The most touching movie moment you have ever seen...

[zcflint09]

What is it? I'm not going to start a poll because there's many choices for many people.

I'll start however:
I didn't cry; but the closest I have come to crying in a movie theatre after I turned 11 was at the end of the "Return of the King" where Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor. As he passes the mass gathered to celebrate his coronation, he goes by the hobbits; as they begin to kneel, he says "My friends, you bow to no one". The entire crowd bows down on one knee to the Hobbits and they kick in that beautiful main theme. Honestly the most touching movie moment I've ever seen in by far and away the best movie I've ever seen. I saw it on a first date, which was a mistake, because I had to choke back tears about 3 times near the tail end of the movie. Kinda felt embarassed.

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1. Hiep's reunion with her family in "Daughter from Danang"

[Ravenseye]

2. Only time I cried at a movie - Return of the Jedi

When Luke stands by the funeral pyre of his father. That really got me. He saved his father, but never got to have a real relationship with him, or his mother. Because of this man, he never realized he had a sister until recently, and the billions of people were dead...

Yet it was sad.

That's the only time I cried before my daughter was born. Since then anything to do with the father/daughter dynamic kills me every time, and I don't count it...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

82. I cried at the Empire Strikes Back

But only because I was so f'ing bored. :D

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3. Sugar farmer gives his last peso to his kids in "I Am Cuba"

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4. Final scene in "Au Hasard Balthazar"

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5. Enrique visiting his ill sister in "El Norte"

[sweetheart]

57. yes

It is a deep profound empathy the tragedy in that film, real for the economic
realities it portrays where the characters were more real for it.

Amadeus has a few of those kinda moments, but not as monologues particularly, IMO.

This film... name escaping me... "out in the nethers..." "equilibrium"!!

I *love* the moment in that film where the polygraph stops dead..

[BlackVelvetElvis]

59. That was so sad.

What a beautiful film.
I watched it in my spanish class. Many of us cried.

[datasuspect]

6. the "feste du merde" scene

in pasolini's "salo: 120 days of sodom"

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. I'm not sure exactly what moment...

But I'm sure it happened in Finding Neverland. That is one of the most touching movies I've ever seen.
Duckie

[lost-in-nj]

47. I agree this movie is a gem

the part where he is waiting for the "guests" that he invited to the play to show up and when they do
you realize who they are......



lost

[YellowRubberDuckie]

49. That was very moving and sweet.

Those kids were so excited to get to go out and see a play. And it was exactly what the play needed. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Duckie

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8. When they let Elsa go in "Born Free"

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9. The resolution of the strike in "Salt of the Earth"

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10. Ennis discovers the 2 shirts together in "Brokeback Mountain"

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11. Jody discovering the fawn in "The Yearling" (the 1946 version)

The actual fawn used in that scene was only 3 days old on the day of the filming.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

60. Wasn't that a gorgeous film?

That whole film makes me cry. Every character touches me in one way or another.

[begin_within]

74. Yep. Great movie.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Miracle on 34th Street...the old one...

when Santa takes the little Dutch orphan on his lap and speaks to her in her language. The expression on the kid's face grabs me every time, ever since the first time I saw it...about 40 years ago.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. "What Dreams May Come" Robin Williams speaking of the man

his son would have become at his funeral... I was sobbing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. That whole movie is just amazing.

The imagery is just...incredible.
Duckie

[Arkham House]

14. When we find out that Jessica Rabbit really loves Roger...

...hot damn--that gets me every time...

[outofbounds]

15. In Jaws

When they caught the wrong shark!

[Deja Q]

16. Spock dies

[ps1074]

17. John Coffey's (like the drink, only not spelt the same) final minutes

In The Green Mile. Michael Clarke Duncan was absolutely great in that movie. I cried like a baby when they killed him :cry:

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. That scene tears me up! n/t

[driver8]

18. Brian's Song...

When Gale Sayers is telling the rest of the team that Brian Piccolo has passed away.

If you don't cry during this movie...it will at least bring tears to your eyes!

