# Movies that make you blub **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961 "2008-07-10T11:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/161 "2008-07-15T19:17:23Z")
Oh, there are lots of movies that make me tear up. on scene I haven’t seen here is when they shoot the wolf in _Dances with Wolves_. Almost any time something bad happens to animals, really. When Willie jumps the rocks. When the animals make it home in _The Incredible Journey_ or _Far From Home:The Adventures of Yellow Dog_. StG ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/162 "2008-07-15T20:09:42Z")
_Nowhere in Africa_ causes an hour of sobbing everytime I watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/163 "2008-07-15T20:25:55Z")
And _Mysterious Skin_ with Joseph Gordon Leavitt. Excruciating! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/164 "2008-07-16T04:31:07Z")
How about the ending of Ozu’s _Tokyo Story_? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/165 "2008-07-16T04:45:12Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I didn’t cry after watching GOFF, but I did feel pretty emotionally numb afterwards. [/QUOTE] I have GOFF in my Netflix queue right now but I keep bumping it down, because I know from what others say that I’m going to be an emotional wreck after I watch it. I should just get it over with (I do really want to see it, though). ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/166 "2008-07-16T04:51:44Z")
Six Weeks Life is Beautiful Ordinary People Beaches Terms of Endearment My Dog Skip My Girl What Dreams May Come (oh, my GOD!) Too many to name…I’m a sap! ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/167 "2008-07-16T05:26:50Z")
I cry at a lot of the ones mentioned here–most notably, _The Color Purple_ and _Steel Magnolias_. One I haven’t seen mentioned yet is _Meet the Robinsons_. The ending really makes me tear up. Its the part where they take Lewis to his new home and he’s so awed by it all–his new parents are watching him, obviously moved by his wonder. The song that accompanies it (_Little Wonders_, by Rob Thomas) adds to the emotion. It brings to mind all the times I’ve watched my children in just the same way and been so stirred by the delight they take in the seemingly ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/168 "2008-07-16T09:10:54Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] I have GOFF in my Netflix queue right now but I keep bumping it down, because I know from what others say that I’m going to be an emotional wreck after I watch it. I should just get it over with (I do really want to see it, though). [/QUOTE] You should see it, it’s a great film (emotional turmoil not withstanding). ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/169 "2008-07-16T09:41:46Z")
I saw this movie on a highway bus in Taiwan: it was all in Korean with Chinese subtitles, but still managed to choke me up a bit: [A Man Who Went to Mars](http://kmovieaddicts.blogspot.com/2006/10/man-who-went-to-mars.html) . ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/170 "2008-07-16T12:05:53Z")
I stumbled on another thread with the same topic: [thread=452160] What films have made you cry?[/thread] And if we can mention stage plays, **Miss Saigon** has a song about war orphans that gets me. “They are the living reminder of the good deeds we failed to do.” Sniff! Damn allergies making the computer go all out of focus. Where are those kleenex? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/171 "2008-07-16T13:11:38Z")
[QUOTE=PeskiPiksi] _The Joy Luck Club_. This movie has a lot of tear-jerkerish scenes, but there’s one that always, _always_ makes me cry, even if I warn myself it’s coming and make an honest effort not to. It’s the “best quality” scene when June and her mother have a confrontation/connection while washing dishes, and her mother tells her that she “sees her” and knows that she has the “best quality heart.” Oh, just watch the [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpgeCKL2hg). Especially from about the 4:00 minute mark. I think this scene gets to me because I would love to have a conversation like this with my own mother. I identify strongly with June. _sob_ [/QUOTE] My eyes are misting just _thinking_ about that scene and so many others in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/172 "2008-07-16T15:44:12Z")
_Heaven Can Wait_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/173 "2008-07-16T16:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=sqweels] _Heaven Can Wait_ [/QUOTE] Don Ameche or Warren Beatty? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/174 "2008-07-16T17:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Chanteuse] One I haven’t seen mentioned yet is _Meet the Robinsons_. The ending really makes me tear up. Its the part where they take Lewis to his new home and he’s so awed by it all–his new parents are watching him, obviously moved by his wonder. The song that accompanies it (_Little Wonders_, by Rob Thomas) adds to the emotion. It brings to mind all the times I’ve watched my children in just the same way and been so stirred by the delight they take in the seemingly ordinary. [/QUOTE] I saw that in the theatre, and while it was one of my very favorite Disney cartoons ever, I didn’t even mist up at that, nor even when Lewis goes to check out his original mother. Dry-eyed, happy, blah blah blah. Then they showed the title card, with the quotation, that ends the movie, and that was it for me. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/175 "2008-07-16T19:04:33Z")
The Chronicles of Narnia–when Aslan “died”. Many years ago, when Chicago Hope was on, the character played by Peter McNichols was going to die. There had been a lot of publicity done on him leaving the show, so it wasn’t going to be a surprise. The few weeks prior to it, I saw several times that he was leaving the show and his character was going to die. However, watching the episode, I found myself thinking, “Oh, he’s going to be okay! He’s NOT going to die!” He died. I wept like a baby. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/176 "2008-07-16T19:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=phall0106] The Chronicles of Narnia–when Aslan “died”. [/QUOTE] I did this when I was younger, with the older animated version. Bawled like a baby at the sacrifice scene… ---
**Author:** ![queenquimarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@queenquimarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/queenquimarie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/177 "2008-07-16T19:23:24Z")
I’m a big sap but these movies left me emotionally incapacitated for at least a few hours… SCHINDLER’S LIST THE NOTEBOOK ATONEMENT SEABISCUIT WE WERE SOLDIERS ---
**Author:** ![queenquimarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@queenquimarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/queenquimarie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/178 "2008-07-16T19:33:14Z")
also the last scenes of MOULIN ROUGE always get me, even if I didn’t watch the whole movie ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/179 "2008-07-16T19:37:59Z")
Old Yeller still gets to me,also the ending of E.T.Oh yeah,when the blood of Christ mixes with the rain and cures Ben Hur’s mother and sister ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961/180 "2008-07-16T20:48:56Z")
Gah, I’m tearing up reading this thread. Most of mine have been mentioned – Return of the King in particular I cry throughout most of, with noisy racking sobs when Gandalf is telling Pippin what he has to look forward to after he dies. A good friend of mine from college who I’d seen all the movies with on opening night died not long after the movie was out and we sang Into the West at his funeral, and THAT song and Rainbow Connection don’t just turn on the waterworks, they break the valve. Empire of the Sun is another especially bad one. All throughout, really. I remembered another one recently: Hair. When I first saw it, I had no idea how it was going to end. As I watched it, I had no idea how it was going to end. And then all of a sudden the ending comes, and it’s like taking a step through a door and finding there’s no floor underneath, just the ground rushing up to meet you. When you-probably-know-what happens, I was just staring at the screen, and the song pushed me that extra inch into crying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961.md?page=10)