This had me in tears come the end, I felt as part of my soul died when the credits came up, for at lest an hour I was unable to say a thing with out my voice cracking.
So what is your sob worthy film, name it and add a link to the IMDB page.
And, good luck to any whom watch it for the first time.
The Elephant Man. Just watching all of those small-minded twits jeering at him even though they really knew nothing about him made me want to go back to Victorian England with a flamethrower and scorch the streets.
Grave of the Fireflies is a good call. It is a bit slow, but is extremely sad and moving.
I'm a bit of a weeper and really love a good drama, so leaking a tear or two at a moving film isn't a rare occurance for me. But the hardest I ever cried was at this:
warpcrafter wrote:The Elephant Man. Just watching all of those small-minded twits jeering at him even though they really knew nothing about him made me want to go back to Victorian England with a flamethrower and scorch the streets.
This.
Also:
Schindler's List
The Diary of Anne Frank
Saving Pt. Ryan
Pan's Labyrinth
Funnily enough (probably quite a tactless start to a post considering the thread, but oh well), I didn't cry at Schindler's List, Saving Pvt. Ryan, or Pan's Labyrinth; they were sad, but not overly so to me.
I totally forgot about the Green Mile. I was fine through the whole movie until the very end when they showed that poor, decrepit 80 year old mouse. It looked like it was just begging for somebody to put it out of its misery.
Bicentennial Man...(cringe I know) also, AI, I can't even watch that film anymore. More recently, Marley and Me...and I've never even had a dog, but that made me want to punch the director even though you just knew it was coming.
Oh, and one of the last bit of Band of Brothers where Winters is being interviewed about his experiences and he described talking to his grandson in a letter and he's asked, 'we're you a hero?' and he replies, 'no son, but I served in the company of hero's...' His voice breaks just a tiny bit and it just gets me!
KingCracker wrote:The Notebook. Not gunna lie, that movie had me all sappy and teary eyed. Im going to be a big ol wuss when Im an old man, crying at children cartoons
I have to say I have never cried so much in my entire life than after watching this film. And I am always the first one to call out for the children to die in horror films
Other than that, some that are guaranteed to draw a tear from my eye are Forest Gump and Saving Private Ryan.
Ahtman wrote:Schindler's List didn't get me till the very end when it showed the real life survivors putting stones on the grave.
Oh man, that was powerful.
I remember watching Brokeback Mountain, and there's a bit near the end when Heath Ledger goes to visit the parents of Jake Gyllenhal. Without a word being spoken directly about it you get the feel of this whole backstory, that she wouldn't have approved of her son's homosexuality, but he was her son and that meant unconditional love.
There was a scene in The Darjeeling Limited, where the brothers are walking along the side of a river and they see three Indian boys trying to cross the river on a flimsy raft. They do their best to save the boys, but the one Adrien Brody attempts to save is swept away and dies. All Brody can say is 'I couldn't save mine'. They attend the funeral, and Brody attempts to tell the family they he tried very hard to save the boy, and had him most of the way. They then continue on their journey. It's something Wes Anderson plays with in a lot of his movies, the way death and tragedy come out of nowhere, give us great grief for a time, before the narrative of our lives carry on.
Kind of obscure, but I teared up at the end of Bridge to Terabithia (the 1985 version, though I haven't seen the 2007 one). Reading the book in school as a kid, I was just stunned by the ending, and the movie just made it all the sadder. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088853/
And I have to give another +1 to Grave of the Fireflies. It was kind of happy early on, but then it just went straight downhill. I was in tears at that last line, followed by the credits roll.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, where the teddy bear is calling for him to come back, made me cry like the baby I was.
Catfish
Titanic (wife freaked out on that one)
The last episode of BSG when Adama is taking his wife for a ride across earth beacuse she's dying.
Gran Torino because it was like watching dad on screen
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Ahtman wrote:Schindler's List didn't get me till the very end when it showed the real life survivors putting stones on the grave.
That was awesome. It didn't make me sad, to me it was an epic testament of the triumph of life and light in the abyss.
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Sasori wrote:I cried with Darth Vader died in RoTJ. I was a quite a bit younger then, but it was still sad.
Really, any Dog movies I don't like watching. The Dog always dies at the end, and it is Always upsetting.
That's why you avoid movies about dogs any way you can. Manipulative sunzabitches.
If you've ever seen the movie 'powder' you'll know what i mean! only movie that made me feel like exploding with sadness and rage and made me feel physically sick with emotion for the poor guy, some people are cruel and some movies are sad, this movie has both.
It was an incredibly honest portrayal of a decent guy who has made some poor choices and longs for the glory of his youth.
