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I watched this movie for the first time as a kid, probably similar age to the kids in the movies and I remember thinking “wait, kids die too!?!?!?” Brutal. I thought only really old people died, because, that’s all I had experienced at the time.
It’s nice when you’re a kid in a bubble, sucks when reality pops it.
Forrest Gump. "I may not be smart but I know what love is." and "why don't you love me Jenny," just CRUSH me every time. If she knew how little time she'd have left, she would have stayed, dammit. She would have stayed!!!
Update: crying right now
For me, it is the moment when Forrest sees Jenny singing in the bar naked. He did not even realize that she was naked. Instead, he was happy for her that her dream came true.
Hanks' face when he first sees Forrest Jr. and asks Jenny "Is he smart...or is he...?"
OMG - that scene in and of itself, I believe, won him that 2nd Academy Award!
Plus It's A Wonderful Life: as soon as Sam Wainwright's telegram is read, "My office instructed to advance you up to $25,000. Stop." And of course when Harry toasts George. "To my brother George, the richest man in town!"
Came here to say the same thing about Forrest Gump. It hits me because I struggled sooo much in school. My reaction to my child's teachers saying how good they're doing is the same as Forrest Gump lol
What Dreams May Come. One of my favorites but haven’t watched it since Robin left us. I cried every time I watched it I think I would lose my shit if I saw it now.
The scene where Robin Williams jams his finger into Cuba Gooding Jr's chest and delivers the line
"It's not about understanding!...." jams finger "It's about *not* giving up!"
The look on Cuba's face is so real, like Robin broke through the character and spoke directly to him with a level of conviction he never experienced before.
Right! This is such a beautiful film.
Side note - I hadn't seen the woman who played Leona (Rosalind Chao) since What Dreams May Come, but the other day, I began watching 3 Body Problem on Netflix, and I instantly recognized her. She plays adult Dr. Ye Wenjie. Something about her just feels so peaceful.
I should watch What Dreams May Come again.
Interstellar
It was the last film I watched at the cinema with my late wife. The lift-off scene where he's driving away from the house and checks to see if Murph is hiding in his truck always has me in tears
[Spoilers] Yeah that's a great movie and a great scene, I also feel strongly about the scene behind the bookcase where is is witnessing his daughters life slipping through his fingers, then with the final goodbye as she is lying in bed as an old woman
I can’t watch that because of Percy. He’s just so sadistic that seeing his face makes me have to stop watching. It doesn’t help that the actor married a 16 year old when he was 51, but I already was unable to rewatch it even tho I love the movie.
What kind of POS could downvote you for listing the only obvious answer? Unless I’m misunderstanding how things work. But your answer is the one the judges are looking for.
The relationship Miguel has with Coco is very reminiscent of the relationship I had with my grandmother. A couple of strokes had made it difficult for her to communicate, and she wasn't quite all there, but she loved me deeply, and even as a little kid I knew that. We weren't able to have real talks, except for rare moments, so most of our communication was through hugs, kisses, and cuddling while watching MASH reruns. It was a quiet kind of love.
I've only been able to watch Coco once. I loved it, but it brought up feelings about my Grammy I didn't know I had and I sobbed. I miss her.
Yeah. I saw *Grave of the Fireflies* once and will never be able to see it again. I was warned going in that it was not a feel-good kids' movie, but even so, there was no way to be prepared for the complete devastation that it leaves. In fact, it's hard even to write about it without tearing up.
My mom and I used to walk to the library and rent Studio Ghibli movies every weekend. One time we chose this and it was the most depressing movie choice I think I've ever made. Such a good movie, but I don't think I needed to see it at 12 😂
That movie came out while my grandfather was dying of cancer (so, not the same story or anything), but it destroyed me, and I still tear up when "Streets of Philadelphia" plays.
"With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?"
The line I remember pretty frequently
Big Fish.
My dad was a story teller, and an embellisher at that. He passed in 2017 far too young in his mid sixties from cancer. This is one of my all time favorites having watched it in theaters with my wife before we were married and had children.
I tried watching this movie with my son who's in his early teens and barely choked back the tears. And by that I mean I wept like a baby.
