Films That Make People Cry

Tyrrial

yesterday a friend told me that she has never cried at a movie ever. So i said we'll see about that and we watched "Life Is Beautiful", despite the fact i've long lost count of the amount of times i've seen the film i still had to fight back some tears.. and she didn't even wimper, i need some suggestions.

What movies are going to make my friend cry?

Sam Vimes

War of the worlds with tom cruise. Awful, awful film

ixoy

I was left stone cold by "La Vita e Bella" - found it truly uninspiring and over-rated. I was moved, however, by "Grave of the Fireflies" - if that does nothing for your friend, then she's dead inside

Driver 8

Schindler's List
Million Dollar Baby

User45701

i have never cried at a film and yes i saw grave of the fireflys, it was a good movie i enjoyed it but i didnt cry.

qwertplaywert

Donnie Darko and Serenity[in cinema 15 months after first seeing!]

Wacker

Finding Nemo. When all the fish are chanting "SWIM DOWN". I cry like a girl every time.

faceman

Best of the Best (no joke!!!)

when Dae Han gives the medal to tommy - has me crying like a baby every time!

Eirebear

This is gonna sound cheesy as hell, but Finding neverland gets me every time.....

User45701

qwertplaywert wrote:

Donnie Darko and Serenity[in cinema 15 months after first seeing!]

Serenity was very emotional but i didint cry, Another emotional scene was in bsg (season 3 episode 4 (the scene with tigh and high wife)

qwertplaywert

Nah, bsg never's done it on a emotional level that high for me, although the Firefly ep 'out of Gas' was the only tv show to ever get me close to crying

Crumbs

Bridge To Terabithia

Black Swan

Films with tears for me:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Four Feathers (2002)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Plus a couple of oldies on DVD:
Dead Poets Society
Ladyhawke (1985)

Rhyme

What Dreams May Come and Grave of the Fireflies have been the closest.

bubonicus

Shine

faceman

The Never Ending Story - when the horse died. I remember as a kid being devastated watching it every time.

Pigman II

I've never cried at a movie. Tho that said speaking of nukem movies Threads and WhenTheWindBlows certainly get to me each time I watch them ... something that can't be said for the tedious Grave of the Fireflies.

I agree that Life is Beautiful is a piece of poo btw. So much so I was actually happy with how things turned out for Roberto Benignis character in the end.

s1007

Its a Wonderful Life (1946)

biko

Michael Collins
In the end when he gets shot while his bride is preparing herself.
"Don't go Mick"

I always get choked up during Serenity, The Lord of the Rings, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Brotherhood and Grave of the Fireflys

Running Bing

Pans labyrinth is a bit of a tearjerker. Fvck it even if she doesnt cry its worth watching.

Unshelved

Casablanca - when they sing La Marseillaise
It's a Wonderful Life
Cinema Paradiso - especially the final scene
and
The Railway Children - when she sees her Dad at the station at the end I'm a wreck!

Babybing

Babybing wrote:

Pans labyrinth is a bit of a tearjerker. Fvck it even if she doesnt cry its worth watching.

Just remembering watching that and fighting back tears. Del Toro really is the most gifted filmmaker working today.

event

Et

User45701

qwertplaywert wrote:

Nah, bsg never's done it on a emotional level that high for me, although the Firefly ep 'out of Gas' was the only tv show to ever get me close to crying

You buy that ship, treat her right... Shel be with you the rest of your life.

Ryaller

I hardly ever cry watching movies, but saw "Inside I'm Dancing" there at the weekend and was blubbing like a little girl.
Also, "The Elephant Man" gets me every time I see it.

The Denouncer

Yeah Pans Labrinth.

In America was sad too. Sniff.

Wacker

Ryaller wrote:

I hardly ever cry watching movies, but saw "Inside I'm Dancing" there at the weekend and was blubbing like a little girl.

I forgot about that one! I squeezed out a tear or two there too.

Actually, now that I think of it, I also cried at both Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan and The Outsiders, but those were both years ago. I doubt they'd have the same effect if I were to see them again.

kawaii

Get her to watch "A moment to remember" if she likes foreign (korean) films. It's like a ton of bricks being dropped on your lacrimal glands.

Dodge

Ashamed to say it but Rocky Balboa. Near the end when the music starts playing...

girlfriend still giving me grief over it...

kevmy

Loads of films I have seen I would have described as emotional but I don't think I've ever cried.

Found Shawshank Redemption, It's a Wonderful Life, ET etc sad and uplifting at times.

However the closest I come to cry is always is during action films. Rocky Balboa as that music swells, Lethal Weapon 2 when Riggs is nearly dead at the end and one of the Die Hard's for some reason

Dudess

People think I come across as kinda tough but believe me, all barriers come down when it comes to sad movies, many of which have reduced me to a snivelling mess on numerous occasions.

faceman wrote:

The Never Ending Story - when the horse died. I remember as a kid being devastated watching it every time.

Big time. Used to have to fast-forward that bit for years. Still causes a "there's something in my eye" moment for me. Love that film.

