What is our guaranteed tear jerker movie or scene?
What is our guaranteed tear jerker movie or scene?
What movie or scene from a movie (or show) makes your eyes misty?
First season of After Life by Ricky Gervais.
The scene after where Gervais' character realizes fully what he has done, especially to himself long term, is soul crushing. The i did the right thing, but for all of the right and wrong reasons look on his face is haunting. I think it is the 2nd episode.
A lot of the episodes open with him watching his wife telling him to enjoy life. Her sitting on the hospital bed, on her final days because of cancer.
“You could never just do the expected, I was just an idea in a bog, But you sewed up your dream and we made quite a team, Jim and Kermit, a boy and his frog.”
- Tom Smith - A Boy and His Frog
When Homer drives his mom to the middle of nowhere so she could meet up with some friends to escape the police and he just stays there even even after she’s long gone long enough for day to turn into night.
Opening for “Up” not in the top comments?
The opening scene of Hackers (1995). Poor kid can't use a touch tone telephone or computer until his 18th birthday.
That's like taking away Mozart's piano.
The intro to the game stray
Marley dying at the end of Marley and Me
"where do you think we are?"
The context is what makes this powerful. The buildup, the misdirection, the reveal.
This was Scrubs at its best. McGinley should have won an Emmy right there.
One that comes to mind is Mike from Better Call Saul: "I broke my boy. I broke my boy."
Oh the scene/secquence? From Tim Burton's "Big Fish" when he gets the dad back in the water. That was so wholesome but so sad at the same time.
My obvious pick: "It's a terrible day for rain."
My niche pick: Patch Adams. The scene where he considers || jumping off the cliff ||
My IDGAF what you think pick: Avengers Endgame. "Hey, Pep" and "You can rest now."
Silver Linings Playbook. A real tear jurker. The scene at the end.
S1E3 of Last of Us - "Long, Long Time." Happy and sad tears galore.
Paddington 2
The sequence at the end of the Six Feet Under finale set to Sia's Breathe Me absolutely gutted 2005 me.
Spoiler for a twenty year old show
When Claire is driving away and sees Nate in the rear view 😭
The scene in Interstellar when he returns from the time dilation to watch like 40 years of updates he missed from his kids.
"Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it. And I welcome every moment of it."
The Wild Robot if you're a parent.
When Pepper tells Tony he can rest.
The end of Onward
"A toast to my big brother George, the richest man in town."
Alternatively:
"You are who you choose to be."
"Superman."
When Mufasa dies.
Maes Hughes' big action moment in Full Metal Alchemist - either version.
Alternatively, the scene this music https://youtu.be/EL7e5XrzanA goes to (Ep 5 of Cowboy Bebop) - far more of a tear jerker for me than the final episode.
definately honey, I blew everyone. Oh man especially that scener where.......oh wait. tear. tear jerker. my bad.
"I have been, and always shall be, your friend."
-Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The scene at the end of About Time between the father and son. I won't describe it, since I don't want to ruin it for anyone.
Been a while but probably the opening sequence of Up
The Christmas Dinner at the end of "Seven Fishes" Season 2 of The Bear. Cuts a little too much on the dotted line for me.
The last scene of the last episode of Six Feet Under.
Into the wild when he discovers that human existence isn't meant to be lived in isolation and then dies a few days later in total isolation.
The end of Saving Private Ryan always gets me as well.
Ending of the Sixth Sense.
"Grandma says you asked her a question. She says to tell you the answer is 'every day', what was the question, momma?"
"Did I make you proud?"
A lot of seens in Logan with Professor X. His mental decline was a gut punch because I was watching my grandfather go through the same thing at the same time. His portrayal was spot on.
Happy with Stark's daughter on the porch talking about cheeseburgers. Such a small moment, but so genuine feeling.
So I don't get to the cinema much, but I got to see The Muppets when it came out (over a decade ago, good grief), and Kermit singing Pictures In My Head totally broke me.
Dunno whether it will work for anyone else, but like many of a certain age, I grew up with the original Muppet Show on TV and it hit too damn hard.
Spock: “I have been and always shall be your friend” [dies]
Kirk: “No….”
That part of airbud where he tries to push the dog away and abandon him. Sorry in advance.
General Waverly walks out in uniform to find his old unit waiting for him. (“White Christmas”)
THIS scence from "Platoon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEv3zzKyiFQ
The music is adagio for strings which has to be the saddest most emotional score ever
the street performance scene in bocchi the rock, no matter what ill always start crying when i watch it
I found the entire concept, but especially the "happy ending" of Paulie to be tragic and extremely depressing to me.
My mother loved Beaches and Steel Magnolias but they always ruined my day. Then my mother died of cancer and they crossed into the unwatchable list.
Les Mis
for example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ulJXiB5i_q0
The ending of that Scrubs episode with Brendan Fraser https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e__1KU7lg-4
The ending of Jurassic Bark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBbKSFhw9A
Watching the music video for My Heart Will Go On
The ending of this Cold Case episode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMc_RyGBjBE
The ending of Pan's Labyrinth
The music video for Hozier's Take Me To Church
The liberation of a concentration camp in Band Of Brothers
Toy Story 4. The scene where Woody says goodbye to the rest of the toys and goes off on his new adventure with Bo Peep. Gets me every time.
The original Toy Story was the first movie I remember seeing in a theatre so maybe there's some nostalgia contributing to that.
John Q
Up
Another one is the movie 'The Fountain' which is played excellently by Hugh Jackman.
"It's not your fault" - Good Will Hunting
"A dog's purpose" movie's main purpose was to be tear jerker.
Ernest Goes to Camp, when the kids pick on him and reject him. He sings the song “All I Needed Was a Friend”. No joke, shit hits hard
The fault in our stars was so sad I wish I hadn't ever watched it. I hate that movie.
It's not a movie, it's an old avertisement, and I guarantee you if it doesn't stir something in you, you're not human:
So my sister bought me the wind rises... I went it watching it thinking it was another fun film... I called her after I finished and told her I was not mentally prepared for that.
Such a beautiful film though...
"I love you Daddy" -Clannad
Every time and even when I just think about it
Wolf children
“You.. complete me.” -Jerry Maguire
Martyrs