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Top 10 Movies that Make Men Cry [Warning: Reviews include some Spoilers]
The Spotless Minds ^ | 12-4-09 | Greg

Posted on 12/29/2009 6:00:33 PM PST by smokingfrog

The era of the ‘Man’s Man’ is coming ever closer to ending. Soon it will be acceptable for all men to see a film and let it truly effect them emotionally. But that time isn’t upon us just yet. These are the top ten movies that not only make men cry, but it is deemed acceptable for them to do so.

10. The Wrestler
9. Saving Private Ryan
8. Braveheart
7. Field of Dreams
6. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
5. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Friday Night Lights
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
2. Good Will Hunting
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; lists; metrosexuallist; movies
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To: svcw; smokingfrog
I call BS svcw. My Uncle who fought from D-day to Berlin watched Band of Brothers and cried like a baby in the end. He had never told anyone including his wife the pain he was in after all those years. Two Silver Stars a Purple Heart and a chest full of unit citations. He was one of the best men I ever knew.
141 posted on 12/29/2009 7:00:22 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (usff.com)
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To: smokingfrog

I was looking for the Dirty Dozen on that list, and I couldn’t find it.


142 posted on 12/29/2009 7:01:21 PM PST by Rocky (Obama's ego: The "I's" have it.)
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To: yarddog

I am a fairly sentimental person but could not recall a movie which made me tear up. Certainly none made me really cry.

I did finally remember one which did move me to tears. “A Man Called Peter” starring Richard Todd, who died recently and was a true war hero.


143 posted on 12/29/2009 7:01:35 PM PST by yarddog
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To: SoldierDad

Did you cry too?

Happy New Year Patriots


144 posted on 12/29/2009 7:04:56 PM PST by bray (What ya in for Son? No Health Insurance. Me too.)
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To: smokingfrog
* Brian's Song
* Gettysburg
* The Notebook
* Schindler's List - (Sat silent in the theater for 10 minutes after this movie)
* Man in the Moon - (Reese Witherspoon coming-of-age classic)
* My Dog Skip - (Love to watch this with my six year-old grandson who shares has my sensitive DNA)
145 posted on 12/29/2009 7:05:21 PM PST by The Citizen Soldier (At the first of the year I feared for my grandkids... then it was my kids... now it's me.)
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To: smokingfrog
* Brian's Song
* Gettysburg
* The Notebook
* Schindler's List - (Sat silent in the theater for 10 minutes after this movie)
* Man in the Moon - (Reese Witherspoon coming-of-age classic)
* My Dog Skip - (Love to watch this with my six year-old grandson who shares has my sensitive DNA)
146 posted on 12/29/2009 7:05:32 PM PST by The Citizen Soldier (At the first of the year I feared for my grandkids... then it was my kids... now it's me.)
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To: smokingfrog

Old Yeller. Only movie that will make a real man cry.


147 posted on 12/29/2009 7:06:11 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: Roscoe Karns

Me too!


148 posted on 12/29/2009 7:06:30 PM PST by dominic flandry
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To: tcrlaf
7) How Green Was My Valley

Ya got that one right.

When Hue finds his father being slowly crushed by the weight of the cave in. Donald Crisp tore my heart out in the scene.

149 posted on 12/29/2009 7:07:49 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: smokingfrog

Forrest Gump, The end of Band of Brothers, Terms of Endearment, the ending of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.


150 posted on 12/29/2009 7:08:21 PM PST by chasio649 ( Palin 2012...'nuff said!)
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To: smokingfrog
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151 posted on 12/29/2009 7:09:00 PM PST by bushpilot1
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To: smokingfrog

I think I’ve “welled up” on a few occasions, but the only one I remember for sure is at the end of ICEMAN, where he grabs on to the helicopter. That flute music really got to me.


152 posted on 12/29/2009 7:09:03 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Joe 6-pack

If it makes you feel any better for sure the wreck in FBDO was a fake kit car replica and not a real Ferrari California which collectors pay the earth for.


153 posted on 12/29/2009 7:12:18 PM PST by xp38
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To: Joe 6-pack

If it makes you feel any better for sure the wreck in FBDO was a fake kit car replica and not a real Ferrari California which collectors pay the earth for.


154 posted on 12/29/2009 7:12:24 PM PST by xp38
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To: dr_lew

Remember the Titans


155 posted on 12/29/2009 7:12:28 PM PST by sleddogs
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To: mad_as_he$$

Just to review, these are the movies in question. Band of Brothers is not on the list.
10. The Wrestler
9. Saving Private Ryan
8. Braveheart
7. Field of Dreams
6. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
5. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Friday Night Lights
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
2. Good Will Hunting
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn


156 posted on 12/29/2009 7:12:34 PM PST by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Though not a movie, War and Remembrance definitely will have some scenes that will rip your guts out, especially the Holocaust scenes, and I remember the final scene when the Jane Seymour character was finally reunited with her son definitely very touching.


157 posted on 12/29/2009 7:12:55 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: smokingfrog
" I must confess that I only saw this movie once when I was seven or eight and I was balling from the first fifteen minutes to the closing credits."

Here is some advice for people who wish to become writers: Master the nuances of English before you publish.

158 posted on 12/29/2009 7:13:34 PM PST by sig226 (Bring back Jimmy Carter!)
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To: fwdude
Bah!!! Give me Gladiator though, and you'll see this man bawl. Absolutely moving at the end scene.

+1
The last 3 1/2 minutes always get to me.

159 posted on 12/29/2009 7:13:46 PM PST by atomic_dog
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To: mad_as_he$$

‘Anne Frank - The Whole Story’ was another one.


160 posted on 12/29/2009 7:14:08 PM PST by dfwgator
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