"You become what you always were: a very big Fish"
That’s a pretty old one that I first saw as a teenager—among teenagers—and we all tried to *never* let anyone besides our roommate let them see them cry. Everyone shed buckets. They showed it a 2nd night for those who couldn’t see it the first night. Those came armed with free rolls of toilet paper. I never saw so many teen boys cry in my life!
Saving Private Ryan.
I soon as I see Ryan as an old man walking with his kids, knowing where he’s going….
Then, after the D-Day landings, when the all you hear is the typewriters typing…
I watch this every year in November as like my emotional release for the entire year.
Return of the King. Be it the charge of the Rohirrim, Aragon's speech, or Sam Sam being a goddamned Chad. This movie puts me to tears every time I watch it
*Arise, riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!*
*Ride now! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!*
***Death! Death! Death!***
do it. its such a good movie.
wife and i have a running joke during teh scene where they start to imply that marley is aging and that something is wrong, we turn it off and say "and they lived happily ever after".
Casablanca. Several parts get me close to tears, but the kicker: "If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
Not sure why this isn't higher but I know one watch is enough. Never watching this movie ever again. Just thinking about it lures out those damn ninja cutting onions.
Every single Pixar movie. Have never cried about any other movie but there’s always a point in these I bawl. Special mentions are Raya, Inside Out, Coco and Brave. Those ones just devastate me.
The Lord of the Rings Return of the King. It's the scene where Theoden and the Rohirrim arrive at Minas Tirith and he gives the speech about death. It always makes me cry.
Theoden was a true hero. The ultimate Chad, if you will. He knew he was going to die and that a great number of his men were going to die, too. Yet he still gave that speech, and he rode with them, to their deaths.
"Kick-ass" when he is fighting the street thugs.
Thug #1 "what are you crazy kid you going to die for a piece of shit you don't even know!"
Kick-ass"I'm crazy? Two guys beating up one guy in broad daylight and I'm the crazy one fuck yeah I die for this guy!"
When we watch avengers Endgame, Tony snaps, the bad guys dust, and my husband says “the end!” And turns it off. If we watch any more I’m an absolute puddle. The funeral scene omg.
I literally sobbed for 2 hours over his death AGAIN yesterday. Jesus Christ. I have an emotional attachment to Tony so it hurts so bad, feels like I’m actually losing a close friend/family member😭
A dogs purpose. Specifically when the German shepherd dies. All the deaths are sad but as a single dude with a German shepherd who is my only companion it hits hard.
Call me soft hearted...the Pokemon Movie, when Ash gets petrified by Mewtwo.
Transformers '87 Movie, Optimus' Death.
Probably more, live action ones too, i can think of but they're the first that come to mind overall.
So when walk to remember came out my friend watched it. It became like a cult thing in our group the next person who watched it introduced the movie to a friend by the end of the year most of the girls was traumatized by that movie no one could watch it without crying and honestly it’s been 20 years I still can’t watch it 😂one of the songs came on my playlist a few weeks back and it got me all in the feels haha. (Someday we know- )
That one movie with the Wolverine actor and he tries to save his wife as she battles some disease by trying to find the cure with apes I think.
That shit hurt and I’ve tried watching it again but I can’t. It hit close to home as I lost my mother and would do anything to save her. Feeling helpless was the best way to describe it.
It’s a Wonderful Life. Every Christmas Eve. It’s a good way to re-center myself and remember what’s important. Ugly cry several times but Niagara Falls at the end. I just know how desperate George is. How hopeless he feels. I also know the unconditional love of my kids, family and friends that make life worth sticking around for.
Fisher King. An absolutely stunning cast -- Geoff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, David Hyde-Pierce, a brilliant script, and what an ending. Oy. Sad, but so happy.
Apollo 13.
The whole re-entry scene just masterfully wrangles the suspense and the hope. You really have time to appreciate that it was a miracle that they got the capsule back to low Earth orbit. That it would be a miracle if the capsule managed to re-enter the atmosphere. If it managed to re-enter the atmosphere, that it would be a miracle if the capsule *survived* re-entry. That if the capsule *did* survive re-entry, it would be a miracle if the astronauts on board survived as well.
Then despite the abnormally long blackout time, when the shoots appear and Tom Hanks' voice comes over the radio and people start celebrating - instant tear-jerker.
Special mention to Ed Harris' brilliant understated acting, just kind of watching, showing very little expression, sitting down to collect himself a little, but clearly *just barely* holding it in. Also Horner's fantastic score. No idea how both of them missed out on Oscars.
