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Which films always have you shedding a few tears? Weeping like a baby? Reaching for the tissues? (Not like that...)
It's a bit of a cliche, but I always cry at the end of It's a Wonderful Life; the scene in Field of Dreams where Kevin Costner asks his dad if he wants to play catch brings a lump to my throat too. And I'm man enough to admit it!
Jesus Christ Superstar. Every single time.
My name is Sam
I know there are several but do you think I can remember any? After three attempts, I finally remembered a couple of them. I get tears during the usual heart-rending death scenes but also at moments of extrordinary demonstrations of the human spirit.
Glory: first when the white regiment cheers on the 54th prior to the assault on Ft. Wagner (happy tears) and then as the 54th gets cut down during the actual assault (sad ones).
Return of the King: during Aragorn's coronation, when he comes upon the hobbits and they start to bow, he stops them and says "No my friends. You bow to no one." followed by him and the crowd bowing to the hobbits. Gets me choked up everytime. The voice over right after this about the breaking up of the Fellowship doesn't help matters. The other part is during the second to last ending ~;), when Frodo and Gandalf are stepping on to the White Ship. There is the departing forver aspect but also Frodo's smile, reminiscent of his no-worries smiles at the beginning of Fellowship. But what makes this scene even more wrenching is the beautiful music of the soundtrack.
Something for Joey: John Cappelletti's Heisman trophy speech is a tear-jerker. I may be more sensitive to this movie and scene because I went to Penn State and watched Cappelletti play.
I recall Brian's Song being a tear jerker too but it has been a couple of decades (at least) since I last saw that movie. Even the theme song is beautifully sad.
I know there are a few more that really get me but as I said above, I'll be darned if I can remember them.
Way Down East (1920)
Sunrise (1927)
City Lights (1929)
L'Atalante (1934)
Children of Paradise (1945)
La Strata (1954)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
La Notte (1961)
Grave of the Fireflies (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Sophie Scholl (2005)
The New World (2006)
The DaVinci Code (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Life is Beautiful (Vita è bella, La)
Lorenzo's Oil
Life is Beautiful for me as well.
The ending of Manon of the Spring, a French film, really gets to me, too.
Ajax
Funnily enough two movies by the same director: Twelve Monkeys and Brazil, for fairly obvious reasons. In particular the latter has the most beautiful ending I've ever seen in a movie, and in some ways one of the more disturbing. Door in the Floor came close.
Also sure there's more, but they don't spring to mind right now.
Forgot about that one. Been decades for me too. The locker room speech was a crusher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
Goodbye Farewell and Amen - The M*A*S*H finale. I don't cry but I get a bit choked up.
Oh man, I can cry so easily during movies, it's ridiculous. Gregoshi and Puzz3D already listed 3 of mine: Glory, Return of the King, and Saving Private Ryan. Let's see, what else:
The Shawshank Redemption (probably my favorite movie of all time)
The Lion King (Mock me if you will, but I can never seem to stop tearing up when Simba finally ascends Pride Rock at the end.)
The Majestic (Both when Harry dies, and when Peter makes that speech to the Congressional committee at the end.)
The Neverending Story ("They look like good, strong hands, don't they?")
Braveheart (The final scene at Bannockburn almost always gets me.)
And finally.... Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. I know this will utterly cement me as being an uber-geek, but I simply can't help myself. No matter how many times I watch this movie -- and believe me, I've seen it at least 100 times (literally) -- I always choke up during Spock's death scene. By the time he's telling Kirk that "I have been, and always shall be....your friend", I can guarantee the waterworks have started. ~:rolleyes:
Don't know.
It all depends on so many factors, I refuse to cry if I sense an obvious, cheesy attempt to make me cry, but there are movies which really get to me, I just can't remember any at the moment, probably some love movies among them. And then there are of course, cold wind and nothing special at all which also produce tears, sometimes during movies.:juggle2:
Black Hawk Down - The Scene were the 2 snipers die defending the helicopter pilot
Finding Forrester - The Ending
these aren´t crying moment per se.....but they get to me.
