Movies that make me cry
I'm a hard stone, so to speak, so whenever I cry at a movie - I feel it deserves a recognition.
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- DirectorDon BluthStarsPat HingleGabriel DamonHelen ShaverAn orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.When I was little, I never cried at this film, but now that I'm older, watching the scene with Rooter after Littlefoot's mother passes really gets me teared up.
There's some pretty heavy stuff in this kids movie, including a realistic depiction of depression. - DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsJada Pinkett SmithQueen LatifahVivica A. FoxDesperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.Missing you, by Brandy, Gladys Knight, Chaka Kahn and Tamia - Oh God, it's so sad when it comes on at the end.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicolSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.Holocaust survivors don't exactly come back as they were. Totally haunting performance by Meryl Streep.
- DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter SarsgaardA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.No, this is so not a hollywood movie - it's a movie depicting the inhumane crimes commited against a person who just wanted to be accepted and loved.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.The ending always makes me cry - mostly because of the music.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.While a lot of the moments in the film made me laugh - it made me cry like a baby at Coffey's execution scene.
- DirectorGregory NavaStarsJennifer LopezEdward James OlmosJon SedaThe true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.Her music lives on, and will not be forgotten.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive."Is mommy sleeping now?"
"Yeah, mommy's sleeping"
Probably the saddest pieces of dialogue ever on film. - DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerKate BeckinsaleChristopher WalkenA workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.Strange, this is the first comedy I ever cried at. Seeing what is in the future and the idea that you're not able to change it makes it even more heartbreaking.
- DirectorTed DemmeStarsJohnny DeppPenélope CruzFranka PotenteThe story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.The ending is quite sad. Somehow Johnny Depp is able to make this drug dealer likable.
- DirectorShana FesteStarsGarrett HedlundGwyneth PaltrowLeighton MeesterA rising country-music songwriter works with a fallen star to work their way to fame, causing romantic complications along the way.A little bit underrated - this is actually a good movie. Paltrow makes the character so believable and full of humanity despite how horribly screwed up she is.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsKevin KlineJoan AllenSigourney WeaverIn suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.Pretty cool movie that also had me in tears at the end.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid MorseAn Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.Quite horrible in some parts - a lot of injustice done in this film.
"I just wanted to hold a little baby." That gets me every time! - DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsMandy MooreShane WestPeter CoyoteTwo North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.Mandy Moore's song "Cry" did it for me, of course.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsGeorge ClooneyShailene WoodleyAmara MillerA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.This is mostly sad because of George Clooney's excellent performance - and it sort of hit home.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.The main characters are so sweet and likeable that it makes the various things that happen to them so much more emotional.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeremy IronsGeneviève BujoldHeidi von PalleskeTwin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.It was really sad and also very disturbing to see the twins deteriorate into complete madness because of drug use and co dependence.
- DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsMadonnaDonna DeLoryNiki HarisDocumentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.The scene where she visits her mother's grave with "promise to try" playing really gets me going.
- DirectorKelly AsburyLorna CookStarsMatt DamonJames CromwellDaniel StudiA captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.This is the first animated movie I've cried at. The "Sound The Bugle" sequence, along with the feeling of utter despair and hopelessness of the title character is just heartbreaking.
- DirectorBrad SilberlingStarsNicolas CageMeg RyanAndre BraugherAn angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven.Deeply affecting. It made me cry all night.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsBrandon LeeMichael WincottRochelle DavisA man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.The whole theme of death, plus the "happy" ending in which we're told never to stop loving our loved ones even if they're gone, only makes it sadder with Brandon's death during the making of the film. This is the perfect goth movie.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsSigourney WeaverHenry CzernyRyan KelleyTrue story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.This film really cuts deep, mostly because of the theme of family and loss of a family member. Despite being so emotional, it's a very important film to see.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsKevin CostnerWhitney HoustonGary KempA former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.It made me cry before the moment Whitney's signiture song comes on at the end. Now it makes me cry even harder because she's gone.
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.Nothing tragic happens in the movie but the connection to the audience is so emotionally powerful, it's incredible. He built it, he came, and I cried buckets.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey FeldmanA writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.I didn't cry the first time, but on the second viewing at the end I did.
"I won't be afraid, I won't cry, as long as you stand by me."
But both River Phoenix and his character Chris Chambers are no longer standing with us. :(