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Favorite emotional films

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A follow on from the most emotional songs thread,
but what film gets the tears flowing for you ?
mine, without question is One flew over the cuckoos nest :cry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrQ9evXIIe4
a close second is The Colour purple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM60tZnG3i8&feature=related
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 803
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    I can't say it's my favourite as I don't enjoy unhappy endings as I prefer an emotional rollercoaster that ends in a somewhat happy place but Hachi: A dog's Tale left me and my son in absolute bits. I have a lump in my throat just thinking about it :cry:

    Being a dog lover and the fact that it is a true story was totally absorbing in how loyal dogs are with their love for their owners even after the owners death. Unlike other films I have watched only once, I will never forget this story and likewise could never watch it again :cry:
  • vaarthartvainvaarthartvain Posts: 607
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    Maiden UK wrote: »
    I can't say it's my favourite as I don't enjoy unhappy endings as I prefer an emotional rollercoaster that ends in a somewhat happy place but Hachi: A dog's Tale left me and my son in absolute bits. I have a lump in my throat just thinking about it :cry:

    Being a dog lover and the fact that it is a true story was totally absorbing in how loyal dogs are with their love for their owners even after the owners death. Unlike films I have watched only once, I will never forget this story and likewise could never watch it again :cry:

    yes the same film broke my heart:cry:
  • Hobbit FeetHobbit Feet Posts: 18,798
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    I watched 'Everybodys Fine' last night (Robert De Niro).

    I don't know what I expected but it was really emotional.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 270
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    #5
    What Dreams May Come.
  • -Sid--Sid- Posts: 29,365
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    Kramer vs Kramer, Beaches and Who Will Love My Children.
  • birdonawirebirdonawire Posts: 1,028
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    Withnail and I
  • maxinerulesmaxinerules Posts: 698
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    Imitation of Life.

    Withnail and I?:confused:
  • Alt-F4Alt-F4 Posts: 10,960
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    Re-animator

    Poor cat

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR30X-s6SGY
  • timewarpbunnytimewarpbunny Posts: 463
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    -Sid- wrote: »
    Kramer vs Kramer, Beaches and Who Will Love My Children.

    Beaches here too! My DH cries at Bicentennial Man, not that he'd ever admit it...
  • quiniequinie Posts: 1,493
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    Awakenings!

    OMG soooo emotional. When Robert De Niro's character points the doctor towards his poem that describes how he feels being trapped inside his body!

    Then the part at the end where he is dancing with his lady friend and he is really starting to twitch - soooo sad!!!!
  • LisaB599LisaB599 Posts: 2,588
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    The Green Mile (I cry like a baby)

    and when Goose dies on Top Gun :(
    and when Bambis mother dies !omg i can get thru a whole box of cleenex then...

    and marley and me.. oh sweet jesus... all we could hear was sobbing the whole cinema bar one or two were in tears.,.:cry:
  • FinglongaFinglonga Posts: 4,898
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    Jaws.
  • tysonstormtysonstorm Posts: 24,609
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    Saw 1-6 :p
  • PencilPencil Posts: 5,700
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    neilmcca wrote: »
    a close second is The Colour purple
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM60tZnG3i8&feature=related

    You mean Favourite Emotional Film and The Color Purple. :add spelling nazi emoticon:

    The Parent Trap (1998) always got me for some reason, which is unusual as I'm very hardened to sad films.
  • adopteradopter Posts: 11,937
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    Once Upon A Time In America.

    Oh and the final scene in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
  • birdonawirebirdonawire Posts: 1,028
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    maxinerules wrote: »
    Imitation of Life.

    Withnail and I?:confused:

    So much going on beneath the surface. I really was sad for Withnail, who is at a loss while “I” Marwood has some success. The ending gets me every time :cry:

    Edit: I have known people that live an imitation of life, so sad.
  • RubricalRubrical Posts: 2,715
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    Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
    The Lion King - does this count? Because Mufasa's death gets me everytime without fail. :cry:
    Stand By Me
    Up
    A.I
    Gran Torino

    I'm sure there's more but these are from the top of my head.
  • BabsefcBabsefc Posts: 862
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    The Mission and City of Angels - I've only watched these films once and I thought they were really good but don't like to watch films that make me sob not just cry
  • kimindexkimindex Posts: 68,250
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    Sophie's Choice and I'd agree about the Color Purple. Plus Silkwood and Coming Home. Also a film I saw a while ago which I watched idly but I found moving called 'Purple Haze' (I think that was it's name - about young men going into the military). I don't think it was successful and it may have been my mood, at the time.
  • DoctorQuiDoctorQui Posts: 6,428
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    Awakenings, Robert De Niro and Robin Williams
    Does it to me every time.

    The Champ, Jon Voight and Ricky Schoder
  • Si_CreweSi_Crewe Posts: 40,202
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    Marley and Me.

    Nothing else comes close.
    The last half hour of the film is complete torture for me.
    I watched it by myself first and couldn't bear to watch it again with the missus.
  • DeniseDenise Posts: 12,961
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    Ring of Bright Water, heck I can't watch that as an adult after seeing it as a child and the ending.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 14,589
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    Dumbo and Bambi.
  • QwertyGirl1771QwertyGirl1771 Posts: 4,472
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    The last film cried to was Wall-E. And I really blubbered away, In front of my puzzled 14 year old daughter:o.
    Before that, Hotel For Dogs, and I had only walked into the living room and my daughter was watching this and I caught the bit where a man is calling out the dogs names one by one and each dog has some sort of disability and I cried at that bit. I'm a sentimental old fool and just cannot help it. Daughter says she is now unable to go to the cinema with me in case I cry:o:D
  • adopteradopter Posts: 11,937
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    Denise wrote: »
    Ring of Bright Water, heck I can't watch that as an adult after seeing it as a child and the ending.

    Why is it a favourite then?
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