Movies that Make Me Cry Every Damn Time

Posted by steve
March 24, 2008

No matter how many times I watch these movies, I cry every single damn time. Here’s the list, in no particular order, and the moment in the movie that makes me sob like Sally Field (“and no one will tell me WHYY!!”)

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

1. Angels In America – Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.

Misty Moment: I can’t even get through the opening credits. That theme is just so epic.

2. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan – Admiral Kirk’s midlife crisis is interrupted by the return of an old enemy looking for revenge and a potentially destructive device.

Misty Moment: Spock attempts to overcome radiation and fix the warp core of the Enterprise. Even though you know that he comes back in the next movie, his sacrificial death and funeral still hit deep. Spock was the heart of the Enterprise.

3. Steel Magnolias – Revolving around Truvy’s Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there.

Misty Moment: I start going downhill as soon as Julia Roberts gets the “easy to manage” bowl haircut, but I think the breaking point is when Dylan McDermitt comes home to the crying baby and his unconscious wife.

4. Rent - This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.

Misty Moment: The “Without You” montage, all the way through the end.

5. The Hours – The story of how the novel “Mrs. Dalloway” affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

Misty Moment: It’s hard to pinpoint exactly, because this movie’s main themes include suicide and suppressed sexuality. I have a difficult time near the end, knowing that even though one or more of the characters consider suicide, they all choose to live miserable, isolated, and alone for the rest of their lives. They can’t bear to to reveal their secrets.

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  • I just remembered another one. Ladder 49
  • Blaire
    I'll agree with A Walk to Remember, the first time I watched it with my grandma who had cancer and died from it.

    Otherwise, not such a big crier when it comes to movies. I try to keep a stiff upper lip, so I don't embarrass myself like you girls do.

    :)
  • Scott
    There are a few films that always make me cry no matter how many times I watch 'em:

    1) The Color Purple (1985): Several moments get the waterworks going. Celie's reunion, enough said!

    2) Imitation of Life (1959): Sara Jane and her mother's tumultuous relationship.

    3) The Champ (1979): Ricky Schroeder at the end, every time!

    4) A Christmas Carol (1951): When Scrooge exchanges words with his nephew's wife.

    There are others, but the one's listed are at the top of the list.
  • Jason Fisher
    Im going to agree with mike on a walk to remember and also for me, though i have only watched it once, Pearl Harbor. Those are the only two movies that i can recall getting choked up watching.
  • Crash almost made the Top 5 List.

    Misty Moment: Those goddamn blanks.

    Also, Click (don't judge me)

    Misty Moment: Adam Sandler lying outside the hospital in the rain.
  • Aron Fischer
    the last scene of The Man Who Wasn't There (the coen brothers film; not the original) always brings a tear to my eye
  • Crying is must.. Such movies are good which makes us cry..
    i too have many such movies which make me damn crying..
  • Rich

    I would agree with Steel Magnolias. Starts out as a funny comedy with Ouiser making you laugh every time she talks. Then it goes downhill with Julia Roberts going into the hospital. Can't say i cried, but it touches you!


    The movie, for me, that hit home the hardest would be, Crash. This is a film of collisions that touches on vehicles, personalities, attitudes, and stereotypes. The characters clearly embody recognizable types — and then, without in any way transcending or deconstructing that label, they show us another side that we associate with a completely different label. I know I found myself associating with characters throughout.

  • I'm going to have to say that for me, A Walk to Remember is the closest I've came while watching a movie. I just somehow got caught up in the whole love story thing.


    John Q is also right up there as far as films that hit hard. Something about Denzel and his sobbing lip is like a hit right in the tear reservoirs.

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