This is a dumb list.
10. The Wrestler - Never saw it so I won't comment.
9. Saving Private Ryan - Huh? Good movie...not a tearjerker, except for maybe the scene at the very end.
8. Braveheart - Saw it 3 times I think. Inspiring. Motivational. Not a cry-inducing thing, though.
7. Field of Dreams - The only one they got right. Absolutely.
6. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial - My wife actually did cry at this one. At the scene where he was laying near death. Not me, though. I thought he looked like a butchered chicken.
5. The Shawshank Redemption - Didn't this have the quintesstial Hollywood happy ending? What's to cry about?
4. Friday Night Lights - See #5 above. BY THE WAY, this may be the only movie in history with a TV show of incomparably superior quality. If you haven't seen the TV version of FNL, please do. It's the only tv show I've ever watched, where I have this thought every single time: "How did something this good get on network TV." Truly remarkable. The movie? Not so much.
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day - I assume this is a joke?
2. Good Will Hunting - No movie in which the lead character quotes Howard Zinn approvingly is going to induce any emotion from me other than anger.
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - Right. I don't know which made me cry harder, Start Trek II or Smokie and the Bandits II.
And HOW did they miss the NUMBER ONE "guy-cry" movie?
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The Clown Author of this story has no idea...
1) Titanic
2) On the Beach-(Original 1959 with Gregory Peck)
3) Old Yeller
4) Cold Mountain
5) Yamato-Otoko-tachi no Yamato, literally “The Men of the Yamato”
6)The Japanese Ending of the anime “Yamato”, called “Star Blazers” in America. It was considered “too shocking” for Amrican Audiences.
7) How Green Was My Valley
8) Bambi
9) Homeward Bound
I remember Nancy Reagan said she cried when she watched ET. Also saw where so many people loved it. Finally saw it and was amazed how bad it really was. Not even remotely did it make me want to cry.
None on that list were particularly sentimental. only a couple of them were any good.
I was looking for the Dirty Dozen on that list, and I couldn’t find it.
Old Yeller. Only movie that will make a real man cry.
Forrest Gump, The end of Band of Brothers, Terms of Endearment, the ending of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
I think I’ve “welled up” on a few occasions, but the only one I remember for sure is at the end of ICEMAN, where he grabs on to the helicopter. That flute music really got to me.
Here is some advice for people who wish to become writers: Master the nuances of English before you publish.
I hear a lot of men cried when Thelma and Louise drove that convertible off the cliff.
I vote for Jesus of Nazareth as shown on TV. When Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son thus reconciling two bitter enemies, well that tears me up. Also from the same show, when he raises Lazarus from the dead, makes my eyes wet.
The only movie that consistently gets me to cry is Armegeddon when the father comes back from blowing up the asteroid and his little boy runs up to greet him.
Inexplicable, I know. Usually I have great taste in flicks.
Hell, we cheered at the ending of The Wrath of Khan, although not at that scene, which was expected. That was when they knew how to write a movie first and not "just a Trek film".
To redeem myself, I must bring up the HBO film “Taking Chance” with Kevin Bacon. It’s about a Marine officer escorting a fallen Marine back home. Tears streamed down my face from beginning to end.
What about “Old Yeller” ??? Any man who says he didn’t cry at that is lyin’ ...
“Best Years Of Our Lives” when Homer finally realizes Wilma loves him.