Leon and Ghost Dog. Predictable but moving.
Schindlers List, the scene where Neeson starts crying and then the real survivors coming to his grave...
And somehow: Donnie Darko, with that beautiful song at the end.
And Simon, a dutch movie on euthanasia(sp?). Brilliant.
American Pie et al. - Every time they appear on screen, I shed a tear for humanity.
The tragic ending of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon gets to me alot.
I'm probably going to regret admitting it, but "In Which We Serve" (especially the stirring voice over at the end explaining how Britain is going to kick Hitler's butt over the footage of Formidable, or whichever carrier it was, ploughing through a head sea) is quite emotional. I'd be a patsy for propaganda.
In a bid not to seem entirely childish, here's another vote for Its a Wonderful Life, and yes, the end of Life is Beautiful, when the boy sees the American tank come round the corner and shouts "It's true"
Remember the Titans
Love Actually. I dont know why though.
But the most outstanding one. Everyone ive seen watch this movie has cried, including my dad....
John Q.
the incredible mr. limpet
jean de florette/manon of the spring
bridge to teribathia
Good one Prol - the end of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...the heart hurts on that one.
I had to think about Saving Private Ryan until I started remembering specifics. The D-Day scene bring tears of horror for what the men are going through and the end - "Am I a good man?". That line opens the flood gates.
The ending of E.T. :bigcry:
That one gets me too - the fact that it's true makes it all the more poignant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin
Schindlers List is the only one I've ever cried during. The scene where Liam convinces himself he could of saved more.
Chingachgook's speech at the end of Last of the Mohicans usually gets me.
A couple of others I can't remember at the moment.
Saving Private Ryan had me crying like a baby, especially the d day scene and when Captain John Miller dies at the end. Also deserving a mention is when Private Ryan shows great courage to stay with his regimental Brothers to fight rather than go home. https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/image.../gc-bigcry.gif
The Pianist is usually one that is always a Tear Jerker.
I was surprised to find myself holding back my tears watching 'Click' when the main character is lying on the road dying and tells his son "Family First."
Many of the films that get to me are already listed.
I'd add for the romantics: "Somewhere in Time" and "Immortal Beloved".
Being an old eco-hippie, "Silent Running" really gets to me too, with Huey sailing away into the darkness.
Depardieu's "Cyrano de Bergerac" brings me to tears too.
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Hmm ... I remember crying at Terms of Endearment and Big Fish ... there are some more but I cannot tell from the top of my head :thinking:
Yeah actually come to think of it I was choking up a bit at this point as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakizashi
"Old Yeller" and "Where the Red Fern Grows".
Wow, I had convinced myself that I was the only person alive who had seen that movie. It is strangely moving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
Also the ending of Dark Star, after the philosophy-challenged bomb has detonated itself, and you see the various fates of the crew. It'll choke you up. Or maybe it's just me.
No, not just you. I'll second that. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Sleepers was quite an intense movie, more so if you have your own children I imagine.
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Same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakizashi
I cried during 'Saw'
It was too scary!
Ok I'll play.
Kudos to Dark Star and Silent Running, great 'proper' sci-fi movies. :bow:
No, the most recent film that got me crying was the remake of the Poseidon Adventure. Dire stuff. :wall:
Dark Star and Silent Running - I forgot about those excellent movies. Dark Star didn't bring any tears (maybe in laughter?), but Silent Running did.
At the very beginning of Ken Burns' Civil War documentary, the narrator reads a letter from a Union soldier to his wife. It's about his love for her and what should happen if he dies.
T'is a cold man who would not react with a tear in his eye to that note.
