Movies that make you cry

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Dumbo - innocence attacked for no reason but prejudice. A mother’s love and a child’s longing. “Baby Mine …” the saddest song in the world to me. How mothers should (and mostly DO feel about their special children). In this age when abortion gets justified … unto CHAMPIONED as an actual “good” as regards babies with birth defects … this kills me. Forgotten is God’s gift … in favor of … :nope:

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youtube.com/watch?v=y7JvL2ap3Cg < “goodness” has a Hollywood moment. :crying:

Of Mice and Men - Similar to Dumbo is some respects, with an opposite and terrible ending. I saw this on TV at age 10 (Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. version) and was traumatized for days. Not just tears. My spirit was disturbed.

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*I didn’t know the word Euthanasia at age 10. I didn’t understand (or buy) the justification of George killing Lenny to “save him” even then. Of course, when I was 10, in 1961, movies (especially those on TV) almost always had happy endings …
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Old Yeller - Sort of coupled with “Of Mice and Men” in my mind, as I saw them both at age 10. Here, the hero-dog is euthanized after he becomes rabid and a threat to the frontier family. The young boy, whose dog “Yeller” is … must be the man of the family in his father’s temporary absence and keep the family safe. Disney’s eventual happy ending was needed for age 10 me.

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The Long, Long, Trailer - Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball made this when they were actually (and obviously) still in love. Beautiful and funny, poignant and inciteful, the knowlege of their later divorce makes this an extra sad one for me.

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Mary Poppins - as with Dumbo, it’s a song that kills me. “Feed the Birds,” where the heretofore aloof and uberefficient Mary shows her heart for the poor and actually teaches the children a compassion that far outweighs neatness, manners, and the more mundane virtues.


youtube.com/watch?v=XHrRxQVUFN4 < “Church” as a positive in this too.

"Saints and apostles … " as part of a song lyric? And the children learn the lesson. Perhaps the biggest one of the story (one that elevates the whole story too, IMO).

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - The coming of age story of little Francie Nolan in early 20th century Brooklyn. It was somewhat like my Grandmother’s neighborhood in Chicago in the late 1950s … adding to its effect on me. A girls love for her father was the rare thing about this movie (seldom seen in films IMO). Happy tears come in this one as well as sad with the developing of her relationship with her mother.

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videodetective.com/movies/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/486 < In this ONE minute clip even, Elia Kazan’s masterpiece makes me go to jelly …
 
Memaw said:
Me too! It brings tears to my eyes just thinking of the scene when HE fell carrying the cross and Mary reached to catch HIM as she did when HE was a small boy and falling… God Bless, Memaw
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Yes, yes bawled like a baby at that scene

Another scene is when Mary leans down to put her ear on the floor and Jesus chained looks up as if sensing her presence.
 
NeedsMercy said:
I can empathize. I saw “Marley and Me” a short time after my Benny passed. I had no idea that Marley was going to die. I wish someone had told me. :bighanky:
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Wait. What!!! Marley DIES???

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Peace

Tim

ps - just kidding!😉
 
The ending of Saving Private Ryan. If you watched that movie from the beginning and don’t cry at the end, there is something wrong with you!

I agree with The Passion of the Christ.

Peace

Tim
 
pensmama87 said:
I am a horrible sap. I cry at a LOT of movies.

One where both my husband and I were blubbering (so I know it wasn’t just me being crazy) was the montage of Carl and Ellie’s marriage in Up. It gets both of us every time (and causes great confusion for our 3 year old).
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Orogeny said:
The ending of Saving Private Ryan. If you watched that movie from the beginning and don’t cry at the end, there is something wrong with you!
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Same here, for both movies.

Also, Where the Red Fern Grows, I remember crying at the end of that. My Mom says as a kid I cried during the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy was saying goodbye to everyone.

