Film scenes that always make you cry

artvanderlay

I've been thinking about this today so here are some of mine:


1) UP - Carl and Ellie's relationship through the years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bk_9T482g
2) Groundhog Day - the ice sculpture scene at the end, where he says "I know your face so well, I could have done it with my eyes closed". He doesn't say it in a sappy way, it just sounds truthful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNn6J56J5HE&t=87s
3) Shawshank Redemption - the aerial view of Andy and Red hugging on the beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRBl0GPBm4o
4) Spinal Tap - near the end, backstage before Nigel rejoins the band and after exchanging longing looks with David, Nigel says "David, do a good show, owright?" Gets me every time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuwgeooPb4M

5) The Lives of Others - in the final scene, when he reads the dedication in the book, and says to the shop assistant who asks if he wants the book wrapped "no, it's for me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxvdRQ77pG8
6) Babe - too many scenes to mention!
7) Creed - before the final round, Adonis confessing his whole reason for fighting is to prove he is not a mistake. Then Rocky gives his pep talk. Brilliantly acted scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvOq4hFIRJg



That's all I can think of right now. I'm curious to hear other peoples.

The Phantom Jipper

artvanderlay wrote: »

I've been thinking about this today so here are some of mine:


1) UP - Carl and Ellie's relationship through the years
2) Groundhog Day - the ice sculpture scene at the end, where he says "I know your face so well, I could have done it with my eyes closed". He doesn't say it in a sappy way, it just sounds truthful.
3) Shawshank Redemption - the aerial view of Andy and Red hugging on the beach.
4) Spinal Tap - near the end, backstage before Nigel rejoins the band and after exchanging longing looks with David, Nigel says "David, do a good show, owright?" Gets me every time

5) The Lives of Others - in the final scene, when he reads the dedication in the book, and says to the shop assistant who asks if he wants the book wrapped "no, it's for me".
6) Babe - too many scenes to mention!
7) Creed - before the final round, Adonis confessing his whole reason for fighting is to prove he is not a mistake. Then Rocky gives his pep talk. Brilliantly acted scene.



That's all I can think of right now. I'm curious to hear other peoples.

The scene at the end of Mr Holland's Opus always gets me. Same for the end of Its a Wonderful Life.

Odyssey 2005

My wedding video.

Ultimate Seduction

Only ever happened once when I was about 12 years old. When Richie Vallens died in the crash in la bomba

When I was 6 or 7 or something very young, ET came out. Our neighbors got a bootleg on video, I watched it in their house.
Walked out.
Went straight home, into my bedroom on my own & bawled my eyes out!
Still can't watch ET without crying............

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9tYuOP_FuQ

verycool

Every. F*cking. Time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotNxb2YApk

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4Mv8R0mE0

sockpuppets

The end of The Truman Show

D3luka

Exclamation Marc

The Killing Fields final scene...

Such simple but powerful emotion with John Lennon's Imagine playing through.

"Nothing to forgive"

spacecoyote

This scene from The Champ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE4P-lShwZw

Drew Barrymore at the end of ET

A large portion of the end of The Wind That Shakes The Barley

valoren

"To feel the tingle in your arm as you connect with the ball...that's my wish, Ray Kinsella. Is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true? I don't know."

The end of Field of Dreams always get's me.

Moonlight Graham saves the daughter from choking. He sacrifices his young self to save her becoming the elder Graham in the process. No longer able to play baseball as an older man with the professional ball players he heads back to 'Heaven' in the cornfield. He doesn't mind and reminds Costner, who apologizes for that happening, that medicine was his true calling. Saving people, like his daughter, was his true skill.

As he leaves the field of his dreams, the players thank and commend him for his skills as a doctor. Just before he enters the corn, Shoeless Joe, calls out to him. "Hey Rookie!" and after a beat "You were good". He thanks and commends him for his skill as a ball player. Burt Lancaster's response is a poignantly sad yet satisfied smile. Praise from a legendary player of Joe's caliber vindicates his belief that he would indeed have made it in the big leagues. He is at peace with that 'what if' scenario and his decision to forego it to become a doctor. All conveyed with a look and a slight smile.



Shoeless Joe then unveils to Costner the big reveal of the movie and gestures towards home plate and Costner realizes it's the ghost of his father. They introduce themselves and make their peace. That scene with father and son get's the most attention and is emotional in itself but for whatever reason the prelude to that with Lancaster's character hit's me hard. I think it's the dignity and gravitas he lent to the part which was his final movie role that tee's up the final father & son reconciliation and it's impact.

Every single time it get's me.

New Home

This. Even though here the audio is as bad as the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5JmtZShohU

Heckler

Sorry can't find a clip but start of Twin Peaks when Sheriff Truman comes to tell Leland Palmer his daughters dead and his wife is on the phone. And that amazing Badalamenti score.

DeepBlue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjiQTdcCRU

This one always gets me.

spurious

When Forrest Gump, having found out he has a son, asks is he 'Smart or like me?'.

CastorTroy

Multiple scenes in Lassie movies.

Been a while since I see it but I remember couple times feeling sad at the "He can't see without his glasses" scene from My Girl.

FunLover18

Toy Story 3 - the furnace - 'nuff said.

Mr Crispy

Setsuko's death

in Grave of the Fireflies. That destroyed me.

emo72

When HAL won't open the pod bay doors. I knew things wouldn't be the same again.

thegreengoblin

FunLover18 wrote: »

Toy Story 3 - the furnace - 'nuff said.

It was a great scene but more for the drama of it all. But the final scene watching Andy play with the toys one last time before he heads off to college...I'm actually welling up even thinking about it!

gimli2112

CastorTroy wrote: »

Multiple scenes in Lassie movies.

