Movies that made you cry.
 

C'mon... we all have a few.

Mine:
Elephant Man- The scene where Marek is being taunted and chased by the people in the subway station, and he went on that monologue about being a human being got to me. As someone who has faced public ridicule and felt like a freak, that scene hit so close to home in such a beautiful way that I just couldn't help it. I didn't bawl... but I shed a tear or two.. fantastic scene in a fantastic movie.

Ikiru- That last scene where he's singing on the park swing in the rain... again, something so beautiful that its hard not to cry, its also pretty sad too.

I'll think of more later... those two jumped out immediately though.

yeah ok ikiru, i'll def. give you that. good call btw.

Yeah, there's no right or wrong here. Its purely subjective.

synecdoche NY - made me cry for hours
the hours - always does
pans labyrinth - something really depressive about it
dolls - yes.
kurosawa's dreams.

every chaplin film.

Radio Flyer got me well the other night

Godamn dude.. Elaphant Man was horrible! (in terms of sadness)
I cried for the first Rugrats movie. I pretty sure I'm alone there..
On the other hand "Love is Gonna Let Me Down" (the song) by Toots And The Maytals has had me on the verge of tears several times

House of D. I dunno, that scene in the airport between Anton Yelchin and Robin Williams gets to me somehow.

Shawshank Redeption

seriously, any movie can make me cry. my lip still trembles when watching the lion king.

ghost (yeah, I know)

The pianist was super depressing but I didnt cry. I almost laughed when the nazis threw the old man in the wheel chair out of the balcony...then i almost cried cuz i almost laughed...but nothing happened.

great call on ikiru.

I cried at the end of millenium actress... I cried because hana-bi was so good... plenty of Japanese films and anime... grave of the fireflies..

it's surprising how many movies almost get me going.

I'll admit I had kind of the same reaction to The Pianist. Great powerful movie, and extremely depressing for the majority. And for the wheelchair scene I remember gasping in shock/terror but also vaguely chuckling and feeling extremely guilty afterward. So I really applaud that scene for making me go through a bunch of emotions really quickly.

Sad thing is that that's probably minor stuff that the Nazi's did back during those times

Hell, everything makes me cry--mostly when something is really beautiful.

theres been a few recently

the wind that shakes the barley
united 93

to name but two

I'm kind of surprised no one agrees with me about Elephant Man.... it seems like something that anyone who has ever felt like a freak or an outcast, or been ridiculed and/or bullied by a group couldn't help but be moved by.

The Champ

Jack - When nobody wanted to play with Jack on the playground.

Beverly Hills Ninja - When Chris Farley was so excited and eager, yet didn't receive a "ninja medal" like the rest of his peers.

Toy Story 3.

WHen I was wicked young Phenomenon and Powder, both lame, made me weep.

Mystic River made me cry, Im not even a big fan of that flick either but fuckin a Tim Robbins performance is breathtaking.

Touch of Evil made me cry. I don't know why, but I really sympathized with Quinlan.

when i first saw dancer in the dark.

I found myself getting a bit choked up at the end of Blue Velvet...

I think it's the music, combined with how overwhelmingly positive the outcome of the story is.

bill murrey in the submarine with sigur ros (and I don't like sigur ros much at all, it's his face)
when the guy with bullet wounds to the stomach dies (uh spoiler eh?) in saving private ryan (and I don't like spielberg much at all)
Lots of beautifully shot scenes make me almost cry, like the body in the river scene (won't say more) in sympathy for mr.vengeance.
Generally I found that I tend to cry not for properly "sad" things, but rather for scenes depicting situations where things happen and there's a sense of hopelessness (is this a word?), when there's no chance to revert events bah I can't explain this better.
I cry or something like that even with "nice looking" framing/scenes etc bah bah blah boring I am.

too many to count man...

Schindler's List in theater. Entire theatre crying. too heavy

shawshank redemption. the story made me cry several times then I saw the movie.

Never really "cried" but shed a tear or two during the following movies:

The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
The Green Mile
Grave of the Fireflies
Moon

Hana-bi.

i also sometimes cry when watching a nice homemade music video.
or at least when thinking about watching one.

this belongs in this other thread:
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho....php?p=1026188
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El Ladrón de Bicicletas. I have no idea its name in english nor italian

ladri de bicicletti



also known as "the bycicle thief" (plural/singular mistranslation)

what a movie!!

cliche, but life is beautiful.

Synecdoche NY, a little.

is that the one where the guy who is terrified of death/illness/horrors and gets into his head & starts staging this gynormous play that takes over whole buildings and his own life? it has its very sad moments but i thought of it as a great comedy-- reminds me of a friend of mine. "the sky is falling!" suuuuure....

It got to me for some reason.

This sounds Aldo Raine-ish

"Ladri di Biciclette" ;).

PSH is an amazing actor.

oh! shame on me! but thanks for the fix.


well, it's got some very sad shit happening, and he goes through the buddhist hell of disease/old age/death while trying to run away from it.

i suppose i found it funny because it reminded us to much of this friend we have, so it was like watching his cartoon.

I cried watching Let The Right One IN cuz childhood alienation hits home...