# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/21 "2003-02-19T03:25:38Z")
The Patriot. When Mel Gibson and his two young sons are fighting the British in the woods, the looks on their faces as they kill rips me apart. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/22 "2003-02-19T03:29:44Z")
I still get misty-eyed at the end of _It’s a Wonderful Life_ ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/23 "2003-02-19T03:37:32Z")
_Beaches_. :o ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/24 "2003-02-19T03:48:35Z")
Plenty of movies have made me cry, but then, I’m a big old wuss. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/25 "2003-02-19T04:05:07Z")
_The Sand Pebbles_ used to make my Dad get all teary-eyed. When I loaned a friend my copy of _Vanishing Point_, he said he wanted to cry when he saw what happened to the car. But I don’t think that counts. The closest I’ve ever come to crying at a movie was watching the ending of _Seconds_ for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/26 "2003-02-19T04:07:36Z")
Actually, _Angus_ had me kinda teary, after the kid’s grandfather died, and he walks slowly to the bench, and his grandpa’s friend is sitting, waiting for the chess game to start, and Angus just lays down the king. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/27 "2003-02-19T04:09:27Z")
I have it on good authority that my brother cried during _The Next Best Thing_. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/28 "2003-02-19T04:15:51Z")
Rudy & Field of Dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/29 "2003-02-19T04:19:46Z")
Armeggedan I saw this movie on a high school bus trip, and _everyone_ cried. I remember looking around, and all these tough guys were trying to hide the fact that they were all teary eyed - it was enough to make _me_ start laughing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/30 "2003-02-19T04:22:39Z")
Where the Red Fern Grows. Schindler’s List (last 10 minutes). ---
**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, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/31 "2003-02-19T04:24:23Z")
I forgot _My Dog Skip_. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/32 "2003-02-19T04:35:26Z")
There is a version of “The Velveteen Rabbit” narrarated by Merle Streep. Every time, I cry. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/33 "2003-02-19T04:42:11Z")
_The Shootist_ [spoiler]John Wayne’s last film. He plays a gunfighter dying of cancer.[/spolier] ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/34 "2003-02-19T04:45:08Z")
D’oh! Could some kind moderator fix the spolier tags on my last post? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/35 "2003-02-19T04:45:52Z")
There have always been movies designed to make men cry, but the genre tends to go unrecognized and unappreciated. Here’s a short list, in no particular order: _Angels with Dirty Faces_ – “Just like the paper says, kids. Rocky died yellow.” _The Cowboys_ – Bruce Dern keeps shooting John Wayne, and John Wayne just keeps walking. And then the kids finish out the cattle drive. _Casablanca_ – This has come to be thought of as a chick flick, in spite of the fact that it is ultimately about menscheit. _Shane_ – “Shane! Come back!” _The Outlaw Josey Wales_ – The movie flirts with sentimentalism all throughout, but you want to tell me you didn’t bust a tear when Josey asks the crowd at that ghost town saloon to sing Rose of Alabamy? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/36 "2003-02-19T04:48:34Z")
_Cocoon: The Return_. I was SO upset that Steve Guttenberg walked off with Courteney Cox, and I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/37 "2003-02-19T04:54:55Z")
Field of Dreams Dirty Dozen Phenomenon Good Will Hunting Sixth Sense The Fisher King ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/38 "2003-02-19T05:04:08Z")
_Last Night_, a little-seen Canadian film. It’s about the last night. _The Elephant Man_. _Henry V_, the Branaugh version, after Agincourt, when the King is carrying the body of a young soldier, as the _tedeum_ is sung. _The Passion of Joan of Arc_, 1928 silent film, still the best movie made on the subject (although somebody really should film Shaw’s play). _Spartacus_. _Armageddon_; just thinking of all the people who could have been fed with the money used to make this movie… ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/39 "2003-02-19T05:08:18Z")
Old Yeller! Old Yeller! An for God’s sake, don’t under any circumstances play Tex Ritter’s version of _Old Shep_. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026/40 "2003-02-19T05:34:07Z")
J cried at _The Lion King_, but anything with dying fathers pushes his buttons. Also, _The Iron Giant_. I saw my _dad_ cry at _Schindler’s List_, at the end. As far as I know, that’s a first, last, and only. I suppose that means he hasn’t seen _Brian’s Song_. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026.md?page=3)