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Top 10 Movies that Make Men Cry [Warning: Reviews include some Spoilers]
The Spotless Minds ^ | 12-4-09 | Greg

Posted on 12/29/2009 6:00:33 PM PST by smokingfrog

The era of the ‘Man’s Man’ is coming ever closer to ending. Soon it will be acceptable for all men to see a film and let it truly effect them emotionally. But that time isn’t upon us just yet. These are the top ten movies that not only make men cry, but it is deemed acceptable for them to do so.

10. The Wrestler
9. Saving Private Ryan
8. Braveheart
7. Field of Dreams
6. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
5. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Friday Night Lights
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
2. Good Will Hunting
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; lists; metrosexuallist; movies
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To: smokingfrog

THE STRAIGHT STORY


201 posted on 12/29/2009 7:57:27 PM PST by Huck (The Constitution is an outrageous insult to the men who fought the Revolution." -Patrick Henry)
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To: sanjoaquinvalley

How about Gus (Robert Duvall) dying in “Lonesome Dove”? I can’t watch that scene; can barely make it through that chapter in the novel without blubbering.


202 posted on 12/29/2009 8:02:11 PM PST by Mrs.Liberty (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Khan.

Bagpipes. Amazing Grace.

Nothing to do with the movie per se.

It’s reflex - I’ve heard them played enough times for real.

Too many times.


203 posted on 12/29/2009 8:02:32 PM PST by SargeK
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To: smokingfrog

With all of the projects Billy Dee Williams and James Caan have done (Godfather, The Empire Strikes Back, etc.) whenever I see them in any film, I still always see them as Gale and Brian.


204 posted on 12/29/2009 8:05:29 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: jimfree
I worked that day, retail, selling stuff to folks. People were very quiet. I wept quietly on and off all day, but totally lost it on the drive home, heading north on the 405 freeway in Orange County. Someone had draped an American flag over one of the freeway overpasses.

That's when I really broke down. My heart felt like it was about to burst.

205 posted on 12/29/2009 8:08:13 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: smokingfrog
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How about the end of Mask. Rocky, wake up, you're going to be late for school.

206 posted on 12/29/2009 8:12:56 PM PST by death2tyrants
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To: Finny

It was the whole story of that old guy so determined to live his dream and not letting anyone or anything stop him, he was fearless, determined, loving, talented, humble, and very likeable. Every part in the movie where he ran up against an obstacle and then overcame it brought a tear, and when he beat the record, after all the trouble he went through, whoa, kleenex time.

I am also a motorcyclist and could identify. I have taken my bike up to 130mph so had some idea of the courage it took for him to take that wobbly contraption to 200.

Bert Munro is one of my heroes and I will soon have a poster of him and his bike on my wall. At 56 myself I am no starry eyed kid either, I just have THAT much respect for him.


207 posted on 12/29/2009 8:20:28 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: smokingfrog

“Taking Chance” was a tear-jerker. Kevin Bacon plays an escort officer taking a Marine KIA home to be buried. It’s based on a true story and they inserted childhood and coming of age pictures of the Marine with the closing credits.


208 posted on 12/29/2009 8:23:47 PM PST by Sapper317
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To: hoagy62; Eaker

My husband cried during Titanic. It was when he looked at his watch and realized there was two hours left in the movie.


209 posted on 12/29/2009 8:25:17 PM PST by TheMom (I'm now a grandma! Welcome to the world Kaiden Thomas.)
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To: MattinNJ

Ding Ding Ding...winner!!!!


210 posted on 12/29/2009 8:29:24 PM PST by IrishPennant (If you can accept losing, you can't win. ~ Vince Lombardi)
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To: MattinNJ

We watched Armageddon with a household full of teenagers. The part where Bruce Willis is saying goodbye to the daughter made all of the guys tear up. In all fairness, all the girls teared up as well.


211 posted on 12/29/2009 8:33:13 PM PST by TheMom (I'm now a grandma! Welcome to the world Kaiden Thomas.)
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To: Hammerhead

Yes - “We Were Soldiers” got to me a LOT. I kept trying to explain to my son that those tears weren’t for the movie so much as the bravery and honor and death of the actual men that the movie portrayed.

I also now cry every time at the end of “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Again, based more on my real-life experiences than the movie.


212 posted on 12/29/2009 8:38:43 PM PST by 21twelve
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To: smokingfrog

I’ll admit the original Rocky movie gets me teared up. Not crying in any way, but just the raw emotion of the music and the storyline of the ultimate underdog getting his one shot in life and making the most of it. Whenever I hear the theme from Rocky I get all tingled up and go running around looking for a brick wall to run through.


213 posted on 12/29/2009 8:38:53 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: smokingfrog
Most on this list is a joke.
Passion of the Christ, for the closest thing I'll see, this side of Heaven, of my Saviour's choice to suffer.
Most posters here touch some common themes of movies when I get a gut-punch, tear up, or cry:

With that said - Patriots, United Flight 93, Man on Fire, Up, It's a Wonderful Life, even parts of Independence Day (Drunk Dennis Quaid loser dad looking at his kids pic before he shoves it up the aliens' ship's anal cavity)
214 posted on 12/29/2009 8:55:58 PM PST by time4good
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I shed a tear at Saving Private Ryan. There were vets in the audience. Nobody moved until the entire movie was done, credits and all.

Same thing with We Were Soldiers and Flags of Our Fathers.

215 posted on 12/29/2009 8:58:33 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: Safrguns
My eyes watered a little in “Up”

My guess is that was in the first 10 minutes, too. They could have made the entire movie from that little segment.

216 posted on 12/29/2009 9:00:21 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: smokingfrog
Well, here's an unusual one that many won't fess up to: Disney/Pixar's UP.

In the opening sequence when Ellie discovers she can't have children, I cry like a baby! Also, I get choked up during the death scene. Yup, both of those scenes get me everytime. And, because I have a two-year-old who loves to watch it over and over, I've seen that darn movie over a dozen times and I still can't help getting a little teary-eyed!



Cheers
217 posted on 12/29/2009 9:12:35 PM PST by DoctorBulldog
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To: smokingfrog; All
Somehow everyone on this thread should be alerted to watch this video - Considering the topic for this thread, I find it appropriate.

Thank Your Military

218 posted on 12/29/2009 9:12:55 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: smokingfrog
Whoever came up with this list definitely is not a man. Here's three that should have been at the top:

1) Brian's Song
2) Something for Joey
3) Sounder

219 posted on 12/29/2009 9:15:33 PM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Aha! So I’m NOT the only one crying like a baby during the opening sequence of UP! Whew! Thank goodness!

Cheers


220 posted on 12/29/2009 9:15:36 PM PST by DoctorBulldog
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