Tear Jerker Films

Quality

Right girls I got this idea from the Hollywood moment thread,

What would be the film that you would sit down with your box of Kleenex too.

I will start the ball rolling....

Beaches
In America
Steel Magnolias...

Maple

The Notebook. I thought i'd have to be sedated the first time i watched it.

Jules

oh here we go....

City of Angels, Message in a Bottle, Horsewhisperer, Notebook, Romeo & Juliet, Philadephia, My Girl, When a Man Loves a Woman, Ghost, BrokeBack Mountain, Moulen Rouge....

Oh so many and all amazing films!

Pigletlover

I cry watching Ugly Betty for God's sake! I don't really watch many films but a couple that I seen recently that made me cry were The Green Mile and Man on Fire. It's been a few years since I've seen it but I cried every time I watched Titanic, I've never seen Ghost or the Notebook.

metrovelvet

Midnight Cowboy
Million dollar baby
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Its a Wonderful Life
Cinema Paradiso
La Dolce Vita
Truly Madly Deeply

Maple

Pigletlover wrote: »

I cry watching Ugly Betty for God's sake! I don't really watch many films but a couple that I seen recently that made me cry were The Green Mile and Man on Fire. It's been a few years since I've seen it but I cried every time I watched Titanic, I've never seen Ghost or the Notebook.

rent The Notebook. Actually you can pick it up in Tesco for a tenner. But be prepared for snots and tears. Seriously. If you're anything like me and look disfigured after a bout of crying, be sure that you're not going anywhere that evening because you'll look ravaged after watching it.

Quality

maple wrote: »

rent The Notebook. Actually you can pick it up in Tesco for a tenner. But be prepared for snots and tears. Seriously. If you're anything like me and look disfigured after a bout of crying, be sure that you're not going anywhere that evening because you'll look ravaged after watching it.

I havent seen the notebook yet either, I will have to wait until the husband is out and then watch it.

I just dont feel comfortable crying at films in front of him.....

Maple

Quality wrote: »

I havent seen the notebook yet either, I will have to wait until the husband is out and then watch it.

I just dont feel comfortable crying at films in front of him.....

i watched it with my mate over a bottle of wine. her hubby came in half way through and promptly scarpered. two wailing women hiccuping through their snots was just too much for him.

Oryx

I like The Jacket.

And you cant have a thread like this without mentioning The Champ.

LouOB

The Life of David Gale

I couldnt stop for half hour

Cathmandooo

I dont tend to cry at movies unless I'm already upset about something.

Watched Love Actually last night and the bit where the guy goes to kiera knightly with his sign boards and tells her how much he loves her brought a lump to my throat. Very sweet scene!

liljenny

the notebppk is by far the saddest and best film i have evr watched it is brilliant, you need more than just one box of kleenex

Lola123

Pay it forward
Beaches
Brokedown palace
I know my first name is steven (REAL old film)
I am Sam

As for the notebook....one of the worst films I've ever seen, I turned it off halfway through. Was most disappointed cos I'd heard it was brilliant!

Cathmandooo

Lola123 wrote: »

I know my first name is steven (REAL old film)

Oh my god I used to love that film, cant really remember it, is it about a boy who lost his memory and was lost or something I'd love to see it again!

Crumble Froo

Cathooo wrote: »

I dont tend to cry at movies unless I'm already upset about something.

Watched Love Actually last night and the bit where the guy goes to kiera knightly with his sign boards and tells her how much he loves her brought a lump to my throat. Very sweet scene!

fantastic film! me and my nana often sit down to watch that, and usually end up in tears too :rolleyes::)

also, the end of withnail and i always breaks me up.
and muppet's christmas carol.

WindSock

March of the Penguins was on the other night, and I felt teary just as it was starting. I didn't even make it to the bit with any penguins.

Maple

Cathooo wrote: »

I dont tend to cry at movies unless I'm already upset about something.

Watched Love Actually last night and the bit where the guy goes to kiera knightly with his sign boards and tells her how much he loves her brought a lump to my throat. Very sweet scene!

yeah that scene rocks.

Maple

WindSock wrote: »

March of the Penguins was on the other night, and I felt teary just as it was starting. I didn't even make it to the bit with any penguins.

LMAO.

spurious

Real 'REAL old' weepie films:

Brief Encounter
Mildred Pierce
Madame X
Stella Dallas
Now Voyager

Crumble Froo

actually.. little miss sunshine.

i bawled through that film.

didn't help that the first time i saw it was on the plane home from nz, after only being there 10 days and i was on the verge of tears at every minute...but that... just... whoa.

Lola123

Cathooo wrote: »

Oh my god I used to love that film, cant really remember it, is it about a boy who lost his memory and was lost or something I'd love to see it again!

I haven't seen it in years myself. It was about some lil boy who got abducted aby a paedophile who he lived with for years. When he was eventutally found he didn't wanna know his family n stuff. V. sad.

Quality

Schindlers List as well

Jesus Wept

The Crying Game. :eek:

Dizzyblonde

The Notebook
The Colour Purple
Beaches
Imitation of Life
When a Man Loves a Woman
Truly Madly Deeply

Cathmandooo

The Notebook seems very popular, I'll have to have a look someday! The new Beaches eh? Loved Beaches

Cutie18Ireland

oh the notebook i cried like a baby lol... also a walk to remember with mandy moore no-one ever seems to know that one well worth a watch

Jules

Pay it Forward.... that little kid should be shot he plays that part so well.

Or The Green Mile, i watched it the other night by myself and i looked like a wreck afterwards!

Lola123

Also,
Gorrillas in the Mist
Legends of the Fall
the Fighting Sullivans
And I bawled at blood diamond!

