Movies That Have Made You Emotional

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I was talking to my daughter tonight. I was explaining that the movie her brother and I are going to would be too intense for her. That led to considering the only two movies that ever had me sobbing. One was " The Accused". The other was " Boys Don't Cry". I'm not an overly emotional person but gahhh.

I remember with "Boys Don't Cry" they get to the critical scene where everyone dies. I just couldn't deal with it. Best buddy stayed and watched it to the end. But as I sat in the lobby I realized I wasn't alone. There were at least ten of us. The least the theater could have done was put out tissue boxes.
 

I think one of the first movies that really upset me was Old Yeller. I cried my eyes out over that one. I found the Green Mile to be upsetting as well. I'm sure there were many more especially if an animal is involved.
 

There are many that have made me cry both sad and happy. The Book Thief, Crush (2001) with Andie MacDowell, Titanic of course, Brooklyn, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile. Many more....
 
Cried a lot while watching The Horse Whisperer with Robert Redford. Sad parts in movies always make me cry so I usually avoid sad movies if I can help it.
 
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The scene in Outlander where Jamie says goodbye to Claire before sending her through the stones and himself into battle. Truly emotional.
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OMG I cried like a baby! And when Claire told Jamie about the baby dying and they'd showed her in the hospital. Could not stop crying!!
 
Forest hump
The pursuit of happiness
Ps I love you
A walk to remember
Good will hunting
Beaches
Joy luck club
Stepmom
Titanic
The lion king
Marley and me ( bawled )
Steel magnolias
The way we were
My girl
A star is born
Selena ( wailed ) a true story
Notebook
Lassie
Old Yeller
 
American Beauty, Tomasina (about a cat), Playing for Time, Rasputin, Somewhere in Time, just to name a few....And, Charly - buckets.
 
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A woman's life is measured by her affections. "Splendor in the Grass" and "The Notebook" "Kate and Leopold" too, and "Somewhere in Time"
 
'Field of Dreams', '86 the last scene when Ray{Kevin Costner} realizes the young catcher is his late father,John{Dwier Brown}.Ray is so happy to see him,they start to play catch together,it gets to me every time
'Class Action" '91 with Gene Hackman ,Mary Elizabeth Mastrantino.They play estranged father-daughter lawyers on opposing sides in a automobile case.At the end,they resolve their differences.He tells her when she was born,she was the apple of his eye,still is,they both start crying.The last scene they have a long overdue dance together
 
There have been many that have brought tears to my eyes, and most of them have already been mentioned here. But the one that brought me to an out and out breakdown crying was "Alex: The Life of a Child" (1986). It's the true story of the life and death of the daughter of sports writer, Frank Deford. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090602/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

At the end, as Alex was near death, she was in her bed with her parents sitting on each side of her. Suddenly she sits up, looks off into the distance and says, "But which way do I go?" She then falls back into her parents arms and has died.

Well, I just lost it. Broke down crying. :cry: Not just a tear, but many tears. Out and out sobbing.
About 6 months later, I saw that it was going to be on TV again. So, I thought that since I had already seen this movie, it wouldn't affect me so much. I watched it again. Cried even more than the first time. :cry::cry::cry:
 
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fureverywhere said:
I was talking to my daughter tonight. I was explaining that the movie her brother and I are going to would be too intense for her. That led to considering the only two movies that ever had me sobbing. One was " The Accused". The other was " Boys Don't Cry". I'm not an overly emotional person but gahhh.

I remember with "Boys Don't Cry" they get to the critical scene where everyone dies. I just couldn't deal with it. Best buddy stayed and watched it to the end. But as I sat in the lobby I realized I wasn't alone. There were at least ten of us. The least the theater could have done was put out tissue boxes.
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No crying here (takes a lot to make me cry) but those two sure had an emotional impact - especially because they're non fiction.
 
"An American Crime" and "Aurore" were very difficult to watch.
"Changeling" made me more angry than emotional - also non fiction.
 
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Believe it or not, it doesn’t take much to make me cry especially while watching sad movies. My husband calls my movies ‘chick flicks’ or screeching and bawling movies. 😂
He claims if nobody dies in the first 5 minutes then it’s a chick flick
 
I cry at anything whether the movie has a positive or negative outcome. Fiction, non fiction, animated (Finding Nemo comes to mind for some reason 🤔- yes it had a positive outcome but it was a bit sad in parts)😟. Seen a lot of the films that have been posted above. I always have the tissues handy. My o/h just looks at me in disbelief when the tears start!!!!! o_O Frances Farmer was a film I showed to my students who were studying social psychology. Cry Freedom , true story of Steve Biko, was one that I showed to General Study students and I just couldn't hold back the tears. Think I'll have to stick to the radio!!!☺
 
I'm a softy and can shed tears easy over movies, especially ones like The Titanic, and a slew of others. Have my
tissues always available lol
 
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