Alright so my girlfriend cries during virtually every movie and I always make fun of her so she's actually willing to buy a bunch of movies to try and make me cry. The movies won't really be my cup of tea but whatever seems like a fun challenge and I'm always willing to add to the collection.
So I come to you my fellow dvdtalkers for suggestions, what are the saddest movies ever?
TallGuyMe
08-21-08, 02:21 AM
'My Life' w/Michael Keaton
Quack
08-21-08, 02:25 AM
Passion of the Christ
brainee
08-21-08, 04:28 AM
Grave of the Fireflies
TallGuyMe
08-21-08, 07:12 AM
'Old Yeller'
mnementh
08-21-08, 08:23 AM
Showgirls
clckworang
08-21-08, 09:05 AM
To Each His Own
Yakuza Bengoshi
08-21-08, 09:45 AM
9/11 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4514/9-11/).
flixtime
08-21-08, 11:32 AM
While I wouldn't necessarily tag it with the phrase "saddest movie ever", this challenge sounds like a great opportunity for you to make IKIRU a part of your film collection.
NoirFan
08-22-08, 12:29 AM
I must admit to getting a bit misty-eyed during Good Bye Lenin!.
pro-bassoonist
08-22-08, 01:10 AM
So I come to you my fellow dvdtalkers for suggestions...
^If the final 15 or so minutes do not bring a tear in your eye then you have a heart of stone.
Ciao,
Pro-B
Premise
08-22-08, 03:21 AM
The Color Purple
bdots48
08-22-08, 07:51 AM
Shadowlands always tears me up.
gimmepilotwings
08-22-08, 09:04 AM
I cried like a baby during John Q.
pinata242
08-22-08, 09:09 AM
There's something about Terms of Endearment that gets me every time.
Seconding Grave of the Fireflies :(
milo bloom
08-22-08, 11:34 AM
Dancer in the Dark
RichC2
08-22-08, 11:45 AM
The closest I've gotten is the ending of Big Fish.
Unless tears of boredom count, in which case I have a laundry list.
Numes
08-22-08, 12:11 PM
I remember getting a little choked up watching certain parts of "Without Limits" and "Mask."
I know you didn't ask for TV shows, but depending on the show, they seem to invest you a little more emotionally than a movie can in 2 hours. The two that were definitely tear-jerkers are the last episodes of both "Babylon 5" and "M.A.S.H."
This movie always makes me cry. Always. It was on TV the other day and my wife watched me bawl through the whole thing. She held me hand as I cried and cried when Gertie cried. What kind of man am I? No man at all.
When I watched it, my GF, her mom, and I bawled like babies and were just passing around a tissue box. (I know, doesn't speak to my limit for holding back the tears, but still might be a good test.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113089/
Ravid
08-24-08, 09:40 PM
Grave of the Fireflies
El Asso Wipo
08-24-08, 10:07 PM
Kimagure Orange Road - The Movie
Numes
08-24-08, 10:24 PM
Apollo 13 also gets me every time.
bsmith
08-24-08, 10:46 PM
"Elephant Man" has done it for me.
DJariya
08-25-08, 01:20 AM
United 93
Revenge (1990) with Kevin Costner. The movie is essentially a revenge drama, but it's also a love story. The end is so tragic that I literally shed several tears the 1st time I saw it.
redcon1
08-25-08, 11:22 AM
I'll second "Cinema Paradiso".
tellybox
08-25-08, 04:15 PM
One True Thing
The last 40 minutes or so of the film is some of the greatest acting I've ever seen.
beebs
08-25-08, 06:05 PM
Cinema Paradiso
The Champ
My Dog Skip
It's a Wonderful Life
Actually, I cry way too much at movies. My man card should be taken away.
"City Lights" (Chaplin) is a sure weeper, too, though for different reasons.
I know someone who cried at the end of "The Burmese Harp," though I didn't.
Space_Monkey
08-26-08, 03:53 PM
The Green Mile made me tear up near the end.
Dave C
08-26-08, 04:06 PM
Bang the Drum Slowly. It even has the benefit of being a pretty good baseball movie.
It'll get dusty in the room during the cowboy song.
TallGuyMe
08-26-08, 04:41 PM
Brian's Song... (the original, not the crappy remake)
hilts
08-27-08, 05:39 PM
My wife cried during Terms Of Endearment. -but when that kid's face wrinkled up at the end he looked like a raisin and I just cracked up! I know it's horrible but I couldn't help it. Forgive me.
dcswirl
08-27-08, 11:55 PM
Shadowlands always tears me up.
That scene in the attic between Hopkins and the kid? Gets me every time!
dvdcrazee
09-03-08, 04:28 PM
A Walk to Remember
cranberries fan
09-03-08, 09:04 PM
The Last Samurai
Cinema Paradiso
Jesus Of Nazareth (1977) Robert Powell the greatest Jesus ever to grace the screen period.
Not a movies but any DvD that has Freddie Mercury singing (Queen lead-singer).
Wizard Of Oz
Rocky III (Mickey ever time)
Kennedy (Mini-Series with Martin Sheen as Kennedy)
There are a few I think of right off the top of my head.
NoirFan
09-03-08, 09:34 PM
Robert Powell the greatest Jesus ever to grace the screen period.
Edward Scissorhands
Metropolis (the anime one)
American History X
Rypro 525
09-04-08, 01:30 AM
Forrest Gump. I can't watch the ending without getting a tad misty eyed. Hell i was watching this with a friend of mine on tnt, during the big scene at the end, she noticed a tad bit of tears, and i had to make somethin up about me having a cold. :lol:
Locomocha
09-04-08, 02:52 AM
While I wouldn't necessarily tag it with the phrase "saddest movie ever", this challenge sounds like a great opportunity for you to make IKIRU a part of your film collection.
Most of the films mentioned in this thread didn't get a single tear from me, but Ikiru certainly did. The last scene from Rashomon also gets me every time.
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