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Title: Favorite sad movie
Post by: BelAir on April 05, 2008, 10:00:49 am: (aside from Brokeback Mountain)

I was in the mood for a good cry the other day and rented Out of Africa... what are some other favorite tear jerkers?

Another one for me is Terms of Endearment.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: forsythia12 on April 05, 2008, 01:38:08 pm: hi BelAir
good question

'where the day takes you' is a good one. it's older, but it's about a bunch of homeless kids.
'american history x'....that's a shocker, and gross, but very sad too.
'missisippi burning'....again, shocking and sad
'a time to kill'
'amistad'.....very very sad.
'the good girl' ....that makes me sad
'girl interrupted'

i'm sure i'll think of more.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: delalluvia on April 05, 2008, 04:09:35 pm: BBM
Out of Africa
Romeo & Juliet (Franco Zefferelli version)
Moulin Rouge! (the Kidman/McGregor version)
Gladiator
Silkwood
The English Patient
Glory
Revenge of the Sith (SW III)
Oscar and Lucinda

I'll think of more, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: ednbarby on April 06, 2008, 10:40:40 am: My Life as a Dog
All About My Mother
The Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth

Hmmmm... I see a pattern emerging. I guess I don't like the way Americans do tragedy so much. I always find American tragedies over-the-top and manipulative.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: souxi on April 06, 2008, 10:50:29 am: You may think this is daft, but only two movies have ever made me cry. One was when I was a kid and I saw "The Incredible Journey" about 2 dogs and a cat. This was based on a true story. (The modern day version is Homeward Bound which isn,t anywhere near as good) and Watership Down.
BBM didn,t make me cry atall.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: BelAir on April 06, 2008, 01:25:11 pm: The Incredible Journey is one of my all time favorites!!!! The very old version, that is narrated.

Not the one with the voice overs from Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Amici (that version is good enough, but it doesn't have the same nostalgia for me as the older one).

Another one I cried buckets over recently was The Notebook.

Thanks everyone for the contributions - I'm going to put together a list!

:)
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: BelAir on April 06, 2008, 01:28:53 pm: ET
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Lynne on May 20, 2008, 11:36:08 am: Barb - I think you are onto something about American tragic movies tending toward the manipulative. I always cry during STEPMOM and it p*sses me off. ::). Also CITY OF ANGELS, STEEL MAGNOLIAS...
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: injest on May 20, 2008, 07:53:32 pm: Shirley Valentine....it is listed as a comedy but I cry...
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: mvansand76 on May 23, 2008, 04:08:57 am: ET and AI....
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: mvansand76 on May 27, 2008, 08:51:30 am: Quote from: SunShadow on May 23, 2008, 08:52:56 am
I really liked AI and in fact own it. It never seems to get recognition. I thoguht Jude Law was phenomenal in it.

And the teddy bear! I am love with that teddy bear! Good to hear somebody else loved it as well! :D
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Kerry on August 03, 2008, 09:38:32 am: I'm sure to think of others, but off the top of my head, these are my favourite sad movies:

Brokeback Mountain
Dark Victory (Bette Davis)
Boys in the Band
Romeo & Juliet (Zeffirelli)
Midnight Cowboy
The Naked Civil Servant
Alexander (Oliver Stone)
The Sum of Us
Death in Venice
Now Voyager (Bette Davis)
The Ghost & Mrs Muir (Gene Tierney & Rex Harrison)
Ode to Billy Joe
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Shasta542 on August 03, 2008, 09:53:02 am: Where the Red Fern Grows
Rent
Saving Private Ryan
Terms of Endearment
The Patriot
Troy
Beaches
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: optom3 on August 04, 2008, 01:05:05 pm: The only film I have cried over apart from BBM was when I was about 10/11 and my parents took me to see" ring of bright water", based on a true story about a man and his friendship with an ottter. It is filmed in Scotland on the coast so the scenery is stunning,and just so sad.I then had a wait of nearly 40 years before I ever cried at a movie again.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: southendmd on August 16, 2008, 10:26:15 am: Field of Dreams always gets me.

I agree, Kerry, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Also, Summertime with Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Artiste on August 16, 2008, 10:31:04 am: Did anyone see the Eddy Duchin Story movie?
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on August 16, 2008, 10:42:39 am: Terms of Endearment for sure,
Steel Magnolias
and a movie I only say once, it was a TV movie called She Lives, and it was the first place I heard the song time in a bottle.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILf-54Smv9M[/youtube]
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: horo04 on August 16, 2008, 10:52:22 am: Quote from: mvansand76 on May 23, 2008, 04:08:57 am

ET and AI....

Yea AI was indeed sad...almost to the point it was depressing. I wouldn't own it due to that plus it's too long.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: jstephens9 on August 16, 2008, 02:24:00 pm: I'm sure there are others so I will list them later, but what comes to mind immediately is my second favorite movie of all time behind Brokeback and that is Titanic. I know there are several versions of Titanic, but the one I am speaking of is the one releases in 1997 with Kate Winselt and Leonardo DiCaprio. And of course the song from it is "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.

Jack
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: shortfiction on August 16, 2008, 09:35:28 pm: Grave of the Fireflies and Pan's Labyrinth. Great movies, and I can never watch them again.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Gabreya on August 19, 2008, 12:27:40 am: The Green Mile is the one I can think of for right now. My God, that movie tore me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so emotionally moving and sad at the same time. It's not fair! :'(
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 30, 2010, 12:48:47 am: Quote from: souxi on April 06, 2008, 10:50:29 am
You may think this is daft, but only two movies have ever made me cry. One was when I was a kid and I saw "The Incredible Journey" about 2 dogs and a cat. This was based on a true story. (The modern day version is Homeward Bound which isn,t anywhere near as good) and Watership Down.
BBM didn,t make me cry atall.

