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

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I did not cry at one of them and as best I can tell, I’m a man. Most of them annoyed me more than anything else.

[jimfree]

Actually none of those, and I might cry more readily than other guys. Who made up this list?

[advertising guy]

BS on the list

[buccaneer81]

United 93.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You left off Brokeback Mountain and Bridges of Madison County.

[jeffc]

Ha ha ha. 4 of these I’ve never seen (and probably never will), and the others did NOT make me cry, nor even make me feel close to crying - Tears over Good Will Hunting? Give me a break! Now Passion of The Christ made me cry, as it should anyone.

[advertising guy]

hell, I’m still hollerin’ for Jim Brown to run faster in The Dirty Dozen and I saw it 1st in the movie house

[SoftwareEngineer]

I would have loved this post a lot more if the author of the blog was not a America hating communist.

Here is one of his/her "brilliant" commentaries in the review for Saving Private Ryan:

But what I love most about this movie is that, beyond the American flag waving at the beginning and the end, there is no posturing and advertising for the AMERICAN MILITARY

[TheConservativeParty]

The Blind Side.
Not a dry eye in the house.

[darkwing104]

No Old Yeller?

[Safrguns]

My eyes watered a little in “Up”

[HerrBlucher]

And Yentl.

[autumnraine]

Don’t tell anyone, but my husband shed a tear or two at the end of the new(est) King Kong when he died.

[netmilsmom]

>>United 93.<<

I blubbered through that movie. Yes, my DH did tear up.
I think you win the prize for the actual No. 1 movie.

[oyez]

I don’t cry at movies, unless it is through sheer boredom ove a flic that my wife insisted we see.. These days, I have go with her frends and leave me home. (A win-win situation)

[Joe 6-pack]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

My eyes went misty when the Ferrari was totalled.

[HerrBlucher]

Brian’s Song, The Worlds Fastest Indian, and the Passion of Christ got me teary eyed. None of those listed did though, and I hated Good Will Hunting...ugh.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

This list sucks in terms of crying. “Old Yeller” and “Where the Red Fern Grows” make me tear up. So does the end of “Return of the King” if the mood hits me just right. Terminator 2? Wrath of Khan? Seriously?

I’ll give them “Saving Private Ryan” for the part where Wade buys it. Very hard to watch that scene for me. But other than that...

[Grizzled Bear]

The Passion of Christ.