Pigman II wrote:

Threads and WhenTheWindBlows certainly get to me each time I watch them

Threads fills me with utter horror but it wouldn't cause me to cry. When The Wind Blows is unbearably sad. Actually, thinking of Raymond Briggs, the very last scene in The Snowman is terribly sad, and a real kick in the teeth to little kids. Not really that Christmassy!

Ryaller wrote:

"The Elephant Man" gets me every time I see it.

Oh God that last scene! With John Hurt in mind, the end of Nineteen Eighty Four makes me bawl my eyes out. It's not really supposed to be sad, more horrifying, but there's something about those very last moments. The book didn't cause me to cry though.
ET always does it for me.
I can't really watch a lot of war films. The scene where the two men are reunited in The Killing fields destroys me - and that's only one scene. Schindler's List - tried it, couldn't handle it. Ditto The Deer Hunter. Born on the Fourth of July is heartbreaking but I've still managed to watch it a number of times.
The Sixth Sense - had me nearly in convulsions on the numerous occasions I saw it! Brokeback Mountain - ditto. Terms of Endearment, Casablanca - anything where two people who love each other can't be together (puke!) On that note, I love Atonement the book, but I'm kind of unsure about going to see it because of the show I'll make of myself (and I will). Maybe I should wait til it's out on DVD.
And Ms Melodrama herself: Lana Turner. Those epic weepies she made, like Imitation of Life and Madame X - they make me blub like a babby.
Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources, Ordinary People (Robert Redford's directorial debut about the death of a young guy, and his family's struggle to cope), Kes, Philadelphia, Watership Down (actually I just can't watch it).
God I'm a wuss.

BULLER

HALLOWEEN - brought tears to girls and skweemish guys, using non-emotional methods...

Melion

E.T
Armageddon
Green Mile

Asok

2 Girls 1 Cup

Dudess

Asok wrote:

2 Girls 1 Cup

Just googled that - lol but... wah! Sweet jebus!

spacecoyote

The wind that shakes the barley is the only one that has actually made me cry. Big Fish had me damn close, as did the end of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

if she doesn't get moved by The Champ, then she has no soul

faceman

i thought the movie Lamb was more moving than the wind that shakes the barley

ro1798

i think that the Fly 2 was the only film i have ever got upset over, i think everyone knows the bit.....:(

Inglorious

ro1798 wrote:

i think that the Fly 2 was the only film i have ever got upset over, i think everyone knows the bit.....:(

Poor doggy.

For me it's the Pianist. That scene where they share the toffee...

Dudess

Oh yeah! That dog bit is horrible!
I've only scene a few clips of The Pianist - no thanks. WAAAAY too upsetting.

Stargal

Unshelved wrote:

Casablanca - when they sing La Marseillaise

Same. I've seen it about 20 times at this stage but still well up at that scene every single time.

I'm not usually a crier but the end of Atonement really got to me a couple of weeks ago. It reminded me a bit of the ending of The Constant Gardener, which I also cried at.

Psychedelic

midnight cowboy

Xios

Both the fantastic 4 and superman returns, i wasted many hours, i want them back!

kevmy

kevmy wrote: »

Loads of films I have seen I would have described as emotional but I don't think I've ever cried.

Found Shawshank Redemption, It's a Wonderful Life, ET etc sad and uplifting at times.

However the closest I come to cry is always is during action films. Rocky Balboa as that music swells, Lethal Weapon 2 when Riggs is nearly dead at the end and one of the Die Hard's for some reason

Melion wrote: »

Armageddon

Ah yes gotta add this one to my list

faceman

no disrespect people but Armageddon??? please! Michael bay cant do emotion!! The youth of today! :rolleyes:

thats it, armageddon outta here!

Mark Hamill

The end of "The Iron Giant" is the closest to crying I've ever come, try that. (plus its the best animated film ever, so that helps too)

kevmy

faceman wrote: »

no disrespect people but Armageddon??? please! Michael bay cant do emotion!! The youth of today! :rolleyes:

thats it, armageddon outta here!

Don't worry it's more to do with my twisted personality than anything else.

Either that or I'm based in reality and don't get hung up on films because, wait for it, there not real

Dodge

kevmy wrote: »

Either that or I'm based in reality and don't get hung up on films because, wait for it, there not real

Might be a decent argument if you weren't advocating crying at the films (or being emotional at least)

How can you say you get emotional at them if you're not "hung op" on them?

Pugsley

Never really cried at a film, but definately had lumps in my throat for a few, for some reason near the end of "The Last Samurai" when Nathan is talking to the emperor gets me every time. "Tae Guk Gi" (Brotherhood of war) also has some very powerful scene's in it, aswell as being possibly the greatest war movie ever made, and "Grave of the Fireflies" for obvious reasons.

kevmy

Dodge wrote: »

Might be a decent argument if you weren't advocating crying at the films (or being emotional at least)

How can you say you get emotional at them if you're not "hung op" on them?

I've never cried at a film but their have been times as before when I have felt that say if the film was happening in real life and was happening to me I might have cried. Thats what I defined as emotional.
Have also got emotional at plenty of rubbish films, some of them so bad I nearly cried. I would seriously get worried at my grip on reality if I started crying at films on even a semi-regular basis