Films that always make you cry

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Sometimes when you need a good cry, you can always guarantee these films would make you cry.

What are yours?

Marley and me
War horse
(In fact most sad animal films)

And I’ve literally just watched Deep Impact and I cried again!

Karate kid 🤦‍♀️. Watched it tonight with the kids, hadn't seen it for 20 years +

@NeutralJanet

Mamma Mia, when they sing Slipping Through My Fingers.

Came on to say this! Just have to head the music.. Was a bit embarrassing in the theatre though, bawling my eyes out!

@MostIneptThatEverStepped

The Railway Children 😭

Oh Lordy other one! I went to theatre and so sobbed loudly one of the actor s made eye contact and smiled sympathetically! Shouldn't have wine at the interval!

Last film I cried at was Military Wives

And Brassed Off. The bit where Phil loses it at the harvest festival and then tries to hang himself still in his clown costume. Crying and laughing at the same time!

I start crying when Tara Fitzgerald picks up a trumpet, and I stop after the credits. But Phil at the harvest festival and Danny's speech at the end just break me.

Up.

When the old man lost his soulmate I just started sobbing, couldn't care less that he'd befriended some random kid.

I read War Horse to my youngest during lockdown (I’d never read it before). He kept asking me why I was sobbing. The film was alright but didn’t affect me half as much as the book. It didn’t do justice to Topthorn‘s death 😭.

@flametrees Love Actually, yes her devastation but utter drive to keep a happy front for her kids kills me😢
@Poshjock Mr Bing Bong, how they sing their song before he fades😭
Why do I keep coming back here lol I clearly love a good cry!
Anything one else blub at Bohemian Rhapsody?

My Girl
Steel Magnolias
Beaches
The colour Purple (every time)
Million dollar baby
Boys don’t cry

So many. It was so bad as a child dad banned me from watching The Littlest Hobo 😭.

Off the top of my head though

Imitation of Life
Riding in Cars with Boys
Peggy Sue got married

Oh my goodness The Railway Children - “ Daddy oh my Daddy”. If you don’t cry at that you have a heart of stone!

And absolutely yes at Bohemian Rhapsody!

The Greatest Showman

It's a Wonderful Life at the end of the film it makes me cry every single time.

Titanic
The green mile
Shawshank redemption
Beaches (this makes me sob, big ugly hiccupy tears)
Harry Brown

There's probably loads more but I can't think

Up Close & Personal

The end of:

Dirty Dancing

and

Billy Elliott

ET

The Champ

The Wrestler

Always cry at Its A Wonderful Life, it gets me every time as does Shawshank - "get busy living or get busy dying." But then I also cry at Mr Bloody Bo Jangles - the line where he sings "you see son I drinks a bit" yes I know it was a film question not songs but just thought I'd mention it.

Agree with Beaches, saw that as a cold hearted teen and that managed to melt the ice a bit.

The Greatest Showman, not helped by the fact I picked an instrumental version of "A Million Dreams" to be played during our wedding so I cry if I even hear the song!

Hacksaw Ridge: I found really moving, and that made me cry. I was pregnant at the time though so not sure if that was a factor. I cry at all sorts now

Thelma and Louise, every time I’m a wreck

Up Close & Personal

Omg yes, when she sees the shoe!

Pretty much every film already mentioned. Actually pretty much every film ever. But NOT P.S I love you (the book was amazing. The film was wank). And NOT The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (the book and the film were wank)

I'm going to add Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when Harry brings Cedric's body back and then Amos realises he's dead and runs down shouting "my boy my boy". I've got a lump in my throat just thinking about it.

Also Big Hero 6 when they teach him to fist bump.

[quote daisychain1620]@flametrees Love Actually, yes her devastation but utter drive to keep a happy front for her kids kills me😢
@Poshjock Mr Bing Bong, how they sing their song before he fades😭
Why do I keep coming back here lol I clearly love a good cry!
Anything one else blub at Bohemian Rhapsody?[/quote]
Bohemian Rhapsody - I proper ugly-cried for the whole of the last twenty minutes. Took me completely unawares. It was like Freddie - and my childhood - had come back to life.

Oh god, I’ve remembered another. Million Dollar Baby. What a devastating film.