# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/41 "2013-07-31T16:24:43Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Not the end of _Saving Private Ryan_, but after the Normandy Beach scene, the interlaced scenes of reading Lincoln’s letter and Ryan’s mother on her porch. Those scenes get me too but the scene that probably gets to me the most is when Tom Hanks’ character has to isolate himself from his men to weep after the death of the medic…that shaking hand thing he does and the fact that it seems he’s weeping for not just one event or for himself but for everything that has happened before and what trials lay ahead is pretty moving. And the fact that he doesn’t want his men to see him crying. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/42 "2013-07-31T16:28:53Z")
The Shawshank Redemption for me. . . .see it 10+ times and I ALWAYS cry during the "I hope. . . " soliloquy at the end. Morgan Freeman rules. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/43 "2013-07-31T18:02:03Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > OK, I’m picking up a fairly strong geek vibe from this thread, so I’ll venture to suggest another animated film. > > Gravestone for Fireflies (Japanese) is one of the saddest films I’ve ever seen. > It is gut-punchingly sad and depressing. Also, beautifully made. > > _“Big brother, why do fireflies die so soon?”_ Seconded, such a sad film. It’s flawless portrait of two children’s innocence and naivety meeting cold reality is heartbreaking- you’d have to be a sociopath not to well-up watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/44 "2013-07-31T18:32:52Z")
The end of the last episode of _Band of Brothers._ Maybe I should have caught on sooner, but it blew me away when the revealed that the men they had been showing interviews with during the series were the actual men portrayed. Crap, my throat’s getting a little tight just thinking about it. I got weepy seeing the _Les Mis_ film, too. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/45 "2013-07-31T18:45:16Z")
Ol’ Yeller. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/46 "2013-07-31T19:02:23Z")
Cinderellaman, boxing is a sport but its everything else in that movie that’s heart wrenching. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/47 "2013-07-31T19:22:21Z")
One of the final scenes in LOTR: ROTK, when Aragorn says to the hobbits, “My friends, you bow to no one.” ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/48 "2013-07-31T19:35:10Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > OK, I’m picking up a fairly strong geek vibe from this thread, so I’ll venture to suggest another animated film. > > Gravestone for Fireflies (Japanese) is one of the saddest films I’ve ever seen. > It is gut-punchingly sad and depressing. Also, beautifully made. > > _“Big brother, why do fireflies die so soon?”_ > > And now I’m choking up just remembering it. > > … This is one of the best anime movies for non-anime fans. Watch it. Go hug your little sister. Watch it with her. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/49 "2013-07-31T20:06:04Z")
_Up_, of all things, when the wife’s chair gets tossed. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/50 "2013-07-31T21:11:31Z")
_Sophie’s Choice_ _The Trojan Women_ ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/51 "2013-07-31T22:40:35Z")
After reading this thread and others like it, I believe if you asked what movies make _gals_ weepy you would get pretty much the same list. (Well, except for Beaches – no self-respecting guy would watch that.) I don’t care if you’re man, woman or humanoid, you’re going to break down watching [Ponette](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117359/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). For me, the movies not named Field of Dreams (which isn’t so much a sports movie, actually) and not yet named that get me good: Ghost Rain Man Untamed Heart I’m sure I will come back with others. And even though it’s been mentioned, good God, did **Toy Story 3** do a number on me. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/52 "2013-07-31T23:38:50Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > This is one of the best anime movies for non-anime fans. Watch it. Go hug your little sister. Watch it with her. Years ago I had a student in Japan tell me she hated this movie, because it was compulsory viewing at her school and, after having been made to watch it several times, she just found it too depressing. It doesn’t merely touch your heart, it rips it right out of your chest like the evil priest in _Temple of Doom._ I’ll also add my voice to those recommending _Up._ I think it’s the only other animated film that’s made me cry. Most moving opening sequence of any movie I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/53 "2013-07-31T23:50:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > _Up_. It made me cry twice – if you’ve seen the movie, you can probably guess the scenes. Another vote for UP, and the two scenes you’re referring to. …snif. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/54 "2013-08-01T00:00:49Z")
50+ posts and nobody has mentioned _Good Will Hunting_? Are you all made of stone? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/55 "2013-08-01T01:30:20Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > 50+ posts and nobody has mentioned _Good Will Hunting_? Are you all made of stone? Hey, back off, man; it’s not my fault; it’s not my fault; it’s not my fault; it’s not my fault; it’s not my fault. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/56 "2013-08-01T03:43:39Z")
Funny, well not funny ha ha, I just watched Grave of the Fireflies and I didn’t cry. It was very sad and I choked up when he had to “set the fire” on the hill but the opening scene softens the entire movie. The Red Balloon makes me cry. Empire of the Sun too. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/57 "2013-08-01T04:36:59Z")
I got a little choked up during 1999’s _The Mummy_…“Here I come, laddies!” ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/58 "2013-08-01T05:21:44Z")
People haven’t mentioned _Old Yeller_ yet? Granted, every woman I know who’s seen that movie also breaks into tears as well. In all seriousness, the world would be much better off if men admitted they cried and women admitted they masturbated. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/59 "2013-08-01T05:34:52Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > One of the final scenes in LOTR: ROTK, when Aragorn says to the hobbits, “My friends, you bow to no one.” My husband gave that one a “maybe.” I’m pretty sure he meant, “Yeah, I bawled like a baby at that like everyone else in the world.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947/60 "2013-08-01T06:07:25Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > 50+ posts and nobody has mentioned _Good Will Hunting_? Are you all made of stone? I’m pretty sure the OP didn’t mean crying from _laughing_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sports-movies-that-make-guys-weepy/664947.md?page=4)