Donna Reed played Mary Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Dang it, I knew that...I was just filling some spots and for some reason went with that.
I think her name being Mary threw me off :(
Thanks Jason.
Steven
· 1 year ago
Great and courageous :-) list Mike. I admit it, almost all of the movies I have seen on this list made me at least tear up a little bit. In particular, Saving Private Ryan. When Private Ryan asks his wife to tell him he is a good man, wow.
Cap'n Schwartz
· 1 year ago
Saving Private Ryan is not a manly movie? For clarity, if it has explosions, its manly!!
Frank C
· 1 year ago
War movies can get me. Saving Private Ryan and United 93 got me. But Glory I thought was too contrived and Braveheart's historical inaccuracies bugged me too much.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Cap'n, that movie IS manly, but the point is....do you consider crying manly? :)
Steven, I may have to watch that movie again, because I don't remember much about it really. It had a ton of great actors in it though.
Scott
· 1 year ago
I like the list, but I'd have different ratings. Private Ryan...huge tearjerker. Shawhank? Great movie, but not a tearjerker.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Scott, hence the tear flow factor...only a 2.5 on Shawshank, but a 5 on Private Ryan :)
nicky
· 1 year ago
Natty Gann!! Oh I loved that movie when I was younger. Not that I can really comment since I'm a girl and I cry at many many movies. One I always cry at is The Sound Of Music when the father sings Edelweiss at the end. Ugh. And The Pianist for the same reasons as Schindler's List, beautifully human and heartbreaking. Great post Mike!
Mike
· 1 year ago
Nicky, nice call in The Pianist, that is such an underrated movie.
Grizzly
· 1 year ago
What... no "Sleepless in Seattle"?
I can water the lawn every time my wife and two daughters put the damn movie on! Doesn't phase me a b-b-b-bit though.
daddyjason
· 1 year ago
Return To Me? I can't remember if it was cry worthy. My wife made me watch it so many times it lost all meaning...
The Trousered Ape
· 1 year ago
Old Yeller and Schindler's List definitely.
Seriously - if you don't cry during Old Yeller then you probably are not alive.
How about Where the Red Fern Grows"? That was a tear-jerker too.
I don't know about the Pianist, but The Piano should get you watering up as well.
I cried during The Libertine, but that was only because it sucked so bad and I missed my money...
Mike
· 1 year ago
Sleepless in Seattle...I think that's a Tear Flow Factor of maybe 1.
Return to Me, a good one I missed...that was some serious flowage going on.
Never seen the Piano Ape, might need to.
The Trousered Ape
· 1 year ago
Not a great movie - but a good story - just keep the Kleenex handy.
Cap'n Schwartz
· 1 year ago
Ive never seen the Piano Ape either, is that the sequel to Piano?
The Trousered Ape
· 1 year ago
No - that would have been the Harp...
MichaelB (formerly known as Ch
· 1 year ago
At the risk of alienating myself, when I was a kid I cried during a movie NOBODY cries during. It was just after graduating from high school (a busy week since my girlfriend had dumped me by that point as well). I was getting ready to go to film school, and I went and saw a little film called Jurassic Park.
That opening shot of the brontosaur was nothing less than spectacular, because in my head, I'm telling myself, "You can do THIS in the movies? Oh my freaking God." That was a pivotal moment in my choice of life path, and yes, I teared up a lot during that scene.
Mike
· 1 year ago
That's cool Michael....I've been known to tear up at cool things, not just sad scenes in movies.
The Trousered Ape
· 1 year ago
From IMDB:
Jimmy Dugan: Evelyn, could you come here for a second? Which team do you play for?
Evelyn Gardner: Well, I'm a Peach.
Jimmy Dugan: Well I was just wonderin' why you would throw home when we got a two-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head. That's the lump that's three feet above your ass.
[Evelyn starts to cry]
Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
Doris Murphy: Why don't you give her a break, Jimmy...
Jimmy Dugan: Oh, you zip it, Doris! Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game. And did I cry?
Evelyn Gardner: No, no, no.
Jimmy Dugan: NO. NO. And do you know why?
Evelyn Gardner: No...
Jimmy Dugan: Because there's no crying in baseball. THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! No crying!
Mike
· 1 year ago
Awesome, Ape :)
I still love League of their Own, although Tom Hanks makes it great.
steve d
· 1 year ago
i am crying right now i loved the notebook i cried like a baby though most of the movie. rudy good to know another guy to blubbers. so you are not alone i love a cry over movies
All Comments
I'm just kidding.
Not really, though.
Yeah, I'm kidding. No I'm not.
Your list made me cry.
Stop telling our manly secrets.
I think her name being Mary threw me off :(
Thanks Jason.
Steven, I may have to watch that movie again, because I don't remember much about it really. It had a ton of great actors in it though.
I can water the lawn every time my wife and two daughters put the damn movie on! Doesn't phase me a b-b-b-bit though.
Seriously - if you don't cry during Old Yeller then you probably are not alive.
How about Where the Red Fern Grows"? That was a tear-jerker too.
I don't know about the Pianist, but The Piano should get you watering up as well.
I cried during The Libertine, but that was only because it sucked so bad and I missed my money...
Return to Me, a good one I missed...that was some serious flowage going on.
Never seen the Piano Ape, might need to.
That opening shot of the brontosaur was nothing less than spectacular, because in my head, I'm telling myself, "You can do THIS in the movies? Oh my freaking God." That was a pivotal moment in my choice of life path, and yes, I teared up a lot during that scene.
Jimmy Dugan: Evelyn, could you come here for a second? Which team do you play for?
Evelyn Gardner: Well, I'm a Peach.
Jimmy Dugan: Well I was just wonderin' why you would throw home when we got a two-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head. That's the lump that's three feet above your ass.
[Evelyn starts to cry]
Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
Doris Murphy: Why don't you give her a break, Jimmy...
Jimmy Dugan: Oh, you zip it, Doris! Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game. And did I cry?
Evelyn Gardner: No, no, no.
Jimmy Dugan: NO. NO. And do you know why?
Evelyn Gardner: No...
Jimmy Dugan: Because there's no crying in baseball. THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! No crying!
I still love League of their Own, although Tom Hanks makes it great.