Films that have made you cry, or have put a lump in your throat
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I didn't see the point of 'saving private ryan' especially where they found him and he didn't seem thrilled to be 'saved'.... 
A real old fashioned weepy is Sister Carrie starring Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones (a sort of early Star Is Born) but the very, very worst was ShadowlanRAB with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger where I cried so much I actually felt sick. My mum had just died though so it probably wasn't a wise choice to watch at the time.
Benjamin B
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Ghost the ending always gets me 
Commander78
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Just about any film with a remotely sad bit in it makes me weep! But my top sobbing scenes are:
The Mission - when Jeremy Irons' character and his congregation carry the cross through the wooRAB and are mown down
The end of Ice Age
The end of Of Mice and Men
Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet - "Thy lips are warm..."
The end of The Railway Children
the end of Dead Poets Society
A Matter of Life and Death
Simba's dad dying in The Lion King
and the bit in The Return of the King when Faramir's men are being killed and Denethor gets Pippin to sing - from there to the end, pretty much!
The Mission - when Jeremy Irons' character and his congregation carry the cross through the wooRAB and are mown down
The end of Ice Age
The end of Of Mice and Men
Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet - "Thy lips are warm..."
The end of The Railway Children
the end of Dead Poets Society
A Matter of Life and Death
Simba's dad dying in The Lion King
and the bit in The Return of the King when Faramir's men are being killed and Denethor gets Pippin to sing - from there to the end, pretty much!
BDylanLUVR
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Akeelah and the Bee, just gives me a lump
nick217bball
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Yes, it was really sad.
Very good movie!
Very good movie!
The Boogerman
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The Grapes Of Wrath
Whale Rider--fantastic film-gauranteed to make you sob your eyes out
Plot Outline: A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize
Very surprised no bodys mentioned this one!!
Try it but make sure you've got a box of tissues or a good hanky!
Plot Outline: A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize
Very surprised no bodys mentioned this one!!
Try it but make sure you've got a box of tissues or a good hanky!
Dogma - well one particular scene. It's when Bethany is unable to deal with the revelation that she is a descendant of Jesus and runs away and crashes into the pond/river and starts screaming at God that she hates him/her. Then off screen you hear the Metatron say "He can't hear you" and the next shot sohws him standing on the water. I suppose it's because I have faith that I just find that scene really poignant.
Most other movies that made me cry have already been mentioned. If I wanted to push it though I'd say 2 documentary films.
The first being the Naudet and James Hanlon 9/11 one (the footage from that horrible day), it really brought it home not just in terms of what was lost but how it affected those who survived. The scene where the brothers are reunited really choked me up but the kind of one on one with the firefighters did so in a bigger sense. The scene with one of the veterns (if you will) where he's sat there quietly and tears are in his eyes before he says "Why am I here when so many others are dead?".
Bowling for Columbine too, the part where the CCTV footage of events in the canteen. The students all sitting there just like a regular day and in a aplit second they have their normal student lives, their innocence snatched away from them. The dive under the tables and then the sheer panic as they charge over one another in order to get out and survive, I was only 18 when I saw it and having just left school it made me think "what if it was me in their shoes, what if I lost a friend etc". Sorry if this is longwinded but I felt I should explain it.
Most other movies that made me cry have already been mentioned. If I wanted to push it though I'd say 2 documentary films.
The first being the Naudet and James Hanlon 9/11 one (the footage from that horrible day), it really brought it home not just in terms of what was lost but how it affected those who survived. The scene where the brothers are reunited really choked me up but the kind of one on one with the firefighters did so in a bigger sense. The scene with one of the veterns (if you will) where he's sat there quietly and tears are in his eyes before he says "Why am I here when so many others are dead?".
Bowling for Columbine too, the part where the CCTV footage of events in the canteen. The students all sitting there just like a regular day and in a aplit second they have their normal student lives, their innocence snatched away from them. The dive under the tables and then the sheer panic as they charge over one another in order to get out and survive, I was only 18 when I saw it and having just left school it made me think "what if it was me in their shoes, what if I lost a friend etc". Sorry if this is longwinded but I felt I should explain it.
I ♥ The Ramones
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Also Titanic.
Must be many more, but...
Must be many more, but...
Lance Peeplamstrong
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I haven't read through 10 pages but my top tearjerkers that I can think of are:
The Notebook (most of the nursing home scenes - so sad!)
Titanic (esp the bit with the old couple on the bed)
Life is Beautiful
The Lion King
The Green Mile
Love Actually (the Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson scenes - everytime!)
Armageddon
Dead Poets Society (no, really... I did! Oh Captain my captain)
AI - not necessarily tear-jerker, but incredibly depressing movie
Amistad - (God! Evil!)
Ghost
The Passion of the Christ (definitely lump in throat movie, and lots of wincing!)
I haven't seen Bambi, but I'd imagine I'd be a wreck!
The Notebook (most of the nursing home scenes - so sad!)
Titanic (esp the bit with the old couple on the bed)
Life is Beautiful
The Lion King
The Green Mile
Love Actually (the Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson scenes - everytime!)
Armageddon
Dead Poets Society (no, really... I did! Oh Captain my captain)
AI - not necessarily tear-jerker, but incredibly depressing movie
Amistad - (God! Evil!)
Ghost
The Passion of the Christ (definitely lump in throat movie, and lots of wincing!)
I haven't seen Bambi, but I'd imagine I'd be a wreck!
Growing Times..
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"I am Sam" gets me every time ...
and the scene in "she's having a baby" where it looks as though things have gone wrong and the tune "This woman's work" by Kate Bush starts playing. Even now just hearing the opening bars of that song causes the sensation in th eback of my eyes nose and throat that is usually the prelude to a good old bawl
and the scene in "she's having a baby" where it looks as though things have gone wrong and the tune "This woman's work" by Kate Bush starts playing. Even now just hearing the opening bars of that song causes the sensation in th eback of my eyes nose and throat that is usually the prelude to a good old bawl
Sweet.im4u
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every steven seagal film ever....crys
Willy Peter
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Once Were Warriors (A kiwi movie for those who havent seen it), when the mum finRAB the daughter hanging in the tree. Excellent movie.
Someone earlier mentioned A.I. - i have only been able to watch it once too - and even then it was really really hard to watch it.
Someone earlier mentioned A.I. - i have only been able to watch it once too - and even then it was really really hard to watch it.