Movies that make you cry

[Bassik]

Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn.
When Spock died... man that was something.

...And Justice for All was also a real tearjerker for me. It's such a rich film in emotions, I love it.

The final film that reduced me to a manly tear-guy was Things to Come, 1936. The speech at the end on the importance of progress always gets to me.

 

[Borania]

Lord of the Rings, fellowship of the ring. waaay at the end. boromir is dieing. and aragorn finds him. and his final conversation where he redeems himself, and is given hope by aragorn who he then also acknowledges as a king of gondor just before he dies a heroes death.

it didn't even happen the first time, but one afternoon I was watching it with my sisters (we were all home for the weekend) and we watched that. started getting teary eyes. sister asks me what it is and I almost yell out. THIS MOMENT IS SO BEAUTIFULL. MANLY TEARS GRAAH.

but man. that scene gets me every single time

 

[Plinglebob]

And of course, there is When the Wind Blows. Between this, Threads and all their horrible PSA's, I think British media have a special talent to unexpectidly traumatize you.

I read the book (not sure which came first) and now I can't bring myself to watch the film as I know whats gonna happen and don't think I could cope.

Oh, indeed... The ending really is rather merciless. I aslo think that after the credit roll, there's a morseline spelling out MAD, which is the final flippin' kicker. :<

Mr. Bloggs: "Herpaderpa we can save da wator!"
Me: "Noooooo! Don't do it for heaven's sake, you old fool!!" *Grabs the telly and shakes it furiously*

There are two things that make it even harder to watch. 1) Its by the author of the Snowman. A Raymond Briggs triple bill with Snowman, Father Christmas and this provides the biggest mood whiplash you'll ever experience. 2) Everything the couple do in the film was what was recommended by leaflets by the UK government at the time.

 

[theSteamSupported]

I can't recall a movie ever making me cry. Tears are something I associate with pain and anxiety.

 

[Sara Fontaine]

The 1979 remake of The Champ, with Jon Voight. That damn kid reduced both me and my mother to sobbing wrecks.

The most recent film to make me cry is Departures/Okuribito, for several reasons. It is one of the most touching films I've ever seen.

 

[Ekit]

Batman & Robin makes me weep for humanity.

 

[Zantos]

OT: One that comes immediately to mine is Band Of Brothers (not a movie, but still) when Dick Winters is telling us about what he and his grandson said to eachother the other day.

Band of Brothers is a really good call. I got fairly weepy at the end when it went through what happened to everyone and revealed the name of each of the men that had been talking through the series.

Also, Muppets Christmas Carol where

Spoiler: Is this even a spoiler?

Scrooge looks through Bob Cratchit's window and there's the empty chair with the crutch against it, and they don't say that Tiny Tim died, but you know he did. Just thinking about it makes me well up

 

[WaReloaded]

Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle, it never fails to make me cry like a baby. One of the best films I've ever seen, dark, funny, sad, and Shadow of the Colossus makes an appearance in the film, too.

 

[BrotherSurplice]

Iron Giant. That film is a real tearjerker at the end.

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"Hogarth . . . you stay, I go . . . no following"

My eyes were moistened :']

Also, the ending of Terminator 2 has the honour of making T2 the only film that has ever made me properly cry.

 

[Muspelheim]

There are two things that make it even harder to watch. 1) Its by the author of the Snowman. A Raymond Briggs triple bill with Snowman, Father Christmas and this provides the biggest mood whiplash you'll ever experience. 2) Everything the couple do in the film was what was recommended by leaflets by the UK government at the time.

I can imagine, almost makes me want to try.

As for the recommendation leaflets, I think they're doing it all right in theory. But since they have no idea of exactly why they're doing it ("I can't see any sopping fallout, James..."), they just end up buggering it all up by simple mistakes, which makes the whole thing even worse. It's like a horrormovie, where you desperatly yell out advice to the TV, but even worse since you do genuinly care for the Bloggs.

I also like how cynical those leaflets can seem at times. Yes, the tips they provide do improve your odds of survival slightly, but much of it just seems to reak of "If you're not one of the lucky ones, at least it'll be easier for us to account for and bury you, lol".

In a similar vein, Threads can be pretty flippin' traumatic, as... (At time of writing, the regular air-alarm test begun. Timing, Hesa Fredrik!) Oh, dear... Well, that's a similar experience. It didn't make this list, but it's one damn frightening film.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Treasure Planet. I can't sit through that movie even once without bawling at several scenes, like the music montage.

 

[MorganL4]

For me Hotel Rwanda made me cry. Seeing a film about genocide would make anyone cry.

 

[Hazy992]

I very nearly cried at Toy Story 3. I had to hold back the tears. Oh and I cried at the Pokemon movie when I was a kid. That's it

 

[Davatehi]

Except for many films already mentioned I tend to spray eyejuice all over the place at one scene in armageddon.
"We win Grace!" *sniffle*

 

[DevilWithaHalo]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It took me most of the movie, but by the end I had realised just how desperately sad the main characters situation was, and that they would really live out the same cycle forever. Which sucked.

I came out of the movie with a completely different perspective...

Spoiler

They both realized that even though there original relationship ended in failure, they still managed to find each other again and begin falling back in love. Sort of a, fated to defy fate kind of a deal.

So... more touching then sucking. (Oh god, please no one read to much into that comment)

 

[DigitalSushi]

The Green Mile
I defy anyone to not cry at that film, you heartless scoundrel's

The ending of Monsters Inc always gets me, always, you know the bit when he goes through the rebuilt door to see Boo again?, gets me every fucking time

 

[FishBrains]

Man, I cry during movies all the time. UP, Shawshank Redemption, LOTR...
I don't think anyone's mentioned The Wind That Shakes The Barley yet, and that one made me bawl.

 

[A BigCup of Tea]

Marley and me makes me cry everytime, pretty much any movie where an animal dies

 

[Toaster Hunter]

The opening to Up

In the first five minutes of the movie, not a word is spoken, and yet Pixar doesn't break your heart so much as rip it out and stamp it into the floor. If you are not crying, you are a liar or have no soul.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Of Mice and Men... every darn time!!! It is the most heavy hitting story of all time! Incredible stuff!