Films that make you cry.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

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!

[Beirut]

Jesus Christ Superstar. Every single time.

[Caius]

My name is Sam

[Gregoshi]

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.

[Beirut]

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.

Forgot about that one. Been decades for me too. The locker room speech was a crusher.

[CountArach]

Goodbye Farewell and Amen - The M*A*S*H finale. I don't cry but I get a bit choked up.

[Puzz3D]

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)

[John86]

Life is Beautiful (Vita è bella, La)

Lorenzo's Oil

[ajaxfetish]

Life is Beautiful for me as well.
The ending of Manon of the Spring, a French film, really gets to me, too.

Ajax

[Geoffrey S]

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.

[IrishArmenian]

Lorenzo's Oil

Very true.
Hotel Rwanda
Schindler's List
Life is Beautiful
There are some more, but I cannot remember them.

[Hepcat]

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.

[Martok]

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.

[Husar]

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.

[Ronin]

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.

[David]

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.

[Somebody Else]

American Pie et al. - Every time they appear on screen, I shed a tear for humanity.

[econ21]

Black Hawk Down - The Scene were the 2 snipers die defending the helicopter pilot

That one gets me too - the fact that it's true makes it all the more poignant.

[ShadesPanther]

Schindlers List is the only one I've ever cried during. The scene where Liam convinces himself he could of saved more.

[Pannonian]

I haven't seen the film, but watching Jackass on telly often brings a tear to my eye (and makes me cross my legs).

Many of the films that get to me are already listed.

I'd add for the romantics: "Somewhere in Time"

Wow. I'd never seen anyone before who shared my positive view of that film.

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.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Wow. I'd never seen anyone before who shared my positive view of that film.

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.

[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"?

"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).

[John86]

Jack...
The ending gets me everytime.

[Strike For The South]

I saw the green mile when I was like 8. It ruined me for about a month

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Any Movie with the Marine Corps Hymn in it Always makes me misty.

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.

[John86]

Any Movie with the Marine Corps Hymn in it Always makes me misty.

That reminds me! The Last Castle