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SwimFan1981
SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
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Which films have made you cry, provoked the most thought or made the most difference to you?

For me I'd say...

Hotel Rwanda
Synedoche, New York
The Green Mile
Requiem for a Dream
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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
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    Requiem for a Dream is easily the most screwed up film I have ever watched. I love movies with no happy ending, but that one just took the cake. Four diverging stories, all of which end up in the ****ter before it's over.
  • MM_1982
    MM_1982 Posts: 374
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    Gigli
  • Tennolina
    Tennolina Posts: 2,413
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    Schindler's List--- (and I'm not even Jewish)
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
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    The documentary Dear Zachary. It completely wrecked my life for like a month.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
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    It's an old film w/Jack Nicholson & Debra Winger : Terms of Endearment. The mother/daughter relationship and the daughter's illness.......GIVE HER THE SHOT!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plqzeUB9B-w
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,793 Member
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    Philadelphia Story came out about 1 month after my brother died of AIDS. Hit pretty close to home.
  • branson101
    branson101 Posts: 173 Member
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    I cry at about anything. I cried so hard at Beaches I had to leave the theatre. The most embarrassing round of tears at a movie was at Jurassic Park.
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
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    Requiem for a Dream is easily the most screwed up film I have ever watched. I love movies with no happy ending, but that one just took the cake. Four diverging stories, all of which end up in the ****ter before it's over.

    I really enjoyed it, disturbing yet beautifully portrayed. Could you recommend some films for me that are similar?
  • bruceinthepit88
    bruceinthepit88 Posts: 136
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    I cry very easily - like I literally bawl if its well done. out of the top of my mind - the severe ones are :

    - Blue Valentine
    - Requiem for a Dream
    - Forrest Gump
    - Bright Star (good lord was I in tears or what)
    - Cloud Atlas (to be specific the gay romance part)
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
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    Schindler's List--- (and I'm not even Jewish)

    I haven't seen this yet, I watched The Pianist a couple of days ago and shed a few tears.
  • bexxxster
    bexxxster Posts: 88 Member
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    Defo agree with The Green Mile, love that film makes me cry every time! City of Angels is another that absolutely makes me cry my eyes out every time.
  • Green_eyed_beauty
    Green_eyed_beauty Posts: 101 Member
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    The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Ghost... just to name a few...
  • Wonderwoman2677
    Wonderwoman2677 Posts: 434 Member
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    What Dreams May Come, Titanic...actually there aren't too many movies that don't make me cry :)
  • heymirth
    heymirth Posts: 448
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    The Notebook
  • bexxxster
    bexxxster Posts: 88 Member
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    Defo agree with The Green Mile, love that film makes me cry every time! City of Angels is another that absolutely makes me cry my eyes out every time.
  • toriaenator
    toriaenator Posts: 423 Member
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    i agree with requiem for a dream...

    though Wall.E made me shed a few too ;)
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
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    Gran Torino
    Once Were Warriors
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
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    Philadelphia Story came out about 1 month after my brother died of AIDS. Hit pretty close to home.

    So sorry for your loss, Philadelphia is an incredibly moving film.
  • kaybelieve
    kaybelieve Posts: 118
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    The Help!

    Such a beautiful film, perfectly cast too!
  • JPal5
    JPal5 Posts: 178
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    Hotel Rwanda - couldnt watch most of it . It was too heartbreaking.
    Green Mile - Seen it about 8 times and I cry like a baby each time I watch it.

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