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10 movies sure to make a man cry
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
All the “Sex and the City” this and “Sex and the City” that. OK, ladies, have your weekend. But you’re always saying that guys can’t relate, they can’t emote, they can’t show feelings, they just don’t understand.
Well, men do cry. I’ve seen it. I’ve done it.
Here are 10 movies and the moments that flip the duct switch to on:
1. “Rudy” (1993) — Especially when Sean Astin as the title character sits down on the bench and reads the acceptance letter he finally receives to go to Notre Dame. But also when he’s carried off the field.
2. “Brian’s Song” (1971) — When Billy Dee Williams as Gayle Sayers utters the immortal words … “I loved Brian Piccolo.”
3. “Field of Dreams” (1989) — Are you kidding me? It’s when Ray asks his father to play catch.
4. “Old Yeller” (1957) — I’m tearing up now just thinking about Tommy Kirk having to stand there with that gun.
5. “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) — It’s not really the cemetery stuff or Ryan being told he needs to “earn this.” The part that gets to me is watching Giovanni Ribisi’s medic character die.
6. “Glory” (1989) — The tragedy and cultural pain of it all is so intense — from the flogging of Denzel Washington to the final sequence when the soldiers in freeze frame face the fort’s cannon.
7. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) — I’m a sucker for “I’ll be right here!”
8. “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962) — For me, it’s the narration of the older Scout when she says, “One time Atticus said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them; just standin’ on the Radley porch was enough.”
9. “The Natural” (1984) — Roy Hobbs hits a home run. And that’s cool. But I think it’s Randy Newman’s astounding music as Hobbs rounds the bases in slow motion that seals the deal.
10. “Testament” (1983) — It’s when, in the wake of nuclear destruction and pain and tragedy, the parents gather and watch their grade-school kids perform a play.
What are the movies that make you cry?
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By Movie buff
May 30, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
It’s a Wonderful Life. I am a sucker for Frank Capra’s classic.
By Lunatic Fringe
May 30, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
It isn’t movies that make me cry, it is the price of admission that does it for me.
By Movie buff
May 30, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
It’s a Wonderful Life. I am a sucker for Frank Capra’s classic.
By Exit Only
May 30, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
Brokeback Mountain - it hurts just thinking about it.
By benton
May 30, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
Showgirls. Elizabeth Berkely is so fine, she brings tears to my eyes.
By eye_kay
May 30, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
Forrest Gump… After all of that he finally gets her and then… she dies…
By Sci Fi Buff
May 30, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
Star Trek : Wrath of Kahn - when Scotty plays Amazing Grace at Spock’s funeral
By Mike
May 30, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
The Dirty Dozen, when Jim Brown is running the roof of the bunker throwing grenades down the air shafts. Beautiful scene. I blubber like a baby. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
By Homeschool Mom
May 30, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
For my hubby it was “3” during the Daytona flashbacks when Dale dies.
By Gman
May 30, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Watching “Hardware Wars”… “I laughed, I cried, I kissed 3 bucks goodbye.”
Seriously, in Hoosiers where Gene Hackman’s character, Coach Norman Dale visits Dennis Hopper’s character, Shooter, the town drunk, in his domicile and offers him a second chance in life by asking him to help coach the boys high school basketball team.
By Maverick
May 30, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
Top Gun when Goose dies always brings a tear to my eye.
By hsiobhanc
May 30, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
My husband cried when watching I Am Legend when Smith’s dog is attacked and he ends up euthanising her. We just lost 2 female puppies of our own to illness and it struck him hard. told him he’d laugh, he’d cry, and he did.
By GaNative
May 30, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
TITANIC - Man I wish I had a woman to love me like Rose loved Jack.
By JT
May 30, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
” Where the Red fern Grows ”
The Classic Coon hunting Story with those old red Bone Hounds ” Ol Dan & “Little Ann ” of course at the end of the movie Lil Ann gets killed by a Cougar and Ol Dan dies a little later after trying to protect her! Very Sad but an Excellent Disney Movie!!
By BIG Dawg
May 30, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
With Honors is the only movie that has ever made me cry.
By bg
May 30, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
“Where the Red Fern Grows” Though not as well known as “Old Yeller,” an even better “boy and his dog(s)” movie. If you haven’t seen it, find it!
By JT
May 30, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Right on BG!!
By West Cobb Dad
May 30, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Star Trek Generations when Kirk dies. That is the only movie that had tears pouring out. Not only in the theater, but at home when I rented it. I grew up idolizing him. He was THE man. Captain of a starship and all the green women a guy could handle. The wife will never understand.
