# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/61 "2006-10-03T06:23:47Z")
Hmm. Miracle, Rudy, Field of Dreams. I don’t really cry about sad movies. I actually haven’t seen Schindler’s List so I’ll have to try that one out eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/62 "2006-10-03T07:08:05Z")
In the Apollo 1 episode of _From the Earth to the Moon_, I completely lose it when: [spoiler]One of the engineers working on the capsule after the fire starts talking to Frank Borman and said something like this: “You know, I’m the one that found Gus Grissom innocent of blowing the hatch on Liberty Bell. I’m the one that proved that explosive bolts can fire spontaneously. Ironic isn’t it? Had I not proven Gus innocent, Apollo might have had explosive bolts, in which case Gus would be alive and well with us right now.” “I’m not a fan of irony…”[/spoiler] The look on the guy’s face and the thought of how he was being torn up inside just kills me. I’m getting all misty thinking about that scene right now. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/63 "2006-10-03T12:47:07Z")
[QUOTE=Largo62] Socially acceptable? Who cares? Whatever wrings out your personal sponge is acceptable as far as I am concerned. Who says men shouldn’t cry? I’ve read that one of the reasons women generally live longer than men is that they do cry more often. Crying releases endorphans and much stress and makes you feel better. That’s why I wish more things did affect me that way. I can’t think of a specific movie, but I know that I’ve puddled up a few times when something reached me emotionally. So what? That’s what I’m like. Take me or leave me alone! [/QUOTE] Boy, did you get totally whooshed. The mini-print Dumbo at the bottom was the name of movie that gets to him! 😃 Re other posts- Add TITANIC to the mix, when Jack welcomes her to Titanic Heaven. LOTR III:ROTK should have had yet another faux ending- The Scouring of the Shire. Jen-nay in FORREST GUMP- how’s that for a chick suffering & dying & making us guys get all teary? And how could I have forgotten OF MICE AND MEN (especially the original starring Larry Talbot & The Penguin 😃 )? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/64 "2006-10-03T14:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] Southwest Airlines? I saw that same movie on a flight from Los Angeles last October 🙂 I made it out unscathed, though. [/QUOTE] I don’t think so… probably American or Delta, since it was booked through my work. ---
**Author:** ![M.Meursault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@M.Meursault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.Meursault)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/65 "2006-10-03T16:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] As odd it it sounds, I got chicked up (though no ocular secretions,) during _Angus_ . [/QUOTE] Good god yes. That surprised me. I wasn’t expecting to cry. I bawled like a little girl when I saw _Life is Beautiful_ . Oh my word did I cry. I couldn’t drive home I was crying so hard. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/66 "2006-10-03T16:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] The original “Italian Job” when the Mini’s fall down the cliff. [/QUOTE] _I_ cried when the Minis went of the the cliff, and I’m a girl … dirty shame, that was. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/67 "2006-10-03T16:24:47Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] How many movies are there about women suffering and dying? If I saw one, I probably would cry over it. [/QUOTE] Well, there was a Canadian television movie called _Sunshine_ about a young mother with terminal cancer who records her thoughts and feelings on cassettes so her infant daughter will have something to remember her by. That one pumps my tear ducts dry every time on the rare occasions I get to see it. Hell, I get choked up just thinking about it. I guess I’m the only person who ever cried at Jof’s vision at the end of _The Seventh Seal._ At least, everybody always looks at me weird whenever I talk about it. Stop looking at me that way! Stop, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/68 "2006-10-03T16:31:40Z")
I I just realized I said I got _chicked_ up at Angus. Obviously, I meant choked up, though given the thread content, chicked up might also work. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/69 "2006-10-03T17:02:07Z")
[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] I always cry during _Terms of Endearment_. But then I’m a bit of a sissy when it comes to movies; I cry pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/70 "2006-10-03T17:52:37Z")
In _Babe_ when the absolutely impassive farmer tends to Babe and breaks out in an impromptu dance. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/71 "2006-10-03T18:09:30Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] 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? [/QUOTE] And another film by Zeffirelli, _Brother Sun, Sister Moon_, when the Pope humbles himself before Saint Francis–if that one leaves your eyes dry, you’re too cold-blooded to be running around loose! ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/72 "2006-10-03T19:27:43Z")
[QUOTE=ACC\_Expat] _Brian’s Song_? “I love Brian Piccolo…” [/QUOTE] So what was Brian’s song? Raindrops are falling on my head? ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/73 "2006-10-03T19:38:12Z")
How about - “None” ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/74 "2006-10-03T20:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=Lazlo] In the Apollo 1 episode of _From the Earth to the Moon_, I completely lose it when: The look on the guy’s face and the thought of how he was being torn up inside just kills me. I’m getting all misty thinking about that scene right now. [/QUOTE] I can’t say I completely lose it, but yeah, that’s one powerful scene… ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/75 "2006-10-03T21:02:01Z")
Buncha wussies! [sub]I did NOT tear up when Aragorn said “My friends, you bow to no one!” I just got something in my eye, that’s all…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/76 "2006-10-03T22:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Buncha wussies! [sub]I did NOT tear up when Aragorn said “My friends, you bow to no one!” I just got something in my eye, that’s all…[/sub] [/QUOTE] Must have been dusty where I was too, then… ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/77 "2006-10-03T22:07:20Z")
I’m not sure I cry during scenes of death or parting, but I genuinely get emotional during scenes of true accomplisment or achievement. and as such, I pretty much break down at these moments of accomplishment in movies: “That’ll do, Pig”. “Mr Miyagi!! We did it!!!” “AAADDDDRIIIEENNNNNNNNEE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/78 "2006-10-03T22:12:23Z")
**My Girl** during the speech the girl gives after the boy dies. **LOTR** with Boromir’s last stand and death. **Serenity** when Wash…well, you know. I sense a trend here. **The Professional** , “For Matilda…” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/79 "2006-10-03T22:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=ouryL] So what was Brian’s song? Raindrops are falling on my head? [/QUOTE] IIRC (I haven’t seen it in 35 years) – taken literally, it was his college fight song (Bowling Green, perhaps). There was a scene where all the rookies were made to sing their college song. The Marseillaise scene in Casablanca. Field of Dreams Last minute of It’s a Wonderful Life ROTK (my friends, you bow to no one) ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918/80 "2006-10-03T22:36:46Z")
The last scene in _Saving Private Ryan_. I’m pretty hardboiled when it comes to movies, but that one got me. I don’t know how anyone could sit through that and not well up a little. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-its-ok-for-guys-to-cry-at/374918.md?page=5)