Ok this thread is for wussies, but not having other choice :laugh4: , I seriously say that the "Green Mile" was the most moving film I've ever seen, the injustice commited two times in film was just too tragic to endure...~:mecry:
Well, I didn't get sucked in by the ending of King Kong (2005) despite Peter Jackson's best effort to make you feel bad. In fact, I felt relief for Kong that it was finally over for him, and I thought Ann Darrow should have run up to Jack when he got to the top of the Empire State Building and kicked him in the nuts for being such a jerk. There was more pathos in the original King Kong (1933).Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulforged
that just makes me feel for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadesPanther
Braveheart and John Q make me "feel" too.
I'll go with the end of Schindlers list too. It destroys me every time.
Hm... quite a few
The ending of Hero, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Last of the Mohicans, The Green Mile (the execution of Koffee), The English Patient, The Killing Fields, Forrest Gump.
All of Uwe Boll's movies make me sob uncontrollably like a child.
Seriously though, many of the war movies make me choke up. I know it's not a movie but I've been to both the Pearl Harbor memorial and The Wall in DC, both were incredibly moving.
The ending of LOTR choked me up big time too, esp. the scene with the white ship.
Also, I absolutely can't stand it when dogs die in movies, my whole family have been dog owners since before I was spawned.
Gawd so many, it doesn't take that much. Even when it's obvious that I am being gutted with a chainsaw it works brilliantly.
I haven't seen the film, but watching Jackass on telly often brings a tear to my eye (and makes me cross my legs).
Wow. I'd never seen anyone before who shared my positive view of that film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
If books are included, add the scene in "Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre" on Guangming peak where Zhang Wuji reveals to Yin Liting that the kid they'd been fighting was their brother's son, long thought to be dead. That, and the scene 10 years earlier when he bawls that he doesn't want revenge on those who forced his parents to commit suicide, or to be cured of his injuries, but only for his parents to come back. I find these scenes to be strangely affecting, and I can't wait for the rest of the novel to be translated into English and I can have my wuxia fix.
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Originally Posted by Pannonian
One of my great favourites - very sentimental, but wonderful story by Richard Matheson.
I have the same trouble with "Joe versus the Volcano". Daft title, wonderful warm movie. The "thank you for my life" scene gets me all weepy too.
Have you seen "Ted versus the Volcano"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
"Quetzlcoatl the Volcano God is angry. We must appease his wrath!"
"Volcano God! What kind of nonsense is that? I'll ask you one more time, will you not give Catholicism a try?"
(Irish accent) "It wouldn't catch on. We don't agree with the Pope's line on contraception. It's the '90s for God's sake!"
(Pushes Ted screaming into the volcano).
Jack...
The ending gets me everytime.
I saw the green mile when I was like 8. It ruined me for about a month
Same, but only when I saw it a second time.Quote:
Return of the King: during Aragorn's coronation, when he comes upon the hobbits and they start to bow, he stops them and says "No my friends. You bow to no one." followed by him and the crowd bowing to the hobbits. Gets me choked up everytime. The voice over right after this about the breaking up of the Fellowship doesn't help matters. The other part is during the second to last ending , when Frodo and Gandalf are stepping on to the White Ship. There is the departing forver aspect but also Frodo's smile, reminiscent of his no-worries smiles at the beginning of Fellowship. But what makes this scene even more wrenching is the beautiful music of the soundtrack.
I cried tears of laughter in Blades of Glory. Other than that I can't remember the last time I shed a tear while watching a movie. I've gotten choked up during a movie, (during Flags of Our Fathers when you watch the pictures of the battle, especially the dead got me all choked up pretty good) but I never really cried.
Cry? Cry?!?! Peh! You bunch o', eh... eh, I mean.... Okay, even if I am a logical / rational person and I don't feel much, there's only a couple of movies that can make me feel something, but they don't make me cry - just make me feel.... "something".
Saving Private Ryan: the end is damned dramatic where Ryan stands at Cpt. Miller's grave.
Platoon: that music is just dramatic but even more dramatic is the scene where a certain person dies, that scene where this person is on the knees holding his arms up and screaming.
Braveheart: damned dramatic.
Gladiatior: how a good man is betrayed and dies; dramatic.
