[Lancey Howard]

Does crying from laughter count?

[SeaHawkFan]

Can’t believe no one has mentioned “The Patriot”, especially the scene where the Brits burned down the church with all the people inside.

[mcs407]

Did I miss it? How could y’all leave out The Right Stuff, with young Chuck Yeager (Sam Shephard) out above Mach 1 for the first time, casually reporting that the Machmeter must have broken? When I run the DVD, my keds want to know: “Daddy, are you going to cry again?

[SeaHawkFan]

“We Are Marshall”

[Huck]

THE STRAIGHT STORY

[death2tyrants]

How about the end of Mask. Rocky, wake up, you're going to be late for school.

[Sapper317]

“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.

[Azzurri]

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.

[time4good]

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:

• children's lives taken from parents, via crimes or tragedies
• innocent lives slaughtered
• loss of soulmate
• profound redemption of soul and forgiveness - either to God or someone severely wronged
• bonds of courage, especially if it leads to selfless sacrifice of one's own life (similar in the war movies, brings what David said of Jonathan - that the gays twist out of context - he loved him more than a woman)
• bonds of friendships lost
• when evil or corruption runs rampant - then it's a crying of righteous rage
  (Man on Fire, scene in Saving Private Ryan when sniveling coward can't man up and lets the German gut his comrade slowly and lets the German walk right by him)

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)

[DoctorBulldog]

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

[SoldierDad]

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

[Hoodat]

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

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Facing the Giants - when David’s father gets out of his wheel chair before David kicks the game winning field goal I lose it every time.

[RandallFlagg]

The remake of Dawn of the Dead...

The lead male character was asked, “So what were you good at before?”

He replied after staring off for a moment: “Being a Dad. I think I was good at that.”

That scene hit me hard. The look in his eyes when he answered. It told me all that I needed to know about what he had to do during the initial outbreak.

[happygrl]

Although not a theatrical release, Brian's Song is the only, sure, tear-jerker for men.

[My Favorite Headache]

Are they serious with this list? I will give it on Braveheart...but I don’t think I was ever moved more by a movie than I was by The Passion of the Christ.

[Allegra]

Not “Cinderella Man?”

[JerseyDvl]

0 for 10 as far as I am concerned.

Only one movie has ever made me cry....LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Best movie I have ever seen.

[jla]

I didn't cry but I like The Sound of Music.
The scenery is magnificent and more importantly, 'Liesl' is the perfect female. (Despite playing a sixteen year old the actress in that role was at the time twenty-two).

[Clemenza]

OK, I’ll admit to it: The end of “The Bicycle Thief”, along with the scene in “Umberto D.” where Umberto almost kills himself and his dog by going in front of a locomotive, ALMOST made me tear up.