OT- What films have made you cry as an adult?
March 29th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
I cried at the end of Glory. So many reasons to feel pride, respect, anger and resentment all in one great final 20 minutes.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
For me the saddest movie is "Grave of the Fireflies." Wouldn't recommend it for people who don't like anime, but otherwise a very powerful, emotional, gut wrenching movie about Japan post World War II.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:58 AM ^
There probably have been several, but there are three that I always think of most readily. The “Hey, dad, wanna have a catch?” moment in Field of Dreams always gets me because my dad died a few months before I saw the film in a theater.
The ending of Schindler’s List as the “Schindler Jews” and the actors who portrayed them in the film are shown walking past Oskar Schindler’s grave and placing stones on the headstone got me when I first saw it in the theater and always gets me when I see it on TV.
And I always choke up during that last scene at the Normandy cemetery in Saving Private Ryan.
Most recently, the ending of Best of Enemies reminded me of the ending of Field of Dreams and I teared up a little.
March 29th, 2020 at 11:06 AM ^
Forrest Gump
March 29th, 2020 at 11:06 AM ^
Miracle. I just remember so much about that night. Mostly, I remember my mom, dad, brother, and grandparents were all together for my belated 12th birthday celebration at the house I grew up in. I’m the only one still alive from that party. We were all so nervous the entire third period. I had heard a radio announcer earlier give a score of 4-3 but we didn’t know who won or even if that was a final. When the USA went ahead 4-3, we all couldn’t believe it but still weren’t sure. That was one of the top ten nights in my life and the memories are so vivid. Also, Big Fish.
March 29th, 2020 at 11:49 AM ^
The Green Mile was the first movie that made me cry as an adult. Up was the other.
March 29th, 2020 at 11:51 AM ^
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March 29th, 2020 at 12:00 PM ^
I went back and watched the last 5 minutes of the last episode of Wonder Years. It made me wonder where the years went and I was choked up.
March 29th, 2020 at 12:39 PM ^
Up gets me every time. The end of the Sandlot, too.
Lone Survivor. Mainly when they showed the real life photos at the end.
Oh man.... I have quite a few.
the most recent ones:
-I can only imagine (my dad and I’s relationship has been terrible. He’s an alcoholic)
-Wonder
-Up
-Onward
The closing credits of “Lone Survivor” with the real life footage of the Special Forces and Ranger guys who got killed, especially the ones of the guys hanging out with their spouses, playing with their kids (generally toddlers or newborns) ... you knew you were watching the final memories of intimate moments among families who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
The end of A Beautiful Mind, where Nash gets the pens and the the Nobel Prize.
Not a movie, but the episode of Friends where they watch the old video and Ross tries to take Rachel to the prom. After the video, when she goes and kisses him, I lose it every time.
I cry like a baby every time I see Wade Garrett (Sam Elliot) dead in Roadhouse.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:22 PM ^
To me, Sam Elliott has the same screen transcending approachable nature that John Candy did. You can't help but love them.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:03 PM ^
Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet so it may just be me. The scene in "armageddon" where Willis had to say goodbye to his daughter. The scene in "the patriot" where the little girl runs to Gibson begging him not to leave. End of "lone survivor" showing the funeral. Those are a few.
March 29th, 2020 at 10:06 PM ^
Also, a few scenes in the movie "frequency" with Dennis Quaid.
Grave of the Fireflies.
It is a fabulous and great movie, but one of the most heart-rending of all time.
If you are reading this topic and haven't seen Grave of the Fireflies, you don't have a full perspective yet.
I was going to log in specifically to name this film. I have not cried watching a movie as an adult until I saw this.
I think Grave of the Fireflies could be a good tool for actors.
If ever you have a scene where you need to turn on a large amount of emotion, you just start thinking about that movie.
-Shawshank Redemption
-Seven Pounds
-Ben-Hur (1959 version)
-Vanilla Sky
-Magnolia
-Gattaca
-The English Patient
-What Dreams May Come
-Forrest Gump
-Gladiator