Yeah, but weren’t ALL '58 Plymouths possessed?
Good choice.
One more that has yet to be mentioned: Cyrano de Bergerac. This is an absolutely wonderful story that stands as one of the true classic romantic tear-jerkers. The final scenes with Cyrano and Roxanne are tailor-made to bring on the waterworks!
Yes, it was a bit manipulative, but the ending of “Life is Beautiful” made me cry, too.
And Boromir’s death scene in “The Fellowship of the Ring” was very powerful: “I would have died for you, my brother… my captain… my king!”
May I add:
David has just one perfect day with his mom at the end of “A.I.,” and falls asleep… forever. Fade to black.
The young parents poison their baby and then themselves in “On the Beach,” rather than die a lingering, awful death of radiation sickness.
Two scenes from “Breaker Morant.” Witton breaks free from the guards and grabs Morant’s hands through the cell bars… and later, Morant shouts to the firing squad, “Shoot straight, you bastards - don’t make a mess of it!”
Not a movie, but Bird Man can’t get through the Futurama ep Jurassic Bark without using his dog as a kleenex.
My husband cries during Rudy and Brian’s Song.
Don’t forget the shot of a flag=draped Jim Craig looking for his father in the stands. I saw that live in 1980 and just broke down.
I don’t know if it is guaranteed to make ALL men cry, but my husband cried at the end of Philadelphia.
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Watch this a double feature with Gallipolli. The final scene when Mel Gibson is trying to get back to stop the attack…
Another scene from the Elephant Man, Merrick is walking away from Treves, who is writing at his desk. Merrick stops and says, “I was wondering something, Doctor. Can you cure me?” Treves hesitates before answering and you know he’s debating whether to tell Merrick the truth or not. Then he answers, “No, John. We can try to keep you comfortable, but there is no cure.” Merrick pauses for a moment and says, “Oh, I thought not. Thank you.” then continues walking away.
Just the calm way he accepts the bad news.
Also, the first five minutes of City of Angels. Killing off a little girl like that. Bastards!
I’ll second Rudy, Saving Private Ryan, and add Madame X (with Lana Turner and Keir Dullea (EVERY time I watch it), and An Affair to Remember.
I did weep. Because that movie was so lame, it made me cry.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. I was bawling at the end of that movie. I own it, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch it because I don’t want to put myself through that again. That said, I was going through a really rough patch when I saw that film, which I think was the main cause of my reaction.
A couple people have mentioned Fellowship of the Ring but I came closer to tears in Return of the King during the ride of the Rohirrim. Theoden’s speech sounds like it was written for the sole purpose of making grown men cry.
I’ll also second Eternal Sunshine and, obviously, Field of Dreams.
I always get teary at the end of Raising Arizona.
Okay, I’ll bite.
What’s “When you hit your knees?”
My guy will cry at any movie where someone’s beloved wife/girlfriend dies. Most recently Neverland , but he will also leave the room when I am watching Moulon Rouge when Satine dies. (TheElf’s second wife died during surgery about 12 years ago.) I think it’s the most romantic, wonderful part of his personality.
The first one I remember was the scene where Demi Moore dies in The Seventh Sign
Then there was similar scene in She’s Having a Baby when Elizabeth McGovern’s character experiences trouble during childbirth. Man they were playing this incerdible song doing that scene. Anybody remember what it was?
I lost it when the kid got killed in Pay it Forward.
Believe it or not, I saw It’s a Wonderful Life for the first time last year, and the scene where everyone came to George’s rescue did me in too.
In real life situations my dad is an oak. Didn’t cry in front of anyone when his parents died, just kept the rest of us together. The only things I’ve ever seen him cry over are baseball movies - not all baseball movies. The ones I know will get to him are The Pride of the Yankees and The Natural.
Oh, I almost forgot, I was watching it this weekend with my sons. There are several misty moments in The Neverending Story
I concur with the many cites on “The Iron Giant”. Among more recent films, “Moulin Rouge” also got my waterworks flowing, as did “The English Patient”.
“Schindler’s List” almost doesn’t count. I won’t ask who watched it and didn’t cry, I’d really rather not know.
…and then of course there’s “Airplane!”, but those are tears of laughter.