The last 15 minutes of The Green Mile came pretty close.
Heat- When De Niro is laying there dying and he and Pacino have last words
Independence Day- Not tears but goosebumps everytime the president gives his speech before the final battle.
Armaggedon- Several times throughout
Hotel Rwanda- Eyes welled up almost the entire movie
Ladder 49- Kinda knew what was going to happen though
Boyz in da Hood- When Ricky get blasted
I realized I watch too many movies.
Independence Day- Not tears but goosebumps everytime the president gives his speech before the final battle.
Me too, also in Gladiator when he comes back and has to take his helmet off for the paper king.
Schindler’s list
Passion of the Christ - cried several times in this one.
Land Before Time when Littlefoot see’s his shadow in the rock and runs towards it thinking it’s his mum, then realises, he then realises his mum has gone to dinosaour heaven!
Not a film but the Band Of Brothers, very emotional.
And one of my favourite films A.I. About the most depressing film ever but does get me everytime!
Also films with happy endings, love, oh my god I could go on for ever, I am supposed to be a big tough bodybuilder but am such a girls blouse!
I was going to say the first land before time too, thats so sad when littlefooots mom dies. I was just little guy when I first saw that and can still remember balling like it was yesterday.
Also the end of the Land Before Time when they all find the green valley and find their parents and Littlefoot doesn’t have his. Although he finds his grandparents which was nice…ok I’ll shut up now
[quote]Chownie wrote:
Also the end of the Land Before Time when they all find the green valley and find their parents and Littlefoot doesn’t have his. Although he finds his grandparents which was nice…ok I’ll shut up now [/quote]
Wow, this is turning out to be a long thread. We’re all getting in touch with our emotional side (pansies!!)
Lets not forget Rocky!
[quote]dukefan4ever wrote:
Yep. The Passion of the Christ.[/quote]
That scene where he falls to his knees and Mary has a flashback of him as a child.
Eight below… anyone who has a dog and has seen it will know why.
Ladder 49…
The green mile…
Simon Birch…
Patch Adams…
I find crying contageous (sp?) almost… if I see someone crying (in real life, or even in a movie) I feel my eyes tear up.
A Beautiful Mind was pretty powerful.
I’m proud that T-Men can come together and admit they can still cry at a movie. I think it’s great to be able to be touched emotionally by a film. Sure, I can get as aroused from a MMA fight as anybody else, but I also like to think I’m not so one-dimensional and can have a more “sensitive side,” too.
Tearjerkers for me include:
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Old Yeller. This was the first movie that ever made me cry as far as I can recall. I was a little boy and the tears flowed when Old Yeller was run down trying to save his master from the boars. I remember my dad laughed at me for crying. When the prison shrink asked me why I killed my father, this was the first negative memory I could recall. J/k!
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Braveheart. As Gibson is being tortured.
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The English Patient. When the protagonist carries his lover from the cave. The music accompanying the scence is incredibly sad, adding to the tragedy.
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The Patriot. When Gibson’s son is shot. Again, the music is very powerful. Jason Isaacs, the antagonist, plays such a terrificly evil mofo.
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The Professional, a.k.a., Leon. When Matilda is at the Pro’s apartment door, pleading to be let in. You can just feel her terror, desperation, and sadness.
Superman Part 1: when he saves Lois as she’s falling from the helicopter. I know, I’m a big sissy.
Superman Part II: When the Big S spins Zod around and tosses him into the Coke sign. It is just such a feel good moment, and I’m a total sap for these things.
Superman Part III: Ha! I got through this one without crying! Beat that, tough guy!
Star Wars, Episode II: When Anakin’s mother dies in his arms just before she can utter, “I love you.”
Return of the Jedi: When Vader attacks the Emporer and saves Luke. I swear, if you get really engrossed in the films, and have no one around that can witness and laugh at your tears, then it really is possible to cry during some Lucas films.
Shawshank Redemption. Right at the end, when Andy Dufrane and Red are reunited.
Forest Gump: at the end, when Gump is speaking to his wife at her grave. And before, as others mentioned, when he and Jennie are reunited at that anti-war rally.
