Tear jerking movies

AlphabetCards · 26-05-2020 01:38PM

you guys are good. Lots of stuff to get through this evening!

Cantona's Collars · 26-05-2020 01:45PM

Haitchi. Leaves Marley and Me in it's dust.

If I'd have been making Marley and Me, it'd been 15 minutes long, he'd have been sent to the "farm in the country".

hermano · 26-05-2020 01:50PM

Warrior. Should be on Netflix

emo72 · 26-05-2020 01:53PM

"Grave Of The Fireflies". That destroyed many a childhood. Can still hear my daughter " but Da it's a cartoon..... It's meant to be happy.....

Prefect_1998 · 26-05-2020 01:55PM

The fly 2......

neddynasty · 26-05-2020 01:55PM

Not a movie but After Life on Netflix. It's Ricky Gervais series. You'll be laughing and 30 seconds later welling up.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-05-2020 02:00PM

Field of Dreams

storker · 26-05-2020 02:06PM

Probably odd choices but...

Raising Arizona (Hi's dream at the end)

Steve Jobs (The scene on the rooftop with Lisa)

The Raging Bile Duct · 26-05-2020 02:07PM

The king of them all is Dear Zachary. A documentary that needs to be seen without knowing anything about it just to get the full punch in the guts.

ziedth · 26-05-2020 02:32PM

The only Film I remember actually bawling at was Terminator 2. I was certainly less than 10 years old granted but I don't think any film has upset as such me since. Of all things an episode of Scrubs probably came closest a number of years ago (Anyone who has seen the show probably remembers the "Brendan Fraiser" episode) and I had a lump in my throat in a scene during the first season of After life.

My wife cries at anything remotely sad so she thinks i'm a heartless monster

Dades · 26-05-2020 03:16PM

The Green Mile (already mentioned) and Shawshank both bring out the emotions in me.

BailMeOut · 26-05-2020 03:17PM

Finding Neverland.

bigroad · 26-05-2020 03:19PM

RoboCop the first one.

TheIrishGrover · 26-05-2020 03:20PM

emo72 wrote: »

"Grave Of The Fireflies". That destroyed many a childhood. Can still hear my daughter " but Da it's a cartoon..... It's meant to be happy.....

Oh f*ck you........

It's the only film I cannot rewatch. Imagine: In Japan it was originally released as a double bill with Totoro!!!!

AlphabetCards · 26-05-2020 03:33PM

I've just realised, there is a fantastic movie that moved me about 10 years ago (to this month, perhaps)

Kikujiro.

Not the most realistic of situations, but enjoyable nonetheless.

mikhail · 26-05-2020 03:35PM

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Something along the lines of Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator or what not. I'm not good at movies so there might be some obvious titles that will fit the bill.

If you liked Gladiator, try Master and Commander. Russel Crowe as a manly leader in another piece of historical fiction. Not quite as tear-jerking, but several scenes are very sad.

AlphabetCards · 26-05-2020 03:38PM

mikhail wrote: »

If you liked Gladiator, try Master and Commander. Russel Crowe as a manly leader in another piece of historical fiction. Not quite as tear-jerking, but several scenes are very sad.

ahaha, you've tapped into my machismo. That the movie that used Vaughn-Williams 'fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis' on the soundtrack if I recall, I'm actually excited to see if whatever scene it is used in is as moving as that piece itself...

Flagrantfolly · 26-05-2020 03:47PM

Gremlins (the first one)
Project X (the 1987 one with Matthew Broderick)
Armageddon

The Raging Bile Duct · 26-05-2020 03:58PM

Try A Simple Plan. A great little thriller from about twenty years ago with a brilliant turn from Billy Bob Thornton. It's all about men so that might appeal to your machismo.

Manchester in the Sea is about a man struggling to get by in the aftermath of a tragedy. Casey Affleck is outstanding in the lead role. This film stayed with me for days afterwards - as did A Simple Plan

spurious · 26-05-2020 03:59PM

Loads of old ones.
Madame X
Stella Dallas
Mildred Pierce

CastorTroy · 26-05-2020 05:07PM

emo72 wrote: »

"Grave Of The Fireflies". That destroyed many a childhood. Can still hear my daughter " but Da it's a cartoon..... It's meant to be happy.....

Better not let her see Plague Dogs or Watership Down.

Lassie Come Home and other Lassie films from the time.

Pauliedragon · 26-05-2020 05:14PM

I'll be upfront here. Us men aren't supposed to cry at movies but I did get close twice. In the name of the father the last scene Emma Thompson and the end scene of Veronica Guerin. Very sad.

Bobby Baccala · 26-05-2020 06:12PM

I watched Stephen Kings It at the age of 4 let’s just say that was an emotional experience, thanks grandad! :pac:

storker · 26-05-2020 07:01PM

Pauliedragon wrote: »

I'll be upfront here. Us men aren't supposed to cry at movies but I did get close twice. In the name of the father the last scene Emma Thompson and the end scene of Veronica Guerin. Very sad.

My wife and I watched Veronica Guerin in the cinema in Dun Laoghaire. The cinema was almost empty and my wife, in the early stages of pregnancy, really lost it during the funeral scene. There may have been someone at the very end of Dun Laoghaire pier who couldn't quite hear her bawling...