# What's the first movie you recall seeing that made you cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047 "2011-02-20T21:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/1 "2011-02-20T21:11:34Z")
I was about the same age as the protagonist when I saw the movie _My Girl_, and I left the theater sobbing. Watched it again last night for the eleventy billionth time, and yup, still gets to me. What was the first film you remember seeing that moved you to tears? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/2 "2011-02-20T21:14:01Z")
The Lion King. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/3 "2011-02-20T21:15:41Z")
All Dogs Go To Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/4 "2011-02-20T21:28:59Z")
The First 3 Lives of Thomasina ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/5 "2011-02-20T21:31:11Z")
Homeward Bound. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/6 "2011-02-20T21:32:43Z")
Sylvester Stallone’s “Cliffhanger” made me throw up…does that count? ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/7 "2011-02-20T21:37:16Z")
[cliche] Old Yeller [/cliche] ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/8 "2011-02-20T21:46:01Z")
No idea - I’ve been watching movies since I was a child and am a notoriously soft touch emotionally. But the first movie I ever watched with my wife of twenty-nine years was _The Elephant Man_, and both of us were emotional wrecks by the end. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/9 "2011-02-20T21:47:01Z")
As an adult? Akira Kurosawa’s _Ikiru_ was the first that left me openly weeping. The most recent, somewhat embarrassingly, was Disney’s _The Princess and the Frog_. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/10 "2011-02-20T21:48:38Z")
E.T. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/11 "2011-02-20T21:49:23Z")
The first one I can remember making me cry is Love Story. ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/12 "2011-02-20T22:06:49Z")
I either cried or came very close to tears watching \*Bambi \*and _Charlotte’s Web_. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/13 "2011-02-20T22:08:58Z")
Old Yeller for me too. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/14 "2011-02-20T22:11:00Z")
I still recall being carried out of the theater at age 3 blubbering “Buh-Buh-Buh-Bambi’s mother died!” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/15 "2011-02-20T22:15:47Z")
The only answer for all men between the ages of 27 and 33. > **[Ah, The Classics! - Penny Arcade](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/12/08/ah-the-classics)** > > Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/16 "2011-02-20T22:19:07Z")
iunno The Iron Giant maybe ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/17 "2011-02-20T22:23:55Z")
**Short Circuit 2** I lost it when the thugs started beating on Johnny 5 toward the end of film, when he screams “Noo, please stop. Noooo.” Seeing him acting in his usual friendly self even while being mutilated created a juxtaposition that overwhelmed my young brain. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/18 "2011-02-20T22:25:44Z")
My mother tells me I sobbed during “The Fox and the Hound.” I would have been around 4 or 5, and I have a vague memory of going to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/19 "2011-02-20T22:27:53Z")
I’m stunted emotionally, or so I’m told. Especially when it comes to movies. However, Big Fish got me tearing up. Damn, now you made me want to watch that movie again… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-movie-you-recall-seeing-that-made-you-cry/572047/20 "2011-02-20T22:46:45Z")
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