# What movies make men cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026 "2003-02-19T01:30:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/1 "2003-02-19T01:30:02Z")
I’ve told this to several women and none of them get it. Maybe I’m a freak, but: I cry at the end of _Rocky_, every time. Rocky is so proud to have lasted the whole 15 rounds, he’s so happy that Adrian has come to see him, he doesn’t even hear the announcer saying Apollo has won the fight. Rock’s won _his_ fight. The only other movie I cried at in recent years was _Phenomenom_. There was something about John Travolta secretly buying all those hideous chairs. That’s love, what can I say. When the movie ended, the woman I was with and I sat through the whole ending credits quietly. It turned out that each of us didn’t want the other to see that we were blubbering. I’ve seen the movie again, though, and I haven’t blubbered again. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/2 "2003-02-19T01:31:07Z")
A lot of my friends tear up at \* Rudy \*. - Bubba. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/3 "2003-02-19T01:33:57Z")
Titanic. Bite me. ---
**Author:** ![BalmainBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@BalmainBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BalmainBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/4 "2003-02-19T01:34:47Z")
“Driving Your Ferrari over a cliff - through the ages” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/5 "2003-02-19T01:40:42Z")
The only film I’ve ever seen both men and boys cry at was **The Iron Giant**. I took my little male cousins who were 4 and 8 at the time and they bawled as loud as I did. I glanced around and all the dads were trying unsuccessfully to blink back tears. Great, moving film. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/6 "2003-02-19T01:41:49Z")
I got something in my eye once while watching [The Razor’s Edge](http://us.imdb.com/Title?Razor%27s+Edge,+The+(1984)) ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/7 "2003-02-19T01:45:04Z")
{quote]_Originally posted by Tony Barber’s Underwear_ A lot of my friends tear up at Rudy. [/quote] Ha! So does my husband. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/8 "2003-02-19T01:48:02Z")
I second Rudy and Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/9 "2003-02-19T01:53:59Z")
I cry at the end of the opera _Das Rheingold_ Aw, Mongo straight! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/10 "2003-02-19T01:57:51Z")
I cried when Baloo wemnt down in the Jungle Book :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/11 "2003-02-19T01:58:58Z")
wemnt = went ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/12 "2003-02-19T02:19:42Z")
_Old Yeller_. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/13 "2003-02-19T02:28:20Z")
Grave of the Fireflies is the saddest movie I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/14 "2003-02-19T02:29:41Z")
Mr. Ruby cried at the end of _Love Story_ and the Barbra Streisand version of _A Star is Born_. Unfortunately, that was the first and last time he’ll watch either one of them. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/15 "2003-02-19T02:45:43Z")
According to the indomitable chick-flick _Sleepless in Seattle_, men are allowed to – nay, **expected** to – cry during _ **The Dirty Dozen** _. ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/16 "2003-02-19T02:50:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by E-Sabbath \* > \*\*Grave of the Fireflies is the saddest movie I have ever seen. \*\* What he said. While I’ll admit to having gone all misty-eyed over quite a few films, Grave of the Fireflies is the only one to send me into a full-blown sobbing fit, the kind that has your throat pistoning up and down with tears flying in all directions. The kind of sobs where, if someone had walked in and seen me, they’d probably have come to the conclusion that someone had just died, and if I’d told them “No, it was just this horribly sad animated film,” they’d have just kinda backed away slowly. No other film I’ve seen (and I’ve seen more than my fair share) has elicited such a response. I would almost feel confident positing the theory that anyone who can watch Grave of the Fireflies all the way through without shedding a single tear is not human. Or, at the very least, blind. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/17 "2003-02-19T02:59:11Z")
My husband always bawls like a calf at “Field of Dreams”. The first time he saw it was about a week after his father had died. I honestly thought I was going to have to call the paramedics. My best friend at the time, about a week later, gave him the movie. He still watches it from time to time, when he’s feeling maudlin, and cries rivers and oceans of tears every single time. I have gotten to where I keep a supply of valium onhand if I know he’s in a “Field of Dreams” mood. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/18 "2003-02-19T03:03:51Z")
Old Yeller Brian’s Song ---
**Author:** ![kefka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kefka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kefka)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/19 "2003-02-19T03:15:57Z")
i’m gonna have to go with two: braveheart(i don’t know how to mark spoilers, but i’m fairly certain most guys know which scene i’m talking about) dead poets society(four words… ‘o captain, my captain’) ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/20 "2003-02-19T03:23:27Z")
Another vote for Field of Dreams. Also Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan (Spock’s death and Kirk’s eulogy scenes). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026.md?page=2)