# So what movies made you cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235 "2012-09-09T21:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/1 "2012-09-09T21:31:49Z")
I’m pushing 50 and I’m not ashamed to say that there are nine films that I cried in: As a child: “Pinocchio” (when he drowns saving Gepetto from Monstro the Whale) “Gunga Din” (as an adult too) 24 Eyes" (A Japanese Language film) As an adult: “Crimes And Misdemeanors” (final montage) “Stand By Me” (Ahh…youth and when we were innocent) “Life Is Beautiful” (Italian Language version) “Big Fish” (reminds me of my own life) “Paths Of Glory” (Very powerful closing scene) “Days Of Wine And Roses” (Absolutely heartbreaking, especially since we know that Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick are basically good people but unfortunately they are very weak; and Lemmon’s character KNOWS that this was all caused by himself, however unintentionally). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/2 "2012-09-09T22:14:34Z")
Return of the King: “My friends! You bow to no one.” ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/3 "2012-09-09T22:27:15Z")
Old Yeller: should be kind of obvious Serenity: toward the end of the film. Lots of other ones, but those spring to mind. I am a sentimental kind of guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/4 "2012-09-09T22:36:05Z")
I’m generally a cold-hearted snake, but then there’s _Grave of the Fireflies_, the animated film set at the end of World War II in Japan. Not only did watching it completely sap my will to live, but about **4 months later** I was in the Asian grocery store and saw a package of candies similar to one that is featured (depressingly) in the movie, and I started crying right in the middle of the goddamn grocery store. For real. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/5 "2012-09-09T22:36:49Z")
Let me be the first to mention: [Where the Red Fern Grows](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072402/combined) And, of course, the ending of [Schindler’s List](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/combined). ETA: Of relatively recent flicks, I admit I cried during [Barney’s Version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/combined) (‘Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, Karl, it tolls for thee’). ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/6 "2012-09-09T22:41:26Z")
I used to love [Brassed Off](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassed_Off): it’s very funny and has some heart-warming moments. However, last time I tried to watch it, I couldn’t get past the sad parts and had to stop watching. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/7 "2012-09-09T23:03:11Z")
Brokeback Mountain(2005) A Home at the End of the World(2004) Galaxy Quest(1999) Paris is Burning (1990) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/8 "2012-09-09T23:06:23Z")
_Toy Story 3_: The scene where they all think they’re about to die in the incinerator and they reach out and hold hands. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/9 "2012-09-09T23:48:53Z")
_Toy Story 3_ I’ve only seen once but it got me at the end. Andy letting go of his childhood and passing it on to someone else. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, every single time I watch _Phone Booth_, I cry. I honestly cannot watch the ending of that movie without tearing up. Colin Farrell’s delivery of his character’s confession and apology kills me. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/10 "2012-09-09T23:51:23Z")
All of them. I’m such a sap. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/11 "2012-09-09T23:54:01Z")
_It’s A Wonderful Life_ - gets my eyes watering every year like clockwork ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/12 "2012-09-09T23:56:36Z")
_Awakenings_ had me a sobbing mess at the end. I was crying for joy seeing Leonard walk and the others, well, awakening, but I didn’t anticipate them getting WORSE after getting better and that completely wrecked me. My father passed away with a rapidly advancing Parkinson’s, so this movie hits me even harder now. Still a great flick, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/13 "2012-09-09T23:59:36Z")
_Dumbo_, when he is separated from his mom. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/14 "2012-09-10T00:15:28Z")
I would do anything to be able to play catch with my father one more time. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/15 "2012-09-10T00:18:55Z")
The end of the Killing Fields. I wont cry in public but that one almost got me to. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/16 "2012-09-10T00:22:27Z")
Many movies make me cry, but the one that springs to mind is The Horse Whisperer. It started with the very first scene (the accident) and continued until the end. Sometimes, I cried because it was sad, sometimes it was touching, sometimes it was happy. But I basically cried for two hours straight. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/17 "2012-09-10T00:29:48Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Return of the King: “My friends! You bow to no one.” Same movie, but it was, “I can’t carry it for you, Mr. Frodo…but I can carry you!” > [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I’m generally a cold-hearted snake, but then there’s _Grave of the Fireflies_, the animated film set at the end of World War II in Japan. Only movie I’ve seen that is sadder than that one is Dear Zachary. ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/18 "2012-09-10T00:39:33Z")
Not too many, but I’d have to include: -Field Of Dreams -All About My Mother The Mambo Kings ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/19 "2012-09-10T00:48:41Z")
Meh. I can get choked up at the littlest of things, but crying? Nope. The end of Toy Story 3 was choke-inducive. I watched Imagine: John Lennon (The film) on VHS a few years after its release, by myself one night after a fair amount of booze, and it fucking killed me. I wept like a baby. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/20 "2012-09-10T00:50:37Z")
I never used to cry at movies at all, until I got older and had kids and then my dad died, followed three years later by my mother. Now I am a sucker for anything having to do with kids and their fathers. Hell, I teared up during the end of Armageddon when the kid sees on TV the one of the crew on the tarmac when their shuttle lands and says “Look mommy, it’s the salesman,” and the mom responds “No, that’s your father.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235.md?page=2)