Being John Malkovich: dark and dramatic IMO. Lots of pain and suffering.
I can't think of any more, but there're probably more that come into play. But it's all and of course from a logical standpoint, not from an emotional one, keep that in mind.
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Boromir's death from LOTR
Doc Holiday dying at the end of Tombstone
The end of Trains, Planes and Automobiles. John Candy was just great and the bit at the train station just broke me. Very sad indeed
The Green Mile and the death of John Coffey
The end of Man on Fire as well
King Kong, i didn't really burst out in tears, but it made me teary, when the giant killing machine monkey died.
Four Weddings and a Funeral: During the funeral.
Love actually: Funeral again.
October Sky: During that father/son climax.
Dead poets society: ending
I don't believe people cried for lotr or saving private ryan. Just seems completely at odds with the genre, like crying during "die hard". Although I guess they were trying for that in spr, with the sappy music and tom hanks. I hate tom hanks though, so his death pleased me.
To be brutal, Tom Hanks didn't actually die. He was just portraying a charater that did. :clown:
Knowing that, perhaps I will cry next time :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
There are quite few.Im big crybaby when it comes to some movies. Few first that come to mind are Leon´s endscene when the little girl plants Leon´s plant and says that now it has roots.
The last chase of the Last of the Mohicans,where Magua kills Uncas and then the blond girl kills herself before staying as Maguas prisoner.
Ending scene from the Kurosawa´s Kagemusha,where the Takeda generals say farewell to eachother before charging into certain death and after that the Kagemusha charges alone the Oda line and dies after walking for a little time wounded and bleeding after he has seen Takeda Shingens famous flag in the river colored red of the blood of Takeda Samurai.
Death of Maximus in Gladiator.
The endscene of Saving Private Ryan where the rescuers die,while Ryan stayes alive.
Coppola´s Dracula.I think Gary Oldman turns the old blood sucker into a passionate man that is cursed becouse of the strength of his love.
Also Green mile,Braveheart and many more....:yes:
The ending of Gladiator was one of the only films that made me cry. I was composed all through the death of Maximus, and when he gave the order to free his men.
However, when he opened the door, and ran his hand over the wheat...while his little son ran to him through the fields...
~:(
Channel 4 did a 100 greatest tearjerkers film selection
http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfea...ts/100-91.html
5. Ghost
4. It's A Wonderful Life
3. Titanic
2. The Green mile
1. ET
Also Bambi got 6th
Kudos for that. And to those chosing Dark Star and Silent Running. Love the scene at the end of the last one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
We were on chat a few months ago and you were telling me about The Green Mile. It had a lasting impact of 8+ years? :inquisitive: :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Oh yeah; It's A Wonderful Life, (thanks, ShadesPanther). When George gets to the brink of desperation in the bar, just before he heads for the bridge.
Yeah, that scene did it for me the first 2-3 times I saw it; now it's shown 20 times over christmas holidays, so has lost its effect.
Me too. Such character, such living by Cyrano...Quote:
Depardieu's "Cyrano de Bergerac" brings me to tears too.
Also, the end of The Last Samurai. Every flower is perfect...
Many others make me sad.
CR
Any Movie with the Marine Corps Hymn in it :beam: Always makes me misty.:embarassed:
Oh and my wife always used to tease me about the end of King Kong. I cant help it. It always teared me up since I was kid. Thats 50 years of watching that damn movie. Son of Kong is even sadder.
That reminds me! The Last CastleQuote:
Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
i am trying to work my way up to see an uwe boll film. i figure in 3 years or so, i will finally be emotionally prepared to watch one. they have been hyped by people i know for so long, i hope it's not anticlimatic, and i end up feeling that it wasn't that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whacker
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Originally Posted by The Blind King of Bohemia
How could I forget!Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
Hotel Rwanda is another film that made me cry. Slipped my mind before.
The Last Samurai-Ending scene where the samurai charge into the machine-guns, then when Cruise presents the sword to the emperor. I wish they had someone other than cruise...
