You need a good cry. What film are you putting on that guarantees it?

[Soubriquet]

Titanic
War Horse
Marley and Me
Dumbo (when Mrs Jumbo rocks her baby)
Fox and the Hound

Lion.
I watched it on a plane. I ugly cried so much that I soaked my top through and the steward came to check I was OK.

A star is born. Every time I cry like it's the first!

ahem. Did I say it was the finest?

No I fucking didn't.

As it happens, I cried at the BEGINNING of ET, and I cried at Twice Round the Daffodils when I was about 6, and I cried at Up and Inside Out and Moana and TS3 and most of the ones mentioned here that I've actually seen

... talking of which, I note that you do actually know what Iolanthe is, whereas many of these films I've not even heard of, so your education is obviously better than mine...

(not Truly Madly Deeply though, had had it hyped up to me far too much and couldn't get over the ridiculous facial hair)

And that's possibly part of why I don't understand the OP, because I cry at the drop of a hat (in fact, I believe I may have once or twice cried at At the Drop of a Hat, for complicated reasons involving bereavement) and don't find it particularly helpful or refreshing or as another pp said cathartic.

Oh god yes.

How to make a grown man cry.

What dreams may come
The fountain
Pan's Labyrinth

Fellow G&S fan sending you some solidarity - I'm not sure why you're getting snark. Obvs operetta and opera are different beasts, but you never said otherwise?

The music in Iolanthe is beautiful (and I agree, 'My Lord, a suppliant at your feet I kneel' onwards is very moving)😊And the Act 1 finale is my favourite of all G&Ss! I'm actually performing in an amateur production of Iolanthe in October, playing Leila. You are not alone in loving this music.

@Watercoloursky I think I'm getting snark because people think I'm Putting On Airs and Getting Above Myself.

Which, you know, fair enough.

I didn't explain properly. I was trying to illustrate how I can cry at any silly old thing if I just let it happen. Films, TV, books (I was in bits when Lords and Ladies first came out) - or indeed a daft operetta which almost certainly only has a hold on me at all because it contains so many memories.

Not read the whole thread, sorry if already mentioned.

lion

weeping 😮

Here lies Dobby, a free elf.

Marley & me

Pan's Labyrinth. I cried so much because I realised that the whole thing was just a dream in girl's head

The Magdalene Sisters - the most heartbreaking thing I've ever watched.

Lion

And I actually cried watching second Inside Out film

The Light Between the Oceans is one of the saddest and most beautiful films I've ever seen. I just could not stop crying at the end.

P.S. I love you

All of us Strangers… 💔💔💔💔💔

Beaches and the Karen Carpenter story.

Terms of Endearment
Steal Magnolias
Step mum
Prince of Tides
The Way we Were
Roman Holiday
Out of Africa

The first three were shown as a triple bill on tv in Mexico on Mother’s Day when we were there!

Goodnight Mr Tom

Up.

The notebook

The Fault in our Stars

Beaches
When a Man Loves a Woman (god Andy Garcia ❤️)

Marley and me,
I'm welling up now thinking about it