# The one movie guaranteed to make the men cry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214 "2005-07-06T00:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/21 "2005-07-06T02:36:28Z")
The scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke takes off Darth Vader’s mask and stays with him during his last breaths. I can’t see how anyone could not be moved by this. I’ve said it before - those who respond to criticism of the new Prequels by saying “well, the old ones were just as cheesy” must have missed this scene. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/22 "2005-07-06T02:42:09Z")
If he’s an animal lover I’d go with “Watership Down”. Mom, what you were thinking taking a seven year-old to that one I’ll never know. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/23 "2005-07-06T02:42:56Z")
_American History X_ puts tears in my eyes twice: When Beverly D’Angelo tells Ed Norton that she’s ashamed that she gave birth to him, and when Edward Furlong gets shot at the end of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/24 "2005-07-06T04:15:35Z")
The one that always gives me a little occular perspirationis Braveheart. But only from the emotion when he gives the “are you willing to fight for it speech.” :mad: Sadly I was born in the days when grabbing a sword and chasing down the bastards is frowned upon. ☹ I was really made for a earlier era but got stuck in this pussy-ass time. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/25 "2005-07-06T04:25:05Z")
I cried at the end of _The Dirty Dozen._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/26 "2005-07-06T04:36:18Z")
My dad always suffers an intense attack of allergies during **The Shawshank Redemption**. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/27 "2005-07-06T04:41:37Z")
_Batman and Robin_. I wanted my money back _so_ badly… ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/28 "2005-07-06T04:44:26Z")
> [@DAVEW0071](#): > > For me, it was when Moonlight Graham steps over into the present to help the little girl. The thought of him giving up his dreams to pursue something else worthwhile still touches me deeply. “Son, if I’d have been a doctor for only five minutes, now that would have been a tragedy.” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/29 "2005-07-06T05:05:32Z")
_The Abyss_: ```auto WE KNEW THIS WAS A ONE WAY TICKET WHEN I PUT THIS THING ON. BUT YOU KNOW I HAD TO COME. ``` I saw it today and I had to work to keep the tears back. I do not cry, especially for books or movies, but I always come damn close for that scene in that show. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/30 "2005-07-06T05:16:17Z")
I think _Big Fish_ is a pretty good bet. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/31 "2005-07-06T05:33:09Z")
**Field of Dreams** and **Brian’s Song** are almost certainly the most quintessential macho-american male “it’s dusty in here” movies. Brian’s Song probably isn’t aging quite as gracefully and Field of Dreams as people memories of the real-life characters wanes, but it still gets the job done for football fans. If the sports element is totally lost on him, **Old Yeller** and a host of other animal movies will probably be the next most likely canidate. There’s a handful of war movies out there that get the job done too, **Glory** and **Saving Rpivate Ryan** being the better examples of it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/32 "2005-07-06T06:02:51Z")
OK, I’m admittedly like Dick Vermeil… I just don’t mind crying if that’s what is called for… **Hoop Dreams My Big Fat Greek Wedding The Full Monty The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile American History X The Iron Giant Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fahrenheit 9/11** (that black screen with audio just does me in) that’s just from glancing at the one bookshelf full of DVDs. Like I said, I don’t bother worrying about my own leaky faucets. It’s all part of a good movie experience, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/33 "2005-07-06T06:13:55Z")
and no one’s mentioned **Graveyard of the Fireflies**? Even though you know it’s coming (cos the movie starts that way), when Setsuko dies, it just rips my heart out I have a similar response at the end of the Japanese film **Quill** But then I cry at all sorts of things. I cried during the episode of **Freaks and Geeks** when Bill almost died from peanut poisoning. My wife still marvels out how I could get so emotional about a ‘dumb tv show’ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/34 "2005-07-06T06:53:20Z")
As of yet, no film has ever made me cry. ☹ The last time I cried was at the end of the book The Bridge to Terebithia when I was 11(?) I have since reread it, but nada. (Grave of the Fireflies got close.) ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/35 "2005-07-06T11:56:27Z")
My fiance cried during **Big Fish**. **ET** always makes my dad cry, so he won’t watch it, though he did take me to see it when it was re-released with walkie-talkies. He still cried. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/36 "2005-07-06T12:04:13Z")
Miracle makes me tear up a bit, but then I also teared up when the wings won the second of their back to back cups. Something about hockey I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/37 "2005-07-06T12:32:32Z")
For me it was Roberto Benigni’s **Life Is Beautiful**. Especially the final 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/38 "2005-07-06T12:36:18Z")
> [@dangergene](#): > > and no one’s mentioned **Graveyard of the Fireflies**? > > Even though you know it’s coming (cos the movie starts that way), when Setsuko dies, it just rips my heart out > > I have a similar response at the end of the Japanese film **Quill** **Grave of the Fireflies** was going to be my suggestion, but the ending of **Unfaithful** did a number to me as well. While it doesn’t make me cry **Requiem for a Dream** gives me the cold shivers… ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/39 "2005-07-06T12:41:11Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > The scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke takes off Darth Vader’s mask and stays with him during his last breaths. I can’t see how anyone could not be moved by this. > > I’ve said it before - those who respond to criticism of the new Prequels by saying “well, the old ones were just as cheesy” must have missed this scene. You are kidding right. Every time I see that scene I laugh. Big old menacing Darth Vader is actually revealed to be a malformed weeble wobble. Now if you are a Dad, I agree Grave of the Fireflies will tear your heat out. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214/40 "2005-07-06T12:42:45Z")
I’m a total wuss. I “mist up” during well done commercials. Most of the movies above I’ve probably teared up during, although I don’t have a full on blubber. _Au revoir, les enfants_ I found very sad as well, although that’s not a particularly well known film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-movie-guaranteed-to-make-the-men-cry/311214.md?page=3)