Saving Private Ryan. Great movie.
Big Fish-closing scene
Gods and Generals-Irish Brigade charges the stonewall (literal)
Schindlers List-It was a great movie.
Braveheart-Final battle at Bannockburn
Dead Poet's Society
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiji
Hotel Rwanda
Schindler's List
Life is Beautiful
There are some more, but I cannot remember them.
Well I have always had a soft spot for true war films. Maybe it's all the talking I do with my Dutch grandfather and English grandmother who were in it, or something else.
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.
Also, though not a movie, I found the World at War series to be very saddening. I watched the entire 36 hour dvd box set my friend's dad lent me in a week. One day I spent 10 hours straight just watching them and just felt so sad for the entire day, then discussed it with my grandfather who added his own stories and views on what had happened during the occupation of Holland.
I nearly cried in Hotel Rwanda too. My friend highly reccommends The Pianist but hasn't lent it to me yet.
Somehow that doesn't surprise me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
For me, it's easy to understand LOTR (the very end, when Frodo departs). It's easier to relate to if you have or have had very close friends over many years. It's even easier if you've lost them, particularly to Death. You know what it means to be that close; you know what it means when that's gone forever.
Saving Private Ryan is easy for me to understand too. I think it's about honoring the ultimate sacrifice of good men. In the case of Private Ryan, they sacrificed for him, personally. It doesn't matter that it may not have been their intention or desire to do so. They did. Imagining myself in his place, that unpayable debt would bring me to tears regularly.
Both of these moved me to tears the first time I watched them.
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I'm sure few will understand why such simple, seemingly silly movies would move anyone. But that's fine, think as you like:
- Pretty Woman (latent beauty in a hard luck case blossoms radiantly with a little help, but she doesn't lose her essential self in the process; a great modern fairy tale, light, touching).
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (a great and most honorable man makes an ultimate sacrifice, bringing to an end friendships forged over a myriad of trials and tribulations--well, until the next movie, lol).
- Joy Luck Club: There are many moving moments in this film. An emotionfest for those with a sense of empathy and context from their own lives from which to relate.
So many--I figured I'd list a couple that might raise an eyebrow or two.
You're talking about not believing people can cry at very moving films like LOTR and Saving Private Ryan, yet you cried watching Four Weddings and Love Actually? I think that says pretty much everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
I choked up at the end of LOTR:ROTK when Frodo leaves, that music gets me everytime.
The end of Last Samurai choked me up as well.
Second hand Lion was a very good movie, and the ending choked me up as well. If you have never seen Second Hand Lion, I would suggest seeing it.
Benji the Hunted. The moment where brave Benji reunites the orphaned Cougar cubs with another Cougar mother is the most moving moment in cinema history. Honestly, at one stage I had half a mind never to watch another movie ever again after that, as nothing could ever live up to the incredible acting talent, script, camera work and pure emotion that went into the movie. Fortunately I was about 8 at the time, and immediately saw sense when I discovered Star Wars was being shown on TV at Christmas again. Hurrah!
I actually think it should be law that all children must watch one Benji movie everyday so they can aspire to be as noble and selfless as he. Although they should probably wash more often than that mutt so they don't bring as many fleas into the house.
no, no the credits (music) in the Return of the King imo is much more saddening than Frodo's departion.
I've seen a few that have gotten me misty over the years. Two that I would like to add:
"Return to Me".... The scene where David Duchovny pulls his dog away from the door and tries to explain to the dog that his wife won't ever be coming home again (damn, I'm getting choked up stitting here typing it...)
"Pay it Forward" I can't say too much about this one as it will ruin the movie.
Second Hand Lions was a very touching movie.
October Sky was also very amazing.
Oh, one I really shouldn't forget is Gideon's Daughter. Beautiful, particularly the scenes leading up to the theatre.
And though it didn't draw tears, the end of Kagemusha is brilliant. The final scene is chilling.