from Los Angeles while watching _Finding Neverland_, bless his heart. [/QUOTE] Southwest Airlines? I saw that same movie on a flight from Los Angeles last October 🙂 I made it out unscathed, though. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/46 "2006-10-02T23:49:50Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] :dubious: Hmm. Seems like chick flicks we chicks cry over are all envolved with guys suffering and dying. And the guy flicks that involve tears involve…guys suffering and dying. Or some sort of wild life. Be nice if some guy manged to cry over us suffering and dying. Just saying. [/QUOTE] Well, **The Seventh Sign** brought a tear to my eye when Demi sacrificed herself for the baby. Oddly enough **She’s Having a Baby** has a similar scene that also got me, when Kristy has complications during delivery. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/47 "2006-10-02T23:50:13Z")
Where the Red Fern Grows. And, you can look [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=164094), too, for other ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/48 "2006-10-02T23:52:18Z")
Almost forgot, for a non-chick getting offed flick: **Pay it Forward** ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/49 "2006-10-02T23:59:34Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Hmm. Seems like chick flicks we chicks cry over are all envolved with guys suffering and dying. And the guy flicks that involve tears involve…guys suffering and dying. Or some sort of wild life. Be nice if some guy manged to cry over us suffering and dying. Just saying. [/QUOTE] Nevermind that we’re talking movies here ;), we’re talking about a specific kind of movie. And if you must know, I cried my eyes out after the Zeffirelli _Romeo and Juliet_, okay? ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/50 "2006-10-03T00:31:26Z")
Everybody knows that beneath this cold hard exterior lies a heart of stone…But anyone who can watch the movie “Angus” and not cry has a heart harder than Mrs. Seenidog. And that takes some doing. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/51 "2006-10-03T01:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] :dubious: Hmm. Seems like chick flicks we chicks cry over are all envolved with guys suffering and dying. And the guy flicks that involve tears involve…guys suffering and dying. Or some sort of wild life. Be nice if some guy manged to cry over us suffering and dying. Just saying. [/QUOTE] “Beaches”. I damn near cried at that movie. Which, for me, is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/52 "2006-10-03T01:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Enter the Flagon] “Beaches”. I damn near cried at that movie. Which, for me, is pretty good. [/QUOTE] Oh, and I almost forgot “Fried Green Tomatoes”. I may well have cried at that movie, but it was so long ago I can’t recall for sure… so, for brownie points, let’s just say that I did. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_chicken_of_exeter)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/53 "2006-10-03T01:11:56Z")
All three of my male housemates cried at The Lion King when we watched it last week. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/54 "2006-10-03T01:46:43Z")
The two movies I’ve cried at as an adult are \*\*A River Runs Through It \*\* and **Schindler’s List.** ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/55 "2006-10-03T02:02:01Z")
If I were a guy instead of a girly-girl it’d be Saving Private Ryan and Munich. Seriously, when Eric Bana talks to his daughter for the first time…man. Any father has got to get a bit choked up at that. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/56 "2006-10-03T02:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Hmm. Seems like chick flicks we chicks cry over are all envolved with guys suffering and dying. And the guy flicks that involve tears involve…guys suffering and dying. Or some sort of wild life. Be nice if some guy manged to cry over us suffering and dying. Just saying. [/QUOTE] The proper response to women or children suffering and/or dying is blind rage, not sniffles. Hurting chicks ‘n’ munchkins? Ma’am, that’s just wrong… [QUOTE=pinkfreud] I thought Kate Winslet was gonna drown, and I was thinking “Aw, gee, what a pity. She had such nice boobs.” [/QUOTE] I stand corrected 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/57 "2006-10-03T02:32:43Z")
While it may not be ‘socially acceptable’ to cry at the dreck that was the Notebook, I have never met a man who managed to sit through it and not tear up. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/58 "2006-10-03T03:05:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yes. And we wonder why you mentioned it. However, it **is** alright to _throw up_ while watching _E.T._ [/QUOTE] Well played. I sniffled at _Return of the King_ during one of the endings. (Is it just me, or were there about seven places where that movie could have faded to black and gone with the credits?) I could see _Gump_ or _Private Ryan_ too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/59 "2006-10-03T05:34:17Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] I sniffled at _Return of the King_ during one of the endings. (Is it just me, or were there about seven places where that movie could have faded to black and gone with the credits?) [/QUOTE] Not only could the movie have ended several times before it did, it actually _did_ fade to black on a few occasions. I wondered if Jackson was screwing with the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/60 "2006-10-03T06:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Not only could the movie have ended several times before it did, it actually _did_ fade to black on a few occasions. I wondered if Jackson was screwing with the audience. [/QUOTE] “Don’t worry, I saw Lord of the Rings. I’m not going to end this 17 times.” – Harry Lockhart, [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang](http://imdb.com/title/tt0373469/) Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918.md?page=4)