Movie Moments that Make You Cry

[divasahm]

I caught the last twenty minutes of Out of Africa yesterday--when Karen is getting everything ready to leave Africa and go back to Denmark and Denys dies before he can take her to the train at Mombasa and she recites "To An Athlete Dying Young" over his grave and can't throw a handful of dirt on his grave because it's too final--WAAHHH!

The last scene is the clincher, though--she reads from a letter from a friend in Africa who tells her that a pride of lions has adopted Denys's grave as their lookout spot. Then she says, "Denys will like that. I must remember to tell him." Cue beautiful soundtrack music and break out the tissues.

[peagirl]

In Angus, when Angus is waiting for his grandpa in the park for their chess game and he never shows up; Angus realizes that his grandpa has died , and turns over the chess piece to signal a checkmate while Peter Gabriel's "Washing In The Water" plays in the background. My eyes are welling up just thinking about it. And honestly? Any sad movie scene is infinitely sadder when accompanied by a song from Peter Gabriel. It's madness.

Guh. Why isn't this movie out on DVD already? This flick is the sole reason why I still own a VCR.

[jettrink]

Oh my goodness. I forgot all about the lovely movie Angus! It's not on DVD?!? That's a sin!!! I adore that movie!

[Deleted]

Man, glad I'm not the only sap. I cannot believe the mentions of "Phar Lap" and "Savannah Smiles" and even the frickin' "Feed the Birds" song that gave me such a dreadful feeling of sadness even as a child...

The movie that I absolutely fell apart during was "Finding Neverland." I just had no clue what was coming in that movie and I lost it for the last 20 minutes.

Spoiler: My own mom died unexpectedly and when the little boy says "But I just thought she'd always be there..."

Gah, I was a weeping mess.

And to make things worse, this movie was a first date. And I was sobbing and snotty. But three years later, almost, he's still around so I guess no harm done.

[canuckcutie]

The Man in the Moon is on right now with a very young Reese and one of the London brothers. I bawl every time I watch it.

[esoterica]

peagirl said:

In Angus, when Angus is waiting for his grandpa in the park for their chess game and he never shows up; Angus realizes that his grandpa has died , and turns over the chess piece to signal a checkmate while Peter Gabriel's "Washing In The Water" plays in the background. My eyes are welling up just thinking about it. And honestly? Any sad movie scene is infinitely sadder when accompanied by a song from Peter Gabriel. It's madness.

Guh. Why isn't this movie out on DVD already? This flick is the sole reason why I still own a VCR.

I've never seen that movie, (although it is one of Mr. esoterica's faves,) but your post made me teary eyed. That song is so sad and beautiful, but somehow comforting. I can just imagine the scene. Waaahh!!

[strawberrylover]

This isn't a movie, but I bawled for hours, off and on, after seeing the final episode of Firefly.

To those who don't know, the show only had 14 episodes. I had rationed out the episodes to myself for about two months when I finally got to the last one. And it was so sad, because you could tell that Joss Whedon and the cast and crew knew by that point that the show was going to be cancelled.

I hadn't cried that much over any movie or TV show since I was little.

Edited to add: The tears really flowed during that scene with Mal and River at the end.

RIVER
Permission to come aboard?

MAL
You know, you ain't quite right.

RIVER
It's the popular theory.

Just three sentences, but driving home so efficiently the way everyone on the ship looked out for each other, no matter their personality deficiencies, through thick and thin.

[ramonaq]

I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread, but Hotel Rwanda is chock full o' weepy moments. The only relief I got* was that halfway through the movie, my sister leaned over and said, "I am so glad we weren't born in Africa." Truer words, sis. We are so lucky and don't ever think about it.

*other than the awesomeness that is Don Cheadle, that is.

[thecupcakekid]

God Ramona, Hotel Rwanda is one of those movies I just cannot watch because I know I'd be bawling, like Schindler's List and Amistad.

Amistad is awful. I get right up to when they toss the living people off of the side of the ship and you see them drowning then I have to just turn it off.

Actually to think of it the other day I just got to the baby being born and the mom jumping off of the side. God I hate that movie.

[Sunnyhorse]

There are certain films that I'm so glad I saw but will never, ever, EVER watch again, such as Schindler's List and Platoon. Having already read the horrifying We Regret to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, which chillingly documents the Rwandan slaughter, I don't think I'll ever see Hotel Rwanda, no matter how much I love Don Cheadle.