all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

#1

all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:43pm

these are a few of my go-to movies when I'm in need of a good cry (in no particular order):

-Terms of Endearment
-Bridges of Madison County
-Humoresque
-My Life
-Stella Dallas
-Marvin's Room
-Million Dollar Baby
-Come Back, Little Sheba
-Out of Africa
-Midnight Cowboy
-Sophie's Choice (though I choose never to watch this one again
because I was destroyed for over a week)

how 'bout you guys?

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#2

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:44pm

Steel Magnolias & Mask

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#3

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:44pm

I'll never watch Longtime Companion again. The ending simply destroys me.

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#4

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:46pm

Imitation of Life
Lady Sings the Blues
I Want to Live
Madame X
Pocketfull of Miracles
Terms of Endearment
Love Actually

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#5

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:48pm

Madame X is a good one! Which version? The one with Lana Turner?

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#6

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:50pm

Could there BE any other? hahaha. Yes - Lana's version.

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#7

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:56pm

The Color Purple
The Joy Luck Club

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#8

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:58pm

Sophie's Choice (saw it once and will not watch it again)
Titanic (I know, I know)

Terms of Endearment (even though i cannot stand Julia Roberts)*LOL, Craig thank you. I meant Steel Magnolias!*

Million Dollar Baby
My Life Without Me (little-seen indie w/ Sarah Polley- it'll destroy you)

Recently, The Family Stone had me in tears, unexpectedly.

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Updated On: 2/28/06 at 04:58 PM

#9

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:59pm

My Girl.

#10

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:03pm

Terms of Endearment (even though i cannot stand Julia Roberts)


but she wasn't in that movie LOL

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#11

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:05pm

yeah, I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Steel Magnolias.

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#12

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:06pm

Craig, that confused me.

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Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

#13

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:08pm

Terms od Endearment is the only film I have ever seen at Mann's Chinese in Hollywood.

The Way we Were always gets me, so does Yentl (don't ask) and Mysterious Skin is a newer one that made me feel like an ass in public.

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#14

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:08pm

Steel Magnolias (Damn you, Sally Field!)

The Babe (John Goodman breaks my heart)

Schindler's List

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#15

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:10pm

oh god, another one I don't think I'd have the courage to watch again.

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#16

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:11pm

OMG! How could I forget Schindler's list? But I sobbed at that - not just shed a tear.

And - speaking of Spielberg -
ET,
Empire of the Sun

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#17

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:12pm

Tell me about it. (You are talking about Schindler's List, right?) I sometimes make myself watch it because I feel it's incredibly important.

Oh and I saw Munich a few weeks ago and that made me cry several times. What an amazing film...

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#18

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:15pm

Philadelphia
Stepmom
Pay it Forward

#19

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:15pm

I remember being a wreck in the cinema after 'Dead Poets' Society'. 'Sophie's Choice' is heartbreaking.

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Updated On: 2/28/06 at 05:15 PM

#20

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:17pm

Moulin Rouge (seen it 20+ times and still cry like a baby every time)

But the movie that made me cry more than any other is Life is Beautiful. 15 minutes after the credits were done I was sitting on my couch clutching a box of Kleenex and sobbing like there was no tomorrow. I was a total wreck.

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#21

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:20pm

OH MY GOD, kitzarina, I COMPLETELY AGREE. I can't believe I forgot that one too!

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#22

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:21pm

Back Street with Susan Hayward, and dare I say Valley of the Dolls? I know, I know. *hangs head*

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#23

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:37pm

Finding Neverland

Freddy Highmore kills me...

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#24

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:38pm

Oh so many but lets start with
1, Love Story
2, Terms of Endearment (my mom died of cancer when I was 10 'nuf said!)
3, Sophie's Choice
4, Dead Poets Society

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#25

re: all-time favorite Tear-Jerkers

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:38pm

Life is Beautiful kills me.

I also cry every time I watch Beauty and the Beast, but I think that's a retarded thing that only I do.

Stepmom is pretty sad, and The Family Stone had me sobbing.

Updated On: 2/28/06 at 05:38 PM