What Movie Makes You Cry EVERY Time?

Updated on May 30, 2011
N.G. asks from Arlington, TX
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Every damn time I watch Pearl Harbor, I cry. EVERY TIME! I get so emotional. I can't even watch it.

When my kids watch Lion King, I have to leave the room when Mufasa dies. I just can't handle it.

When I was younger, Homeward Bound had me sobbing every time those dogs found their way home. So touching!

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S.D.

answers from Fort Walton Beach on

I very very rarely ____@____.com one that gets me every time (the book does it even more) is Where The Red Fern Grows.
Such an old book/movie but I love it :-)

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T.S.

answers from San Francisco on

Right now it's Toy Story 3 because my boy is about to go off to college...and I can still see him running around the house in his Buzz Light Year pajamas at the age of three...like it was yesterday...sigh :(

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J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

This is weird for me...
Before I had a kid...no movie made me cry.
After I delievered and in the same year both of my parents died....every little touching moment makes me tear up.
Up, Toy Story 3....just last night I was watching 50 first dates and started to cry when she looked at her daughter for another "first time." It's slightly annoying lol.

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B..

answers from Dallas on

Hachi! It's such a sweet, but sad dog story.

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answers from Kansas City on

Message in a Bottle.

Home Alone. I cry in the church scene with the old man who lives next door, when Kevin realizes he's a good man, just lonely. Also at the end when Kevin waves at him through his window as he see's the mans son coming to visit him. I'm getting teary eyed now, lol!!

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K.L.

answers from Redding on

My favorite movie is 50 first Dates,and yes JenneaLynn,, when she sees her daughter,,again.

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S.D.

answers from Phoenix on

walk to remember, notebook,

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L.M.

answers from Dover on

Deep End of the Ocean w/ Michelle Pfiefer....from the moment the toddler goes missing (5 minutes into the movie) through the end I can't keep my eyes dry for more than a few minutes. For those that haven't seen it, I won't spoil it but will say things work out eventually. I love the movie though.

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M.P.

answers from Provo on

Lately everything makes me cry :( super hormonal still. I can't watch diaper commercials with out crying. It's rather sad. I have to hold back sooo many tears while I'm at work and listening to peoples problems. Now that is the worst!!

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M.S.

answers from Washington DC on

It's a Wonderful Life.

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B.T.

answers from Rochester on

Man of LaMancha. I've seen it hundreds of times as I own it, and I cry every time.

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J.C.

answers from Columbus on

My Beautiful Life. The first part of Up. The Color Purple. And there's a very old and little known Tom Hanks movie with Jackie Gleason. Nothing In Common. It reminds me so much of my late father. I can't watch it ever again. The most emotional I've ever been about a movie to date. I was a complete wreck after that movie.

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E.P.

answers from New York on

The last 10 minutes of the following movies make me BAWL:
Beaches
Mr. Holland's Opus
Field of Dreams

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S.T.

answers from Washington DC on

movies not so much, but there's a passage in 'the once and future king' (where beaumont the hound dies) that makes me cry on cue as soon as i hit the first words of the passage. it's like a party trick. i can't NOT cry when i read it.
i've only seen it once so far, so i'm not sure if it will continue, but when i recently saw the new 'true grit' i lost it when little blackie was running his heart out. he reminded me of my pony whom i lost last fall.
khairete
S.

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P.M.

answers from Tampa on

My Sister's Keeper
Not Without My Daughter
Earthlings
Children of Men
Saving Private Ryan

Many others I'm sure I"m forgetting... and that's just the adult movies LOL

Since becoming a Mother, things touch me differently. I'm much more emotional about sensitive, sentimental and child related things.

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M.A.

answers from Houston on

Simon Birch. I dont know why. Another is Beaches (as corny as it sounds)....there seems to be something with having a good friend that I associate it with.
I will say that Homeward Bound is a tear-jearker too......" you're my favorite boy"....alone will make ya cry!!!!!

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C.N.

answers from Baton Rouge on

Ghost
The Girl in the Cafe
Field of Dreams
Driving Miss Daisy

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K.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

Stepmom - I don't know why, but it gets me every time!

Teresa S, I am feeling old now thinking that someone who was 3 when Toy Story came out is getting ready to go to COLLEGE! I remember Toy Story 1 debuting like it was yesterday - when I was in college!

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K.D.

answers from Los Angeles on

This is embarrassing - The movie "Powder".

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A.A.

answers from Bloomington on

Braveheart, when he looks over and sees his wife in the crowd. UP in the beginning when they tell the story of his life without words.

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B.C.

answers from Dallas on

I'm with you on the Lion King! The Notebook also gets me every time! Braveheart when his wife dies... *sniff, sniff*
Oh, and Shindler's List is my all time bawl-fest.

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E.W.

answers from Dallas on

Terms of Endearnment

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V.W.

answers from Jacksonville on

Steel Magnolias
Ransom (when Rene Russo hears the gunshot on the phone and goes and throws up in the kitchen).

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J.B.

answers from Louisville on

Beaches, An Officer and a Gentelman, Steel Magnoias, and Charlotte;s Web. Probably because I grew up in a farming community, and my mother has us read it as a part of our going through puberty. I also cry during Pay It Forward, especially during the end when they sing Calling All Angels. I played that song during my son's funeral.

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K.M.

answers from Chicago on

The Lion King
The Notebook
Where the Heart Is
Beaches
Titanic

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S.B.

answers from Dallas on

An Officer and a Gentleman. I have seen it a million times and every time Zach comes back for Paula...I cry.

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

pay it forward!, oh my God its saddd.

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A.H.

answers from Chicago on

Toy Story 2 (the scene about Jessie's little girl growing up and then donating her)
Toy Story 3 (the scene where the toys think they are going to die, and also when Andy drives off to college)
I am a sap. :)

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S.S.

answers from Cheyenne on

Toy Story 3...when they are in the incinerator, resigned to be destroyed...and also when Andy leaves his toys behind with Bonnie!

A Walk To Remember

The Notebook

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M.I.

answers from Albuquerque on

Phenomenom (with John Travolta)...must see movie for anyone who hasn't seen it

Ghost, the penny scene, every time

The Fox and the Hound...when we were kids, we didn't have a vcr but we used to listen to this on record player all the time, I was watching the other day with my girls and started crying.

Not a movie but a new show that came out over the winter, Off The Map, I probably cried at every episode. I hope it comes back next season.

I'm sure there are more but those are the only ones that I can think of now!

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E.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

Father of the Bride Part Two
Big Fish
My Girl
Moulin Rouge
The Notebook
Up
50 First Dates

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T.M.

answers from Columbus on

i cry almost every time i watch a movie or show anymore... getting so emotional anymore... blah

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L.U.

answers from Seattle on

Life is Beautiful. The beginning of UP made me cry too!! End of Toy Story (but I was prego!) My Sister's Keeper had me almost doing the ugly cry.

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E.B.

answers from Seattle on

Armegedon. A walk to remember...Seven pounds...everytime...all three...

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A.K.

answers from Phoenix on

The Big Chill, Terms of Endearment (?), Steel Magnolias, & The Notebook . Oh , & Stand By Me, Remember The Titans

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M.A.

answers from Orlando on

Old Yeller, some that are already mentioned in previous posts & my latest one is the new movie "Soul Surfer".

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J.C.

answers from Nashville on

Dumbo and I'm 29 yrs old. Horrible movie for kids especially
Moonlight and Valentino
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Meet Joe Black

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K.M.

answers from Chicago on

Pretty much ANY disney Classic and many many new ones (animated mostly)
P.s. I Love You (box of kleenex girls)
The Secret Life of Bees
A Walk to Remember (repeat)
Steel Magnolias (repeat)
Life is Beautiful (repeat)
Those are just off the top of my head but MANY MANY movies make me cry those mostly make me cry for the duration of the movie.

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S.F.

answers from Utica on

Marley and Me was last movie I remember watching that had me sobbing forever. I remember thinking what a horrible movie it was for showing such unnecessary pain and death to the dog. Seriously the movie really went way into detail about the poor dogs pain and suffering and it broke my heart. I know its just a movie but still not cool

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B.B.

answers from New York on

Life is Beautiful. Hands down.

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J.T.

answers from Dallas on

Terms of Endearment
Dances With Wolves-when the horse gets shot
The Never Ending Story-when the horse dies in the mud
Lonesome Dove

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T.G.

answers from Pueblo on

Armegeddon (sp?)
The Notebook
Dear John
Steel Magnolias
Where the heart is
P.S. I love you...
I love chic flicks!! Sometimes I can get my hubby to watch...(Keyword "Sometimes")

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C.F.

answers from Pittsburgh on

A LOT of good ones already mentioned. I'll second Up, Toy Story 2 and 3 and It's A Wonderful Life (when he finds Zuzu's petals!) I also have a tough time with Lorenzo's Oil. Just horrifying to think of having to watch a child slip away like that.
One odd one that gets me is I Am Legend. We actually used to show it at school before holidays sometimes because the kids love it. But I always had to get someone to cover my class because I cry pathetically when he has to put his dog down.

