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Is There a Movie that's a Bigger Tear-Jerker?

posted 16 years ago by hukdonpopmovs
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I'm not a big movie crier but there's something about Billy Elliot that gets me every single time. Its not like I shed a little silent tear at the end...oh no. I am a complete mess. The entire second half of the movie I am in literal hysterics. When the dad is on the scab bus and the brother is trying to get the dads attention and then when the brother at the end mouths I'll miss you...I can't see the screen. I am sobbing. I am dehydrated after I watch this movie. I literally make a scene every time I watch the last hour.

I honestly can't think of a movie that I cry more at. I don't think there is more emotionally draining movie out there

[–] Thallo 16 years ago

If B.E. breaks you up, then these might too.

Life is beautiful
Requiem for a dream
Legends of the fall
A walk to remember
Braveheart

We...?

[–] devilsrain 12 years ago

Requiem for a dream? Really? Well now that I think about it the a%% to a$$ scene is a tear jerker.

I would suggest AI or Bicentennial man or Cider House rules. I guess Requiem is a depressing movie, although Id say more disturbing than anything.

[–] yalelee2 12 years ago

Thallo,

I'd add the following movies to the tear-jerker list:

Beaches
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment

They were the saddest movies I've ever seen.

yalelee2

[–] kirilp 9 years ago

Please don't put "Requiem for a dream" on this list. I recommended it to my cousin, before I watched it (because I heard it's a good movie) and she felt in great depression because of it! This is something that I feel guilty about.

[–] liamforeman 16 years ago

I cried my way through this last week. I was sobbing when Mrs.Wilkinson read Billy's mother's letter to him. Then with Tony and the Dad at the coal mine. I didn't expect it to strike such a nerve with me.

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[–] mp3sattack 16 years ago

Watch "dancer in the dark"

i watched Billy Elliot and dancer in the dark the very same day in theaters, i think i've never had such a ride of emotions in the same day with 2 different (and fabulous) movies.

A couple more for your list:
The sea inside (Mar adentro) and Million dollar baby ;)

[–] vahidkh62 16 years ago

Terms of endearment!

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[–] KAnnD86 16 years ago

I didn't cry watching this movie. Other movies get to me but this one didn't.

Tomorrow's just your future yesterday!

[–] Injinn 16 years ago

"Imitation of Life" immediately comes to mind.

[–] donbren-1 15 years ago

I was practically engaged to the girl I took to see Imitation of Life, and while the entire audience and I were reduced to choking sobs back at each of six heartbreaking events in a row, I noticed my girlfriend was merely watching with interest -- I was stunned! Moreover, I took her home and promised myself that no way was I ever going to connect up with someone so untouched by such an experience. That was 1960, I believe, and I met and married my wife in 1962 -- someone who always shares my handkerchief repeatedly in such film scenes -- and we've been married 47 years now. She's a very caring person, obviously.
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[–] Vivi-Roe 13 years ago

omg you dumped your 1960 girlfriend because she didn't cry whilst watching a film?

.I'm so heavy.

[–] Injinn 9 years ago

It's as good a reason as any. Maybe that let him know just how different their personalities really were.

[–] artistathome 16 years ago

Kevin Bacon in "Taking Chance." I got a lump in my throat after the first ten minutes and was teary all the way thru to the end when I ended up bawling.

[–] SN51431 15 years ago

This film is wonderful and yes, it is a great tear-jerker. I also sob at the end every time. His father and brother sit next to Michael who says: "I wouldn't have missed this for the world." And then the usher says: "Billy, your family is here." And then his father gasps as Billy flies out into that freeze-frame. It is a breathtaking moment.
I saw the show on Broadway and it is phenomenal, but it is not a tearjerker in the same way the film is at the end.
Oh, there is a film called "Since You Went Away" that has Jennifer Jones (Jane) chasing the train as Robert Walker (Bill) is going off to war. That also is a huge tear-jerker. And the final scene to "Mr. Skeffington."

[–] rainbowclimbinghigh 15 years ago

Bambi. The part when he goes out looking for his mother *wipes tears away* gets me every time.

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