I thought the entire movie was beautiful, and really made me sad. Not "Oh, the poor dog is dying" crying sad, but more of a "Life is unfairly tough sometimes" depressed sad.
nerdfest09 wrote:If you've ever seen the movie 'powder' you'll know what i mean! only movie that made me feel like exploding with sadness and rage and made me feel physically sick with emotion for the poor guy, some people are cruel and some movies are sad, this movie has both.
Oh yea! That was a pretty good movie, talk about bringing back sad memories.....................
And on a soppy note the end of the Incredible Journey (the original) where the old bulldog finally makes it. I don't know why as I much preferred the other pets in it but it puts a lump in my throat every time
I read the book before watching the movie, and the book is way better. Not saying the movie is bad, but the book really moved me.
I also agree with Schindler's List, but my saddest part was probably when he was breaking down on the way to his car. Just counting of stuff that he had "this pin, it could have bought and saved 5 more people...", the stones were a powerful part though.
The Boy in the Striped PJs was very powerful.
Ladder 49, but maybe just because I used to be a volunteer firefighter.
And I will just throw The Lion King out there, a movie that I will freely agree still made me cry as 30 year old man. You know what I am talking about, poor Simba crawling underneath his dead fathers paw, telling him to wake up.
Tears of the Sun. Extremely sad to see a bunch of Navy Seals die trying to fight off insurgents. Kinda don't like seeing American Soldiers die like that :( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314353/
Black Hawk Down- Really sad, why hasn't it been mentioned?
Bambi
Million Dollar Baby
Yeah the notebook drove me to tears. If only a girl had seen that. Sad face :(
Gallipoli-Sad but powerful message :(. And really sad how the ANZACs died. thought it was just a hollywood increase to hate the brits even more.
The Truman Show- Great ending.
Moulin Rouge!- Weird.
Children of Men
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
Rain Man
Forrest Gump
Schindler's List
Boys Don't Cry
The Green Mile
Little Miss Sunshine
Marley and Me
The Pursuit of Happiness
I am Legend. (When Sam dies )
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale. This drove me to tears, I couldn't let go of my dog for a week. I actually started to weep after telling people what i did the day before.
I read the book before watching the movie, and the book is way better. Not saying the movie is bad, but the book really moved me.
I also agree with Schindler's List, but my saddest part was probably when he was breaking down on the way to his car. Just counting of stuff that he had "this pin, it could have bought and saved 5 more people...", the stones were a powerful part though.
The Boy in the Striped PJs was very powerful.
Ladder 49, but maybe just because I used to be a volunteer firefighter.
And I will just throw The Lion King out there, a movie that I will freely agree still made me cry as 30 year old man. You know what I am talking about, poor Simba crawling underneath his dead fathers paw, telling him to wake up.
Knew there had to be one that I missed.
Anyone that didn't cry at that must be a heartless bastard.
I read the book before watching the movie, and the book is way better. Not saying the movie is bad, but the book really moved me.
I also agree with Schindler's List, but my saddest part was probably when he was breaking down on the way to his car. Just counting of stuff that he had "this pin, it could have bought and saved 5 more people...", the stones were a powerful part though.
The Boy in the Striped PJs was very powerful.
Ladder 49, but maybe just because I used to be a volunteer firefighter.
And I will just throw The Lion King out there, a movie that I will freely agree still made me cry as 30 year old man. You know what I am talking about, poor Simba crawling underneath his dead fathers paw, telling him to wake up.
Knew there had to be one that I missed.
Anyone that didn't cry at that must be a heartless bastard.
Or just not emotionally affected by it.
I cried and I am psychologically conditioned for it.
The Lives of Others: Saw it in a college-organised History trip (to an extent, it was also an excuse to avoid Geography). Very, very moving, especially if you're interested in this period of history, Cold War relations, the USSR, etc. Also, personal touch I know, but the guy with the headphones on the cover looks a spitting image of my Geography teacher, and I mean it's quite spooky how alike they look.
Would definitely recommend it, while it's English subtitled, it's still a very dramatic and touching film.
Don't cry at movies, but the end of Field of Dreams always gets me a little. It's not technically a "sad movie," but I'm surprised no one's mentioned that one.
Also surprised no one (that I've seen) mentioned Blackhawk Down. The last few minutes of that movie -- from Hartnett with his buddy in the hanger to the voiceover letter being read -- are really tough.
Howard A Treesong wrote:Senna, yes it's a biopic and I knew how it ended, but still.
I really need to see that one. As an F1 fan (Not for long. Thanks BBC you scumbags), I think it's fair I should watch it.
As for me... Toy Story 3 and the end of Wall-E. I try avoiding dog-inclusive films since they're emotional rollercoasters, but otherwise I don't watch sad films.
