The Weepies: A Tear-Jerker Movie List
July 29th 2009 16:28
A list of films that have made me cry. Those emotionally manipulative, sad movies which have you reaching for a box of tissues and sobbing uncontrollably.
Not surprisingly my list contains a lot of death and sickness, animals and children. The unfairness of it all. The innocent coming to a tragic demise.
I do not usually get teary about straight-up romances. This list is more about friendship, companionship, parent/child relationships, and the torments of war and injustice.
1. My Girl (1991)
2. Beaches (1988)
3. I Am Sam (2001)
4. About A Boy (2002)
5. Finding Neverland (2004)
6. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
7. Sicko (2007)
8. Marley & Me (2008)
9. Atonement (2007)
10. Stepmom (1998)
11. Terms Of Endearment (1983)
12. The Bear (1988)
12. Steel Magnolias (1989)
13. Four Weddings & A Funeral (1994)
14. Boys On The Side (1995)
15. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
What films make you cry?
Not surprisingly my list contains a lot of death and sickness, animals and children. The unfairness of it all. The innocent coming to a tragic demise.
I do not usually get teary about straight-up romances. This list is more about friendship, companionship, parent/child relationships, and the torments of war and injustice.
1. My Girl (1991)
2. Beaches (1988)
3. I Am Sam (2001)
4. About A Boy (2002)
5. Finding Neverland (2004)
6. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
7. Sicko (2007)
8. Marley & Me (2008)
9. Atonement (2007)
10. Stepmom (1998)
11. Terms Of Endearment (1983)
12. The Bear (1988)
12. Steel Magnolias (1989)
13. Four Weddings & A Funeral (1994)
14. Boys On The Side (1995)
15. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
What films make you cry?
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Comment by Jason King
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The rest I bawled my eyes out in and the movie The Bear brings back horrific memories. I was 16 and managing a video store by myself at night when I was confronted with an armed man who robbed the store, it was a very embarassing film to be held up in. The bastardo!
As for crying in films I pretty much cry in most films - am a bit scared to watch My Sisters Keeper this week because I know I will cry through the whole thing.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i actually cant watch Beaches, i hant seen it in years and a housemate hired it and i tried watching it again and by the time Barbara Hershey was on the beach with her sad sad dying face on, i had to leave the room
completely traumatised . . .
AGAIN! haha ill never learn
Sicko i cried at the end when the 911 volunteers finally got their medication for 20 cents, or some tiny amount of money, in Cuba
Marley & Me, anyone who has had a loved family pet will be a puddle of tears on the floor
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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it was the soundtrack in I Am Sam which was really really manipulative, every time one of those purposely (and brilliantly) placed Beatles songs started up you felt it tugging hard on your heartstrings, and your eyes well up
in Life Is Beautiful i cried solidly from somewhere around the midpoint where they go to the camps, until the very end . . . one of the most devastating films ive ever seen
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you know i didnt make it through A Walk To Remember, must have been too romantic for my taste . . . or maybe it was the presence of Mandy Moore? haha
thanks for the comment
Comment by RubySoho
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The last film that made me cry was Waltz With Bashir. I not olny wept, I sobbed. Loudly.
Comment by JohnDoe
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The Bear left me a mess on the floor, so very sad.
The rest made me weep for the future of film
I remember being stuck on a Greyhound bus once and they decided to play Beaches. All I remember of the film was that i was praying for her to die already and when she did i recall saying "thank god for that" and applauding. It was just such an obvious and heavy handed TV movie of the week style film.
I don't know, maybe its because my dad died of cancer and this film had no semblance of reality...or maybe its because it simplified the very complex emotions that I went through when he passed.
Some tear jerkers that spring to mind for me are:
Bridge to Terabithia
Donnie Darko
The Wrestler
Magnolia
Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
The People Versus Larry Flynt
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
21 Grams
Mysterious Skin
Ordinary People
Old Yeller
Solaris
Sophie's Choice
Harry and Son
Comment by Morgan Bell
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well actually i just said she had a sad sad dying face on, she could have miraculously recovered . . . miracles happen every day, Ruby
i havent seen Waltz With Bashir, if you would cry im sure i would cry
Comment by Morgan Bell
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oh The Bear is so sad . . . animal movies often are
of the movies you mentioned, i particularly thought the following were excellent films
Donnie Darko
The Wrestler
Magnolia
The People Versus Larry Flynt
21 Grams
Mysterious Skin
but none of them made me cry
i guess i need the really heavy handed stuff to push me over the edge
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i think its fairly apparent im a cold-hearted drama-queen
its gotta be extreme and obvious to push my tear-duct buttons, but once it rains its pours
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Although I do remember crying the most to the movie 'Curly Sue' - it was back in the 80's was the saddest movie!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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dont feel ridiculous, i cried in the Adam Sandler movie Click (2006) . . . i think that was my low point
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Happy Watching - CR.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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yes i hear My Sister's Keeper (the book and the film) is an emotional rollercoaster, but i havent experienced that one for myself yet
thanks for the contribution
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the funeral bit is so sad, they read that poem "Stop all the clocks" by W. H. Auden . . . it is devastating
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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its one of those sneaky ones which is so fun and charming for the bulk of the film and then they just wallop you with the heartache . . . the tears turn on like a sprinkler system
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oh yes Forest Gump is a good one, there are quite a few tear-jerker moments in that film
thanks for the comment
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