Movies that made you tear up or cry like a baby
POSTED BY: Gorramreavers
UPDATED: Monday, November 21, 2005 04:10
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Field of Dreams.
Even though you know the scene is coming, even though you know what's about to be said...
"Hey, Dad? You wanna have a catch?"
Gets me every time, even just thinking about it. Like now.
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Dead Poets Society - Every. Single. Time. Particularly at the end, when Robin Williams character Keating is just about to leave and you see Todd getting up on his desk, saying "Oh Captain, My Captain". That kills me!
And, of course, several others. But that scene always gets to me.
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There are so many on here that warrant a "me too" that I would choke the entire thread with my concurring.
"The Education of Little Tree," a wonderful film about a part-Cherokee boy being raised by his good-and-simple moonshining grandparents in the backwoods of the Apalachains. I know it doesn't sound like anything from my description, but its really great and y'all should go rent it immediately. The ending is so sure to make me cry that I just stop the movie before it gets there.
And the little boy who played the lead, who will be very sexy when he's grown, is starring in the remake of "Where the Red Fern Grows".
Hasn't anyone cried at "Angela's Ashes"?
Mary
Always a beast, never a burden. 
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Okay, I don't cry at movies/TV shows/adverts with babies with bows in their hair but I've been moved by some:
Good Will Hunting. A great movie with lots of interesting performances.
The Luck of the Fryrish episode. It just touches so nicely on family and how we fight tooth and nail with our brothers but love them underneath.
The Natural. Just the ending where he's standing there, bleeding and you almost want him to stop but know he's going to finish the job and he runs and the fireworks and then we're in the field and... well, if you've seen it, you know.
Also, very weirdly, the song 'Dance with my Father' makes me feel very sad and yet my father is alive and well.
Pretty much every episode of a TV show where they have to kill off a regular because the actor has died is both great and sad. Even the Suddenly Susan one was good.
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I typed that and then erased it because of the controversy, Mary. But I LOVE Education of Little Tree.
Sometimes I cry at the end of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but other times I just don't believe they are really dead, and then I don't cry.
insight spinner
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Originally posted by insight spinner:
I typed that and then erased it because of the controversy, Mary. But I LOVE Education of Little Tree.
What controversy?
Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.
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I like how many men are answering and we've avoided mentioning all the chick flix like "Beaches", "Steel Magnolias" and "Fried Green Tomatoes" (never saw two, cry at the third one).
Since it's long enough and often regarded as a movie, did anyone cry at "M*A*S*H - Goodbye, Farewell, Amen"?"
And that HBO movie about the Sam Sheppard killing, was it "Angels in America"?, when the religious reich is protesting so vulgarly in front of the courthouse and all the young people make big angel wings costumes and stand in from of the mob so the dead boy's parents and friends don't have to see them.
Oh, and the candle light vigil in "Pay it Forward." I'm pretty butch, but I could NOT stop crying.
Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.
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Nobody has brought up one of my favorite movies of all time (and not just because it'll make grown men cry): "Grand Canyon".
If you've seen it: 'nuff said. If you haven't, you must rent it. 'Life Affirming' is the best way to briefly describe it, and thus avoid PurpleBelly's 'no scrolling' proscription...
v/r,
-zed
P.S.
Steve Martin's violence-pimp movie producer is easily the 'flattest' character, and yet still a favorite of mine. It makes some sense of humans, as we insist on repeating our sins: "And we never failed to fail; it was the easiest thing to do," Crosby, Stills and Nash. So much for 'no scrolling', eh? Yet another failure...
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The Futurama episode with Fry's dog.
He stops the professor from bringing him (the dog) back becasue the dog lived for like 10 years after Fry was gone and so Fry figures the dog moved on and had a good life.
And then it shows the dog standing outside the pizza shop waiting for Fry to come back for the rest of its life.
Also the Lemony Snicket movie and the letter at the end.
The Big Fish and the funeral.
My So-Called Life and half the fricking episodes.
Probably more, but thats all that comes to mind right now.
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Movies that choked me up? Too many to count... as I get older, I seem to cry much easier. I find that disconcerting. Here I am in my late 40's and I can get a lump in my throat at the most hackneyed of cliches.
But the first time I recollect being brought to tears by a movie was a made-for-TV presentation of "Of Mice and Men." It was in 1970 (I was 15 years old) and it starred George Segal in the role of George. I cannot recall who played Lennie, but that actor did an incredible job. The final scene where George killed Lennie to protect him from the townsfolk just shattered me. It brings a lump to my throat just remembering it now... 34 years later.
Go figure.
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