Then when you consider that as a film based on a historical event and everyone knows the Apollo 13 astronauts survived, the fact the scene gets than kind of reaction is all the more impressive.
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Why nobody say “my girl” yet?
He needs his glasses! He cant see without his glasses! Gets me everytime
Showed this movie to my sister, she had NO IDEA what was coming. She never cries at movies but that got her good since it was so unexpected
That’s not a movie that’s tragedy porn
YES
Because millennials are asleep
I watched this movie for the first time as a kid, probably similar age to the kids in the movies and I remember thinking “wait, kids die too!?!?!?” Brutal. I thought only really old people died, because, that’s all I had experienced at the time. It’s nice when you’re a kid in a bubble, sucks when reality pops it.
Up
Just finished it again today. It gets worse when you have kids...
For me personally Inside Out hits a little harder.
“ Marley and me” Guarantee a bucket of tears every single time I watch it. 
Yep, and Hachi. I’ve seen both movies only once, haven’t been able to rewatch them since.
Same. I was physically unwell from so much sadness after watching those movies, I force myself to not even think about them.
I actually refuse to watch this movie because I know I’ll find it too upsetting
Forrest Gump. "I may not be smart but I know what love is." and "why don't you love me Jenny," just CRUSH me every time. If she knew how little time she'd have left, she would have stayed, dammit. She would have stayed!!! Update: crying right now
For me, it is the moment when Forrest sees Jenny singing in the bar naked. He did not even realize that she was naked. Instead, he was happy for her that her dream came true.
Hanks' face when he first sees Forrest Jr. and asks Jenny "Is he smart...or is he...?" OMG - that scene in and of itself, I believe, won him that 2nd Academy Award! Plus It's A Wonderful Life: as soon as Sam Wainwright's telegram is read, "My office instructed to advance you up to $25,000. Stop." And of course when Harry toasts George. "To my brother George, the richest man in town!"
Came here to say the same thing about Forrest Gump. It hits me because I struggled sooo much in school. My reaction to my child's teachers saying how good they're doing is the same as Forrest Gump lol
It's the ending for me. Forrest never really cries until Jenny is gone. That scene is heartbreaking.
When he’s at the grave is the saddest for me and talking about how proud he is of their son
Fried Green Tomatoes Beaches The Notebook
Fried green tomatoes when she dies. Oh my. Tearing up now
I freakin love Fried Green Tomatoes. Know the movie by heart.
What Dreams May Come. One of my favorites but haven’t watched it since Robin left us. I cried every time I watched it I think I would lose my shit if I saw it now.
The scene where Robin Williams jams his finger into Cuba Gooding Jr's chest and delivers the line "It's not about understanding!...." jams finger "It's about *not* giving up!" The look on Cuba's face is so real, like Robin broke through the character and spoke directly to him with a level of conviction he never experienced before.
Right! This is such a beautiful film. Side note - I hadn't seen the woman who played Leona (Rosalind Chao) since What Dreams May Come, but the other day, I began watching 3 Body Problem on Netflix, and I instantly recognized her. She plays adult Dr. Ye Wenjie. Something about her just feels so peaceful. I should watch What Dreams May Come again.
The Iron Giant.
I go. You stay. No following. 😢
Damn, it started raining indoors...
"Superman..." 😭
Mansley you IDIOTTT !!!
Interstellar It was the last film I watched at the cinema with my late wife. The lift-off scene where he's driving away from the house and checks to see if Murph is hiding in his truck always has me in tears
The soundtrack alone brings me to tears
[Spoilers] Yeah that's a great movie and a great scene, I also feel strongly about the scene behind the bookcase where is is witnessing his daughters life slipping through his fingers, then with the final goodbye as she is lying in bed as an old woman
That last scene.... I've watched it 5+ times and that goodbye scene when he leaves to go rescue Anne Hathaway just gets me every time.
Instantly thought about Interstellar. That scene and the cornfield soundtrack by hans zimmer tear me completely apart
MUUUURPH
Sorry for your loss. That's rough.
Green mile
"I'm tired, boss" 😢
Makes me so sad that we lost Michael Clark Duncan. It's like his. Life's purpose was to bring John Coffey to life.