[sweetheart]

19. In "american beauty"

The scene where the video of the plastic bag, spinning, and the monologue that goes with it.

[begin_within]

50. I like that scene.

[xchrom]

20. the whole of casa blanca.

it just gets to me.

[Coventina]

21. The "Baby Mine" sequence in Dumbo

:cry:

[Flaxbee]

78. oh god, have you heard Bonnie Raitt sing that song?

I can't stand it, I cry every single time.

[MiniMandaRuth]

22. For me.....

It's a hard choice. The only one I can really think of right now is the end of Spirited Away. It wasn't really all that sad... but dammit, it got me. Sometimes happy endings are the ones that make you cry the hardest.

[BrightBlueDot]

24. in Good Will Hunting...

when Sean (the Robin Williams character) tells Will (the Matt Damon character) that the things that happened to him when he was a little boy (severe abuse) wasn't his fault. I am crying now, just remembering it. Just about the most powerful thing I've ever seen.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Well, one of them is the last scene in Shawshank Redemption.

They reunite on the beach in Mexico as the camera pulls up and away ... :cry:

[stlsaxman]

26. Dogma- when Bethany questions her faith...

after finding out from Rufus that she is the last direct descendant of Christ and that she is the only one that can save the world. She runs from the campfire and ends up in the lake screaming at God. She is then approached and comforted by The Metatron (The Voice Of God).

Another scene from the same movie is when the fallen angel Bartelby, transmogrified to a human, is re-united with God and apologises...

... guess you had to be there, but it was most touching to me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

40. That's a truly amazing scene in the lake. And I love the line

of the Metatron saying something like "Imagine having to tell a twelve year old boy he's going to have to die of crucifixion" or whatever the line is.

Wonderful scene! Always makes me tear up.

[philosophie_en_rose]

27. Grave of the Fireflies.

When the little sister lifts up her shirt and we see that she's truly starving to death.

[LostinVA]

28. 'Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.'"

I cry EVERY time, no matter how many times I see it... that's one of my top five....

[LostinVA]

29. In "Neverland," when Kelly MacDonald says as Peter Pan

to clap, so Tinkerbell won't die... and Kate Winslet claps, as her mother and boys watch her, knowing she's clapping for herself... and they all clap for her to live...

[Shakespeare]

30. The Color Purple's got THREE of 'em.

1. When Celie is forcibly separated from her sister, the only person who loves her.

2. When Shug Avery reconciles with her baptist preacher father.

3. When Celie is reunited with her sister and children.

That's one of the few movies that I actually SOB at during those parts.

[Mad_Dem_X]

51. Yes to all three!

One of my all-time favorite movies. I, too, cry at all of those scenes.

When Nettie screams, "WHY? WHY?" When Mr. kicks her out of the house, and she and Celie are hanging on to each other for dear life. I'm very close to my sister, and I cannot imagine someone forcibly separating us like that.

"See, Daddy - sinners have soul, too." :cry:

[bertha katzenengel]

69. Hear, hear.

:thumbsup:

[Shakespeare]

31. Another one...when Moonlight Graham steps across the foul line...

...in Field of Dreams. Another tear-jerker.

[bridgit]

32. well i mean there are many, but i like the wedding scene in Braveheart

when the bride gently pushes the knife away from her husband's throat as 'the lord' and his nefarious crew seek to impose prima nocte; her demeanor is one of timelier resolution, if while sooner to be...the moment is deescalated by way of her eternal peace, love & understanding instead

[blue neen]

33. The little girl in the red coat running away from the Nazis

in "Schindler's List."

I could hardly stand to watch it.

[Xipe Totec]

34. Tamara begging for her son's life

- Titus Andronicus

Jessica Lange as Tamara, Anthony Hopkins as Titus

I still get a knot in my throat just thinking about it.

[bridgit]

35. poor queen, nothing could save her spawn that day...

:cry:

[Xipe Totec]

36. I always wonder what the outcome would have been

if Titus had shown mercy that day.

