# What films have made you cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203 "2008-01-19T23:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/41 "2008-01-20T02:55:45Z")
Philadelphia The Champ Shane and so many more… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/42 "2008-01-20T03:15:58Z")
_Schindler’s List_, when Schindler is by the car whispering “I could have done more” gets me Every. Damn. Time. \* The Notebook\*. I had an idea what the story was going to be about from the previews, but I started bawling like a baby halfway through the movie and couldn’t stop. I can’t watch it again…I don’t have the emotional wherewithal. ---
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In _Edward Scissorhands_, the scene that shows Edward back in the old house, working on an ice sculpture of Kim dancing. Also the final line in another movie: “Charlotte was both.” ---
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I am a total weepie at the movies. I admit it. Here are some of the most egregious offenders: The mega award-winning HK film [**Comrades, Almost a Love Story**](http://www.dvdspot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2145). (Star-crossed lovers) The Korean film **Failan** (starts off pretty tepid but the last 30 minutes…wow) [**The Bride with White Hair**](http://www.dvdspot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3580) (more star-crossed lovers…with betrayal) **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon** , but not necessarily at the ending. During the fight scenes, especially the first one. I think my reaction was a visceral emotional response at the sheer artistic beauty I was experiencing. This was the first “Asian/fantasy/wuxia” film I ever saw and I suppose it was like someone viewing the Mona Lisa for the first time, and really getting it. There is no logical explanation, it just is. I do remember when I saw \*\*Forrest Gump \*\* for the first time. I was in grad school and had gone to the theater by myself. When Forrest was talking to Jennie’s grave and had the letter from Forrest, Jr., I totally lost it. Tears streaming down my face. At the time I was too self-conscious to wipe them off, so I just sat there and let them fall into my lap. The Korean film **[A Moment to Remember](http://www.dvdspot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5775)**. Boy, does \*that \* one really get the waterworks going. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/45 "2008-01-20T03:45:06Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I am comforted to know that we Dopers are a bunch of weepy pansy-asses! 🆒 [/QUOTE] I’ll go one further - some embarassing movies that made me cry: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”. There, I said it. Not the “the needs of the many” scene either. The funeral scene (yes, with Scotty playing “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes). As a huge fan of the original series, it makes me think of ALL the amazing times Kirk and Spock have had. All the near-death situations they’ve faced. And all that they’ve accomplished. And when I think of what Kirk is realizing he’s just lost (until the next movie…), it just gets to me. “Armageddon”. Yes, the Bruce Willis meteor flick. This is more personal. That scene at the end when Bruce tells Liv Tyler good bye. My father died when I was very young, and I guess I wish he could have said good bye. As for not-so-embarassing: As mentioned before, “LOTR ROTK”. And “The Sixth Sense” when the boy tells his mother that the grandmother did see her dance. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/46 "2008-01-20T03:52:34Z")
Most recently, _Pan’s Labyrinth_. As the credits rolled, I was sitting in the theater bawling like a tiny baby. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/47 "2008-01-20T03:56:29Z")
I cry easily at movies, so the list of films that _haven’t_ made me cry is probably shorter. But the most recent movies I’ve seen that have made me cry are “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” (on DVD, about the Irish Civil War) and “Atonement” (in theaters). This morning I _thought_ about the film “The Mission” (with Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro) and started choking up. There’s one scene at the end that just…gah. The saddest movie I have ever seen, though, is a French film called “Ponette,” about a little girl struggling to understand the death of her mother. Without exaggeration, I cried from the first scene until the credits ran, just sat there with tears continuously flowing down my face. It’s a good movie, though – I’d see it again. ---
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I know I’ve cried at a lot more movies, but the ones I can think of off the top of my head where I cried uncontrollably and thought “geez, I will never watch this movie again!” are \*\*My Girl \*\*and My **Dog Skip**. Kids and dogs - ugh! ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/49 "2008-01-20T04:10:52Z")
The Iron Giant. The Plague Dogs. I can’t fight back the tears for these two movies. Anne of Green Gables. _ahem_ Yeah. So what?! Can’t a guy like a good story . . . grumble grumble. ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] …I cried at the end of _Il Postino_ when the movie director watches all the censored kisses… [/QUOTE] D’oh! I meant _Cinema Paradiso_. :smack: And now that I think of it, _Cast Away_, when Wilson the volleyball floats away. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/51 "2008-01-20T04:13:49Z")
I’m pretty tough when it comes to movies but one that got through my armor was the end of The Last Samurai. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/52 "2008-01-20T04:14:33Z")
Used Cars ---
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**Spoilers ahead** … **Millions** - The scene at the end where Damien meets his mother. This is a great childrens movie by the way. **ROTK** - “my friends, you bow for no man” **FOTR** - I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. “Don’t you leave him Samwise Gamgee.” And I don’t mean to. I don’t mean to. **No Country for Old Men** - The scene with Carla Jean and Anton gets me. **Fargo** - The end scene with Marge and Norm Gunderson **Dead Poets Society** Oh captain my captain. **Platoon** - Dafoe’s death. Also one of the best deaths in the history of movies. **The Last of the Mohicans** - The end. There’s probably a few dozen more, but that’s off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/54 "2008-01-20T04:23:46Z")
A couple of times during ROTK and **Ladyhawke**. “Jack, I swear…” in **Brokeback**. **Grave of the Fireflies**. **The Secret of Roan Inish** , at the end, when the little boy says his sister Fiona’s name for the first time. ---
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In the “Horrible Things Done to Peppy Music” catagory, the Cheyenne village being massacred to _Garryowen_ in **Little Big Man** (which was historically innacurate: Custer left the band behind at the Washita); and the boy’s school being marched into battle to _The Bonny Blue Flag_ in **The Horse Soldiers**. Seriously sadistic filmaking. ---
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Man, I cried about non-stop for the last third of **Children of Men** , pretty much everything from Jasper’s last scene until the end I was leaking like a sieve. That’s just the most recent one… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203/57 "2008-01-20T04:35:14Z")
\*\*Castaway \*\* - Wilson, his only friend, just floating away, and Tom Hanks tries and tries to save him, like a real person, but just cant do it. Also, finding that the love he remembered had moved on. **October Sky** - When the guys smashed and burned their shack, giving up on their dreams. And, most recently: **Enchanted** - The ballroom scene, where Giselle is dancing with Robert. And he sings to her, which she said guys should do for who they love. But he’s engaged, and she’s going back to Andalasia afterwards with Prince Edward. The song “So Close” is beautiful, and they’re all keeping it just under the surface, and it made me start to tear up. Awww. ---
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_Its a Wonderful Life_, God help me. ---
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_Titanic_, especially right after the ship goes under and the camera pulls back to reveal the people in the water screaming for help. And I’m going to be accused of being a sap, but also the scene where Rose jumps off the lifeboat back onto Titanic, meeting Jack at the staircase. ---
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[QUOTE=Poysyn] I cried during _Lilo and Stitch_ when he is alone crying because he doesn’t have a family - but I was very pregnant at the time so that’s my excuse. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Baldwin] I’ve actually teared up at a couple of cartoons. Lilo and Stitch, and The Iron Giant. [/QUOTE] Omigawd, I thought I was the only one. I am a notorious movie-weeper, but even I was surprised how much of a wreck I was after **Lilo and Stitch**. No pregnancy hormones necessary! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-have-made-you-cry/434203.md?page=4)