Howard A Treesong wrote:Senna, yes it's a biopic and I knew how it ended, but still.
I really need to see that one. As an F1 fan (Not for long. Thanks BBC you scumbags), I think it's fair I should watch it.
As for me... Toy Story 3 and the end of Wall-E. I try avoiding dog-inclusive films since they're emotional rollercoasters, but otherwise I don't watch sad films.
I need to try to get a hold of Senna. Big F1 fan, and I remember watching his final race when i was 12.
I can't recall any off the top of my head that have made me cry, nothing really sticks out, but I know I have. I feel sad at times during certain scenes, or else I find a film is trying too hard to make me feel sad and that just angers me - typically the music gives it away or it takes too long to get to the point. The entirety of Titanic falls into this category for me (sorry). I never got why people think it's a great love story, it's sterotypical down to the moment Leo gives a selfless, prophetic monologue in freezing water. To me it's pretty much exploiting history for the sake of an average love story, kind of undermining the tragedy of everyone on board by over-shadowing it with a cheesy kind of love whilst Dion warbles in the background. It did look very nice though
To me The Terminator has a better love dynamic - "I travelled across time for you Sarah", that's so much better than 'poor pikey tealeaf meets rich girl - oh the social conflict' It also touches upon the theory of space/time just through the sheer concept and the Terminator kicks Titanic's ass for entertainment value. It's still Jim's best movie in my book.
A film that did affect me a lot was Irreversible, it's an epic movie. I didn't cry per se, but that was an emotional roller coaster ride all the way through, and at the end, despite all that had happened, it felt like everything was okay. Still it's something I'm unlikely to watch again but that's one of the few films I've watched that was a true emotional experience from the get go.
A few random ones are things like King Kong, even the latest one was filmed with a lot of love. I dug The Crow, oh and Watership Down has left an imprint on my subconscious, I just remember images of uber-militant bunnies, lots of blood and yeah, that was pretty traumatic for me at the time - I'll have to watch it again. Switchblade Romance was also a tense movie. There's probably more including many that have already been mentioned...
Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark wins the crying-out-of-sadness award for me. Nothing else has ever come close, and I doubt much will. It is a truely heart-wrenching story that will stick with me forever.
It is also the coolest musical ever.
I've seen most of the other films mentioned here, but none come close this. Even Grave of the Fireflies.
I am actually struggling to express quite how powerful Dancer in the Dark is. Not one for the feint-hearted.
Warspawned has a good one in Irreversible. That movie is like a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster followed by a sparring session with the Klitschko brothers, followed by bowel surgery. I found parts of it quite hard to watch, which is not usual.
I'm surprised no one has said it yet but where the wild things are was a super sad movie. That movie hit me hard, right in the face. As far as videos not really movies, last year my senior year of highschool they showed us a short film about drinking and driving and that messed me up pretty bad.
At the end of Gran Torino, a couple of tears fell down my cheek. I also emitted tears with the Jack romance scene in Mass Effect 2..quite touching.
I think I actually cry a lot when I see sad films, it just comes out as a yawn or something and I think the tears are just from being tired..who knows.
I do not usually go in for the traditional super touching drama films. Drama is my favourite genre though.
The last movie I remember really making me cry was "Set it Off." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117603/ As soon as the soundtrack plays Lori Perry's "Up Against the Wind" nearing the end. I can barely listen to the song now without getting emotional.
The Road. That movie was awesome, followed the book extremely closely, made me quite sad at the end, because yeah the boy survives, but the world is pretty much on it's way to the end. (Why did that movie get bad reviews? I though it was excellent.)
The ones that I couldn't force the tears back down:
The Notebook (sigh, yep me too)
UP (Dude the first 20 minutes of the movie and I'm all snotty, WTF DISNEY!)
I am Legend (The movie was ok, but the dog schene messed my head up)
King Kong (The Old one, man when I was a kid that had me balling. Who doesn't feel bad for the monkey!?)
The Green Mile (Stephen King is the man)
And finally, Blair Witch Project (Because at the end I realized I'd paid to watch this crap)
Now as awesome as movies are at breaking our pipes and watching the salty tears flow, books for me are worse. I've read my share of books that had me snivelling like a baby.
Harry Potter (Dude, seriously)
The Dark Tower Series (King you bastard)
The Stand (Another dog schene, damnation)
The Dresden Series by Jim Butcher
The House of Night Series (Stupid teen drama books, tapping foot for next book...)
There are others but those are the ones that pop out to me.