I’m pretty sappy, too (the local term is a “sook” – rhymes with “look” – as in, “Ah, ya big sook!”). I sometimes watch YouTube vids of soldiers and marines coming home and surprising their families, and end up going through half a box of Kleenex.
 
Orogeny said:
Wait. What!!! Marley DIES???

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Peace

Tim

ps - just kidding!😉
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Spoiler alerts: Bambi’s mom dies in a fire. Old Yeller gets shot. The dog in Rear Window gets murdered by Raymond Burr. 😃 I found this site today for those that might want to save themselves (or their kids) some trauma. Not complete by any means, but a good start 🙂

doesthedogdie.com/application/list#s
 
For some reason, I’m always really embarrassed when I cry during a movie. I always try and fight back tears, but sometimes it doesn’t always work. :o My husband openly weeps at movies, but not me. I can’t really explain why that is.

Some very sad movie moments for me are:

Warning: Spoiler Alerts

-Life is Beautiful: this movie starts out funny and touching, but Guido’s sudden death at the end was shocking and heart-breaking. During the credits, I remember just sitting in stunned silence.

-Forrest Gump: Forrest’s mother’s death was sad, but what really got me was Jenny’s death. The scene where he talks to her grave was the one that brought me to tears.

-Courageous: I am not a fan of most of these highly contrived movies made by the Christian film company Sherwood Pictures, and this movie is quite cheesy overall. However, the tragic death of the little girl and her family’s reaction to it really hit me hard.

I’m sure I can think of more examples, but those are the ones that come to mind.

There are also some movies I want to see, but I am afraid to due to the emotional impact it may have. These would be Passion of the Christ and Schindler’s List. I don’t know if I could even handle those movies.
 
UnumCorpus said:
For some reason, I’m always really embarrassed when I cry during a movie. I always try and fight back tears, but sometimes it doesn’t always work. :o My husband openly weeps at movies, but not me. I can’t really explain why that is.

Some very sad movie moments for me are:

Warning: Spoiler Alerts

-Life is Beautiful: this movie starts out funny and touching, but Guido’s sudden death at the end was shocking and heart-breaking. During the credits, I remember just sitting in stunned silence.

-Forrest Gump: Forrest’s mother’s death was sad, but what really got me was Jenny’s death. The scene where he talks to her grave was the one that brought me to tears.

-Courageous: I am not a fan of most of these highly contrived movies made by the Christian film company Sherwood Pictures, and this movie is quite cheesy overall. However, the tragic death of the little girl and her family’s reaction to it really hit me hard.

I’m sure I can think of more examples, but those are the ones that come to mind.

There are also some movies I want to see, but I am afraid to due to the emotional impact it may have. These would be Passion of the Christ and Schindler’s List. I don’t know if I could even handle those movies.
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Passion of the Christ is very difficult to watch and emotionally exhausting.I watched it for the first time all by myself…I spent more time running out of the room to avoid the really brutal parts,cried pretty much non stop. While I have seen different snippets since,I have yet to watch it again.I would recommend it mostly for the visible connection it gives one to the horrible suffering Our Lord endured for us.This is not a cleaned up version by any means.
 
Just remembered two more that send my blubbering:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:

Aragorn: “My friends! You bow to no one” (leading everyone in bowing before Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

Love Actually with a happy tears and a sad tears moment
The proposal scene in the Portuguese restaurant (happy)

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Emma Thompson’s scene in the bedroom where she first deals with proof of husband Alan Rickman’s infidelity (very sad). (I think these two are my current favorite actors because they are so talented and realistic.)
 
One trick I have learned for avoiding crying in public, should you wish to (this came in handy when I was a teacher on a few occasions) is to pinch between your index finger and thumb - not just where the skin is, but a little further down on the hand. I had heard years ago that it’s an acupressure point. I am not a huge believer in Eastern-style medicine but this works for me, even if it’s just placebo. 😉

I am a big cryer when reading, too - I didn’t know there was a movie version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but I loved the book when I read it, though of course I did cry.
Emma Thompson’s scene in the bedroom where she first deals with proof of husband Alan Rickman’s infidelity (very sad).
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Oh yeah, that one gets me, too.
 