[Shakespeare]

37. I'm guessing he'd have eaten something different for dinner.

:scared:

[Xipe Totec]

39. Titus Andronicus is to Revenge,

what Romeo and Juliet was to Love.

[bridgit]

38. curious indeed, an abridged version perhaps; though my sense...

is that Titus had had quite enough

[Xipe Totec]

42. Patient yourself, madam, and pardon me.

These are their brethren, whom you Goths beheld
Alive and dead, and for their brethren slain
Religiously they ask a sacrifice:
To this your son is mark'd, and die he must,
To appease their groaning shadows that are gone.

It was his duty to perform ritual sacrifice. And yet....

That's what makes that scene so dolorous.

[bridgit]

43. And with loud larums welcome them to Rome...

[Rabrrrrrr]

41. Spock dies; Enterprise gets blown up; and Gandhi gets shot

Especially poignant is Spock adjusting his shirt when he stands up to greet his captain and friend.

And Kirk saying, "My God, Bones, what have I done?" and Bones says, "What you had to do. What you always do - turned death into a chance for life."

And as to the Gandhi shooting, it's the quickness, the suddenness of it, and I don't what the real Gandhi said, but I love that in the movie he just says, "O my" and collapses.

[JackDragna]

44. When Oskar Schindler breaks down at the end of "Schindler's List"..

..looking at his gold jewelry and realizing how many more lives he could have saved. All of the people he saved console him.

[JackDragna]

45. Also, during the old Alesitar Sim "A Christmas Carol"..

..the look Scrooge has on his face when he's at his own grave, asking the Ghost of Christmas Future if what he's been shown are shadows. You can see in Sim's face the anguish of the character: he's not upset that he's dead, per se, but upset because his death left all the people whose lives he could have made better a wreck. To me, it's the best fictional motivation for why it's good to be an altruist: we may not realize it, but a life of little kindnesses can have an enormous impact on the world, just as a life of vindictiveness and cruelty can scar so many.

[lost-in-nj]

46. There are 3 scenes in Powder

that get me everytime
Actually I start tearing as soon as it starts but

First when the Jeff Goldblume character realizes Powder has never been hugged... so he takes him and hugs him the look on Powders face is priceless

the second is when Powder goes to the sheriffs house to let the sheriff talk to his dying wife with his powers....

and the last scene where he runs in the field and explodes in this beautiful light from the storm.
I believe the reason for that is he wanted them to have his feelings and his power.....so they can maybe figure out why he was that way and how to use it for good.

There are many more scenes in many more movies. I could be here all night!


lost

[CBGLuthier]

48. When Charlie places the Everlasting Gob Stopper

back on Wonka's desk in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[Fountain79]

53. You took a first date to see a Lord of the Rings movie?

Umm...was there a second date? :7

[zcflint09]

76. Luckily not...

It was a girl regardless--I did it about a month before I came out of the closet. It was a poor descion but I didn't want to go alone ;)

[Fountain79]

54. It's corny...but the scene at the end of Rudy...

when Rudy tackles the quarterback and the inspirational music kicks on.

[otherlander]

55. The end of "big fish"...

:cry: Loved that movie.

[terrya]

56. Excellent choice.

I was teary eyed at the end of this wonderful movie also. :cry:

[MnFats]

58. The narrator (MacNichol)'s summation in "Sophie's Choice."

after Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline had committed suicide together...this after we finally find out that (one of ) Sophie's Choices was to surrender her little girl to the murderous Nazis.
I don't think I could watch it a second time.

[elocs]

61. Yep, I teared up too during that scene in ROTK.

But I am Irish and tend to get sentimental about many things and can tear up during happy moments, sad ones, ones of great sacrifice and patriotism and nobility.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

62. Two films: Lassie Come Home and Imitation of Life.

Lassie Come Home:
When the saleman's little dog (his beloved traveling companion) is kicked to death by thieves looking to rob him.
God, that was harsh!

and

Imitation of Life
The 1950's remake with Lana Turner. The funeral scene. Mahalia Jackson sings and the dead woman's daughter breaks your heart afterward.

