Great but heart-breaking films that leave you in tears with each watch.

my husband brought his ET doll to that screening we went to :)

not in sob category but I still like to respond "It was nothing like that, PENIS BREATH" to people.

the house party I watched it at as a kid erupted at that part (the kids, the adults were annoyed)

I thought I'd mentioned the short Bao already, but I guess not! Anyway, that one turns on the waterworks for me.

https://letterboxd.com/film/celia/

Two scenes in The Return of the King

"You already did... Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed."

"My friends, you bow to no one."

I get choked up typing those lines out.

Once Upon a Time In Hollywood: the ending w Sharon talking to Rick through the intercom & then the slow pan up to overlook the garage & driveway the aerial shot as Sharon & Jay & Abigail & Frykowski come outside & the Maurice Jarre music is playing

seen this movie like 10 times & i’m a mess everytime

it makes me cry so much

xpost -- both solid. On our podcast we just did the film ROTK the other month and my cohost Oriana noted that the Theoden/Eowyn relationship as acted through the films is really remarkable. The film version of their parting isn't the books, but it absolutely works in its own right.

the ending w Sharon talking to Rick through the intercom & then the slow pan up to overlook the garage & driveway the aerial shot as Sharon & Jay & Abigail & Frykowski come outside & the Maurice Jarre music is playing

Yeah. It's such a nice quiet 'what could have been.'

VegemiteGrrl, have you seen Celia I assume you have as its an Aussie film? I don't want to create a spoiler for those who haven't seen it, but if you have, you will know exactly what I mean.

Can't believe Make Way for Tomorrow isn't in this thread! Messed me up but good.

cracking film.

So Long, My Son

deleted post re lotr ppl can react how they like to peter jackson

sam and theoden prob the two /performances/ that can wrench a tear through gritted teeth tho

i know the thread title says great films and i am opening myself up to all manner of ridicule here

but when the little girl breaks and runs calling for her daddy in the patriot i got got

the fuckin patriot lads

there’s a couple of scenes in BROKER (2022) that just ended me

I've been trying to think of any movie that has made me cry and I finally remembered.

The Plague Dogs

I am pretty sure that I cried during my second viewing of Audrie and Daisy too.

Which I think qualifies as a great documentary because it does not hold back and tells the grim stories of these two young women unflinchingly. And they have both died from suicide.
;_; to infinity

One that particularly struck me recently was Okja. Just describing the final scenes to people got me emotional !

River Phoenix's campfire scene in My Own Private Idaho ("I really wanna kiss you, man").