By Sgt. Friday
May 30, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
In DRAGNET, when Jack Webb tells the uncle of the little French boy whose father has just been murdered: “You don’t have to translate anymore.”
By Big C
May 30, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
The Green Mille Another man dying because of hate and things they don’t understand.
By Big C
May 30, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
The Green Mile Tragic when John Coffey (like the drink, but not spelled the same) takes the chair.
By Falcons Fan
May 30, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this
Terms of Endearment - 2 or 3 times jack nicolson is just great in that movie. He shows up at the swimming pool when he is not expected.
That movie with Dolly Parton, Sally , julia roberts. Why what a heart tugger. When Julia Roberts dies and the mom is taking care of the little boy.
GoodFellas - what a comedy . Laugh so hard you cry in some of that movie.
By Falcons Fan
May 30, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this
Terms of Endearment - 2 or 3 times jack nicolson is just great in that movie. He shows up at the swimming pool when he is not expected.
That movie with Dolly Parton, Sally , julia roberts. Why what a heart tugger. When Julia Roberts dies and the mom is taking care of the little boy.
GoodFellas - what a comedy . Laugh so hard you cry in some of that movie.
By A-Town
May 30, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Cooley High - When Preach was looking down and talking to Cochise as he laid in his casket and the song “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday” played in the background.. Grown man tears fall..
By Rusty
May 30, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
“The Babe” with John Goodman. When Ruth hits the called shot.Makes me proud to be an American. Hell yea.
By Red
May 30, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
I still get teary eyed when I think of some of the Three Stooges comedy routines.
By J
May 30, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
My boyfriend cried at The Notebook and for some reason Spanglish. I am still trying to figure that one out. LOL
By JT
May 30, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this
” TOMBSTONE ” The part where the punk” Doc Holliday” wanna be is looking for a fight and the Real ” Doc Holliday”( Val Kilmer) steps off the porch with Blood Shot eyes & half drunk says the classic line ” I’m your Huckleberry, that’s just my Game!” I was so proud I had tears in my eyes!!
By j
May 30, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
That Will Smith movie, the Pursuit of Happyness when they were sleeping in a subway bathroom, and when he finally got the job. I cried in the theater and it was sooo embarassing. But, everyone else was crying too so oh well.
By J
May 30, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
My boyfriend cried at The Notebook and for some reason Spanglish. I am still trying to figure that one out. LOL
By DreamsMaterialize
May 30, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
Antoine Fisher after the mother who abandoned him rejects him once again, he goes goes to other relatives’ house to find that they have gathered the rest of the family, cooked him dinner, and welcomed him with open arms.
By JT
May 30, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
Hey J,
I think I shead a tear in The Notebook too!! Great Love story!!
By ron
May 30, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
I still have never gotten over the movie,The Remains of the Day,with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
By Jason
May 30, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Any man who cries is a homosexual. The same goes for liberals, non-truck drivers, and wine drinkers.
By Edward
May 30, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
There are a few:
“Sophie’s Choice”… anybody who doesn’t cry during this is a heartless stone.
“Longtime Companion”… I lived it, it is real, almost too real.
“The Way We Were”… yes, saccharin, but still gets me.
“Hidalgo”… brave, heroic animals always get me…
By JJ
May 30, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
My Dad and brother both cried like babies watching Brian’s Song…..
By Snarky
May 30, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
Crimson Tide.
Overall the movie wasn’t that good. However the scene where the sub was sliding backwards toward crush depth with “Nearer My God To Thee” as the music just gets me.
By Rusty
May 30, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
How about “Rocky”?
By kim
May 30, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
“Recount”
By Julie
May 30, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this
I believe Mike stole his comment from Sleepless in Seattle.
By Kim
May 30, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
“Recount”
By Carri
May 30, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
You men always have to be funny….porn, 3 Stooges, Brokeback Mountain. Those movies listed above are all great guy movies (maybe not E.T.). Why can’t you just admit that you have a warm, sensitive side?
By Soulfinger
May 30, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Sleepless in Seattle. At the opening credits, the waterworks turn on and its nonstop almost all the way through. No matter how many times I see it, it gets me every time!
By Clem
May 30, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
Carri, Honey, I’ve got something “warm and sensitive” for you.
By Mike
May 30, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
Surprised Schindler’s List wasn’t on the top 10
By Timon
May 30, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
The Passion of the Christ still gets to me.
By numbersguy
May 30, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
Courage Under Fire. When Denzel Washington lays his Congressional medal over Meg Ryan’s tombstone. Gets me every time.
By Some Sad Schmuck
May 30, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
I loved her and she cheated on me with my best friend (who already had a steady girlfriend of his own).
If losing your best friend and girlfriend at the same time BY WATCHING IT ON A VIDEO SCREEN doesn’t make a man cry, nothing will!
I didn’t like porn before, but I REALLY HATE IT now!
By Atlanta Native
May 30, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this
The Legend of Bagger Vance You have to watch the entire movie up through the very last scene for the full impact of the message. It is not a movie about golf. It is a movie about how God steps up to help us as we struggle through life.
By Lissa
May 30, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
I’m surprised none of you guys have listed The Bucket List. There wasn’t a dry eye in the theater for that one.
By bob
May 30, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Cannibal Holocaust… when they butcher that poor turtle…
By Becky
May 30, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Falcons Fan, the movie with Dolly, Julia & Sally is..Steel Magnolias.. What about Imitation of Life?
By ron
May 30, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
The Falcons 2007 season highlight reel.
By yeah, I cried
May 30, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this
Definitely Schindler’s List and Ring of Bright Water when that Otter was killed.
By mikey
May 30, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
The Champ with Jon Voight
By naturalcurl
May 30, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
My Dog Skip makes my husband cry. And of course Brian’s Song. Any Austin Powers movie makes him cry tears of laughter.
By John W. S.
May 30, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
1) Rudy (when hes being carried off the field, and when he finds out he made it in to Notre Dame) 2) Dirty Dancing (the end) 3) Armageddon (when bruce willis pulls his daughters boyfriend out of the pod and he decides to stay behind so his daughter can get married) 4) Top Gun (when goose dies) 5) The Notebook ( the entire movie)
By Pat Smith
May 30, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
Life is Beautiful (the one where the family is taken to a holocaust camp) is the biggest tear jerker. Anyone who doesn’t cry sometime during this movie has no heart.
By Carri
May 30, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this
Okay, John W.S., I agree on Armageddon, but Dirty Dancing? I’m a girl and that movie didn’t make me cry. The reference to Armageddon makes me think of Space Cowboys when Tommy Lee Jones was left up on the moon. Does anyone remember The Great Santini with Robert Duvall as the abusive Marine father? Great movie I haven’t thought about in years and you rarely see it on TV.
By john
May 30, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Iron Giant - yes it is animated, but if you are a guy who can watch that whole film without tearing up I would be surprised.
Where the red fern grows - the original 1974 version, first film to make me shed tears. About a poor country boy who wishes for two coon hounds. Netflix has it.
By Tearing Up Now
May 30, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this
The movie “Dad” when Ted Danson carries Jack Lemmon.
And “Big Fish” with Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup.
No man can watch these two without tearing.
By L
May 30, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this
I agree, Big Fish the end kills me, and the Road to Perdition when Tom Hanks is killed.
By The Truth
May 30, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
Van Helsing. It was so bad it made me cry for my money back.
By chris
May 30, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
Home Alone…That old man got to me!
By Derek
May 30, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this
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A League of Their Own … .
By forfeiting-guy-card
May 30, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Miracle - After the US beats the Soviets and Herb Brooks doesn’t know how to react. He makes eye contact with his wife and then goes into the tunnel - alone - still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that his life-long dream has come true. Fantastic.
By Forfeiting-guy-card
May 30, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
Miracle - After the US beats the Soviets and Herb Brooks doesn’t know how to react. He makes eye contact with his wife and then goes into the tunnel - alone - still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that his life-long dream has come true. Fantastic.
By mark
May 30, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this
1 Rudy - as soon as his family steps off the bus at the stadium to see his first game I start tearing up. 2 Armageddon - when Bruce goes with the bomb to save the dayBy Steve
May 30, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this
Someone mentioned Rocky earlier, a good choice for sure. But I think Stallone did a superb job with the more recent Rocky Balboa by reminding us that after all the sequels with all the slow motion fights and come-from-behind wins, the Real Story is that all Rocky really cares about is Adrienne. It’s a love story for guys. Stallone is a genious.
By robo
May 30, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
“Deep Throat”
LL’s acting brought tears to my eyes plus some other hidden emotions.
I couldn’t put the kleenex down for some reason.
By Najeh Davenpoop
May 30, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
I gotta say, “Big Brown Bomb Boo-Yow Booty Brazilian B-tches” did it for me.
By sham
May 30, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this
robo
You named a true classic, done by an academy award “performer”.
Linda put her heart into her “work”, and the young “actresses” of today still use her method effectively. I am always ready to help these young “actresses” learn the correct way to “perform”.
By brook
May 30, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
sham Yes, she swallowed the role and to think, she had no formal training. I need to pause and reflect on one of the greats.
By becky
May 30, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this
I am a better actress than Linda.
My boyfriend/manager helps me practice, and practice, and practice…
By Brad
May 30, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this
Nice try, Jason. We’re not biting.
Men of Honor - the courtroom scene near the end.
Savannah Smiles where they’re hauling the guys away (I bet no one remembers that one from the early 80s)
October Sky - just a damned good movie with a fine (and believable!) ending
By chocoholic
May 30, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
My husband can’t believe that no one has mentioned “A River Runs Through It”
By softy
May 30, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this
In the 1970’s the movie “the champ” was unbelievable. It is a movie about a father and a son.
By malone77
May 30, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this
Shenandoah when Jimmy Stewart talks to Martha in the graveyard… now that his oldest son and daughter-in-law have joined her
The Great Santini… almost the entire movie… especially when Santini dies at the end.
Dumbo when his mother gets sent to another “jail” for defending him.
By Mark
May 31, 2008 12:36 AM | Link to this
The Green Berets - The last scene with the kid running from chopper to chopper looking for Peter-san.
The cemetery scene from “Saving Private Ryan”
“The Rookie” with Dennis Quaid
By D.Lopez
May 31, 2008 1:06 AM | Link to this
Some of these comment brought me to tears, Great stuff! Ya’ll gotta keep up the great work. On a serious note, The Passion of the Christ, had me balling my eyes. When he was being flogged, I wanted the scene to end, so bad. I closed me eyes, hell I ain’t afraid to admit. PS-Every day when I fill my gas tank, I cry like a B**!
By D.Lopez
May 31, 2008 1:06 AM | Link to this
Some of these comment brought me to tears, Great stuff! Ya’ll gotta keep up the great work. On a serious note, The Passion of the Christ, had me balling my eyes. When he was being flogged, I wanted the scene to end, so bad. I closed me eyes, hell I ain’t afraid to admit. PS-Every day when I fill my gas tank, I cry like a B**!
By D.Lopez
May 31, 2008 1:09 AM | Link to this
Some of these comment brought me to tears, Great stuff! Ya’ll gotta keep up the great work. On a serious note, The Passion of the Christ, had me balling my eyes. When he was being flogged, I wanted the scene to end, so bad. I closed me eyes, hell I ain’t afraid to admit. PS-Every day when I fill my gas tank, I cry like a B**!
By Wil
May 31, 2008 1:59 AM | Link to this
Braveheart—the ending.
By yup... we cry
May 31, 2008 3:13 AM | Link to this
“Home Room” - its a movie about a school shooting - and the girls are trying to work out their emotions after the attack - if you don’t cry at the end of that movie - your a heartless douche
By yup... we cry
May 31, 2008 3:20 AM | Link to this
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1655505177/
just incase anyone wants to rent it -
By Steve
May 31, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
Don’t remember the name of the movie but it was a Cheech and Chong golden moment with the straight jacket on and something started itching. I fell out of my chair with tears in my eyes. The female will never truly understand this moment.
By Sean
May 31, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
The Shawskank Redemption - Redd gets out of jail and meets up with Andy on the coast to fix that boat.
By Sean
May 31, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this
The Shawshank Redemption - Redd gets out of jail and meets up with Andy on the coast to fix that boat.
By John Miller
May 31, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
What planet have you all been on? “Pride of the Yankees” with Gary Cooper- the ending. Or how about the “Grapes of Wrath” when Fonda says goodbye to his mom?
By Thogwummpy
May 31, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
Well, I’ve gotta go a different direction on this. I cried over both Howard the Duck, and Dude Where’s My Car. Simply over the fact that I’ll never get back the time or admission price I invested in watching those two pieces of sh*t!!! I also cried because I was laughing so hard at the “Pig Vomit/Match Game” scene of Howard Stern’s Private Parts. Not a Stern fan, but that was just plain as funny as it gets.
By Thogwummpy
May 31, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
Oh…and one other thing. Some of you dudes that posted today, are just chicks in pants.
By D
May 31, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this
Armageddon…The end of the movie when Bruce Willis make the ultimate sacrifice for the world and his daughter.
By Alvin
May 31, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Pursuit of Happiness. The bathroom scene and when he finally was told he got the job.
By Alvin
May 31, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Pursuit of Happiness. The bathroom scene and when he finally was told he got the job.
By Bell Curve
May 31, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Real Men don’t cry. This “sheeple” town of Atlanta is a joke. Give me a break. I guess with my being a former paratrooper, combat veteran, and S.F. Soldier makes me more manlier and from a different planet! Yes manly men cry, but not at a movie. They cry at funerals or Memorial Day Services.
Wake up men and stop falling for this Phil Donahue, Alan Alda “OPRAH-World” of fantasy. REAL WOMEN WANT REAL MEN… STOP SHEDDING TEARS AT MOVIES, AND SHED THEM FOR YOUR FELLOW BROTHERS-IN-ARMS WHO DIED A WARRIOR’S DEATH.
God how I wish for the old days when men were men and many movies had John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Gary Cooper were the standard (not pretty boy Pitt and Looney Clooney).
Men crying at movies? Again GIVE ME A BREAK!
By Miss Piggy
May 31, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this
Get over yourself Bell Curve. I bet your boyfriend cries over lots of movies.
By tina
May 31, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
My husband cried like a baby when Julia Roberts died in Steel Magnolias. He cried even harder when the fighter (can’t remember her name) died in that fight movie with Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood. By the way all three won Oscars.
By steve walsh
May 31, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
recount….great movie
By Pop Corn
May 31, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
These make me cry every time:
Big Fish (reminds me of my deceased dad and the way he embellished stories) Philadelphia (saw a friend die like that in the hospital) Come Back Little Sheba (Shirley Booth’s pathetic life with Doc) Thomasina (the Disney classic)
I know I’ll think of more!
By Jcola200
May 31, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
Here’s one,
The first time I saw Return Of The Jedi, I cried when Vader died.
By mellowfella1
May 31, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this
The Color Purple….when Ceili and her sister is running through the field at the end, and Albert passes by with the horse.
By MB
May 31, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
You gotta be kidding me…Rudy? The movie about the guy too stupid to know when nobody wants him around? That is, hands down, one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Must be drinking the Notre Dame Kool-Aid to think that one is good or affecting in any way, shape, or form.
“Old Yeller” and “Brian’s Song” are good, obvious choices. Agree with you on “Saving Private Ryan,” though definitely for the cemetery scene. “To Kill A Mockingbird” I’ll go with as well.
Good call, Tina, on “Million Dollar Baby,” and I can see “Big Fish,” “Iron Giant,” and “A League of Their Own.”
But “Rudy?” Oh hell no!”
By Jim Nasium
May 31, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this
How ‘bout ol’ Bambi? (not the porn version!)
By Brian
May 31, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
Alot of good movies have been named. There are a couple of movies that haven’t been mentioned that got to me. Black Hawk Down, the scene where the kid who was shot in the leg and they couldn’t stop the bleeding. He went through alot of agony and his friends had to watch him die and could do nothing to save him. There were couple of scenes in We Were Soldiers that were intense. I guess these get to me because I know these events actually happened.
A previous poster mentioned the scene from Saving Private Ryan where the medic played by Riovannu Ribsi dies. I totally agree with that one. I’ve heard veterans talk about how sometimes a young kid would be wounded and dying in great pain and that they would cry out for their mothers or that they want to go home.
Seocond Hand Lions is another great movie. I didn’t cry watching it, but there are several scenes that I as a man, who used to be a young boy, kind of hit you in the gut and make your chest swell with pride. Boys need heros, adventure, even danger, and they need strong men to challenge them and show them how to become men.
By Matt
May 31, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this
I tend to block emotional stuff out…but that Julie Roberts movie Step Mom when the little kid didn’t understand that his mom is dying.
By Anita
May 31, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
How about the final scene in “The Seventh Sign” with Demi Moore where she dies for her baby. Everyone in the theater was bawling. I even heard a guy behind me say “That was so sad.”
By chuck allison
May 31, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
There was nothing to cry about in “Glory”. As I remember, even though things looked tough for the Confederate defenders of Charleston in their defense of Battery Wagner, they were able to rally, form a second line of defense inside the fort, and repulse the Yankees, inflicting heavy casualties. I do wish the movie had featured the known black defenders of Battery Wagner.
By BW
May 31, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this
How about these sargent york/Where the red fern grows/color purple/pearl harbor/shenandoah/the ten comandments/spencers mountain.
By BW
May 31, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
How about these sargent york/Where the red fern grows/color purple/pearl harbor/shenandoah/the ten comandments/spencers mountain.
By Carlos
May 31, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this
The movies mention are all excellent. Forrest Gump,Saving Private Ryan, Titanic, E.T., Braveheart, and A League of Their Own (and I thought I was the only guy who liked this movie)
But my pick is My Girl (“He can’t see without his glasses”). Gets to me everytime. See the movie and you will know what I mean.
By SciFi Buff
May 31, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this
The first two Terminator movies. When Reese dies in #1, and when Arnold dies in #2. Iron Giant also. The Sixth Sense has elicited some emotion as well.
By J Berry
May 31, 2008 10:48 PM | Link to this
Do a survey of what movies made women cry-
By J Berry
May 31, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
Do a survey of what movies made women cry-
By J Berry
May 31, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
Do a survey of what movies made women cry-
By J Berry
May 31, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
Do a survey of what movies made women cry-
By J Berry
May 31, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this
Do a survey of what movies made women cry-
By San Ford
June 1, 2008 12:00 AM | Link to this
Braveheart - When his wife is murdered and he avenges her death. Then when he’s executed.
Shane - the ending…
By Bell Curve
June 1, 2008 6:09 AM | Link to this
Disgusting. Men crying at movies? Hell in a few years the question will be to Atlanta “men”…”What commercial makes you cry?” Truly a city of yuppies,wimps, and SHEEPLE.
I’m moving back to Fayetteville… not Georgia…but North Carolina. This town sells T-shirts that say: “You don’t want to get in a bar fight here-Fayetteville North Carolina.” Airborne! (not “selah”)
By jonny2cash
June 1, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this
The Long Gray Line reminded me of my Irish family. A real tear jerker
By KE 633
June 1, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
There is no sadder moment in movies than Rocky III when Mick dies.
By jonny2cash
June 1, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
The Long Gray Line reminded me of my Irish family. A real tear jerker
By jonny2cash
June 1, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
The Long Gray Line reminded me of my Irish family. A real tear jerker
By jonny2cash
June 1, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
The Long Gray Line reminded me of my Irish family. A real tear jerker
By DD
June 1, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Color Purple
By Old School Joe
June 1, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
The Movie Second-Hand Lions brought me to tears a few times…this flick is a real must-see.
By Mike Hunt
June 1, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Lassie
By ATLborn
June 1, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
I’ve seen the majority of the movies yall are talking about and none of them are any other movies have ever made me cry and none will EVER make me cry. They’re movies, just entertainment no matter how touching they are or how well I relate to them.
Some of the films u guys cried at make me scratch my head. “Iron Giant”, “Steel Magnolias”, “Forrest Gump”. Dayuum yall are just chumps!
By Rudy
June 1, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
Savannah Smiles
By GaGrown
June 1, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
First I would like to state that bell curve is a homophobic homosexual who absolutly loves it up the patuie….. There are a cpl movies that i saw mentioned that didnt reign true for me but you never knows what it takes to reach some people so hats off to you if you found the ones that do it for you…
I would like to add to the list one of mine which is The Five heartbeats.. The scene where Eddie Cain Jr. is singing in church the day Duck visits and then Baby Girl hits the soprano next to him… im tearing up just thinking bout it.. so if that makes me a sheep BAA BAA BAA lol…
By maybe I am a wimp
June 1, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this
It was late, I was alone and drunk when I watched it, but I remember crying like a girl at Joy Luck Club.
Other sad ones: Alpha Dog (surprisingly good recent movie based on a true story), Terms of Endearment (when Shirley McClain’s character is trying to get more medicine for her daughter (Debra Winger).
Jerry McGuire (you had me at hello scene—if you’ve almost lost the love of your life before, you can relate) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (you’ll laugh, you’ll cry—I recommend reading the book, too) Cowboys (with John Wayne) Glory (when Denzel’s getting whipped—watch his face—brilliant acting) Anyway, that’s a partial list. I guess according to BellCurve, I am a total pu^%y who should concentrate on doing more pushups and clean my guns more often. Perhaps practice my wrestling skills…
By Sandy
June 1, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
The Color Purple, at the end when the family comes back together and the sisters start playing patty-cake
also the movie Ghost, Forrest Gump and the Passion of the Christ……
By big guy
June 1, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
ANTWONE FISHER STORY, COLOR PURPLE,WIZARD OF OZ(AT THE END)
By Glenn
June 1, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
The Yearling was a tear jearker when I was a young boy. I felt sad when the kid had to shoot his own pet deer. Today I do no cry at movies, only shed a tear when I pay my taxes which they give away to deadbeats.
By Glenn
June 1, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
“Glory”, get real, the 54th Massachustes came down here to burn and kill, so they received what they deserved. They were beaten so badly again at the battle of Olustee, Fla. and never was in another battle. but the school history books and the film somehow does not mention this. They not only ran from the battle field at Olustie, Fla, they left their dead. If you are crying over “Glory” you are crying over a Hollywood lie. Visit the battle field and their graves to get the truth.
By Glenn
June 1, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
Cry over “Glory”, get real, the 54th Massachustes came down here to burn and kill, so they received what they deserved. They were beaten so badly again at the battle of Olustee, Fla. they were never in another battle. but the school history books and the film somehow do not mention this. They not only ran from the battle field at Olustie, Fla, they left their dead. If you are crying over “Glory” you are crying over a Hollywood lie. Visit the battle field and their graves to get the truth.
By Bob From Newnan
June 1, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
I cried during the movie Wall Street after the Gordan Gecko “Greed is Good” speech. Man that was beautiful!!!
By Justin Case
June 1, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this
There is an obscure 1983 movie titled Without a Trace. A NYC divorced mother (Kate Nelligan) has her young son disapper. Judd Hirsch plays the detective assigned to her case. At first the disappearance is a high profile news story. As time passes everyone assumes the boy is dead, except his mother. Finally, Judd Hirsch gets a phone call from a woman in Connecticut about the boy, and following up the tip, he locates her son. The boy was kidnapped by a lowlife to care for his sick mother while he worked. When Judd Hirsch drives the boy back to NYC, with a full police escort and Kate Nelligan sees him, it is very emotional. Unfortuneatly, the Hollywood ending didn’t really happen in the case that inspired the movie.
By Bell Curve
June 1, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Ga Grown… yea… name calling and psychoanalysis. Another baseless attack from (your moniker) Ga Grown. The state that is last in SATs, graduation, and can’t pass the state school exams. Now that can make a grown MAN cry! Clueless with a K.
Again… men that cry at movies aren’t real men, and have been raised wrong. Parents or society (or both) is to blame. Wake up.
As the great Don Corleone said to a crying Johnny Fontane:
“You can act like a man! [slap] What’s the matter with you?”
By tom
June 1, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
The Earthling….one of William Holden’s last movies with Ricky Schroeder takes place in Australia. Ricky plays a spoiled kid whose on vacation with his family, they are in a big RV and they stop along side a road on a mountain side and the dad forgets to set the brake, Ricky is out of the RV but his parents are in and it starts rolling and goes over and hits the canyon and they die of course. We the viewers are in shock and the boy is in shock and climbs down hoping to find them alive and doesn’t. He spends the night, if I recall correctly, crying himself to sleep there with his parents bodies trying to will them alive not yet believing they are dead. You just put yourself in his shoes as a little boy, finding yourself suddenly alone and lost in the wilderness. He eventually meets up with the old curmudgeon played by Will Holden, who is dying of cancer and has left society to go die alone, and begrudgingly takes Ricky under his wing, but is rough on him, knowing he needs to toughen the little fellow up, then his death is a sad scene.
By moviefan
June 1, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this
We Are Marshall should be added to the list.
By dave
June 1, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this
For all of you “real men” who don’t cry, I’m sure glad I’m not your son.
By David C
June 1, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this
If you don’t appreciate what Rudy Did you aren’t a man
By PlazaForever
June 1, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this
how ‘bout Knocked Up? There’s a reason to cry at a movie! Or Serendipitous…..Wah..Wah…Wah
By PlazaForever
June 1, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this
how ‘bout Knocked Up? There’s a reason to cry at a movie! Or Serendipity…..Wah..Wah…Wah
By moonb
June 1, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this
Legends of the Fall with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt
By Glenn should get his facts right
June 1, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this
Hey Glenn, Since you were too busy spouting hate about the 54th to actually go check the historical record, I did it for you. It’s called a PRIMARY SOURCE, and it is the report from the 54th’s commander, Edward Hallowell - the guy who took over for Col. Shaw (Matthew Broderick).
“LIEUTENANT: At 8.30 o’clock on the morning of February 20, 1864, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers left Barber’s with its colonel, lieutenant-colonel, 13 line officers, and about 480 enlisted men, the rest of the regiment having been detailed for other duty. It marched in charge of wagon train to Olustee, at which place the train was stopped and the regiment moved forward at the double-quick about 2 miles, where it was formed in line between the railroad and dirt road, under a sharp fire from the enemy. In this formation it advanced some 200 yards through a swamp, driving the enemy from some guns, and checking the advance of a column of the enemy’s infantry. After firing about 20,000 cartridges, the melt of the regiment were ordered to retreat by Col. James Montgomery, commanding brigade. A new line was formed on the right of the dirt road, where the regiment staid till after dark, when it was ordered, through Colonel Barton, to march back to Barber’s, where it arrived one hour after midnight.
Their loss in officers was 3 wounded—Capt. R. H. L. Jewett, First Lieut. H. W. Littlefield, and First Lieut. E.G. Tomlinson—in enlisted men, killed, 13; wounded, 63; missing, 8; total, 87.
The State color three times fell and each time was caught up by another corporal. Sergt. Stephen A. Swails, acting sergeant-major, deserves special praise for his coolness, bravery, and efficiency during the action; he received a severe but not mortal wound in the head. “
Yeah, 87 casualties out of 480 men - less than 20 percent. That’s not quite what I would call getting your a$$ kicked, Glenn. They were twice ordered to retreat by BRIGADE commanders, not officers of the regiment. The decision to leave not just the 54th but other units in Jacksonville for the rest of the war just meant that protecting a Port city was more important than trying to caputure the wasteland that is inland Florida.
As for leaving bodies at the battlefield, have you ever been to a place called Gettysburg?
(Sorry I can’t post the HTML here, but if you doubt the report is legit, go to battleofolustee dot org slash reports slash Hallowell dot HTML)
By Duane
June 1, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this
Good Will hunting, when Robin Williams tells Matt Damon he;s a good boy and it;s not his fault. Also, the scene at Rick’s in Casablanca when the band sings the French anthem in response to the Nazis singing their anthem
By RB
June 1, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this
“My Life” with Michael Keaton
By RB
June 1, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this
“My Life” with Michael Keaton
By Mona Williams
June 1, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
My Dog Skip…when Skip dies in the end…BOO HOO!
By DBL
June 2, 2008 12:48 AM | Link to this
I have to also go with “My Life.” It touched me on many levels. It was smart; it was funny; it was romantic, and it was so real! When Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman were dancing in the mall I totally lost it.
A movie that made me do the “gasp for breath/moaning cry” was “House of Sand and Fog” - Oh, my GOD!!! Words can’t explain what that movie did to me.
By Jeff
June 2, 2008 3:34 AM | Link to this
why is there an article about making men cry? Typical BS from the same old AJC. For once, can you try to write an article that is positive about men. You have MOMania, Women to Women, and the Dad vent only gets 3 posts a day and is the last one updated. No wonder men don’t propose anymore.
By CK
June 2, 2008 6:00 AM | Link to this
Secondhand Lions, I guess any situation that you can see yourself in and identify will strike a chord of emotion.
By Kim
June 2, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this
Bell Curve: BUH BYE!
By MvieLvr
June 2, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this
I didn’t see anyone NOT cry in “The Passion of the Christ”, and when Mel Gibson came riding up carrying the flag his son mended in “The Patriot”, I lost it.
By Philbones
June 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. I just cry knowing this is the movie that showcased Keanu Reeves career.
By Philbones
June 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this
Any Tom Cruise movie because it hurts some much to watch his awful acting.
By Andy Rodriguez
June 3, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Re Sad Movies: Forget “Saving Private Ryan. An infinitely sadder scene comes from “The Fighting Sullivans”(1944), where the naval officer visits the family who had five sons serving on the same ship. When he’s asked who it was, his reply is “All five.” And it really happened.
By ChetLives
June 6, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Add “Kramer vs. Kramer” for fathers only. I saw it before I had kids: nothing; I saw it again after my first son was born: buckets. The exact moment: hard to remember because I never watched it again, but just about any scene between Justin Henry and Dustin Hoffman after Hoffman loses custody. One that stands out is them making French toast the day he’s to be returned to his mother. Another one for fathers only - watch “Parenthood” when your oldest is nine. When Mary Steenburgen tucks her son into bed on his birthday and says, “Happy Birthday, nine-year-old boy.”
As a Bears fan who was around to see Piccolo play, “Brian’s Song” is top of my list. Not to nitpick, but Billy Dee says “I love Brian Piccolo”, not “loved.”
By rey-man
June 10, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
Remember the Titans, when his buddy is in the hospital after the accident. Radio: When Radio gets the game ball!
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November 18, 2008 2:13 AM | Link to this
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November 18, 2008 2:13 AM | Link to this
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