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Which Movies Make Grown Men Cry?
FiveThirtyEight.com ^ | January 12, 2015 | Walt Hickey

Posted on 01/15/2015 12:39:40 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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To: DogByte6RER

I went in to see Ghost with three men, two of whom were straight. All three had had some alcohol. I was crying away at the sad scene with her husband and the guys - all three - were saying “Just die already, Swayze” and laughing. They ruined it for me.


41 posted on 01/15/2015 1:13:33 PM PST by Yaelle (No Cruz? Then "I'm Ready for Hillary; What Difference Does It Make?")
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To: mware
I'll add one more movie to the list.

"Wee Willie Winkie"

When Shirley Temple is singing to a mortally wounded Victor McLaughlin.

42 posted on 01/15/2015 1:14:24 PM PST by mware
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To: x1stcav

Tears of joy it would be for me :)


43 posted on 01/15/2015 1:14:32 PM PST by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: DogByte6RER

Gallipoli. The very end.

Hoss


44 posted on 01/15/2015 1:14:39 PM PST by HossB86 (Christ, and Him alone.)
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To: CommerceComet
The ending scene in It's a Wonderful Life

Oh yeah! That and the scene where George and Mary kiss for the first time in the foyer of her house while they are on the phone with Sam. Boy oh boy does that make me leak at the eyes.

45 posted on 01/15/2015 1:16:28 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: Yaelle

Schindler’s List where he wonders if he did enough and if his ring could have bought one more life.


46 posted on 01/15/2015 1:16:46 PM PST by ez (RIP America 1776-2014. Long live the oligarchy.)
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To: mware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMr5oU3uDSs


47 posted on 01/15/2015 1:17:31 PM PST by mware
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To: Cowman

Vanishing Point is one of my favorites and I love the song by Primal Scream too.

Since my mind is on motorcycles I will say, The World’s Fastest Indian.


48 posted on 01/15/2015 1:17:48 PM PST by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: DogByte6RER
"Manos: The Hands of Fate"

Specifically Torgo, and his gimpy goat legs.


49 posted on 01/15/2015 1:18:35 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: HangnJudge

Wow, how did I overlook that one? A definite tearjerker. Wasn’t a dry eye in the house.


50 posted on 01/15/2015 1:19:36 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: mware
If you don't cry at the end of that one, you are not human.

You know, I was trying to remember the name of that movie...it devastated me. I could never watch it again and had to forget the name of it as a survival mechanism of sorts. Your post brought it all back.

I gotta go...can't see the monitor...

51 posted on 01/15/2015 1:19:40 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Wow, that is much better than the image I originally posted!!!


52 posted on 01/15/2015 1:23:24 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: DogByte6RER

The Passion, directed by Mel Gibson.


53 posted on 01/15/2015 1:24:25 PM PST by celmak
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To: MAKOTHEDOG

The last free man in America vs the big blue meanies on wheels.


54 posted on 01/15/2015 1:26:11 PM PST by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I hear you Sam. I think it touches a nerve because most of us of an older age, have been in the same situation. I had to have my 10 year old dalmatian put down.
55 posted on 01/15/2015 1:26:39 PM PST by mware
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To: DogByte6RER

Grand Torino. Too many excellent portrayals of the type of men I looked up to, including my father.


56 posted on 01/15/2015 1:28:08 PM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Boy oh boy does that make me leak at the eyes.

Hay fever is a bitch, isn't it? Always cropping up at inappropriate times.

57 posted on 01/15/2015 1:32:30 PM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: DogByte6RER

How about the final scene in “Saving Private Ryan”?

“Was I good man. Did I deserve this?” Ryan asks his wife.

Breaks me up.


58 posted on 01/15/2015 1:33:58 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"Schindler's List" ending did me in.

He's presented a ring made by the Jews from gold fillings they took out of their teeth, etched with the saying...

"He who saves One live saves them all".

Schindler says.."I could have done more"....

'I could have saved more...one more...two more".....

"You did so much, there will be Generations because of what you did"

As he falls to the ground gripped in tears saying... "And I didn't!"


59 posted on 01/15/2015 1:34:17 PM PST by caww
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

The Shootist with John Wayne. Aging gunfighter (actor) dying of consumption (cancer). I knew John Wayne was terminal and I felt like I actually watched him die in the movie.


60 posted on 01/15/2015 1:34:58 PM PST by NY Cajun (I contributed to her pink slip this morning.)
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