What movies have made you bawl?

[Zuoken]

Saving Private Ryan was the first movie that I have ever seen that made by bawl like a 5 year old being dragged out of a candyshop. I'm not ashamed to say it either; the final 30 minutes of the movie were flawless.

Gladiator didn't get me until the end, but the Elysian Fields. Damn, I'm a sucker for afterlife sequences.

I came very close several times throughout the LoTR Trilogy as well. Namely Faramir's hopeless charge toward Osgiliath and Gandalf's tale of the West in RoTK.

 

[Hopping Vampire]

Oh believe me I would NEVER try to take a Jerry Bruckhimer film seriously. In fact when I was watching the previews I found my self saying "You know those explosions seem familiar. I've see this someplace before..." and then the Jerry Bruckhimer logo came on the screen. It was all clear then, you can always tell a Jerry Bruckhimer film by the explosions.

True That

 

[ASH]

I forgot Pay It Forward. Great movie.

 

[jonesy]

Nuremberg. The part where they show real concentration camp footage. That's some severely disturbing imagery. I would imagine the actors had no problems 'acting shocked'.

 

[freebfrost]

Off the top of my head:

Gladiator
Princess Mononoke
House of Flying Daggers
Two Brothers

 

[Jdvn1]

Tear up? A few movies. Actually bawl? Life is Beautiful.

Seconded. And thirded. I can't emphasize the quality of this movie enough.

Roberto Begnini is awesome too.

 

[Jdvn1]

Dungeons & Dragons: The first time I saw this, when Snails dies, I was drawn to tears.

Funny, that movie made me cry for an entirely different reason...

 

[dogoftheunderworld]

- Creator.... yeah you're not alone..
- What Dreams May Come
- Dead Poets Society
- Big Fish
- Pay It Forward

... lots of others. I try to avoid movies I know are going to have that king of effect on me (or at least avoid watching them again..) My wife's summary of The Notebook makes me start to well up inside without even seeing a trailer.


Dog of the Underworld (okay, "crying like a puppy" of the Underworld).

 

[Zog]

No has mentioned Gandhi yet. THAT is a movie that I both want to see again, and probably never will, due to its impact on me. If you haven't seen it, I can not reccommend it highly enough. It earned its Oscar. (over Star Wars, if I recall)

Many others that folks have mentioned- I am a bit of a softie - Bab 5 Sleeping in Light had me shaking and sobbing for 10+ minutes. Also Endgame/Rising Star with Marcus & Ivanova.

Farscape - Self-inflicted wounds.
The Abyss - director's cut.

 

[Rackhir]

No has mentioned Gandhi yet. THAT is a movie that I both want to see again, and probably never will, due to its impact on me. If you haven't seen it, I can not reccommend it highly enough. It earned its Oscar. (over Star Wars, if I recall)

Many others that folks have mentioned- I am a bit of a softie - Bab 5 Sleeping in Light had me shaking and sobbing for 10+ minutes. Also Endgame/Rising Star with Marcus & Ivanova.

Gandhi beat out ET for the best picture Oscar actually.

Marcus and Ivanova had the single funniest scene in B5. In "The Summoning" Season 4 ep 3, when they encounter that First One which had shown up in the first season, Ivanova exclaims in frustration "They obviously understand our language, but they refuse to speak it to us!" and Marcus replies quietly from behind her, "Who knew they'd be french." I fell out of my seat laughing, so hard that it hurt. It was just so completely unexpected and out of left field.