Strange films that made you cry

Stella777

I mean strange in the sense that the film wasn't necessarily known as an obvious tearjerker.

For me:
"The Lives of Others"
Not what happend to the playwright's GF, but closer to the end when the fim shifted to modern day Berlin, and it showed the Stasi officer walking by a shop window where he spotted the book thanking him for what he'd done for the playwright

Another more silly one was the end of "Meet The Robinsons." And also the end of "Juno," sort of similar theme there, I guess.

Also the Pixar movie "Up" when the couple kept putting their travel dreams on hold year after year and then the woman was too sick to go anymore. Also cried at the end when it seemed the boy had finally gotten the male figure he needed in his life.

maybe I should stop watching all this Disney stuff.

tunguska

The lives of others is a very moving film, dont think its strange at all that you cried at that. Im not a crier at all but I was close to it at that part of the film too.

Another I came close to losing at was (and this could be considered a strange one)Ghost town, the Ricky Gervais movie.

The part where he starts to help all the ghosts, in particular the part where he helps the construction workers

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dolliemix

I can't understand when people say that 'Juno' was a lighthearted film.

The bit where Juno was in the hospital, after having the baby, and her Dad comes in and tells her 'Some day you'll be doing all of this on your own terms'

is possibly one of the saddest and most touching scenes in film.

liah

Sigur Rós' Heima made me cry, purely out of happiness. I think it was just the combination of emotive music, the beauty of the landscape, and the beauty of the communities they played at that did it for me. But I never cry for anything, ever. So it was a bit strange alright.

Also strangely found myself fighting back tears at Avatar; again, I think I just get very strangely affected by beauty, and the way Pandora and the Na'vi were depicted was certainly beautiful and convincing.

I think it's more of a wistful thing, wishing I could be there to experience it, as opposed to any sort of sadness.

I don't cry at sad films. 'Cept maybe Bambi and Old Yeller when I was really tiny, but every kid cries at those.

unreggd

dolliemix wrote: »

I can't understand when people say that 'Juno' was a lighthearted film.

The bit where Juno was in the hospital, after having the baby, and her Dad comes in and tells her 'Some day you'll be doing all of this on your own terms'

is possibly one of the saddest and most touching scenes in film.

Also the part where Juno said somethin like

You're lucky you don't have to be pregnant

KRIS VL

"Sleepers" with Brad Pitt too

KRIS VL

and of course "Dolores Claiborne"

Micky Dolenz

Animal Farm disturbed me.

KRIS VL

The Constant Gardener, with all the misery in those slums

krudler

Muppet Christmas Carol, there i said it

L31mr0d

Stella777 wrote: »

I mean strange in the sense that the film wasn't necessarily known as an obvious tearjerker.

The ending of "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" gets me every time. I don't really know why. Not many other people seem to find it tear jerking but something about it resonates with me, maybe it's the musical score, or Audrey Tautous big welling eyes.

Also, any film that features an old grey haired man, close to deaths door who's down on his luck will usually get to me. I remember feeling a twinge in The Royal Tenenbaums for Gene Hackmans character. Or the old homeless guy in Groundhog Day.

Stella777

KRIS VL wrote: »

and of course "Dolores Claiborne"

Oh, GOD, yes. I'd forgotten about that one. Kathy Bates is an amazing actress.

Films like Dolores Claiborne that show a character making a sacrifice for or protecting another character get to me much more than the ones that show people dying or starcrossed lovers.

Stella777

L31mr0d wrote: »

Also, any film that features an old grey haired man, close to deaths door who's down on his luck will usually get to me. I remember feeling a twinge in The Royal Tenenbaums for Gene Hackmans character. Or the old homeless guy in Groundhog Day.

Don't watch "Up" unless you want to cry then. The old man is not quite as bad as the ones you mentioned, but he is a very grumpy old

widower

who is about to lose his house and be sent to Shady Oaks Retirement Home.

of course it's a Disney Pixar film, so there's a "feel good" ending, but the middle part is very sad. And the part towards the end when he looked at his wife's scrapbook, and finally understood...I just about lost it there.

mishimab

talk to her from Almodovar.. burst into tears after watching it.. the most romantic drama i've ever seen.. wanted to watch it with my bf.. but most people don't find it touching.. the real masterpiece..

nacho libre

most recently, the scene in Is Anybody There where Clarence thinks he's talking to his dead wife and ask for her forgiveness, when it's really the lady who runs the nursing home, she plays along and says she forgives him. That scene was a heart warming one:)