Lion King: when Simba is told that it’s his fault his father died.
Unforgiven: when Eastwood’s character hears of the torture and murder of his partner.
Back to the Future: When George knocks out Biff. Hmmm, I guess I didn’t cry, but I got goose bumps for sure.
Gladiator: When Maximus and Cladius are rising to the surface of the Colliseum before their battle. Again, not crying, but serious goosebumps.
The Never Ending Story: When the kid reading the book rides the dragon and scares those bullies into jumping inside the dumpster. Okay, even I’m embarrassed about this one, but something to do with retributive justice I guess.
Hoosiers: somebody mentioned this one. I saw it years ago and can’t remember anything, but I do recall crying.
The Fly II: When he finds out his mutant dog is still alive and he puts it out of his misery. Jonnhy_law mentioned this one. I had totally forgot about that scene. I saw it probably nearly a decade ago and I remember refusing to watch it again just because that one scene is so heart-wrenching. Really, I can’t remember the details, except that you were witnessing what had to be years of horrible suffering of such an innocent creature. It was awful. For some reason I didn’t even cry when my own cat died in real life (which made my mom wonder what was wrong with me), but that scene killed me.
“Titanic” The first time I saw it when Leo freezes and drowns. Random mentioned that one. It probably got me the first time, too.
The Fox and The Hound: My mom tells me I cried when she read the book to me. Hey, what do you expect? I was only 21 years old.
Life is Beautiful: When the son is reunited with his mother.
Believe it or not, I’m sure there are others…
It took a lot for me to be able to admit that these films made me cry. So please don’t tease me about it, or you’ll make me cry again.
For some reason, animated movies always have a way of getting to me more than others.
Case in point: Lion King. When the father dies getting trampled by the Wildebees.
[quote]JPBear wrote:
“In America” made me bawl my eyes out. Same as “Life is Beautiful”. I couldn’t watch “The Passion of the Christ”. I love Jesus so much that I can’t bear to think about the crucifixion in detail.
I saw that movie “Eight Below” in the theatre and there was this 10 year old girl sitting behind me who started to sob uncontrollably about halfway through and continued for the rest of the movie. She couldn’t even get up out of her seat at the end; she was just sitting there, emotionally spent. I thought it was kind of sweet that she was so sensitive.
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I just saw Eight Below on Saturday, although I didn’t cry I was getting very close to it when those dogs got left behind, they just looked as though they felt betrayed when everyone had to leave in the plane. It’s a hard movie to get through emotionally unmoved for anyone who likes dogs.
[quote]buckaroo wrote:
OK, how many of you (and girls don’t count) have ever cried at a movie? [/quote]
when i saw “lost in translation”…
cause… 7euros are alwys 7euros…
I cried when I saw ‘quills’. Then again, I was smoking a lot of hash at the time.
Can’t make it through the following without breaking up at the end -
Iron Giant
Saving Private Ryan
Dead Poet’s Society
Return of the King
King Kong
Edward Scissorhands
The Elephant Man
Spiderman II
Where the Red Fern Grows
Final of Epsiode of Star Trek Next generation (“All Good Things” - he he don’t laugh!
The Last Samurai when Ken Watanabe died did it for me.
The other one that gets me every time is Men of Honour when Cuba Gooding jr does his twelve steps wearing the dive gear with Bobby De Niro counting them out. - Great movie.
Ladder 49 during Jacks last moments of life and when the capt. orders everyone out of the building… ahhh an again when the fire officers turn up on jacks doorstep to his wife… and finially for about 10 minutes during and after jacks funeral… I’m a sook and directors prey on me to get repeat viewings… It wasn’t rape but it wasn’t far off…
Only once. It was a home rental though. Some movie about these sisters. Hillary and Jackie might’ve been the name. One was a famous musician who got this brain disease and died after first losing all bodily functions. It wasn’t even that sad (well, maybe it was) but I was in 9th grade and my best friend had just died of a brain tumour. I was balling. Nothing else ever hit me that hard, even Schindler’s List, and Sophie’s Choice and the like. I can’t remember ever crying at another movie though some have been pretty profound and striking.