Bang!Zoom! Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I need a really super sad movie guaranteed to make me cry for a week. Please recommend saddest movie of all time for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Beaches Steel Magnolias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Steel Magnolias is my go to movie when I need a pick me up and a good cry. Your laughing one minute and crying the next. It releases the tension for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Haha, Steel Magnolias is it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 A League of Their Own always makes me cry. 50 First Dates. I can't do terribly sad movies-- war movies etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I cry at Remember the Titans, but I block out the really depressing movies, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Off the top of my head: Up Atonement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 What is it with women we have to watch a movie to get it out of our system anyway? No fair. Is "Life is Beautiful" a winner? Keeps coming up when I google. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/plotsummary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 What is it with women we have to watch a movie to get it out of our system anyway? No fair. Is "Life is Beautiful" a winner? Keeps coming up when I google. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/plotsummary It's tragic, for sure. I didn't see it. I can't do Holocaust movies. But you will cry! (I do know some people have been angered by it. There is some controversy. It would be a spoiler to tell you why.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaJo Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Schindler's List Sophie's Choice The Pianist (seems to be a theme there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Is "Life is Beautiful" a winner? Keeps coming up when I google. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/plotsummary I could have said Schindler's List, but I didn't think you wanted *that* kind of cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 I watched a documentary earlier this year called..."The Way We Get By" about the Bangor Maine troop greeters. That was a highly emotional flick. I completely lost my noodles on that one. Buckets of tears. Buckets. I might jump back to that as a standby. Took me about four hours to recover. We have till Monday to plot this out. Keep the ideas coming. Tissue recommendations? I can't use those lotion embedded kind, they leave a white ring around my nose. Very embarrassing. :blushing: I've never seen any of the Holocaust movies ever. Our family background is military and I am not sure I wouldn't crack up forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Schindler's ListSophie's Choice The Pianist (seems to be a theme there) Probably why I prefer The 40 Year Old Virgin, Baby Mama, or Chevy Chase Vacation movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalieclare Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The Color Purple Fiddler on the Roof Rudy Children of a Lesser God All those movies make me cry. I think I'm a lightweight. And I'm with Eternalknot: I canNOT do holocaust movies. Just hearing the titles makes my stomach knot up and tears stand at the ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaJo Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Probably why I prefer The 40 Year Old Virgin, Baby Mama, or Chevy Chase Vacation movies. Oh, well, when I am looking to cry, I am looking to ugly cry and get it out of my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Life is Beautiful will certainly make you cry. Watch it with subtitles though; it loses something in English, IMHO. I also always cry at: Steel Magnolias Hope Floats Blind Side Patriot .......of course I also cry at random children's movies. Hm, on second thought I may not be the right person to ask! ETA- Tears of the Sun, Cowboy, Hotel Rowanda, and Second Hand Lions always get me too. Edited September 10, 2011 by BLA5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Beaches was my first thought. I also cried watching Toy Story 3 and Up (which someone else mentioned). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I always cry a bit over 'Little Women' whether I am watching or reading, but the saddest of all time is 'Fiddler on the Roof.' I am never watching that again! I nearly made myself sick I was crying so much! Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I cry at many movies, whether happy or sad. Sophie's Choice Even though I've never seen most of Sophie's Choice, I (accidentally) watched the scene where she must make her choice. It still upsets & haunts me to this day. Truly heartbreaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Hatchi: A Dog's Tale We all (including my DH) were bawling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellabee03 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 It doesn't take much to get me crying during a movie, but I love The Notebook I am Sam (I love Sean Penn in this...when he tells the foster mom he can't do it by himself, I die every time I watch it) The Lake House and then if you want more of a sad cry, not a sappy cry I like Schindlers List The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (although the book made me cry even more) Sophies Choice The Road (but read the book first...very creepy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisN in NY Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Adding this to the list: A Walk to Remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 You gals are so experienced, I lead a very sheltered life. I found a decent lotion that doesn't burn when applied to a sore nose. It's crabtree and evelyn's gardener's hand therapy. So, if you don't want tissues to hurt your honker.... Back to subject: Les Miserables for one. Hereafter was fairly sad. A Beautiful Mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Definitely "Steel Magnolias". I start sniffling when Sally Field is walking down the hallway in the hospital and then I just completely lose it in the cemetary scene. That's the best crying movie. And laughing movie. I love that movie. I need to see it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubilation Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Big Fish- the last ten minutes always gets me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Ghost Dying Young Revenge (with Kevin Costner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymom Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) These (and many others I just can't think of right now) make me cry: Steel Magnolias Step Mom The Notebook A Walk to Remember Dear John Fireproof Time Traveler's Wife Awakenings Untamed Heart Pearl Harbor 8 Seconds Old Yeller Where the Red Fern Grows These make me cry in a much more disturbed way: Schindler's List The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (very good, but very hard to watch) Passion of the Christ Edited September 10, 2011 by mandymom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Hatchi: A Dog's Tale We all (including my DH) were bawling. Yes, this:iagree: and Charlie St. Cloud ( I think that's the name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaJo Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (although the book made me cry even more) The Road (but read the book first...very creepy) I like your list but I really hated The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I like The Road so much I blogged about it but I actually think it is the rare instance where it is better to watch the movie first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra in FL Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Not really sad but 50 First Dates always makes me cry - just something about him trying, trying, trying over and over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Steel Magnolias Hope Floats Stepmom Patriot Beaches Toy Story 3 Up A Walk to Remember Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avolea A Little Princess So many great cry movies!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Grave of the Fireflies When the Wind Blows Edited September 10, 2011 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymom Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Hope Floats Forgot this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The scene in Juno when she had the baby and her boyfriend comes to the hospital. That scene hurts. And I agree with Up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Steel Magnolias (LA native. That movie gets me every time.) The Lion King The Color Purple Sweet Home Alabama Forrest Gump (Can we see a pattern here? I'm hopelessly Southern.) Tearms of Endearment Revolutionary Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The Color Purple Sophie's Choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 One of the earliest I remember that made me cry was Brian's Song. it's vintage 70's and about a football player with cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The last movie that really got me going was The Fountain. But you have to have very strange taste in movies to watch that one (It's a Darren Aronofsky film, if I recall correctly). "In Love and War" got my mom going for about a week one time. Otherwise, you've gotten great recommendations. If you haven't seen Steel Magnolias or Beaches, they will definitely do the job for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Also... I'm not partial to it, but apparently The Champ contains the saddest scene ever (measured :tongue_smilie:): The Saddest Movie in the World How do you make someone cry for the sake of science? The answer lies in a young Ricky Schroder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Departures. Lovely Japanese film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortana Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The Time Traveler's Wife P.S. I Love You (even dh got a bit misty eyed with this one) Steel Magnolias Bridge To Terabithia (dh refuses to watch this movie anymore, it broke his heart) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Is "Life is Beautiful" a winner? Keeps coming up when I google. Life is Beautiful is an amazing movie. I saw it in the theater with my sister. I love sad true story movies my mom tells me I'm sick.;) Schindler's List Amistad I am David The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas Empire of the Sun Faith Like Potatoes Like Dandelion dust(my dh rented this and I didn't know it was sad, but I cried like a baby) Man I know there are so many more but I'm drawing a blank tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) The Man in the Moon. I'm pretty sure it's on Netflix streaming right now. I saw that in the movies with my mom and sister when I was in high school, and all three of us were weeping. I started crying about ten minutes into the Lifetime movie Amish Grace, and didn't stop until it was over. But, I watched it the night I got home from the hospital after DD was born, so it's possible some of that was hormones. The last 15 minutes of Juno make me cry. Edited September 10, 2011 by twoforjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Philadelphia I saw this in the theatre and had to go to the bathroom afterwards to compose myself. Along the same vein, there is a movie called Longtime Companion that is about a group of gay men at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the US. Of course, there is also always Gone with the Wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 One of the earliest I remember that made me cry was Brian's Song. it's vintage 70's and about a football player with cancer. I was going to mention this one if no one else did. I really liked that movie (and I don't even like football), but it definitely made me cry. The Bucket List is a more recent movie that was good, but can make one cry. Ice Castles is an older one about ice skating that I remember from my younger days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosyl Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Splendor in the Grass...It gets me everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Stepmom. Honestly, I bawl. A Walk to Remember Steel Magnolias Lots of random tv movies (I'm sappy) make me cry. Honestly, Eight Below gets me every time too. Animal movies get me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingHim77 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Amish Grace made me do the ugly cry. It's a beautiful movie though-a beautiful story of God's grace. Beaches and Steel Magnolias will get the ugly cry every time as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I can't think of anything more recent, but Terms of Endearment always made me cry. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Departures. Lovely Japanese film. :iagree: The Sweet Hereafter Gapllipoli The Green Mile The Sixth Sense Blue Away From Her Cinema Paridiso Central Station Pan’s Labyrinth Braking the Waves Bang the Drum Slowly Too many more, and not enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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