TheB

E.T .... I start crying at the start because I know what happens at the end.. I don't watch it anymore.. it totally makes be depressed and ashamed to be human.. what they do to that lil alien... Oh god I'm starting with the sighing already.. :rolleyes:

The Green Mile.. refuse to watch it now.. I get too upset.

Tbh it's not so much the film.. it's certain parts to films.. take Titanic. Wasn't particularly upset about Jack sliding off into the deep..was more angry at that snivelling cow not making more of an effort to let him up on the board thing.. there was plenty of room!
I was more upset by the Orchestra playing to the end knowing they'll die and the old couple preparing by lying together in bed.. that nearly killed me..

And now I am stopping typing about all these sad things..

Bx

Oryx

Ralph Fiennes final scene in The Constant Gardener is a lump in the throat moment.

*Page*

click...

when adams sandler becomes really old and die's... i cried so bad

Malteaser!

Gotta be The Notebook, I don't know anyone who's watched it and not been in bits by the end!

Pigletlover

I forgot about The Champ, I watched that when I was younger with my mother and it nearly killed me not to cry (I can't cry in front of my parents, I have to run away when I feel the lump starting in my throat). I heard The Notebook was really sad, that's why I never watched it.

Another film that I bawled at was Song for a Raggy Boy. Myself and my friend still laugh at the state we got ourselves into watching it, we couldn't leave our seats in the cinema for around ten minutes after the lights came on.

Maple

Pigletlover wrote: »

I forgot about The Champ, I watched that when I was younger with my mother and it nearly killed me not to cry (I can't cry in front of my parents, I have to run away when I feel the lump starting in my throat). I heard The Notebook was really sad, that's why I never watched it.

Another film that I bawled at was Song for a Raggy Boy. Myself and my friend still laugh at the state we got ourselves into watching it, we couldn't leave our seats in the cinema for around ten minutes after the lights came on.

LOL. I was like that in the theatre after Titanic. I was in hysterics.

Quality

Gone with the wind


and

Bambi, Remember when the mother died......

Maple

Quality wrote: »

Gone with the wind


and

Bambi, Remember when the mother died......

oh oh oh **eyes well up** the horror of it!

Quality

The Husband is out next Thursday night, I am going to get the notebook and watch it then,

I will get a nice bottle of vino. A box of Kleenex and make sure all the curtains are closed....

Maple

Quality wrote: »

The Husband is out next Thursday night, I am going to get the notebook and watch it then,

I will get a nice bottle of vino. A box of Kleenex and make sure all the curtains are closed....

consider sound proofing the room so that the neighbours don't think you're being battered at the sound of all your weeping and wailing.

let us know what you think!

Ballerina

i dont really get how the notebook makes every one cry..and i cry at nearly every film!but then again iv never seen it from start to finish completely...

whoever said the Life of David Gale was spot on

but even moreso-Tuesdays with Morrie(sp?)
watched it school and had to leave the room half way through i got so upset.probably because it reminded me of my grandma and she was dying at the time

monkeyfudge

The Iron Giant always makes me cry.

Catari Jaguar

Malteaser! wrote: »

Gotta be The Notebook, I don't know anyone who's watched it and not been in bits by the end!

I thought that film was lame. I was very let down by it after all teh rave reviews I heard. I was just depressed at how sad old age is....

Now, if you want a REAL love story that will have you in bits, you have to watch "A Walk To Remember". It's by the same author as "The Notebook". Mandy Moore and Shane West are in it. It's hard to get your hands on but a really quality, beautiful, heart wrenching film. Love love love it!

"Love Actually" makes me cry too, at the sweetness.

And another tear jerker, (that even had my boyf crying) is "The Green Mile"

Oh! Also, that scene at the end of "In America", where the little girl tells her Dad, "Say Goodbye to Frankie...."

Thefirestarter

A beautiful mind an gladiator at the end
my god russell crowe is a legend

Jules

Did some one already say Walk The Line, i would also like to mention....

All Dogs Go to Heaven
An American Tale

RAFC

Pay it Forward - every time I hear the song 'calling all angels' I cry
The Champ - still cry each time
A Mighty Heart - I have on good authority is a major weepie (saving it until himself is on evenings)

Karl Hungus

Dear god there's some crap films being mentioned here... Can't believe anyone would cry at half of them. Not that I'm trying to be macho here or anything, I do sob while watching a film on occassion, but there are films out there that are far worthier of my tears. Check out some of these films instead of the rubbish that's being mentioned:

The Elephant Man
Empire Of The Sun
Brotherhood
Grave Of The Fireflies

Watch some of those. You might top yourself in a fit of sheer and utter despair.

Oh, and Leon has me a bit weepy at times too.

Jules

I agree with two outta the four there Karl!

Karl Hungus

Jules80 wrote: »

I agree with two outta the four there Karl!

Which two? Is it because you've not seen the other two?

Jules

That could be it they don't ring any bells, have seen empire of the sun and elephant man. Both made me cry.

But might just go and see if i can get my hands on the other two!

Karl Hungus

Jules80 wrote: »

That could be it they don't ring any bells, have seen empire of the sun and elephant man. Both made me cry.

But might just go and see if i can get my hands on the other two!

Well, Brotherhood and Grave of the Fireflies are Korean and Japanese films respectively, so they're not as well known. But I'd say Brotherhood is probably the film that jerks the most tears from me by the end, it's incredible, especially when you compare it to other war films of late.

Ickle Magoo

I howled at The Green Mile & Shawshanks Redemption - ET made me sob hardest tho....:o

monkeyfudge

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Grave Of The Fireflies

Brilliant film... If everyone was forced to watch this we might have fewer wars in this world.