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This is especially for guys, but girls can answer too. What movies have made you cry?

Field of Dreams This movie chokes me up at the end when Ray says "Dad, you wanna have a catch?" It is one of the few movies where most women won't cry, but most guys will. I guess only men can understand the father-son relationship.

Brian's Song (1971 version) This movie always makes me cry. It is such a sad story about how Chicago Bears RB Brian Picollo succombed to cancer at age 26 leaving behind 3 young daughters. His friendship with Gale Sayers is heart touching. It is the true story about 2 men of opposite races who become best friends during the turbulent 1960s. Picollo was a man who always put himself last and would do anything for anyone.

Gandhi - insanely powerful

Band Of Brothers - not a movie but its like 10 hours long in total and different episodes make me blub


there are probably more, but mostly its songs that get me leaking more than movies


edit: additions:
The Last Samurai (the end bit)
Braveheart (again, the end)
Titanic (the end again... hmm i see a pattern here)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (mild blubbing mixed with anger)

Ladder 49: I just got done watching it and I was choking up, something I haven't done in a long time.

Braveheart: Self explanatory if you've seen the ending.

Ladder 49: I just got done watching it and I was choking up, something I haven't done in a long time.

Braveheart: Self explanatory if you've seen the ending.

I'd agree with Braveheart. Which funnily enough was on last night.

Gandhi - makes my blood boil. I despise the man. But thats another matter.

Zulu - I honestly dont know why. It just does.

The Last of the Mohicans - only happened once, but the bit where Uncas gets killed, and then the Munro girl throws herself off the cliff, followed by Uncas' father exacting revenge upon Magua is very good.

The Godfather, Part One - Both book and film had this effect on me. When Don Corleone dies amongst the tomatoes. The book had more of an effect, simply due to his last words.

Iron Will. The death of Will's Father rather messed me up.

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet. I got fairly misty-eyed after that.

Schindler's List

Schindler's List
and Grave of the fireflies, that one really let me burst out in tears (for the first time I believe)

It's a Wonderful Life with James Stewart- every time!

It's actually developed into a strange sort of Pavlovian reaction now!

Also Life is Beautiful - This is an italian film with subtitles, and also one of the best films I've ever seen.
Very funny and very sad too.

Not so much cry but become emotionally drained...
Elephant Man-I refer to it as the best movie I'll never watch again.

Well, I am a girl, but I'm gonna answer anyway.

Steel Magnolias. It's so sad when Shelby dies.

Once Were Warriors - when Beth is telling the story about how she left her family, and she says, "See Gracey, I told you I could keep a promise".

Australian Rules. But interestingly enough, not when Dumby Red gets shot, but when Blackie gets to the funeral. Its so sad.

The others are too embarrassing. *cough* Titanic *cough*

Life is Beautiful - This is an italian film with subtitles, and also one of the best films I've ever seen.
Very funny and very sad too.

Yes. I can't believe I forgot about that. One of the greatest, if not the best, movie I've ever seen.

Glory- If that one doesn't get you there's something wrong.

The Wild Bunch- One of the greatest movies ever made, now set to be remade by the soulless corporation that used to be Warner Brothers.

The first movie I ever cried while watching (not counting the time I dropped a big, heavy box on my toes) was the Lion King. Not so much any more...

I can't really say any specific movies, 'cause quite frankly I'm in such a low spot I seem to me more or less crying all the time. Very disturbing...

Well, I am a girl, but I'm gonna answer anyway.

Steel Magnolias. It's so sad when Shelby dies.

-snip-
The others are too embarrassing. *cough* Titanic *cough*
You are such a girl.

:eek:

2 films that make me cry are Braveheart and the Green Mile both really sad films but really good.

Braveheart - His last word
LotR - Fellowship of the Ring - Boromirs last words
LotR - Return of the king - Eowyn : I´m no man

The ending of Armageddon always brings a tear to my eye. not because bruce willis dies, but because they saved our hot & sexy little planet! :fluffle: :D , but yeah, I do cry at the end.

You are such a girl.

*checks* I definitely am.

*runs and hides*

The ending of Armageddon always brings a tear to my eye.
oh yeah, another one :fluffle:

I honestly can't think of a movie that has made me cry.