Jeanne_S said:
Passion of the Christ is very difficult to watch and emotionally exhausting.I watched it for the first time all by myself…I spent more time running out of the room to avoid the really brutal parts,cried pretty much non stop. While I have seen different snippets since,I have yet to watch it again.I would recommend it mostly for the visible connection it gives one to the horrible suffering Our Lord endured for us.This is not a cleaned up version by any means.
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I agree with you, and part of me definitely does want to watch Passion of the Christ for those reasons. If or when I do decide to see it, I will have to do some prayerful preparation beforehand. I could see myself also running out of the room and/or closing my eyes for much of it. I like the idea of watching it alone though. That way I won’t be embarrassed by my likely strong reactions.
pensmama87 said:
One trick I have learned for avoiding crying in public, should you wish to (this came in handy when I was a teacher on a few occasions) is to pinch between your index finger and thumb - not just where the skin is, but a little further down on the hand. I had heard years ago that it’s an acupressure point. I am not a huge believer in Eastern-style medicine but this works for me, even if it’s just placebo. 😉
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That sounds like an interesting trick! I’d be willing to try it next time I’m struggling to keep tears back during a movie. My only coping method thus far is trying to imagine someone funny like Mr. Bean as a sad scene is playing. :o Though that strategy doesn’t usually work, especially once the sad music starts.

Thanks for the tip!
 
We had, “Pursuit of Happiness” just on … I bawl when they are in the homeless shelter and the little boy grabs his dad’s face and says, “You are a good Dad”. :crying: It’s also tearful the first night they are homeless and at the train station. Earlier, they were dealing with a homeless man who lost his mind and believed a machine belonging to the Dad was a time Machiene. It seems as if the Dad had a moment where he could have hopelessly despaired and became like that other homeless man … But instead that sparkle in his eyes when he playes Dinasour instead to make his little boy comfortable. Then a scary cry when they sleep in the bathroom.
 
pensmama87 said:
One trick I have learned for avoiding crying in public, should you wish to (this came in handy when I was a teacher on a few occasions) is to pinch between your index finger and thumb - not just where the skin is, but a little further down on the hand. I had heard years ago that it’s an acupressure point. I am not a huge believer in Eastern-style medicine but this works for me, even if it’s just placebo. 😉

I am a big cryer when reading, too - I didn’t know there was a movie version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but I loved the book when I read it, though of course I did cry.

Oh yeah, that one gets me, too.
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Is that the movie where a guy goes around carrying a little tree calling for Mrs. Jones. and the tree keeps growing? I saw that when I was a child and that’s all I remember!!?? God Bless. Memaw
 
@memaw:

No. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn tells the story of a young girl in Depression-era(?) Brooklyn and how she lives. The tree is about the only green thing in her world. Her family is impoverished, at least in part because of her father’s battle with alcoholism. It is very much a tear-jerker.
 
Just saw Old-Fashioned. A good, old-fashioned (get it? 🙂 ) love story set in SE Ohio.

I cry at supermarket openings and this one did it for me.
 
Three movies from Asia come to mind as well: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers. The climactic scenes in each of these movies where the lovers die, aided in each one by the emotionally powerful music, always tugs at my heartstrings. I’m just an old softie when love goes wrong :(.
 
I was choking back tears during the entire “American Sniper” movie, mainly because it’s based on real life and knowing how it was going to end…I really lost it during the closing credits…you could have heard a pin drop in the theater.
 
Memaw said:
Me too! It brings tears to my eyes just thinking of the scene when HE fell carrying the cross and Mary reached to catch HIM as she did when HE was a small boy and falling… God Bless, Memaw
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Oh, yes! This is the exact scene in the movie where I just lost it and started crying my eyes out!
 
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