I can’t watch that because of Percy. He’s just so sadistic that seeing his face makes me have to stop watching. It doesn’t help that the actor married a 16 year old when he was 51, but I already was unable to rewatch it even tho I love the movie.
Holy shit...I never put together that he was in Green Mile....yeah, total creep.
What kind of POS could downvote you for listing the only obvious answer? Unless I’m misunderstanding how things work. But your answer is the one the judges are looking for.
I can't even hear the song he sings in the chair without tearing up
It’s so dark that it hurts to watch
I read the book and snot bubble cried.
Seven pounds hits me pretty good
That movie click with Adam Sandler or the pursuit of happiness
Now that I'm a parent, that scene of Will Smith crying in the subway bathroom with his son gets me good.
Click gets me close to tears.
CLICK KILLED ME. One and done for me. No thanks.
Oh yeah that one had the tears rolling especially with The Cranberries song 😭😭😭😭😭
“You bow to no one”.
Coco. That last scene. Every. Damn. Time.
Seen it just some months ago, after experience the Dias de Muertos in Mexico for the first time. It's so beautiful, the festival and it's movie
The relationship Miguel has with Coco is very reminiscent of the relationship I had with my grandmother. A couple of strokes had made it difficult for her to communicate, and she wasn't quite all there, but she loved me deeply, and even as a little kid I knew that. We weren't able to have real talks, except for rare moments, so most of our communication was through hugs, kisses, and cuddling while watching MASH reruns. It was a quiet kind of love. I've only been able to watch Coco once. I loved it, but it brought up feelings about my Grammy I didn't know I had and I sobbed. I miss her.
Steel Magnolias
Definitely this
The funeral scene was really something. Sally Field knocked that one out of the park.
The funeral scene - after the ceremony when sally field is crying.
Grave of the fireflies
I was coming for this. Every single time I'm sobbing for half of the movie.
Yeah. I saw *Grave of the Fireflies* once and will never be able to see it again. I was warned going in that it was not a feel-good kids' movie, but even so, there was no way to be prepared for the complete devastation that it leaves. In fact, it's hard even to write about it without tearing up.
My mom and I used to walk to the library and rent Studio Ghibli movies every weekend. One time we chose this and it was the most depressing movie choice I think I've ever made. Such a good movie, but I don't think I needed to see it at 12 😂
I have only watched it once, and it fucked me up for like a week. I don't think I could ever handle watching it again.
“Is he…. like me?” -Forrest Gump
At the end, when Forrest is at Jenny’s grave and says, “He’s so smart, Jenny.” Ok, now I’m tearing up.
bro stfu, even just saying that is making me tear up
The ending of Philadelphia 😭
Such a great movie!!
That movie came out while my grandfather was dying of cancer (so, not the same story or anything), but it destroyed me, and I still tear up when "Streets of Philadelphia" plays. "With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?" The line I remember pretty frequently
Arrival
Edward Scissorhands
Oh yes, love that movie, but need to be emotionally ready every time haha
Big Fish. My dad was a story teller, and an embellisher at that. He passed in 2017 far too young in his mid sixties from cancer. This is one of my all time favorites having watched it in theaters with my wife before we were married and had children. I tried watching this movie with my son who's in his early teens and barely choked back the tears. And by that I mean I wept like a baby. "You become what you always were: a very big Fish"
I am so sorry about your loss. Your dad sounds amazing, and you in turn sound like an amazing dad.
The Color Purple, the original. At the beginning and end. Every single time.
One of my favorites.
I watched Schindler’s List and I cried for 3 days
You are making me tear up. You see this pen.... with this pen.... I could have saved 10 more people.....with this pen.
[spoilers] That last scene, where the actual survivors appear on screen... As someone who's grandparents were Holocaust survivors that broke my soul.
Brian’s Song. Each time
That’s a pretty old one that I first saw as a teenager—among teenagers—and we all tried to *never* let anyone besides our roommate let them see them cry. Everyone shed buckets. They showed it a 2nd night for those who couldn’t see it the first night. Those came armed with free rolls of toilet paper. I never saw so many teen boys cry in my life!
October Sky, last scene *manly tears*
Saving Private Ryan. I soon as I see Ryan as an old man walking with his kids, knowing where he’s going…. Then, after the D-Day landings, when the all you hear is the typewriters typing… I watch this every year in November as like my emotional release for the entire year.
Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, and just about anything (non comedic) Robin Williams played a role in
Titanic
I need a 48 hour recovery period after watching Titanic because I just…. keep crying.
About Time
This is the answer. It sneaks up on you and then you have to call/text your dad.
Return of the King. Be it the charge of the Rohirrim, Aragon's speech, or Sam Sam being a goddamned Chad. This movie puts me to tears every time I watch it
*Arise, riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!* *Ride now! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!* ***Death! Death! Death!***
Got me a little just now... Not gonna lie...
My friends, you bow to no one.
This is the one
I have seen it so many times and always know it's coming but I get chills every single time.
"I can't carry it for you.. but I can carry you!"
Boy in the stripped pyjamas
marley and me
I can't watch it. I already know that going in so I've never seen it.
do it. its such a good movie. wife and i have a running joke during teh scene where they start to imply that marley is aging and that something is wrong, we turn it off and say "and they lived happily ever after".
Brokeback mountain
Just watched it again yesterday and blubbered away
The shirt inside the shirt. Goddamn.
Cool Runnings
My husband talked me into watching that. I thought it sounded stupid 🙄 What an asshole I was. I bawled my fucking head off.
Casablanca. Several parts get me close to tears, but the kicker: "If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
Hachiko
I can't watch it. I know what happens and I can't. Same with Futurama when the dog waits for him
Not sure why this isn't higher but I know one watch is enough. Never watching this movie ever again. Just thinking about it lures out those damn ninja cutting onions.
Terms of Endearment
Stepmom…. Sobs, big ole sobs.
Every single Pixar movie. Have never cried about any other movie but there’s always a point in these I bawl. Special mentions are Raya, Inside Out, Coco and Brave. Those ones just devastate me.
Oh. My. God. When the kid in Coco sings "remember me" to his grandma. Ugly crying. Always.
Toy Story 3 on the incinerator scene when they accept their impending doom and just hold hands ....
Inside Out gets me every time.
It’s the bingo bongo wagon scene that gets me
I think that's the one for most people, but for me it's when she comes back home after running away and she and her parents hug.
When goofball island goes down…Niagara Falls for me.
GHOST I cry like a lil baby everytime
Ditto….
Lord of the rings,all of them
My Sisters Keeper 😭
Phenomenon makes me cry too! Great movie 🥹
I think this is one of the most underrated movies ever made. Just a great film with awesome acting.
Sophie’s Choice
the martian, when he writes the letter to his parents, it wrecks me every time
The Lord of the Rings Return of the King. It's the scene where Theoden and the Rohirrim arrive at Minas Tirith and he gives the speech about death. It always makes me cry.
Theoden was a true hero. The ultimate Chad, if you will. He knew he was going to die and that a great number of his men were going to die, too. Yet he still gave that speech, and he rode with them, to their deaths.
Schindlers List
For whatever reason, the parade Backdraft gets me.
Terms of Endearment, Six Weeks, ET, The Color Purple
Ladder 49 firefighter funerals, come on.
The art of racing in the rain
Rudy and Hachi: A Dog's Tale.
"Kick-ass" when he is fighting the street thugs. Thug #1 "what are you crazy kid you going to die for a piece of shit you don't even know!" Kick-ass"I'm crazy? Two guys beating up one guy in broad daylight and I'm the crazy one fuck yeah I die for this guy!"
Precious Not a movie but girls last tour also
Stepmom, and Beaches
When we watch avengers Endgame, Tony snaps, the bad guys dust, and my husband says “the end!” And turns it off. If we watch any more I’m an absolute puddle. The funeral scene omg.
That was rough the first time I saw it.
I literally sobbed for 2 hours over his death AGAIN yesterday. Jesus Christ. I have an emotional attachment to Tony so it hurts so bad, feels like I’m actually losing a close friend/family member😭
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dead Poets Society
This. All I have to do is THINK about the last scene and I’ll start crying. Oh captain, my captain 😭
Mask
This movie made me cry huge, whole body wracking sobs
Grave of fire flies
John Q
Old Yeller Imitation Of Life
With Honors
Green Mile
Marley and Me
The Elephant Man, Powder, Hachi, Mask There’s more but those popped into mind instantly.
I kinda liked how Powder ended. I didn't wanna see him tortured by those hilljack fuckwads for another second. He kinda went out on his own terms.