...unless we're talking in the horrendously bad "make the bad movie stop!" fashion. But that's usually hysterics.

I honestly can't think of a movie that has made me cry.

...unless we're talking in the horrendously bad "make the bad movie stop!" fashion. But that's usually hysterics.

You mean like Dude Where's My Car?

Dancer in the Dark
Now there's a movie that will cause many tears.

You mean like Dude Where's My Car?
Wahhhhhh!!!!!!!!

I'll cry at anything halfway emotional in a movie, really. Maybe not always "cry", but always "tear up". In real life I'm all sensible and stuff, but with movies? Not so much.


Oh, and word on this:The Last of the Mohicans - only happened once, but the bit where Uncas gets killed, and then the Munro girl throws herself off the cliff Isn't that one of the coolest scenes in movie history, though? Tear material, sure, but cool.

Yeah, there's a few out there, just not things that I guess people normally would consider to be sad:

Edward Scissorhands
This movie always gets me because the character that Depp plays is very creative, talented, gentle and caring, but in the end, everyone's additude is like "nope, sorry, you're just a monster. Go away."

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The part that gets me here is when the Ents attack Isengard. It's just that they are confronted with something that is so evil that they must sacrifice the very core of their beliefs, noninterference and nonviolence, in order to deal with it. In the end, it doesn't matter that they have won. The wound to their own psyches will never heal.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Theoden's "Death" speech before the battle of Minas Tirith. Not that he was ever known for beating around the bush, but he spelled it out anyway: there's nothing left but to kill and die. The fact that everyone is shouting "Death!' does it make it any better. It's an acknowledgement that it is the only thing left in their life and they are going to embrace it.

Yeah, there's a few out there, just not things that I guess people normally would consider to be sad:

Edward Scissorhands
This movie always gets me because the character that Depp plays is very creative, talented, gentle and caring, but in the end, everyone's additude is like "nope, sorry, you're just a monster. Go away."

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The part that gets me here is when the Ents attack Isengard. It's just that they are confronted with something that is so evil that they must sacrifice the very core of their beliefs, noninterference and nonviolence, in order to deal with it. In the end, it doesn't matter that they have won. The wound to their own psyches will never heal.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Theoden's "Death" speech before the battle of Minas Tirith. Not that he was ever known for beating around the bush, but he spelled it out anyway: there's nothing left but to kill and die. The fact that everyone is shouting "Death!' does it make it any better. It's an acknowledgement that it is the only thing left in their life and they are going to embrace it.


Two Towers? Are you joking? That movie is hilarious.

"That doesn't make sense to me. But then, you are very small."

okay I cry entirely too much at movies, so here is my very short list of movies that make me cry every single time.

Lion King- when the dad dies

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan - I cry when Spock dies :(

Fried Green Tomatoes- I cry when you think the old lady dies (even though I know she doesn't)

my new one.......

The sisterhood of the traveling pants- I cried throughout this whole movie. This is my new "I need a good cry" movie. ;)

You mean like Dude Where's My Car?

lol. I'm sure there's worse, but I wouldn't remember because of the self-lobotomy.

Fried Green Tomatoes- I cry when you think the old lady dies (even though I know she doesn't)Oh God, I cry my eyes out every time when Ruth dies, what with the pond story and all... *sniff*

Oh God, I cry my eyes out every time when Ruth dies, what with the pond story and all... *sniff*
oh yeah, I forgot about that :( I also cry when the little boy looses his arm. :(

Two Towers? Are you joking? That movie is hilarious.

"That doesn't make sense to me. But then, you are very small."

It's just the one part there that gets me. Any of the LOTR movies are so long that it's possible to run through the entire gamut of emotions when watching them.

Now that I think about it, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf falls into the chasm. The person I feel the saddest for is Aragorn, because his understanding of their peril means that they don't even have the time for grief.

oh yeah, I forgot about that :( I also cry when the little boy looses his arm. :(
Oh, yes, poor li'l Stump. Even worse: the elder Buddy running to pick up the hat and getting stuck in the tracks, and we all know what's coming; aaah, that's horrible.


Hee, I like how we're hogging the thread with the girly clichés *sniggers*. Well, they really should have seen that one coming.

Kingdom of Heaven made me cry, because when I woke up during the movie it wasn't finished! Argh! It sucked sooo much! :headbang:

But seriously, Hotel Rwanda and The Shawshank Redemption are two movies that has brought a tear to my eye in a good way. :fluffle:

But seriously, Hotel Rwanda and The Shawshank Redemption are two movies that has brought a tear to my eye in a good way. :fluffle:
*nods*
Apart from those two, I really can't think of a film I've came close to crying in. Unless Armageddon counts; but that was because it was just so mindbendingly awful.

Black Beauty
In my opinion, one of the most depressing movies ever created.

Plan 9 from Outer Space.

*gunshot*

The Notebook
The Four Feathers
Band of Brothers

The very end of About Schmidt.

Man I love Nicholson.

The very end of About Schmidt.

Man I love Nicholson.
Yeah, that's a great movie... Didn't cry, but still.

Yeah, that's a great movie... Didn't cry, but still.
It was on tv about a month ago wasn't it... strange film, but yes, the sudden ending is pretty moving. But I didn't cry either, i'm not so good at crying. I cried on my wedding day, I cried when my kids were born.. but that's about it from memory.

This is especially for guys, but girls can answer too. What movies have made you cry?

Okay, now don't nobody laugh at me, but...

Lilo and Stitch.

The part where Stitch takes the book about the ugly duckling and goes into the woods all by himself, and he sits there and calls out "Lost!" in the hopes that a family will come and find him.

I love that little guy.

Mickey's Christmas Carol used to get me every time I watched it. The part where Tiny Tim died was so sad. :(

And recently I watched The Neverending Story, and I cried when the horse got stuck in the quicksand goop. That was really sad, too.

Okay, now don't nobody laugh at me, but...

Lilo and Stitch.

The part where Stitch takes the book about the ugly duckling and goes into the woods all by himself, and he sits there and calls out "Lost!" in the hopes that a family will come and find him.

I love that little guy.
*point's and laughs anyway* :p :D

The Transformers Movie, when Optimus Prime dies.

The end of Mad Max: beyond Thunderdome.

the end of Gladiator.

I'm moved by heroism, it seems.

ET. you don't cry at that you're dead inside. period.

Two Towers? Are you joking? That movie is hilarious.

"That doesn't make sense to me. But then, you are very small."

I once saw the Lord of the Rings trilogy completely re-dubbed with pro-anarchist message. The Ents are labeled "apathetic public"

No movies make me cry. I am a cold-hearted beast.

No movies make me cry. I am a cold-hearted beast.

yeah... i bet you killed bambi's mum, didn't you....:mad: :(

Brave heart. It makes me cry in laughter at the irony of an Australian coming over to shit all over historical accuracy in an attempt to stir up anti-english hatred, when if he wanted to make a movie about a country opressing a minority he could quite easily have stayed a home and starred as an Aboriginal freedom fighter.

Just watched all of Ladder 49 and I was openly in tears, that's a powerful movie.

You mean like Dude Where's My Car?

Hey, I liked that movie :mad:

I have had moist eye moments in many movies...

Gandhi, Schindler's List, Pianist, Dances with wolves etc

and then some Bollywood (Hindi) and Kollywood (Tamil) movies like Mother India, Border, Mahanadhi, Nayagan, Pasamalar, Pava mannippu etc..

One movie I will never watch again due to its emotional content would have to Passion of the Christ. Surprised no one mentioned it, I'm not even highly religious, but its still pretty bad.

Posting on behalf of my girlfriend, who cries at pretty much any chick flick:

Moulin Rouge
*some disney film about a bunch of horses*
Pride and Prejudice (the bit where he says "I did it all for you")

There are more but I wont embarass her further. And, if we are talking about films that are so bad they made you cry, The Legend of Zorro comes top. When the priest got shot, i said to my gf (this was pretty much the only period of the film where i was awake - no really!) "If he gets saved by his cross or something I am going to be pissed..."

And, lo, his cross saved him from the bullet, and he makes a pivotal move to save Zorro later in the film, revealing his cross with bullet sticking in it. ARRRRGH!

