MOVIES THAT MAKE MEN CRY
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 5:34 AM |  
Butch & Sundance go out in a blaze of glory
Rudy is carted off the field in "'Rudy"
Michael gives Fredo the kiss of death
The boys the Dead Poet's Society seize the day
Maverick says farewell to Goose
William Wallace demands his FREEEDOM!
Michael plays Russian Roulette with Ricky in "The Deer Hunter"
E.T. reminds Eliot 'he'll be right here'
The Elephant Man proclaims he is 'not an ANIMAL'
Miller gives Private Ryan his final orders in 'Saving Private Ryan'
Ray plays catch with his old man in 'Field of Dreams'
USA 1, Soviet Union nil in 'Rocky IV'
Chuckie tells Will where it's at in 'Good Willing Hunting'
Mr. Smith collapses in 'Mr Smith goes to Washington'
Elias raises his hands to god in 'Platoon'
The silent understanding of brothers in Rain Man'
The lone hero returns in 'Star Wars'
Absolution meets innocence at the end of 'The Shawshank Redemption'
The dead birds in 'On the Waterfront'
The Mercy killing of McMurphy in 'One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest'
Ratso cradles a dying Joe Buck in 'Midnight Cowboy'
The death of the big man in 'Little Caesar'
'Gangs of New York' ends with a modern message
Doughboy takes his half-brother home in 'Boyz 'N the Hood'
Dorn takes on the Wild Thing in 'Major League'
Gmork
How about when young, up and coming actor Barret Oliver cries near the climax of The NeverEnding Story when it appears that The Nothing has killed the brave yet nubile hunter, Atreyu?
I think thats something all us men still shed many a tear over it.
I know I sometimes wake up late at night shouting "Falkor". Hoping that white fuzzy space-dog will come flying into my dreams to save me from my nightmares.


Jareth, The Goblin King
I know I cant be the only guy who gets misty eyed when baby Toby goes missing from barely pubescent Jennifer Connelly's care at the beginning of the classic David Bowie epic, Labyrinth.
Sing along with me everyone..."Dance magic dance"


Skittles vs. Reese's Pieces
Ok, I see that E.T. made the list, which I can mostly agree with. But if we are strictly talking about tear jerkers, then I think we can all agree that the 1988 box office smash, Mac & Me is hands down far more emotional than E.T. ever was. Just the name alone makes the body shiver. Mac? "Mysterious Alien Creature". Wow! Comapred to "Extraterrestrial". No comparison. Plus any movie starring 1989 Young Artist Award Nominee Jade Calegory is far better than some mildly successful movie featuring an 8 yr old booze hound. Case closed.


Leon
Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan...after having saved the Enterprise from certain annihilation and poisoning himself with radiation in the process, Spock, in his last words raises his hand ( in the classic "V" )on the glass and says to Kirk "I have been and always will be your friend". Then he dies. If that doesn't "choke you up" nothing will!


Antares
The ending of Apollo 13 where we don't know if the returning capsule burned up in the atmosphere and everyone waits in silence for a radio signal or visual confimation of the pod. One of my favourites.


Dennis P
I guess I'm a bit of a romantic, but the scene at the end of Last of the Mohicans where the yound girl jumps off the cliff after her young brave is killed kind of moved me.....and the scene in Bridges of Madison County when Meryl Streep was gripping the door handle also affected me


cee
Why bother adding comments when you never print the damn things anyway.
I wrote a very nice comment on million dollar baby but someone decided not to print it. Well reap your accolades on all THREE comments you recieved,
OVER AND OUT


Karen
There are 4 men in my house (3 young adults and my husband).
The movies that gets to them everytime is "Saving Private Ryan" and "Life as a House". Two very different movies but both touch on relationships and the worth of one individual.


Back from Ireland
How could 'It's a Wonderful Life' not be there when all th epeople in the town help out poor George. When his daughter says that 'every time a bell rings, an Angel gets their wings'. And why just movies, nothing moves me more even when I think about it......2 episodes of MASH. The 1st when Radar comes in to say Henry Blake is dead and th eother when Hawkeye salutes Radar when he leaves then finds the teddy bear on his bunk. I'm getting teary eyed now just writing this.


Jonnybakes
How about:
Lou Gerhig/Gary Cooper at the end of The Pride of the Yankees.
Forget Rocky IV - the ending of Rocky always gets me - especially when the music swells and Adrianne makes her way through the crowd.



Daniel Lambert
old yeller gets shot


Uwe Warkholdt
Hey man suck it up. Sure there are things that get to us a little bit, but when it comes down to it you have to accept life as it is. Be a leader, be strong, where others fall you pick up the ball. That is your roll.

Don't whimp out.


Ollie
The list is obviously flawed, because Jim Brown being gunned down as he sprints to drop grenades into rooftop ventilation pipes in "The Dirty Dozen" is missing. Maybe I'm just too old.


Po
You guys forgot a big one... The Barbaric Invasions ("Les Invasions Barbares"). It was the first time I couldn't hold back the tears when watching a movie with friends (thankfully everyone else was balling their eyes out by that point). Fantastic movie though.


BurnTheBridges!
Hey Dennis P !
The Bridges of Madison County? The only time that movie should have affected you was at the end when you were shedding tears of joy because that steaming pile was finally over.



StephanGae
How has no one mentioned The Crying Game?
The title says it all.
Who else didn't cry/throw up a bit in their mouth when they saw "the scene".


The One and Only
Hey Po! What you and your friends do in the privacy of your own home, we don't wanna hear! Now, if you were merely bawling, that's another story...
How about when Freddy finally meets his demise at the hands of Jason? I wept like a nerdy schoolgirl waiting by the phone on a Friday night...


wannahaveacatch?
I've heard that Field of Dreams has men sobbing ..


dannyboy
Castaway.....Wilson floats away....end of story..(weird twitch to the eye, strange grimace on face..)

C'mon, be honest, what's the Wilson in your life???

Oh man this stuff will preach!!
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