the most shocking film that has reduced you to tears?

mich_izzle · 17/03/11 - 18:32

Mine would be schilndlers list, the scenes of the burnt ash and dying jews really got to me as it actually happened:(

Conall Cearnach · 17/03/11 - 19:54

I tend to well up a bit from time to time. There was a war movie on the other day on Ch4 where the guys had to leave one of their mates behind knowing he'd be killed and I got a bit of a lump in my throat. But probalby the one that springs to mind immediately is the end of Knightriders starring Ed Harris. I love that movie.

currykev · 17/03/11 - 21:17

Lassie Come Home always gets me.

rosco2010 · 17/03/11 - 21:32

Toy Story 3 when they all held hands at the end when they thought they'd fall into the incinerator.

_Venger_ · 17/03/11 - 21:34

Empire of the Sun

Just phenomenal

[Deleted User] · 17/03/11 - 21:40

Battlefield Earth

Zeus · 17/03/11 - 21:46

Quite a few actually though I'd only admit it through the anonymity of the internet!

Titanic, Lord of the Rings (when Gandalf and Eomer arrived at the Battle of Helms Deep), Terminator 2 (I think this must have been the music), The Sound of Music when they escaped the Nazis, Dungeons & Dragons (I wept when I saw what they did to that franchise), United 93, Manhunter (when Graham has his epiphany moment: "You've seen these films!"), Gladiator, Time Bandits "Dead? No excuse for knocking off work!" and lots more.

These were quiet, manly tears of course.

SunnySunshine · 17/03/11 - 22:56

DIY SOS gets me every time...! :eek::D

Stupid_Head · 17/03/11 - 23:06

Animals dying in any movie.

Don't care about humans dying, but when an animal dies onscreen I always start.

gerry d · 17/03/11 - 23:28

The last 10-15mins of "United 93" hit me.I saw the film in the cinema & you could hear people in the cinema crying.Even when we were leaving the cinema there were still people crying.
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gav016 · 17/03/11 - 23:45

Changeling really upset me for some reason. I got quite emotional watching it.

biggebruv · 17/03/11 - 23:47

toy story 3 when there all about to burn

marley and me when obviously marley dies

there you have it i can watch people get
cutup/slashed/natural disasters etc

but i cry over 3d talking toys and a dog LOL:D

[Deleted User] · 17/03/11 - 23:52

biggebruv wrote: »

toy story 3 when there all about to burn

marley and me when obviously marley dies

there you have it i can watch people get
cutup/slashed/natural disasters etc

but i cry over 3d talking toys and a dog LOL:D

These are the exact 2 I was gonna post

oh and the lovely bones (just the thought of someone killing your loved one and then you never get their body) and when dobby dies in harry potter!

[Deleted User] · 18/03/11 - 03:48

A couple of times a tear has trickled down the cheek.
The end of 'The Hunchback of Norta Dame' 1939 Charles laughton.
And 'The Elephant Man' When Mr Merrick is talking about his mother To Mrs Kendal.

[Deleted User] · 18/03/11 - 05:36

The Green Mile

I wouldn't say shocking though, upsetting would be a better word.

Rincewind78 · 18/03/11 - 09:11

A few movies do.

but a few years ago, when I was doing a nightshift - me and 2 colleagues watched The Elephant Man.
At the end, I just wanted to

- but had to hold it back as i was with 2 other men

its so sad

and Pan's Labyrinth is the only other one I can think of right now. I just wanted to blubber up as the ending is so powerful. but i was in a cinema full of other people, and darent show emotional as I am a man,

also Atonement as well is quite sad and powerful. so much so, I can only watch the film once and never intend to see it again.

tvtimes · 18/03/11 - 14:14

Marley and me nearly made me cry. That's the only film that has come close.

cnbcwatcher · 18/03/11 - 16:02

As I might have mentioned before The Magdalene Sisters had me in tears from the start right up til the end when the girls escape. It's a well done film and was a real eye-opener for me but I would find it hard to watch again.

rumpleteazer · 18/03/11 - 17:56

Toy Story 3, exactly where others have already mentioned.
Finding Neverland - when Silvia 'goes to Neverland'. No matter what mood i'm in that makes my cry like a baby.
The Holiday - when Arthur gets a standing ovation
Brother Bear - when Koda gets reunited with his mum
Up - the opening montage and the adventure book montage
The Lion King - when Mufasa dies
Beeches - the wind beneath my wings scene
Atonement - by the end i'm a wreak
Sixty Six - the scene where Bernie's parents discover his bar mitzvah
Pocahontas - the ending where Pocahontas runs to the cliff to say goodbye
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, the ending gets me every time
Changeling got me as well.

I love movies that make me cry

Nick Clegg · 18/03/11 - 18:01

Well I watched "Africa United" the other day and cried at the end.

edEx · 18/03/11 - 18:06

tvtimes wrote: »

Marley and me nearly made me cry. That's the only film that has come close.

I saw that one on a flight to China and had to turn off before the end to avoid blubbing in public like a child. You could tell who else on the flight was watching the same film, by listening to where the sniffing was coming from.

Watched the rest of it at home in the end. Doesn't matter so much if you have a good cry in private

rfonzo · 18/03/11 - 20:00

I would say Bambi, because although it was animation it was just a realistic scene with his mother being killed.

[Deleted User] · 18/03/11 - 20:11

toy story 3

green mile

reign over me

[Deleted User] · 18/03/11 - 23:41

The Boy in the Striped Pjs.
It's one you dont forget for a while afterwards.

[Deleted User] · 19/03/11 - 01:07

Although some films give me a lump in my throat, as a grown man I have only really cried at one film and that was Dancer In The Dark (Lars von Trier, Bjork). It's so brutally depressing and only really gets worse as it goes on. It's a great film, nonetheless.

Biffo the Bear · 19/03/11 - 01:57

Incredible Journey; just the whole thing.

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