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R.W.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Marley & Me
PS I Love You
Return to Me
Charley (here is the info, it's not very well known, but I LOVE IT!!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330136/

A.G.

answers from Boston on

The beginning of disney's UP gets me everytime, when his wife dies and he is alone, I get tears every stinking time.... lmao

B.R.

answers from New York on

My Sisters Keeper. Sucha sad movie

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M.M.

answers from Albuquerque on

My kids watch Homeward Bound, and I get choked up every time the boy is calling for Shadow and thinks he didn't make it. Ack! Same as you with Lion King, too.

One movie that I absolutely SOB through is Heart and Souls with Robert Downey, Jr. You would think that after having seen it a billion times I would get a grip, but nope.

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B.H.

answers from Los Angeles on

The Same Time Next Year
Steel Magnolias
Homeward Bound

I could watch these same movies over and over!

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C.S.

answers from Detroit on

Eight Below
Marley and Me
I refused to watch certain movies cause I know I cry like King Kong
Lion King
Bambi (my kids won't watch..to sad)

J.B.

answers from Houston on

Well any movie is a possibility but there are some definites:

Steel Magnolias
Where the Heart is
Pride and Prejudice,last scene every time...
Lord of the Rings, Frodo leaving, gone every time
Life is Beautiful
Cinderella Man
Gladiator
Braveheart
hmmmm....my list is getting long....pretty much anything sappy and I'm done :D

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M.K.

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Titanic
Steel Magnolia's
Marley and Me
My Sister's Keeper

There was one lifetime movie, I can't remember the name, about a Dr who gave up his Down's Syndrome daughter and the nurse took her and raised her as her own.

And, like another poster mentioned, the book 'Where the Red Fern Grows'.

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A.B.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Little Women

The Patriot

Gladiator

UP - first 15 minutes, totally!

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J.C.

answers from Roanoke on

Sommersby
Eight Below
My Dog Skip

S.G.

answers from Dallas on

Imitation of Life
Defending Your Life
Where the Heart Is
The Blind Side

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D.

answers from Houston on

Legends of the Fall - everybody stinkin dies...horrible.
Pan's Labyrinth - very dark & sad

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K.B.

answers from Chicago on

Out of Africa, every single time.

L.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Rudy. Every time. And I DON'T cry at movies. Well, except Rudy.

Ok, and Toy Story 3.

And The Shawshank Redemption.

And Schindler's List.

And The Lion King.

And Braveheart.

And Mr. Holland's Opus.

Ok, I guess I do cry at movies sometimes... :p

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G.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

Driving Miss Daisy. When he feeds her a bite of pie at the end. I feel so bad for her bing in a nursing home and her only true friend is her driver that she treated so badly sometimes.

My friends and I saw this in the theater. I was sitting there bawling and all my friends were guys. They never took me out in public again.

Heart and Souls; a Robert Downy Jr. movie that starts when his character, Thomas, is born at the same time a bus wrecks killing all on board. The ghosts of the dead passengers are attached to him to work through their issues that they didn't have time to resolve in life. I bawl when Alfre Woodards character, Penny, dies and she is crying for her kids. When she finally gets to see her adult children and can help them find each other. When Thomas realizes he loves Elisabeth Shue's character, Anne, and make a passionate speech to her. All the other characters are so well played and it's just one of those feel good movies that make the time spent watching them well worth while.

R.A.

answers from Boston on

Little Women, Beaches, Beauty and the Beast. The Young Victoria, Rocky, Ghost, North and South, ..That's just a few. When I was little it was Old Yeller, and Where the Red Fern Grows..

R.P.

answers from Denver on

City of Angels
Passion of the Christ
The Notebook
The Green Mile
Meet Joe Black
Persuit of Happiness
Autumn in New York

M.C.

answers from Pocatello on

UP--- I cry practically the whole first 5-10 minutes of the movie. At least the movie is mostly happy! I have to second some other people's movies too:
- the little princess
-marley and me
-steel magnolias
-Juno
-Saving Private Ryan
-50 first dates

Forrest Gump makes me cry... but I love it! also- A.I. just tears me apart! Any movie with lost, sick or forgotten children will make me bawl for hours.

I can't watch some movies at all because they make me so distraught... I will never watch "my sister's keeper" or "the notebook" or "revolutionary road" ever again! They are just too sad for me!

I hate when I see a sad movie in the theater... you are stuck there... sucking in your botton lip trying not to cry, blinking away tears... and the worst part is that there are no tissues- OF COURSE! My husband Loves to take me to sad movies at the theater though... haha!

-M.

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