What movie chokes you up?

[Buckle-meister]

Ah Mulester7, you old romantic.

 

[mulester7]

Ah Mulester7, you old romantic.

.....most definitely, Buckle-Meister....one day I might figure the vile creatures out a bit more, but so far, I'm at zero.......

 

[j_garcia]

Legend of the fall...

Yes, Legends of the Fall, but that scene isn't the one that gets me. The barbed wire scene is tough to watch, as is the scene where the "police" confront the family in the car on the mountain pass.

 

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

HOW COULD I FORGET THE BARBED WIRE SCEEN

 

[rr2465]

Totally forgot about...

Dead Poets Society - "Captain my Captain"

 

[Jason Coleman]

Scenes from the various Star Wars episodes when Darth Vader chokes the crap out of people without even touching them! Awesome... I found myself swallowing pretty hard during those scenes...

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway was a pretty touching movie...(no actual wrestling ).

Jason

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Wow. Are you guys... "sensitive."

Only one movie has ever choked me up and it does pretty much everytime and that's "It's A Wonderful Life" at the end when everyone is sing "Aud Lang Zyne."

 

[Quig]

Dead Poets Society - "Captain my Captain"

Probably number one on my list... and it's "Oh Captain, my Captain..."

Followed by;
2.) October Sky
3.) Saving Private Ryan
4.) Green Mile
5.) Shawshank Redemption

All are INCREDIBLE movies.

 

[djoxygen]

Not sure I have any new ones to add, but I'll second a few...

Glory - I'm bawling by the end
Green Mile
That episode of Buffy after her mom dies
The end of Extreme Makeover Home Edition that we always catch when we tune in for Desperate Housewives. (It's so awesome that they are using the power of media for *really* making a difference in people's lives.)

and I haven't mustered up the courage to watch Dancer in the Dark yet (even though I own it - *huge* Bjork fan) because *every *single *person I know who's seen it has told me how they were soaking wet by the end.

 

[j_garcia]

Dancer in the Dark doesn't get me teary, but it was very solemn. I own it also, only because she was in it; I had no idea what it was about when I bought it. Interesting to say the least, though those who are not fans of her music probably won't like it.

 

[JohnA]

Just watched it this afternoon, MASH...season 3...last episode with Henry Blake...He got sent home from the war and his plane was shot down...

 

[mkossler]

Yowzer, had to type this one while the wife is out back...

LOTR ROTK, when everyone at the marriage of Aragorn and Arwen bows and kneels to the hobbits in recognition of their unthinkable achievement, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. It still has the same effect on me, even right now. Damn, that was something.

Man on Fire, when Denzel Washington is sitting on the girl's bed, reading her diary, thinking he has failed and that she is dead. Thinking that the one light in his life, the thing that has finally kept his demons at bay, has been snuffed out.

The Legend of Jeremiah Johson, when Johnson rushes back to his wilderness home, to find his wife and adopted son slaughtered.

Every last Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This show is the last redeeming thing on network television. It is impossible to watch and not be deeply moved. If there is such as thing as evidence that there is a God, there you have it.


*Sniffle*

Gotta go get a whiskey...

 

[GeorgeM]

"Dad"

Saw this on the store shelf last week for $5.95 and was rewarded with a good (but not unique) story line and some strong performances and memorable ending (in line with the theme of this thread).

If you like Jack Lemmon, you must see this film; it has to be among his best performances.
If you're not really a fan of Jack, you probably will be after viewing this one!

The rest of the crew: Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, and Kevin Spacey. Universal, 1989, PG, about two hours.

-GeorgeM

 

[Cygnus]

It's been a loooong time since I saw this movie, but, Simon Birch. I cried out loud (and loud too) when i was around 6-7'ish i think, in the theatres at the end of the movie. I havent seen it in a long time so I may not have the same opinion on it though. But I allmost cried at the end of Million Dollar Baby, which my mom rented two days ago. We watched the rest of what I missed the previous night because I got bored, in my room. Mom was very impressed with my surround sound. We had been watching it the previous night on a Sony (ugh) TV with only one speaker hehe.

 

[Takeereasy]

Man on Fire, when Denzel Washington is sitting on the girl's bed, reading her diary, thinking he has failed and that she is dead. Thinking that the one light in his life, the thing that has finally kept his demons at bay, has been snuffed out.

I totally forgot about this movie. That was a really touching scene, and I loved how it ended. The mom asking him what he's going to do and his response, horrible as it is, are both very moving. This movie is about what happens when a monster finds redemption, and what he does to those who take it away. Very powerful, Denzel rules in that role. The end scene on the bridge was moving as well.

 

[aspaceintime]

This always gets me...In Field of Dreams when Ray asks his dad if he wants to have a catch?

 

[Bryguy]

I know it's a comedy but every Thanksgiving the last couple of minutes of Planes Trains and Automobiles. Not to mention you guys have basically mentioned all the other ones and yes, the end of the only "true" reality show, Extreme home makeover.

And, what really makes me cry is the frigin price of gas.

Bryguy

 

[Dan Banquer]

What movie chokes you up.

The ending in the movie Notebook, I burst into tears. I will never forget those final scenes. I guess this stuff happens when you get older and have been married for a good amount of time.
d.b.

 

[audioferret]

Jimmy Stuart

The top of my list is:

1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The pitiful desparation of Mr. Smith's character as he clings to his ideals on the floor of Congress makes this movie my number one favorite of all time. I never fail to lose it in this movie. It is part of what inspires me to be in law school and stay in Government Service.

2. Glory.
To realize the extent of the sacrifice made by those men as they charged the fort at the end of the movie is truly inspiring. The danger to ALL of the men, black and white, was shared in that they would bear the brunt of that attack's casualties. If they were captured, they would be killed. Matthew Broderick's Character volunteered for what was essentially a suicide mission. To add insult to injury, the fort was never taken.
I have served as an officer in charge of troops and cannot imagine the level and scope of responsibility shouldered by that 23 year old young man. I remember watching the movie when I was 23 and in command of soldiers and felt the enormous weight of that situation just hit me.

3. Saving Private Ryan.
"Earn This" and "Tell me I am a Good Man" are two quotes that even now cause a lump in my throat. The movie's most enduring quality to me is the import conveyed on the actions of soldiers throughout history. No matter what you believe about a country's policies, there are men out there expressing that position with their lives. That is conviction. You have to respect that, be they our soldiers or the other side.

When I see people take a stand on their principles, it finds a special place in my heart.

 

[Sheep]

only disney

The fox and the hound.

got me, not alot, but it got me.



sheep