Casshern, though that was primarily because of background emotions at the time.

And i didn't during Brokeback Mountain but it was an uphill struggle.

I actually cried during The Wedding Date. :rolleyes:

I admit it.


I cried during The Pianist, too.

Malcolm X and Cry, The Beloved Country make me teary.

ET. you don't cry at that you're dead inside. period.
hmm i don't remember ever crying at that movie... but then i did always hate the little ET alien freak... so that probably explains why.

now, Flight Of The Navigator, when the ship has to leave... that's sad :(
oh and while we're on sci-fi, this one little bit in Batteries Not Included where one of the tiny little robot thingys (haven't seen it in ages) is working at rebuilding something on the roof by itself, and it looks so sad and hurt... as a kid that made me blub more than ET ever did


the end of Gladiator.

*nods*

I didn't cry, but 'The Killing Fields' is one of the most emotionally draining films I have ever seen.

Oh I forgot "The English Patient".

Pink Floyd The Wall- Saddest and most depressing movie in the world
The Outsiders-Very sad movie
Can't think of any others right now..

I cried during The Pianist, too.
Honestly, anyone not crying during The Pianist should get their heads checked.

The end of AI: Artificial Intelligence made me cry when I watched it, but I was probably only 11/12 at the time.

Cider House Rules

In the end of Godzilla 1985 when they use the birds to lure Godzilla into the volcano...still brings a tear to my eye.

It even made Raymond Burr cry.

and Grave of the fireflies, that one really let me burst out in tears (for the first time I believe)
You ain't kidding. Grave of the Fireflies is merciless. It makes The House of Sand And Fog seem like Kiki's Delivery Service.

I've always wanted to trick someone into showing that at a kids birthday party. I've never followed through because, even though I'm an atheist, I'm pretty sure I'd go to hell for that one.

I need to list a few more

"Schindler's List"

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." I cried when Spock died. "I have been and always shall be your friend."

I bawled during the pianist
& the part in Butterfly Effect when the dog dies
&Brokenack Mountain
& definitely in Pay It Forward

hrrm. . .I think the part about the Butterfly Effect prob gave away that I'm a girl. . .

This is especially for guys, but girls can answer too. What movies have made you cry?

Field of Dreams This movie chokes me up at the end when Ray says "Dad, you wanna have a catch?" It is one of the few movies where most women won't cry, but most guys will. I guess only men can understand the father-son relationship.

Brian's Song (1971 version) This movie always makes me cry. It is such a sad story about how Chicago Bears RB Brian Picollo succombed to cancer at age 26 leaving behind 3 young daughters. His friendship with Gale Sayers is heart touching. It is the true story about 2 men of opposite races who become best friends during the turbulent 1960s. Picollo was a man who always put himself last and would do anything for anyone.


the patriot with mel gibson.

the scene where his son is murdered(the first one, that gets him in the war at his house in front of his other kids)
that scene gets me leaking like i dont even know.
hell iam choking up right now just thinking about it,guess cause i have a son and daughter,it kills me to see someone lose a child..even in make believe.:(

someone mentioned pay it forward...that kills me too.

saving private ryan is also a bitch to watch without tearing up,especially when the guy is crying for his mom after they take the radar site...frickin brutal!

and how can i forget one of the best movies ever....gump

I didn't cry, but 'The Killing Fields' is one of the most emotionally draining films I have ever seen.

you are sooo right about being emotionally draining to watch..wow..that movie is just plain rough to watch.

another that pops in mind is "as good as it gets" with jack nicholson,i always start tearing up when he insults helen hunt at the restaraunt,when he good heartedly helps her kid,when the gay neighbor is beaten stupid,the end where he realises he is in love..lots of scenes in that movie get me.

I rarely cry, but I'd say Hotel Rwanda, The Pianist and the end of AI (when I was younger).

King Kong (the old one) had me bawling as a child, and the new one made me tear up, although to be fair, part of that was getting popcorn butter in my eye.

Other movies that make me cry:

Apollo 13
The Shawshank Redemption
Life is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
Beaches (just kidding, I swear!)
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Brian's Song
Rudy

Iron Will.

Iron Giant