Weepies

[Brundle-Fly]

Following on from my mention of Cinema Paradiso in The Blues Brothers thread.

I'm the sort of person that even cries during adverts. Paffetik! It's sad music that usually fills up my tear ducts and seeing people cry on-screen really affects me too.

Five scenes that get me the most in movies.

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When they make up and hold hands after falling out

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- Stan & Ollie (2018)

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The kissing clips footage finale is the most I have ever cried at a single moment on screen

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- Cinema Paradiso (1989)

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A crying John Merrick saying "You're so kind."

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in The Elephant Man (1980)

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At the end when the little kids arrive too late to see 'Jesus'

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in Whistle Down The Wind (1961)

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When George saves his boss' skin in the pharmacy and they hug

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in It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

[shagatha crustie]

Ending of About Schmidt will probably do it for you.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Ending of Land and Freedom
Ending of Silent Running

[Brundle-Fly]

Ending of About Schmidt will probably do it for you.

Oh christ yes!  Whenever I got self-pitying over petty things, my gf at the time, only had to say, "Dear Ndugu" and I immediately got over myself.

[Chollis]

Brooks in Shawshank

[Brundle-Fly]

Ending of Land and Freedom
Ending of Silent Running

Haven't seen Land and Freedom, but I remember watching Silent Running as a kid, and that final moment profoundly depressed me. It's a solid classic.

[El Unicornio, mang]

Spoiler alert

A crying John Merrick saying "You're so kind."

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in The Elephant Man (1980)

That, and also the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

More recently, a few scenes in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

[Brundle-Fly]

Brooks in Shawshank

Yep!

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When Robert Stroud is released

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in Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962) Although, this is tainted by speaking to an original prison guard tour guide at the actual Alcatraz on a visit in 1990. I asked him what Robert Stoud was like and he got a little angry, The guide was less than complimentary about the ex-con. Burt Lancaster, he was not.

[Brundle-Fly]

That, and also the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

God, I love that film.

[Phil_A]

The Long Day Closes is pretty much a non-stop weeper for me. A devastatingly poignant film.

[Icehaven]

Midnight Cowboy is my favourite film of all time anyway, my cinematic home and baseline, but in many, many dozens of viewings I don't think I've ever once not cried at the end.

[Glebe]

The ending of Grave of the Fireflies.

[Gulftastic]

'Hey, Dad...wanna have a catch?' In Field Of Dreams

Sparks my father issues every time.

[shagatha crustie]

Midnight Cowboy is my favourite film of all time anyway, my cinematic home and baseline, but in many, many dozens of viewings I don't think I've ever once not cried at the end.

Yeah, this.

[wasp_f15ting]

The ending of Grave of the Fireflies.

My daughter insisted on watching all the Ghibli films, I had forgotten how depressing this was, as I had only seen it on a crappy AVI file back in the day. Now blown up on a huge screen we both watched this and cried profusely.

[C_Larence]

There's a moment near the end of Toy Story 3 when Andy (who is now grown up) is giving away a box of his toys to a young girl. At the very bottom of the pile is Woody, and as she goes to grab him Andy instinctively pulls him away. Destroyed me in the cinema, and I was absolutely fine during the scene where all the toys think they're about to be incinerated and hold hands, which is what I heard most people talk about crying at afterwards.

[Dave The Triffids]

Watched Only The Brave on Prime at the weekend.  It's based on a true story about a small town firefighting team.  Wonderful film with a devastating ending. 

[studpuppet]

This bit always makes me go - the storyline, the mirroring of the opening scene in the film, and then the music up until the moment the kickstart goes:

Restless Natives

[Bazooka]

[El Unicornio, mang]

That's reminded me of...

[Brundle-Fly]

[Rizla]

I greet at everything these days. I think having small children in your 40s ramps up your weep gland. Taxi Driver had me blubbing the other night, the bit where he's watching the young people  dancing to Jackson Browne on American Bandstand. Just get the guns back to easy Andy, Trav. Get on the dayshift, sort your head out, man.

This bit always makes me go - the storyline, the mirroring of the opening scene in the film, and then the music up until the moment the kickstart goes:

Restless Natives

Great choice. The last job. (Check the lassie at 2 minutes, presumably unscripted close one)

[jobotic]

Midnight Cowboy is my favourite film of all time anyway, my cinematic home and baseline, but in many, many dozens of viewings I don't think I've ever once not cried at the end.

Yep. And when you've seen it once and watch it again all the bits leading up to the end make you cry too.

[holyzombiejesus]

That's reminded me of...

WOw, just had a huge flashback to a film I hadn't thought of for years. Run Wild, Run Free. Sure there's a scene where a boy falls in to a bog like that and flaps about, possibly trying to save a horse that's sinking but he has a hawk strapped to his hand and he injures it. I loved that film when I was little, all foggy moorland and overly strict parents.

Anyway, for the purpose of this thread, I should mention Jon Voight's death in The Champ. Absolutely fucking traumatic.

[SteveDave]

I'm crying at the end of almost every film I watch at the moment. On the weekend it was "Cool Runnings" when they pick up the bobsled and walk it over the line.

Last weekend it was when the adult superheroes were saying how proud they were of their child superheroes in the CHILDREN'S FILM "We Can Be Heroes".

I suppose it's the knackers' yard for me.

[Brundle-Fly]

Midnight Cowboy is my favourite film of all time anyway, my cinematic home and baseline, but in many, many dozens of viewings I don't think I've ever once not cried at the end.

Have you ever seen Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974) ?

[Brundle-Fly]

I'm crying at the end of almost every film I watch at the moment. On the weekend it was "Cool Runnings" when they pick up the bobsled and walk it over the line.

Last weekend it was when the adult superheroes were saying how proud they were of their child superheroes in the CHILDREN'S FILM "We Can Be Heroes".

I suppose it's the knackers' yard for me.

Shift up Ned, and pass the hay.

On a rewatch of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) recently, the 'Kick The Can' segment had me almost gasping for breath.

And don't get me started on the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1968), I had to bolt out of the living room one Christmas at my brothers because I caught the tail end of it on TV and was fit to burst. I didn't want his kids to think I was having a nervous breakdown before lunch.

[markburgle]

My tear ducts utterly blow whatever cool I possess. I've cried at Love Actually ffs (the bit with the kid running up to girl he fancies at the airport).

Ending of any version of A Christmas Carol, usually the bit where he turns up at his nephew's for Christmas Dinner (especially where he asks the wife if she'll let him stay, but really anywhere around there).

Saving Mr Banks where they finally crack Emma Thompsons frosty exterior with Let's Go Fly a Kite.

[bgmnts]

Watership Down innit.

[Pink Gregory]

Somehow, it wasThe Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou that did for me.  It's the line "I wonder if he remembers me.", and when Bill Murray's face starts going.