Been a while since I see it but I remember couple times feeling sad at the "He can't see without his glasses" scene from My Girl.

I had a bad experience with a Lassie movie as a child, I still can't talk about it.

monkeysnapper

Didn't make me cry but very sad at end of the film "the crow

The scene at end where camera stays on Brandon Lee that bit longer .

For people that don't know Brandon died making film .

laylag

Kramer v Kramer when Dustin Hoffman is making the last breakfast for his son before he gives him back to Meryl Streep.

I am Legend...when the dog dies.

LalaLand....the last few minutes.

La Vie est Belle....most of the film is sad.

fergus1001

verycool wrote:

Every. F*cking. Time.

stop watched this on VM1 this week tears welling up

fergus1001

spurious wrote:

When Forrest Gump, having found out he has a son, asks is he 'Smart or like me?'.

he's smart btw you might have aids lol

New Home

When Bambi's mam was shot dead, but even more than that, this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=calHOKucYMw

EPAndlee

Normally any scene of a film where a dog dies

pah

thegreengoblin wrote: »

It was a great scene but more for the drama of it all. But the final scene watching Andy play with the toys one last time before he heads off to college...I'm actually welling up even thinking about it!

This, gets me every time.

Harry Stamper's speech to his daughter by video link at the end of Armageddon.

Short circuit when I was a kid, when No 5 gets all smashed up

afkasurfjunkie

That ‘brooks was here’ scene in the shawshank redemption. Was gonna watch it sun night on tv3, remembered that part and then thought, ‘nah, not going there tonight.’

My guaranteed to bawl scene is the one in the film ‘crash’ where the guys daughter gets shot, or so he thinks, because she runs in front to protect him because he told her she wears a special, invisible cloak that protects her.

Oh and Gran Torino always gets me too. And the end of Leon. Usually it’s the soundtrack or the score to these films that sets me off.

dougm1970

daniel craig as bond....that torture scene where hes in the chair with his balls hanging out through a hole in the chair..and the bad guy is swinging a heavy knotted rope and cracking him hard right in the leitrims....brought a tear watching it

CastorTroy

Plague Dogs. Great film. But it is proof that not all cartoons are funny or happy or even make you crack a smile the whole way through. In fact if you think you're feeling too happy, this is the film you need to watch

f1000

Senna (2010). When the documentary moves onto Imola, I lose it every time. I well up in anticipation of what is about to unfold...

New Home

CastorTroy wrote: »

Plague Dogs. Great film. But it is proof that not all cartoons are funny or happy or even make you crack a smile the whole way through. In fact if you think you're feeling too happy, this is the film you need to watch

Shall we talk about Watership Down?

whiskeyman

Empire of the Sun has it's moments...

BBFAN

spacecoyote wrote:

This scene from The Champ

ALWAYS gets me!

Teyla Emmagan

Dunkirk. The 'little ships'.

Sobsobsob.

Howitzer the 5th

Achingly sad ....

https://youtu.be/2axt1Fjq4YE

Beautiful madness ...

https://youtu.be/0zHmeTeLgMY

neonsofa

In Love Actually when Emma Thompson's character opens the gift and it's not the one she had seen earlier and she cries in the bedroom and then composes herself. Breaks my heart every time I watch it.

KERSPLAT!

Marley and Me? Anything with a dog dying, or thinking they're dead. Turner and Hooch is another

New Home

neonsofa wrote: »

In Love Actually when Emma Thompson's character opens the gift and it's not the one she had seen earlier and she cries in the bedroom and then composes herself. Breaks my heart every time I watch it.

Oh God, yes!! Heartbreak central!! Poor Emma...

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Marley and Me? Anything with a dog dying, or thinking they're dead. Turner and Hooch is another

I point blank refuse to watch it.

KERSPLAT!

New Home wrote: »

Oh God, yes!! Heartbreak central!! Poor Emma...





I point blank refuse to watch it.

It was actually on when I was away last week, flicked past it

redshoes15

Harry Stamper talking to Grace for the last time in Armageddon. Breaks my heart every single time.

DoozerT6

The final scenes of Schindler's List where the actors from the film, accompanied by the actual survivors they portrayed, go to the real Oskar Schindler's grave and lay stones on it. That just sends me into floods of tears, every single time. Even more than the little girl in the red coat. That whole film was a very hard one to watch.

I also watched a little Shawshank the other night, but bowed out when Brooks was being released from prison, for obvious reasons. I don't need those negative emotions hanging over me before another working week starts. 'Tis bad enough, without crying over poor old Brooks.

Animal Farm, when Boxer was being taken away to....you know....

The end of Marley and Me. I didn't know how it ended before I started watching it. Boy, did I cry some salty tears that night.

Generally, these days if I know in advance that a film is sad, I probably won't watch it. I'm too affected by it.

MissGriff

Last scene in The Bridges of Madison County, where Meryl Streep is in the car fighting with herself whether to open the door and run off with Clint Eastwood...........I end up in convulsions crying every God damn time.

Duck Soup

neonsofa wrote: »

In Love Actually when Emma Thompson's character opens the gift and it's not the one she had seen earlier and she cries in the bedroom and then composes herself. Breaks my heart every time I watch it.

Yep. One of the finest pieces of acting I've seen.

Duck Soup

vintagecosmos

Liam Neeson crying in Schindlers list when he could have done more. (at the end)

Scene in Michael Collins when he is killed. The mix of scenes with She moved through the fair song.

Cinema Paradiso, final scene watching all the cuts from the movies.

Into the wild, the death of Alexander Supertramp.

Dr Zhivago, his death scene. So close to Lara....

New Home

Still sticking to the Nazi theme... how about Sophie's Choice?? Traumatised for life.

New Home

Oh, also - pretty much all of The Colour Purple.