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Tear jerking movies

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    #62
    two wheels good
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    Gladiator, Master and Comm, Saving Private Ryan tear-jerkers?
    Sorry, I'm in a strange dimension I think. Best ignore my earlier suggestions.


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    #63
    Mike Guide 69
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    A.I , that film had so many heartbreaking moments in it. Haley Joel Osment was fantastic in that film, I wonder would Stanley Kubrick have done a good job with that film ,as he died before he got to direct it and Steven Spielberg stepped in to do it...


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    #64
    mikhail
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    two wheels good wrote: »
    Gladiator, Master and Comm, Saving Private Ryan tear-jerkers?
    Sorry, I'm in a strange dimension I think. Best ignore my earlier suggestions.
    I think it's just a misleading title. They're all action movies with moving scenes.


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    #65
    Sorry about that
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    Whale Rider.


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    #66
    zoe 3619
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    So not much use as I can't think of the name of the movie I was going to suggest.
    But it's bugging me now-wonder if anyone can help out?
    Siamese cat,bull terrier and elderly labrador travelling to find their owners.
    Ending brought a lump to my throat.
    Edit..The Incredible Journey.


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    #67
    Mint Sauce
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    Other mention here for 'My Girl'. If you don't at least shed a tear, there is something wrong with you.


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    #68
    AlphabetCards
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    two wheels good wrote: »
    Gladiator, Master and Comm, Saving Private Ryan tear-jerkers?
    Sorry, I'm in a strange dimension I think. Best ignore my earlier suggestions.

    I went to AH with this thread initially before the mod moved it, as I knew this forum would be more 'in-depth' than the punters over on after hours.


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    #69
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    AlphabetCards wrote: »
    I went to AH with this thread initially before the mod moved it, as I knew this forum would be more 'in-depth' than the punters over on after hours.
    Stick around; we don't bite. :)


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    #70
    two wheels good
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    Brief Encounter imdb
    Couldn't resist. 1945 Black and white.
    That'll blow your mind. (I'm making assumptions about your youth.)

    But seriously ... Dr Zhivago.


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    #71
    Homelander
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    Manchester by the Sea and Schlinders List are two that gut-punched me.

    Schlinders list has the sadder scenes, but the entire premise of Manchester by the Sea, and the knowledge of same while watching individual, seemingly "casual" scenes, is what does it there.


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    #72
    The Raging Bile Duct
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    Homelander wrote: »
    Manchester by the Sea and Schlinders List are two that gut-punched me.

    Schlinders list has the sadder scenes, but the entire premise of Manchester by the Sea, and the knowledge of same while watching individual, seemingly "casual" scenes, is what does it there.

    Casey Affleck's character in Manchester by the Sea and his inability to express any of his pain or grief is heartbreaking. The scenes with the wife and with the nephew at the end are particularly hard-going.


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    #73
    unplayable
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    Arrival


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    #74
    Space Dog
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    Imitation of Life (the one from 1959)
    Boys on the Side
    The Color Purple


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    #75
    Mick McGraw
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    Hachi: A Dogs Tale is a real tear jerker, I was depressed for weeks after watching it.


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    #76
    storker
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    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    Legends of the Fall had me convulsing at the TV in hysterics.

    I didn't find it that funny.


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    #77
    CastorTroy
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    zoe 3619 wrote: »
    So not much use as I can't think of the name of the movie I was going to suggest.
    But it's bugging me now-wonder if anyone can help out?
    Siamese cat,bull terrier and elderly labrador travelling to find their owners.
    Ending brought a lump to my throat.
    Edit..The Incredible Journey.

    Remade as Homeward Bound, if you're interested


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    #78
    Nickla
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    I’d agree with the colour purple - great movie, also Life is beautiful


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    #79
    bnt
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    I thought the closing scenes of The Lord of the Rings were tough, when (spoiler alert) Frodo reveals that he also has to leave and go "into the West" because his injuries could never heal. Bilbo's life had been unnaturally extended, and Frodo's unnaturally shortened, but at least it meant they could go together in the end. :(

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    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #80
    costacorta
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    The Champ... Marley and me


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    #81
    costacorta
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    The Champ... Marley and me


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    #82
    gmisk
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    Beaches and fried green tomatoes would be the classic ones that Irish mum's cry at I would think. Shocked they haven't been mentioned.

    Very rare I would cry at a film, more likely at a doc.

    Bizarrely I did cry at the fountain but I was a bit drunk watching it. Oh and Philadelphia.


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    #83
    JP Liz V1
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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Brian’s Song and The Champ.

    Oh definitely The Champ
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #84
    kowloon
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    Another vote for Hatchi A Dog's Tale.

    Someone mentioned House of Sand and Fog earlier in the thread, worth a watch.


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    #85
    Ardent
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    Million Dollar Baby


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    #86
    BSK
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    Paulie


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    #87
    yermandan
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    Already mentioned, Afterlife and the Fraser Scrubs episode.

    Not mentioned, but one I have actively avoided watching again as it was so emotional is 'About Time' with Domhnall Gleeson. I'm still not right all these years later!


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    #88
    The Raging Bile Duct
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    yermandan wrote: »
    Not mentioned, but one I have actively avoided watching again as it was so emotional is 'About Time' with Domhnall Gleeson. I'm still not right all these years later!

    When 'The Luckiest' by Ben Folds starts playing near the end... that just slays me.


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    #89
    gormdubhgorm
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    Just remembered another one.
    Father son type black comedy

    Nebraska 2013

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_(film)

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #90
    BSK
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    A Dogs Journey


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    #91
    baron von something
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    I haven't cried at those because I'm a heartless monster but these are the saddest films I've ever seen:


    Grave of the Firelights. Probably the saddest film I've ever seen. I still haven't recovered from it

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Man, that ending..

    1 particular scene in the Robert Downey Jr film Hearts and Souls gives me a lump in my throat every time I watch it


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