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Now that, my friend, is a winner in my book. I got a huge lump in my throat watching that scene. Might be summat to do with having grandkids about their age. It also illustrated perfectly what an amoral and evil mindset the nazis adopted.Quote:
I haven't watched a lot of the films mentioned above (not even Schindler's List) but I found the film Downfall to be the most depressing film I've ever seen. Especially the scene where Frau Goebbels poisons her children.
Oh gawd yes, fantastic movie from beginning to end, an ode to fantasy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
The sexscene in Munich also did it for, now that is how to implement functional nudity. Before the fun starts it is a loving couple making love, after the fun it is more of a violent rape, very well done Mr Spielberg.
Simon, dutch movie. It's about the frienship of a gay dentist and a dutch cofeeshopholder with cancer, the most politically incorrect politically correct movie. At the end of the movie the characters feel as if they are your real friends. From extreme laughter to hopeless sobbing in 1,5 hour.
Fanny&Alexander, the scene where their father dies, they better raise the dykes a bit, water levels critical.
Amelie. I nearly broke down when she says goodbye to her fish. Yes. Also the scene with the guy finding that little box with stuff from his childhood quite possibly the greatest moviescene ever.
Oh, how could I have forgotten... Sophie's Choice. Schindler's List, of course, plunges me into a depression and sadness everytime I watch it. But if you watch the movie long enough to understand that title, i.e. what actually was the titular choice poor Sophie had to make, you'll be scarred for life. I saw that movie 20 years ago, and I'm getting misty thinking about it now. I don't think I could watch it now, as a father...
Nowhere near as morose and sad as the pick I listed above, but My Life as a Dog is quite touching and painful at times as well.
In line with others' statements, I agree that Kagemusha is tragic and chilling. I was stunned at the end of that film.
CRYING OVER A MOVIE!?! AND YOU CALL YOURSELF MEN!
...oh wait, there was that one book :study: 'They Cage the Animals at Night' that made me cry a little, but never a movie, i'm too manly for that:hmg:
I've never actually cried at a movie, but there are plenty which have left me sorrowful, regretful, thoughtful. Many, such as The Green Mile, have already been mentioned.
I like a film which can play on my emotions.
Has anyone seen Au Hasard Balhazar? I remember being quite affected by it as a kid, although that may have been because it was a donkey.
I don't want to give anything away, but all I have to say is that if you watch Sophie's Choice and don't find yourself crying, you're a sociopath competely incapable of empathy and should seek professional help.
Titanic did it all for me. But when I was 6 years old... But, it didn't matter, I sobbed for an hour.
I haven't cried yet over a movie, though many endings/great scenes gripped me.
The last charge of Katsumoto in 'The Last Samurai'
When the Rohirrim charge at the Pelennor in 'The Return of the King' I'm always deeply moved.
'Hotel Rwanda'
The only time I cried over a fictional work was when reading the final chapters of 'The death of Winnetou' by Karl May. After spending 900 pages with that character and then losing him, really saddened me.