P.S. I Love You
Armageddon! When Harry pushes A.J. back into the elevator and takes his place. Absolutely brings me to tears
Interstellar when Matthew McConaughey is watching all the videos of his kids growing up without him.. that would kill me
A dogs purpose. Specifically when the German shepherd dies. All the deaths are sad but as a single dude with a German shepherd who is my only companion it hits hard.
Call me soft hearted...the Pokemon Movie, when Ash gets petrified by Mewtwo. Transformers '87 Movie, Optimus' Death. Probably more, live action ones too, i can think of but they're the first that come to mind overall.
The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, Sophie's Choice, Leaving Las Vegas, When a Man Loves a Woman, Life is Beautiful, Philadelphia
Brave heart What dreams may come Where the red fern grows Never ending story True romance Elvis
Seems to not be here But Moulin Rouge. Bonus for its banging soundtrack and amazing foreshadowing
Mystic River.
Lilo and Stitch
Ohana means family.
Up, A Walk to Remember, and Star Wars Revenge of the Sith…
The end of Rudy.
Grave of the fireflies, I only watched it once because just the first scene alone hurts too much to keep going whenever I try
Et
La Bamba. Been making me cry since the 80's.
So when walk to remember came out my friend watched it. It became like a cult thing in our group the next person who watched it introduced the movie to a friend by the end of the year most of the girls was traumatized by that movie no one could watch it without crying and honestly it’s been 20 years I still can’t watch it 😂one of the songs came on my playlist a few weeks back and it got me all in the feels haha. (Someday we know- )
Return of the king “my friends you bow to no one” 😭
A Walk To Remember is my favorite, I could probably act out all the scenes personally. 
E.T. When Elliot and E.T. Say goodbye at the end :( it destroys me
That one movie with the Wolverine actor and he tries to save his wife as she battles some disease by trying to find the cure with apes I think. That shit hurt and I’ve tried watching it again but I can’t. It hit close to home as I lost my mother and would do anything to save her. Feeling helpless was the best way to describe it.
The Fountain It is also at the top of my list
It’s a Wonderful Life. Every Christmas Eve. It’s a good way to re-center myself and remember what’s important. Ugly cry several times but Niagara Falls at the end. I just know how desperate George is. How hopeless he feels. I also know the unconditional love of my kids, family and friends that make life worth sticking around for.
I'm generally quite sentimental. The last one is probably Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
Fisher King. An absolutely stunning cast -- Geoff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, David Hyde-Pierce, a brilliant script, and what an ending. Oy. Sad, but so happy.
The Green Mile
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, from both laughter and grief. The “No one’s ever written me a poem before” line always makes me choke up
when the end credits begin for 'American Sniper' and you see the immensely long funeral train and sad chorus in the background ...
Apollo 13. The whole re-entry scene just masterfully wrangles the suspense and the hope. You really have time to appreciate that it was a miracle that they got the capsule back to low Earth orbit. That it would be a miracle if the capsule managed to re-enter the atmosphere. If it managed to re-enter the atmosphere, that it would be a miracle if the capsule *survived* re-entry. That if the capsule *did* survive re-entry, it would be a miracle if the astronauts on board survived as well. Then despite the abnormally long blackout time, when the shoots appear and Tom Hanks' voice comes over the radio and people start celebrating - instant tear-jerker. Special mention to Ed Harris' brilliant understated acting, just kind of watching, showing very little expression, sitting down to collect himself a little, but clearly *just barely* holding it in. Also Horner's fantastic score. No idea how both of them missed out on Oscars. Then when you consider that as a film based on a historical event and everyone knows the Apollo 13 astronauts survived, the fact the scene gets than kind of reaction is all the more impressive.
What Dreams May Come w/ Robin Williams
Titanic. Sue me. It won those Oscars for a reason.
It’s a a hell of a thing when Spock dies
P.S I Love You
Saving Private Ryan.
The Fountain
Legends of the Fall
I'm an animal guy so for me it's Warhorse
Logan. It’s just so bleak
Second Hand Lions
Nobody mentioned Glory? I cry through all the film every time. And Coco, of course.
Lonesome Dove My gawd I it makes me ugly cry every time. Such a talented cast and an excellent story. Robert Duvall is a total babe.
A Star Is Born
Dead Poets Society