[u4ic]

63. The end of The Remains of the Day

:cry:

[Montauk6]

64. Doesn't this thread risk delving into spoiler territory? ; )

Oh well... disclaimers aside.

I can't quite think of THE MOST but here's a few that kinda/sorta got to me:

Forrest Gump: When Jenny introduces Forrest to their son, and the first thing to come to Forrest's mind is the fear that the boy might also be mentally challenged. I dunno, it really seemed like the most genuinely poignant moment in a film that really went overboard dishing out the sentimentality.

Ran: When Hidetora reunites with his youngest son Saburo, whom the former had banished for not sucking up to him a la his 2 older sons who ended up betraying him, and as their riding to safety, content with putting the past behind them, Saburo is cut down by a sniper's arrow. It's the first time I ever felt like crying during a film.

The House of Sand and Fog: Esmail's tragedy, 'nuff said.

[zonkers]

65. In Bad Santa - Billy-bob tells the kid, "Dumbfuck, I'm not Santa Claus" &

the kid answers back, "I know your not Santa, I made you a present because you're my friend".

Don't know why, it just tore me up.

[elfrangel]

66. Most recently,

RENT. There are several scenes that make me tear up, but here goes.

1. The series of scenes where you watch Angel die..had a family friend die of Aids when I was in high school. I still remember his face and his pain.

2. Angel's funeral when tom begins to sing to him. OMG....I bawl lke a baby.

3. When Roger sings the song he wrote to Mimi

4. The very end, as they all watch Mark's film and it closes with a shot of Angel.

5. Out of sequence, but the Life Support group scenes.

[YankeyMCC]

67. That was the moment that first came to my mind

when I saw your thread.

I'm sure there are a few others but usually it also depends on my state of mind at the time but that scene at the end of RoTK I think will always affect me in same way almost no matter what my state of mind.

[bertha katzenengel]

68. POWDER: Powder holds the hand of a deer hunter onto the dying deer

The hunter was teaching kids. He hit a young deer, but it wasn't dead yet. He was telling the kids that the deer feels no pain.

Powder takes the man's hand and puts it on the dying deer, holding him there. The man feels the deer's terror and pain, and screams and cries as if he were the deer. He is feeling what the deer is feeling. Later he vows he will never hunt again.

And I can never see that movie again because of that scene.

[zonkers]

70. The guy that made that movie is a convicted child molester.

[bertha katzenengel]

72. And you expect that to make a difference to me?

I survived three of those monsters. Somehow, something in me can still recognize when beautiful art comes from monsters.

[Flaxbee]

79. that scene is why I didn't see the movie... I saw a

very brief trailer, realized what was going on and said "nuh-uh, don't feel like tearing my heart apart today".

Can't stand hunting. Don't understand hunters.

[Homer Wells]

71. The last scene of Field of Dreams

when Ray Kinsella and his Dad John have a game of catch.
Hell, most of FOD.
That movie just got to me---Still does

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

73. Roy Batty's death scene in Blade Runner

Rutger Hauer wrote that soliloquy himself.

[Skittles]

75. the ending to Hilary and Jackie

chokes me up

[Broken_Hero]

77. hmmmm

the one that jumped out at me was...the death of Trinity in Matrix III...

[Flaxbee]

80. The Constant Gardener, when Justin (Ralph Fiennes)

and the (bad/maybe redeemed) doctor are leaving the refugee camp, and are told by the NGO evacuating them that they can't take the little girl (probably 7 years old or so) who ran with them all the way to the plane, and you see the plane taking off, and the little girl running beside it, off and away. Justin asks what will happen to her, and the doctor says he doesn't know, if she's lucky she'll make it to another village.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

81. From Shawshank Redepmtion...

I could give you any number of different scenes from that amazing movie, but the two that kill me the most are:

Red, after Andy escapes: "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."

And the final monologue of Red's: "I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."

[Deja Q]

83. I stopped watching blue movies a long time ago.

:spray: