20 Movies that Make Men Cry

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:39 pm

JAB;770448 wrote: http://advice.eharmony.com/?page=articl ... 00&aid=702

Well men, agree or disagree?

1. Brian's Song

2. Rudy

3. Saving Private Ryan

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

5. The Natural

6. Shawshank Redemption

7. Schindler's List

8. Old Yeller

9. The Pride of the Yankees

10. Terms of Endearment

11. The Iron Giant

12. Philadelphia

13. Big Fish

14. Million Dollar Baby

15. Life Is Beautiful

16. Love Actually

17. Rocky

18. The Pianist

19. Mystic River

20. To Kill a Mockingbird

Disagree.

I've not seen any of them so none of them have made me cry :wah:

Now if you'd mentioned "The day they gave babies away" or "They shoot horses, don't they?" then I'd agree like a shot.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:54 pm

I think a few men had tears in their eyes watching Something about Mary. :p

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:34 pm

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Phoebe Cates brought tears to my eyes.

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:38 pm

Soberhoho;770477 wrote: None of them, but "The Champ" with Jon Voight came close.

OMG!

I weep for Ireland every time I see that movie!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:54 pm

Anything with Jessica Alba in it makes men cry.............................

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:01 pm

fuzzy butt;770482 wrote: Was it this bit that made them cry?

I was thinking more of this.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:27 pm

Million Dollar Baby turned me into a weeping pile of mush. The others get a tear from me. Braveheart makes me tear up. I'm a softy though.

Bryan if you haven't seen any of those I'm astonished.

Oh, Rudy, I hate the movie.

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:14 am

Not one of those in the first post made me want to do anything other than leave the cinema with the single exception of To Kill a Mockingbird on the grounds that I liked Gregory Peck's acting. Just. Marginally.

It's not that I never react to a film. I even reacted to the same one three times which must show something. In 1937 the exact same plot was made into two films, Pepe le Moko (with Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux) and Algiers (with Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr and Joseph Calleia in the same parts) and stolen a few years later as the basis for Casablanca (as Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains). I think I preferred Charles Boyer over Bogart, and Joseph Calleia was amazing, so perhaps Algiers wins.

You want an entire 20 which all work emotionally? Okay...

The Ox-Bow Incident

Freaks

Citizen Kane

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

King Kong

The Shooting Party

Ivan Grozny

La Regle du jeu

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Queen Christina

Captains Courageous

Wuthering Heights

The Four Feathers

La Grande illusion

Aleksandr Nevskiy

Huis clos

A Matter of Life and Death

The Entertainer

I'd hate to have to single out a single one of those, they're all perfect.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:33 am

KB.;770590 wrote: Million Dollar Baby turned me into a weeping pile of mush. The others get a tear from me. Braveheart makes me tear up. I'm a softy though.

Bryan if you haven't seen any of those I'm astonished.

Oh, Rudy, I hate the movie.

Attention span of a gnat - I couldn't go to the cinema and watch a film and don't rent videos so it's only those I see on the box which is rarely.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:50 am

Bryn Mawr;770871 wrote: Attention span of a gnat - I couldn't go to the cinema and watch a film and don't rent videos so it's only those I see on the box which is rarely.

I'm the same way!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:57 am

spot;770596 wrote: Not one of those in the first post made me want to do anything other than leave the cinema with the single exception of To Kill a Mockingbird on the grounds that I liked Gregory Peck's acting. Just. Marginally.

It's not that I never react to a film. I even reacted to the same one three times which must show something. In 1937 the exact same plot was made into two films, Pepe le Moko (with Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux) and Algiers (with Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr and Joseph Calleia in the same parts) and stolen a few years later as the basis for Casablanca (as Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains). I think I preferred Charles Boyer over Bogart, and Joseph Calleia was amazing, so perhaps Algiers wins.

You want an entire 20 which all work emotionally? Okay...

The Ox-Bow Incident

Freaks

Citizen Kane

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

King Kong

The Shooting Party

Ivan Grozny

La Regle du jeu

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Queen Christina

Captains Courageous

Wuthering Heights

The Four Feathers

La Grande illusion

Aleksandr Nevskiy

Huis clos

A Matter of Life and Death

The Entertainer

I'd hate to have to single out a single one of those, they're all perfect.
Captains Courageous is one of my all time favorites.The Ox-bow incident and Citizen Kane are greats also.

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:59 am

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the other 18 and watch them.

This thread will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:01 pm

spot;770901 wrote: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the other 18 and watch them.

This thread will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

I'll watch them with you and hold your hand while you cry.

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:04 pm

sunny104;770904 wrote: I'll watch them with you and hold your hand while you cry.

That involves having the lights very low, you know. And possibly popcorn.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:04 pm

spot;770901 wrote: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the other 18 and watch them.

This thread will self-destruct in 10 seconds.
I've seen a few of the others also, I will look for the ones I haven't.

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:06 pm

The Hunchback of Notre Dame has Felix Aylmer and Charles Laughton and doesn't involve cartoons or Disney. I just thought I'd make quite sure about that one, it makes a big difference. Oh, and the King Kong has to have Fay Wray and Wuthering Heights has to have David Niven and Olivier.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:11 pm

spot;770908 wrote: That involves having the lights very low, you know. And possibly popcorn.

no, we can do without the popcorn. :sneaky:

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:24 pm

sunny104;770918 wrote: no, we can do without the popcorn. :sneaky:

but what would you substitute for the nibbles?

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:33 pm

spot;770913 wrote: The Hunchback of Notre Dame has Felix Aylmer and Charles Laughton and doesn't involve cartoons or Disney. I just thought I'd make quite sure about that one, it makes a big difference. Oh, and the King Kong has to have Fay Wray and Wuthering Heights has to have David Niven and Olivier.
Yup, I've seen all those..

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:34 pm

Bryn Mawr;770937 wrote: but what would you substitute for the nibbles?

I'd be in the dark with Spot, I'm sure we'd think of something!

if he wasn't crying too much, of course.....

:wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:35 pm

sunny104;770943 wrote: I'd be in the dark with Spot, I'm sure we'd think of something!

if he wasn't crying too much, of course.....

:wah:
You do realize how that sounds?:wah: ruff ruff..:wah:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:36 pm

YZGI;770946 wrote: You do realize how that sounds?:wah: ruff ruff..:wah:

what??

I'd never say anything naughty! :yh_angel

Post by **spot** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:25 am

Soberhoho;771000 wrote: The original "Goodbye Mr Chips", that one used to get me every time.:-1If you're doing that then we have to add Lost Horizon as well. And do we need to keep saying "the original" - I nearly did it again. Can't we just make that a fixed rule for the thread?

sunny104;770947 wrote: I'd never say anything naughty! :yh_angel

I rarely see you post anything that isn't!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:59 am

Mr Holland's Opus isn't for everyone, but it gets me every time.

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:29 am

Accountable;771356 wrote: Mr Holland's Opus isn't for everyone, but it gets me every time.

I love that movie

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:27 am

spot;771337 wrote:

I rarely see you post anything that isn't!

you mean you miss all my deep, meaningful posts??

Post by **spot** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:37 am

Well now, that depends really on what you mean by "miss".

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:50 pm

1. Brian's Song...Sad but no, besides James Caan doesnt make guys cry

2. Rudy...Rudy ? :wah: Hell no !

3. Saving Private Ryan...Sobering more than anything

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...No :rolleyes:

5. The Natural...Where did you get this list anyway ?

6. Shawshank Redemption...No

7. Schindler's List...Potential for tears

8. Old Yeller...Maybe when I was 7

9. The Pride of the Yankees...No

10. Terms of Endearment...Oh my God no !!!!!!!!!!

11. The Iron Giant...I cant even go on here

12. Philadelphia

13. Big Fish

14. Million Dollar Baby

15. Life Is Beautiful

16. Love Actually

17. Rocky

18. The Pianist

19. Mystic River

20. To Kill a Mockingbird

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:27 pm

well i can only think of one that makes my hubby cry, that is Forest Gump--when jenny dies and he is at her grave

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When I first saw this film about 25 years ago, I welled up when the British executed Mel Gibson.

Now, watching Mel taking a volley of lead would give me a sadistic thrill. (Mel, that is...not the character. Not sure if the film would have the same effect on me now that Mel has spouted off a few years ago.)

hamdiderot · Post by **hamdiderot** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:05 pm

I think City of Angels is the perfect lachrymatory agent

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:30 pm

Pearl Harbour for mine

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:40 pm

southern yankee;929284 wrote: well i can only think of one that makes my hubby cry, that is Forest Gump--when jenny dies and he is at her grave

-1:-1

the green mile had all the guys in my family going !!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:39 pm

JAB;770448 wrote: http://advice.eharmony.com/?page=articl ... 00&aid=702

Well men, agree or disagree?

1. Brian's Song

2. Rudy

3. Saving Private Ryan

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

5. The Natural

6. Shawshank Redemption

7. Schindler's List

8. Old Yeller

9. The Pride of the Yankees

10. Terms of Endearment

11. The Iron Giant

12. Philadelphia

13. Big Fish

14. Million Dollar Baby

15. Life Is Beautiful

16. Love Actually

17. Rocky

18. The Pianist

19. Mystic River

20. To Kill a Mockingbird

I have seen every one of the films and agree. Some more tears than others.

I would add Bambi to the list and perhaps even "The Bride of Frankenstein", something really moving about that one.

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:03 am

JAB;770448 wrote: http://advice.eharmony.com/?page=articl ... 00&aid=702

Well men, agree or disagree?

1. Brian's Song

2. Rudy

3. Saving Private Ryan

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

5. The Natural

6. Shawshank Redemption

7. Schindler's List

8. Old Yeller

9. The Pride of the Yankees

10. Terms of Endearment

11. The Iron Giant

12. Philadelphia

13. Big Fish

14. Million Dollar Baby

15. Life Is Beautiful

16. Love Actually

17. Rocky

18. The Pianist

19. Mystic River

20. To Kill a Mockingbird

Rocky?? Oh Come on!

I find that I cry if completely caught off guard. My kids were watch a movie called The Road to Terabithia, next thing completely unexpected we were all welled up and tears in our eyes.