# Youtube - best tear jerking moments in film. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282 "2010-02-17T03:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/21 "2010-02-18T03:54:22Z")
**The Color Purple** is one big sobfest for me in general, but I think the end where… Celie is reunited with her sister Nettie and her two long-lost kids, Olivia and Adam …is possibly the most heartwrenching movie moment ever. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/22 "2010-02-18T05:01:43Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > Robin And Marion (Audry Hepburn and Sean Connery, 1976) The scene at the end where Marion is describing how much she loved Robin as they both lay dying. > > Dark Victory (Bette Davis 1939) The scene at the end, when she realizes that she only has a short time left and sendes her best friend off so she can meet death bravely by herself. > > Sorry, but this computer is dead slow and hates Youtube. No links but I know you can find both scenes just by searching. Man, the ending of Dark Victory is just too sad. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nY-UOcIBI) clip catches most of it, but I wish it caught the moment in the garden when she realizes that the tumor (or whatever it was) was about to kill her. For those who haven’t seen it, this young woman has known for a while that she has some kind of brain disease that could kill her any minute; when it struck, everything would suddenly cloud over and she’d know she only had a few minutes before death, all the while slowly going blind. So she’s sitting in her garden with a friend when she suddenly wonders where the sun went. And then…well, you’ll see. The saddest movie I’ve ever seen, though, is Tokyo Story. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/23 "2010-02-18T05:11:07Z")
I cried at the End of _The Road_. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/24 "2010-02-18T05:46:26Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I didn’t find the clip, but the ending of Field of Dreams makes me weep every. single. time. It’s when Kevin Costner recognizes his father as a young ball player. “Wanna have a catch, Dad?” GAH. This. It’s the only movie I’ve actually cried to, and it still upsets me. My dad and I didn’t have a great relationship growing up (similar to the movie), and like the movie, my dad played baseball and quit when his family started to grow (and to make matters worse, he was a catcher, like Ray’s dad). I loved baseball and played it through college, but I could count the number of times my dad and I threw a ball on one hand. That scene brings back a flood of memories instantly. Having one more catch with Dad would have been a great thing. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/25 "2010-02-18T07:54:41Z")
End of _Schindler’s List_, where all the pilgrims are walking past his tomb to add another stone to the pile, and not one of them would have been alive if it weren’t for him. And _Up_, too, as noted. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/26 "2010-02-18T08:55:20Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > you bastard! > > :: sobs :: Yeah, thanks, man! …crawls over and snuggles with sleeps… ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/27 "2010-02-18T08:56:40Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, you are all wrong. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0j1EHF8Y0&feature=fvst) is the one. > > Regards, > Shodan Nope! Not watching it, you bastard! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/28 "2010-02-18T09:01:25Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > The saddest movie I’ve ever seen, though, is Tokyo Story. Definitely up there. But for me the original, _**[Make Way for Tomorrow](http://www.criterion.com/films/2350?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=218010283&utm_campaign=the_criterion_collection_newsletter-february_2010+_+ukyduu)**_, the movie Tokyo Story is based on, manages to be even more heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/29 "2010-02-18T11:52:14Z")
[The final scene from Silent Running](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0JGjKYVdU) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/30 "2010-02-18T17:46:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, you are all wrong. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0j1EHF8Y0&feature=fvst) is the one. > > Regards, > Shodan Okay, can you please tell me what this is? I can’t open You Tube at work… ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/31 "2010-02-18T18:04:07Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Okay, can you please tell me what this is? I can’t open You Tube at work… ‘When She Loved Me’ from Toy Story 2. ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/32 "2010-02-18T18:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Shodan View Post > No, you are all wrong. This is the one. > > Regards, > Shodan So true. When I was pregnant, my husband came home and found me watching Toy Story 2 during this scene and found a blubbering mess. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/33 "2010-02-18T19:03:06Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, you are all wrong. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0j1EHF8Y0&feature=fvst) is the one. > > Regards, > Shodan Thanks… Now I have to leave early from work to get my daughter from day care and hug her. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/34 "2010-02-18T19:28:57Z")
[This montage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlD_XNMCjuo) from the end of **And The Band Played On…** If I’m not crying by Freddie Mercury, seeing Princess Di with the kids two frames later gets me. I can barely hear that Elton John song without crying. [Sally Field in Steel Magnolias](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Ai4SUrj8w). Poor quality video, but this scene is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/35 "2010-02-18T20:55:36Z")
> [@JXJohns](#): > > Thanks… Now I have to leave early from work to get my daughter from day care and hug her. Not because of the TS2 link, but Ianzin’s link, I am doing that exact thing today. :::goes to wash tears off face::: ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/36 "2010-02-18T21:07:45Z")
I ball like a baby during Armageddon EVERY time when Bruce Willis pushes Ben Affleck back into the elevator so he can die saving the Earth. “Take care of Grace!” Oh, and of course again once he says good bye to Liv Tyler via video screen. And then once more when she runs out on the tarmack to embrace Affleck! EVERY TIME! And ive seen it 50 times! Sorry if anyone already posted those videos… I cant access the Tube at work… ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/37 "2010-02-18T21:09:38Z")
Oh… and Fox and the Hound. Oh! And Fried Green Tomatoes when Ruth dies! Excuse me. I need a tissue. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/38 "2010-02-18T21:33:32Z")
[I win.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgySx1MhzAo&feature=PlayList&p=661063E31BFEE265&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=36) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/39 "2010-02-18T21:42:16Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > **The Color Purple** is one big sobfest for me in general, but I think the end where… > > Celie is reunited with her sister Nettie and her two long-lost kids, Olivia and Adam > > …is possibly the most heartwrenching movie moment ever. That moment is trumped, IMO, by Suge singing that gospel song from her gut, and then hugging her daddy at the church Pulpit. “See daddy? Sinners got soul too!” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282/40 "2010-02-18T21:48:37Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > I ball like a baby during Armageddon EVERY time when > > Bruce Willis pushes Ben Affleck back into the elevator so he can die saving the Earth. “Take care of Grace!” Oh, and of course again **once he says good bye to Liv Tyler via video screen**. And then once more when she runs out on the tarmack to embrace Affleck! _bolding mine_ > > EVERY TIME! And ive seen it 50 times! > > Sorry if anyone already posted those videos… I cant access the Tube at work… Oh dear lord The way Liv Tylers voice cracks and the tears start to flow when she cries “Daddy!” I have 3 little girls and that is almost unwatchable for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-best-tear-jerking-moments-in-film/529282.md?page=3)