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3 Movies/scenes that make you cry...


Never been a big crier at movies. Still, there are 3 scenes from movies where I cant help it. What are yours?

1.Field of Dreams: "Hey, Dad? Wanna play catch?"
2.Cast Away: (Reunification scene in the rain)
3.Braveheart: "Freedom" scene (as score swells in the background)


Interesting side note: 2/3 of these movies were scored by James Horner. I've always viewed John Williams as the greatest of all time, but hes never made me cry... well Schindler's List is damn close...

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1- Kramer vs Kramer ( when the son is begging his father ( Hoffman ) to stay . 2- E.T- when after he dies the plant and ET come back to life. ( child to adult still does it ). 3- schnidlers list - when oscar is saying that he could have saved more.

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PS- interstellar - when cooper has returned to the ship and realised he has been gone over 20 years . He watches 20 years of his kids messages . How they grew up without him . Hans Zimmers score !!!

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If I think too much about it, I'll end up with 300 instead of 3, so I'll write down the two that just now popped into my head, and force myself to stop.

1. Big Daddy, the courtroom speech by Sonny to HIS dad about what a good father is, and everybody in the room starts pulling out their phones and calling their fathers, their voices thick with tears.

2. Dumbo, where the most mournful lullaby in the world plays over clips of all the contented mother and baby circus animals snuggling, while the imprisoned Mrs. Jumbo and baby Dumbo strain to reach each other through the door of the prison wagon.

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Don’t laugh. That photo album sequence in Up.

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Spock's death in Wrath of Khan
"Hey Mister Cunningham" from To Kill a Mockingbird
"I know it's not 1926. I just need it to be." from Awakenings

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Here are a few for me:

“Hey Dad...wanna have a catch?” Field of Dreams

The last ten minutes of August Rush

The last ten minutes of Angel in the House

The scourging scene from The Passion of the Christ

The ending of Planes, Trains & Automobiles when Dell tells Neil his wife is dead.

So many scenes in Do You Believe put a lump in my throat.

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It’s a wonderful life..

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I haven't seen the others but the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a really good one.

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Empire of the Sun - When Jim is reunited with his parents
Terms of Endearment - Emma dies
Armageddon - Harry saying goodbye to his daughter (I get misty - sue me)

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1. Bambi: Bambi’s mother is shot by the hunter
2. Midnight Cowboy: The ending with Ratso on the bus
3. Rain Man: When Charlie finds out who the Rain Man really was.

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This scene from Master and Commander really gets to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6znbnWZow

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Master and Commander is such an incredible movie that not enough people don't know about. Great call.

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