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.
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.
I still get misty-eyed at the end of It’s a Wonderful Life
Beaches. :o
Plenty of movies have made me cry, but then, I’m a big old wuss.
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.
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.
I have it on good authority that my brother cried during The Next Best Thing.
Rudy & Field of Dreams.
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.
Where the Red Fern Grows.
Schindler’s List (last 10 minutes).
I forgot My Dog Skip.
There is a version of “The Velveteen Rabbit” narrarated by Merle Streep.
Every time, I cry.
The Shootist
[spoiler]John Wayne’s last film. He plays a gunfighter dying of cancer.[/spolier]
D’oh! Could some kind moderator fix the spolier tags on my last post?
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?
Cocoon: The Return.
I was SO upset that Steve Guttenberg walked off with Courteney Cox, and I didn’t.
Field of Dreams
Dirty Dozen
Phenomenon
Good Will Hunting
Sixth Sense
The Fisher King
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…
Old Yeller! Old Yeller! An for God’s sake, don’t under any circumstances play Tex Ritter’s version of Old Shep.
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.