I finally saw Watership Down tonight! It's been around since Art Garfunkel was still singing!!
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Meryl on October 30, 2010, 01:04:34 am: I cried buckets once after watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and also at the end of Wuthering Heights when Heathcliff and Kathy's ghosts are seen walking the moors. There's something irresistibly tear-jerking about after-death reunions.

My other favorite sad movie: How Green Was My Valley.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Monika on October 30, 2010, 02:46:04 am: Dancer in the Dark is a good tear jerker. Directed by Lars von Trier and staring Björk (she´s fantastic!)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k808kpTNBXA [/youtube]
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Post by: Front-Ranger on October 30, 2010, 09:46:08 am: I cried buckets during Saving Private Ryan and haven't been able to watch it again. Another tear-jerker for me was What Dreams May Come starring, ironically, Robin Williams.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: southendmd on October 30, 2010, 07:52:29 pm: Somewhere in Time is an interesting connection amongst all our favorites.

John Barry composed its score, as well as Out of Africa. Also, Somewhere in Time's author, Richard Matheson, also wrote What Dreams May Come.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkKue_MEnkk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 30, 2010, 08:26:10 pm: Funnily--

Er, no, sadly enough--

Donnie Darko.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 31, 2010, 03:20:58 am: Quote from: Pooh MM Bear, Esq. on October 30, 2010, 08:26:10 pm

Funnily--

Er, no, sadly enough--

Donnie Darko.

"I think it's kind of funny, I think it's kind of sad..."

Thanks a lot friend, for putting that earworm into my head tonight!!
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Mandy21 on November 06, 2010, 02:52:31 pm: Was funny to read Fiona's (optom3's) comments about her lack of crying at movies, which was something I didn't know about her. Hell's bells, when I stayed at her house for a month two years ago, I don't think I've ever seen anybody in my life that could cry quicker, just when we were sitting around drinking vodka and talking. Actually, she wasn't really "drinking vodka" -- was more like I was force-feeding her, although she didn't really put up a great defense in that regard, God love her. ;D

Anyway, favorite sad movie(s) for me: (in alphabetical order -- don't ask me about my spreadsheets, I'll deny my pathetic obsession with movies, to the very end)

Beaches
Braveheart
Breaking the Waves
Bridges of Madison County
BBM (duh!)
The English Patient
Falling Down
Fargo
Forrest Gump
The Horse Whisperer
In The Name of the Father
Intersection
Legends of the Fall
Less Than Zero
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
The Lover
Message In A Bottle
Mrs. Dalloway
Ode To Billy Joe
On Golden Pond
One Night Stand
One True Thing
The Only Thrill
OUT OF AFRICA
A Perfect World
Phenomenon
Philadelphia
The Prince of Tides
Seven
Silkwood
Sling Blade
Somewhere in Time
Titanic
Up Close and Personal
Violets Are Blue
The Winter Guest

Gonna shut up now, I've been awfully yappy today with all my posts.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Lynne on November 06, 2010, 07:30:56 pm: My list would definitely have some crossover with yours, Mandy. I will have to put one together and post it here.

Ronny and I started March of the Penguins the other night, but we fell asleep. He's already seen it, so I will probably finish watching it on my own tonight.
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Mandy21 on November 06, 2010, 08:00:19 pm: Well, that's not a sad one, Lynne, for the same reason that Shawshank Redemption didn't make my list. How can you possibly be sad when you're listening to the inimitable (my fave actor of all time, so I'm a bit biased) Morgan Freeman's voice at the end, speaking of hope, and the fact that life will continue?
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: southendmd on November 06, 2010, 08:02:21 pm: Quote from: Mandy21 on November 06, 2010, 02:52:31 pm
Gonna shut up now, I've been awfully yappy today with all my posts.[/color]

Never shut up. I love all your yappy posts today!
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Mandy21 on November 06, 2010, 08:07:55 pm: Aw, Paul, that's so sweet of you to say. Don't know what's come over me today, for some reason? I just can't stop typing and wanting to share my goofy thoughts.

Reading back through my list of sad movies, it occurs to me that a common theme definitely resonates, and that is one of losing the love of your life, either through death, disappointment, or disappearance.

Ouch, I'm going to have to ponder that one for a while...
Title: Re: Favorite sad movie
Post by: Lynne on November 06, 2010, 08:35:20 pm: Well, I picked ones that made me tear up sometimes in places. I'm not one to cry, as a rule. Here's my list. I actually feel somewhat manipulated by movies that seem designed to elicit tears, which is why although Stepmom and Benjamin Button make me cry, they are not favorites, per se.

Angel S5 Episode 15 "A Hole in the World"
Beaches
Blood Diamond
Boys Don't Cry
The Bridges of Madison County
Brokeback Mountain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cinderella Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Finding Nemo
Forrest Gump
Ghost
Hotel Rwanda
In the Name of the Father
It's a Wonderful Life
The Joy Luck Club
Leaving Las Vegas
Legends of the Fall
Love Affair
Mask
Philadelphia
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption
A Single Man
Steel Magnolias
Stepmom
Sweet November