# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/21 "2012-09-10T01:11:51Z")
Goodbye Mr Chips. The original version with Robert Donat. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/22 "2012-09-10T01:14:28Z")
> [@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. > > 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. No kidding. Fun fact: They packaged the original release of that movie with My Neighbor Totoro because it was too damned depressing to sell on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/23 "2012-09-10T01:16:18Z")
[Imagine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(film)). I was so wrapped up in enjoying Lennon’s music and stories that I wasn’t thinking ahead to what was going to happen when the chronology reached the end of 1980. The murder hit me like a sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/24 "2012-09-10T01:18:06Z")
Anything with animals. Anything. Homeward Bound, The Incredible Journey - when the animals come bounding out of the woods, one by one, and they wait and wait for the old dog…and there he is!!! - OMG I’m tearing up right this minute. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/25 "2012-09-10T01:32:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Imagine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(film)). I was so wrapped up in enjoying Lennon’s music and stories that I wasn’t thinking ahead to what was going to happen when the chronology reached the end of 1980. The murder hit me like a sledgehammer. I assume you saw my post. Thank you for agreeing. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/26 "2012-09-10T01:46:40Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Return of the King: “My friends! You bow to no one.” Oh God, yes. > [@Gagundathar](#): > > \ > Serenity: toward the end of the film.\ Oh yeah. > [@Foggy](#): > > Brokeback Mountain(2005) > \ It took me about a year to get over that movie (no exaggeration). How about “Jerry Maguire”? “Up” - we just watched it recently, and oh yeah, I was sniffling a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/27 "2012-09-10T01:47:09Z")
More than I care to admit to. Taking a quick peek at my movie collection: Big Fish- the funeral scene where all the sideshow people show up Secondhand Lions- I was yelling “Get out of the car, kid!” at the screen, good thing I was watching at home. Toy Story 3- Andy gives his toys away. Casablanca- “If that plane leaves the ground and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it…” Lord of the Rings: Return of the King- “My friends, you bow to no one!” Frequency- When the son talks to his dad through the radio the day after the dad was supposed to die in the fire. I haven’t been able to watch this part since my dad passed away. I’m sure there’s more, but that’s the only shelf I can see from here. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/28 "2012-09-10T01:47:19Z")
a lot of those mentioned and also Apollo 13 when the parachutes open and you know they made it through the atmosphere and those goobers at mission control go nuts. _every single time_ I see it I am so relieved they made it. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/29 "2012-09-10T01:47:45Z")
I watch “iron giant” every year so i can have a good cry. The end of the sixth sense floored me too. I was just bawling. Looking back I don’t know why I didn’t see it coming. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/30 "2012-09-10T02:09:53Z")
For me there are two reliables: “Four Weddings and a Funeral” - John Hannah’s rendition of Auden’s poem [Funeral Blues](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_Blues) gets me every time. “Red Dog” - to see the ending is to weep, I defy anyone not to. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/31 "2012-09-10T02:52:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I would do anything to be able to play catch with my father one more time. Same movie, but for some reason my moment is when Archie Graham crosses the line and sacrifices baseball to choose doctoring… The other guarantees: “George Bailey–the richest man in town!” “I’ll… be… right… here.” ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/32 "2012-09-10T03:06:12Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > a lot of those mentioned and also Apollo 13 > > when the parachutes open and you know they made it through the atmosphere and those goobers at mission control go nuts. > > _every single time_ I see it I am so relieved they made it. To me it’s when Mrs Lovell got a moment of lucidity, “Don’t worry, if they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.” > [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Same movie, but for some reason my moment is when Archie Graham crosses the line and sacrifices baseball to choose doctoring… > > The other guarantees: > “George Bailey–the richest man in town!” > > “I’ll… be… right… here.” Yeah well I remember when I stopped wanting to play catch with my dad and I lost him when I was 22. It gets me every time. But the Archie Graham part works too. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/33 "2012-09-10T03:10:22Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Anything with animals. Anything. > > Homeward Bound, The Incredible Journey - > > when the animals come bounding out of the woods, one by one, and they wait and wait for the old dog…and there he is!!! - OMG I’m tearing up right this minute. Good grief, reading that made me all teary. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/34 "2012-09-10T03:17:20Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > All of them. I’m such a sap. So so so this. My friends make fun of me all the time. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/35 "2012-09-10T03:31:46Z")
I cry at the end of **The Dirty Dozen** , Trini Lopez does it to me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/36 "2012-09-10T03:36:24Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > “Red Dog” - to see the ending is to weep, I defy anyone not to. [Red Dog](http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/red-dog-film-review-40288.html) is a great choice. I’m a sucker for good dog movies and this one hits all the right points. The characterisations of the mine workers are hilarious as well. _Iron Giant_ is a fine choice as well: “Superman…” Dammit, its only a drawing, its only a drawing. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/37 "2012-09-10T03:40:58Z")
_Little Women_ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/38 "2012-09-10T03:58:03Z")
_Toy Story 3_ _Marley & Me_ ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/39 "2012-09-10T04:12:06Z")
For those that need the reference [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/coOYa4h98M4/maxresdefault.jpg "Sleepless in Seattle | "Oh God, I Love That Movie"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOYa4h98M4) ---
**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 10, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235/40 "2012-09-10T06:17:32Z")
Just watched \*The Incredibles \*tonight on ABC Family. As always, it made me a bit misty. Damn allergies!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-made-you-cry/634235.md?page=3)