Top 10 Movies that Make Men Cry [Warning: Reviews include some Spoilers]

The Spotless Minds ^ | 12-4-09 | Greg

[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

[jimfree]

I'll agree on that. The family reunion in Gladiator when Lucilla (?) tells him to go to his family - that part is emotionally taxing.

[fwdude]

Anyone see either version of Shadowlands, the one with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger; the other a PBS presentation? Both will tear you up at the end.

[netmilsmom]

You’re brave.

[combat_boots]

My vote. ‘We Were Soldiers’

[Ecliptic]

“I’ll shed a tear for those that shed their blood.”

Good way to put it...cried at Private Ryan because of the blood that was shed..was in Vietnam...Knew people who died who shouldn’t have......

[autumnraine]

It’s virtually the same except that the girl really becomes attached to him too and you don’t have that screeching like in the first two. But yes, same scenario with airplanes buzzing the Empire State Building except the FX are way cooler.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Walt Disney's "Dumbo"when he has to say good bye to his mother.

Other than that no sale.

[buccaneer81]

You’re brave.

Everyone in the theater was in tears.

[Kickass Conservative]

If it makes you feel any better, the Ferrari was a Kit Car, not the real thing.

It was a shame though. No CGI back then.

I was bummed when they blew up Crockett's Ferrari 365 GT Daytona Spyder on the Miami Vice TV show. It was a Kit Car as well, built by McBurnie in San Diego on a Corvette Chassis.

[jimfree]

Dittos on Dumbo.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I would divorce my husband immediately had I caught him CRYING during ANY of those dopey movies.

The fact that he DID cry and then get fighting mad on 9/11 makes me love him until the end of time. :)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Field of Dreams lost me in Fenway Park with James Earl Jones.

Fenway Park is an antiquary curio, not a major league ballpark. Movies that romanticize it (and the RedSox) only make it harder to dynamite it.

[jimfree]

Thanks for the sobering comment Diana.

[dersepp]

In a parallel theme, I cried my adolescent heart out when the Dodge Challenger Brit Eckland was in drove into a locomotive.

Dirty Harry and Crazy Mary I think it was.

Hmmmm.....

I can't remember for sure, but I think there were a couple other people in the car.

[rbg81]

I would say choked up, rather than cried. Except for “Field of Dreams”, the list is BS. Who in their right mind would cry when the Terminator got melted down?

“Its a Wonderful Life” gets me up every time at the end.
Other ‘emotional’ endings:
— “Avalon”
— “House of Sand and Fog” (will leave you in a stupor)
— “Forrest Gump” (when he is at Jenny’s tombstone)

[Pan_Yan]

‘We Were Soldiers’ got to me a little.

That one and 'Blackhawk Down' when the two snipers ran out of ammunition after jumping in to try and save the pilots of the downed chopper. Man, talk about two guys who deserved the CMH's they received posthumously.

[jimfree]

Hey Lonesome. Now that Alexander Scourby has passed on we have only James Earl Jones that sounds like God or some reasonable facsimile. I really appreciated JEJ in the FOD role.

[sawmill trash]

” My eyes watered a little in “Up” “

Mine too ... good show.

[Nachum]

I cried when I saw the film of the twin towers falling.

[6323cd]

"An Affair to Remember" vs. "The Dirty Dozen"......