# Non-sports movies that make guys weepy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947 "2013-07-30T20:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/1 "2013-07-30T20:47:14Z")
I was watching _October Sky_ the other day and it made me well up,like it always does. It made me realize that when you ask guys what movies make them weepy they almost always respond with sports movies (_Field of Dreams, Rudy_, etc.), but I assume there are several non-sports movies, like OS that can make it happen as well. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/2 "2013-07-30T21:06:57Z")
_Iron Giant_, for sure. ETA - also other boy-themed kids movies, notably that sadistic motherfucker _Old Yeller_ but including also _The Yearling_, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/3 "2013-07-30T21:09:54Z")
_Big Fish_ got my husband, but he had a very complicated relationship with his father. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/4 "2013-07-30T21:10:22Z")
I agree with October Sky. I’ll add Toy Story 3. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/5 "2013-07-30T21:25:18Z")
I got a bit choked up during _Life Is Beautiful_. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/6 "2013-07-30T21:40:47Z")
When the creepy old man hugs his son in _Home Alone_ ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/7 "2013-07-30T21:45:50Z")
_My Life_ with Michael Keaton. In particular, the scene where his father is shaving his face for him. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/8 "2013-07-30T21:52:27Z")
**E.T.** was the only time I saw my father cry until many years later when my mom died. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/9 "2013-07-30T21:55:30Z")
I’m not a guy, but I’d nominate _Second Hand Lions_. Very guy oriented in a very good way. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/10 "2013-07-30T21:57:45Z")
Dirty Dozen when Jim Brown gets killed. The end of Saving Private Ryan. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/11 "2013-07-30T21:58:29Z")
_The Wrath of Khan_ “I have been, and always shall be, your friend.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/12 "2013-07-30T22:13:55Z")
_Up_. It made me cry twice – if you’ve seen the movie, you can probably guess the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/13 "2013-07-30T22:24:11Z")
Everyone knows tear ducts are connected to vaginas. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/14 "2013-07-30T22:33:19Z")
The Jaguar Shark scene in _The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou_ is also acceptable to cry at. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/15 "2013-07-30T22:40:24Z")
[This](http://youtu.be/a_oNoQ4Ynj4) scene in _Toy Story 2_. Although I’m not sure how much being a guy has to do with it ---
**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:** [July 30, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/16 "2013-07-30T22:51:14Z")
When King Kong dies always does it for me. That noble colossus, fighting the biplanes he couldn’t possibly defeat, saving Fay Wray before falling to his death. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/17 "2013-07-30T23:01:21Z")
Babe. “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.” ---
**Author:** ![Leoj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Leoj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leoj)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/18 "2013-07-30T23:06:35Z")
_Terminator 2_ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/19 "2013-07-31T00:39:23Z")
Schindlers List “This pin…4 more lives…etc” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/20 "2013-07-31T00:43:48Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Everyone knows tear ducts are connected to vaginas. Then I must have one that is yet to be discovered. I might go so far as to say that if a movie doesn’t at some point jerk my tears, it may not be worth watching. Some exceptions, but not many. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947.md?page=2)