One more to add, Empire of the Sun. This movie gets me everytime at two scenes. 1st, where Jamies friend offers him a mango, and is then gunned down. 2nd, when Jamie is found by his Mother, but no longer recognizes her.
hivemind66 wrote:Harry Potter (Dude, seriously)
The Dark Tower Series (King you bastard)
The Stand (Another dog schene, damnation)
The Dresden Series by Jim Butcher
The House of Night Series (Stupid teen drama books, tapping foot for next book...)
There are others but those are the ones that pop out to me.
I have to admit, I was nearly in tears at the end of Changes (the Dresden Files). Just the end of that one chapter.
Spoiler:
"I pressed my mouth to hers, swiftly, gently, tasting the blood, and her tears, and mine.
I saw her lips form the word, 'Maggie...'
And I...
I used the knife.
I saved a child.
I won a war.
God forgive me.
So I finally watched "Senna" tonight, and I have to admit I cried.
Not a tear in my eye like when daddy dies in "Lion King", but actually crying.
Now I think that has probably a lot to do with remembering sitting in front of the TV when I was 12 and watching him race and crash and remembering the sadness that I felt back then when he died.
That movie was very touching and I did not expect to start tearing up from the very beginning when they showed an interview with his mom when he was just starting out and her talking about how scared she is that he would get hurt and that she prays that he will always be safe.
And when they spoke about him reading the passage in the Bible about God giving him the greatest gift the morning of his death, that was the point of no return.
Now I didn't boohoo in the theater, but I did have some solid stream of tears and was chocking up pretty heavy at that point.
Heck, my wife didn't even cry....but she never watched the sport until this year.
I think Senna is going to be a sad movie (but not really tears) for anybody watching it. But if you watched it when you were young and already have an emotional connection to Senna and the crash, then I think it will impact you a lot.
killykavekommando wrote:I pretty much never cry. In fact, my friends all say that I have no soul.
I laughed during Walk the Line and made loud puns during Apollo 18 when everyone died.
Crying in movies seems kind of weak, in fact.
You feel the same emotions, you just have a crappy coping mechanism to deal with sadness. This opinion is reinforced by your statement that crying is week, which leads you to mask what you consider an undesirable trait to the opposite sex.
d-usa wrote:So I finally watched "Senna" tonight, and I have to admit I cried.
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I think Senna is going to be a sad movie (but not really tears) for anybody watching it. But if you watched it when you were young and already have an emotional connection to Senna and the crash, then I think it will impact you a lot.
Same here. I found it hard watching, what hit me hardest was the death of Roland Ratzenberger. I was braced for Senna's death, I didn't know prior to that that Ratzenberger's death had been caught on film so graphically.
If you want to see a similarl themed programme, the BBC have shown "Grand Prix: the Killer Years" a few times now, that's pretty tough. When you know a car is on fire with some guy inside and there's no one around to help because no one wore fireproof overalls.
d-usa wrote:So I finally watched "Senna" tonight, and I have to admit I cried.
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I think Senna is going to be a sad movie (but not really tears) for anybody watching it. But if you watched it when you were young and already have an emotional connection to Senna and the crash, then I think it will impact you a lot.
Same here. I found it hard watching, what hit me hardest was the death of Roland Ratzenberger. I was braced for Senna's death, I didn't know prior to that that Ratzenberger's death had been caught on film so graphically.
If you want to see a similarl themed programme, the BBC have shown "Grand Prix: the Killer Years" a few times now, that's pretty tough. When you know a car is on fire with some guy inside and there's no one around to help because no one wore fireproof overalls.
That was part of what made that weekend crazy. Not only did they race after Ratzenberger died on Saturday, they restarted the race after Senna died as well. The show must go on I guess...
Boy in the Striped PJs... gah I'm never watching that again. Love the film but never, ever again!
Titanic... the music and the sinking/aftermath get me every time; when the boat goes back to find survivors... thats a harsh one for me. I have learnt to mostly ignore the Leo and Kate love story.
UP got me teary eyed, as do Rapunzel and Toy Story 3 but generally not for the same reasons as most.
I don't mind that I cry at movies; reminds me not to be so damn cynical all the time.
I know it's been a while since I saw it, but how was My Neighbor Totoro a sad movie? I mean, it had its conflict right around the middle, but IIRC it was a fairly light-hearted movie.
I'm just gonna go ahead and put another +1 for the ending of Toy Story 3 and the beginning of Up. Manly tears of sadness.
Movies I can remember feeling moved/lump in throat Up The Bucket List Marley and Me :$ Meet Joe Black Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Deathly Hallows Part 2
I remember an episode in the final series of Stargate Atlantis where Rodney McKay is losing his mind, slightly like alzheimer's. That was well done and well acted, and may have made me a little misty eyed...
There's other TV stuff like Firefly that pricks those emotions too.
