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==YS==▼
* A Czech movie called ''[[The Shop on Main Street]]''. The fact that it's set during the Holocaust doesn't help to begin with. Then throw in the ending, where the main character {{spoiler|hanged himself after accidentally killing the old lady whose shop he'd been running}} and you get an instant hankiefest.▼
 
==T==
* The end of ''[[Tae Guk Gi]]'', a Korean movie about two brothers who fought in the Korean War. All the death and violence wasn't even as bad as the ending: {{spoiler|Jin-seok, having lived his entire life thinking his older brother was still alive somewhere, returning to the battlefield where they saw each other for the last time, and realizing that his brother had never made it out of there.}}
** Made even worse when {{spoiler|it's combined with [[Please Wake Up]] as Jin-seok begs Jin-tae to get up and fulfill the promises they made at their last meeting.}}
* The ending of ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]''.
* Just watching the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehWAxdLSoQM&fmt=18 trailer] for the HBO movie ''[[Taking Chance]]''. It's a simple story about one Marine escorting the body of another back to his hometown, based entirely on a true account. Very well made film, very hard to watch, especially if you are in the Armed Forces.
** Those videos of the original Chance? God...
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{{quote|'''Lt. Col. Michael Strobl''' : "If more men were like Chance in this world, we wouldn't need a Marine Corps."}}
* The end scene of ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' is a horrible [[Tear Jerker]]. {{spoiler|Tom Ripley has escaped suspicion for murdering and impersonating Dickie Greenleaf, and is on a boat to Athens with his lover Peter, when he runs into Meredith, who thinks Tom is Dickie, and coincidentally knows Peter. Worse, she's on the boat with her entire family - Peter has no-one but Tom. Resolved, Tom goes to Peter in his room and asks Peter to tell him "some nice things about Tom Ripley." Baffled, but playing along, Peter does so as Tom cuddles up to him. Cut to Tom entering his own room, miserable and shaken, as Peter's list (which makes it very clear that he's in love with Tom) goes on in voiceover - and then changes to the sounds of Tom sobbing as he chokes Peter to death.}}
* Of all places, in the 1972 ''[[ECTales from the ComicsCrypt (film)|Tales Fromfrom Thethe Crypt]]'' movie. The segment, "Poetic Justice", counts as one big [[Tear Jerker|tear jerker.]]
* The documentary ''[[Taxi To the Dark Side]]''. ''Invisible Children'' after the [[Mood Whiplash]] from the beginning.
* ''[[Tears of the Sun]]''. Bawled my eyes out. Especially at the ending where, after all the death and fear and chaos, the young man is safe with his people, and they punch their fists into the air with hope.
* The Terminator hugging John one last time in ''[[Terminator]] 2]]: Judgement Day''.
** Terminator's viewpoint flicking off for the final time. * sniff* .
** When the Terminator gives John a thumbs-up while diving to his doom.
** "I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do," as T-800 runs a finger down John's tearful face.
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** Kyle Reese's confession to Sarah in the first film. The dude has been nothing but a shouting, wild-eyed, badass military man for the whole movie, then he finally breaks down and tells Sarah how he feels. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
{{quote|'''Kyle''': I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have.}}
* ''[[Testament]]''. Jayne Alexander deserved an Oscar that she didn't get. It's a movie about a family coping with the aftermath of a nuclear war, and it is unbearably sad. In particular, the scene where Alexander's character is shown with a stoic expression sewing something, and then the camera pulls back and you realize she's sewing a funeral shroud for her oldest child.
* The last few minutes of ''[[Thelma and Louise]]''.
▲* A Czech movie called ''The Shop on Main Street''. The fact that it's set during the Holocaust doesn't help to begin with. Then throw in the ending, where the main character {{spoiler|hanged himself after accidentally killing the old lady whose shop he'd been running}} and you get an instant hankiefest.
* Lots of scenes in ''[[The Thin Red Line]]'', particularly:
** Attack on the village, accompanied by [[Hans Zimmer]]'s "Journey to the Line".
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{{quote|Older Scout: [narrating] "I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."}}
** The image of Gregory Peck holding Mary Badham (Scout) on the seat on the verandah .
* This tropette has cried several times during ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider|Lara Croft Tomb Raider: theThe Cradle of Life]]'' when {{spoiler|Lara is forced to kill Terry}}. And the music right there? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXrW0Pom6CU Just wait for the key change].
* ''[[Top Gun]]''. Goose's death was the cause of a waterfall of [[Manly Tears]]. Especially because of the [[Mood Whiplash]]!
* All of ''[[Trip To Bountiful]]''. ''ALL OF IT.'' Especially when after all her hard work, Carrie Watts arrives in the remains of her long-abandoned hometown of Bountiful, and begins to cry as she looks around her father's old farmhouse. Then she's forced by her overly-concerned son a his awful wife to return home just as quickly as she came.
* In ''[[Troy]]'' -- King Priam's line "I have fought many wars in my lifetime. Some were fought for land, some for money, and some for power... I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest."
** Anything remotely connected to Patroclus/the death thereof in that movie, particularly for someone who got to like him as he was in the Iliad and managed to project that on what was going on. (Yeah, all... ten lines of him.)
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* ''[[The Truman Show]]'' has a triumphant tearjerker ending!
** And yet, despite deserving what happens, some sympathy has to be set aside for Christof, as he obviously truly cares for Truman, only he can never hold Truman and is never able to truly convey how he feels for his surrogate son.
* ''[[Turtles Can Fly]]'' is about a group of refugee children near the Iraq-Turkish border, most of whom have some some of physical injury/disability.
* There are two such moments in ''[[The Tuskeegee Airmen]]'': first, Cuba Gooding's last moments after his plane is hit by a German fighter and Laurence Fishburne knock the Nazi down. Knowing what's about to happen, Cuba tells Laurence to get out of range and to safety - them, as his plane heads down in flames, sings the squadron's anthem. Even the racist bomber pilot they were protecting is moved. Also, the last five minutes of the film; Laurence is presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross and a promotion to Captain for taking out a German destroyer. He is then informed that their next mission is bomber escort over Berlin, and that they were't assigned - ''they were requested to fly the mission''. The film ends with photos of the actual Tuskeegee Airmen, their list of accomplishments - ''including the fact that they never lost a single bomber to enemy fire'' - , and that sixty-six Tuskeegee Airmen died in battle.
 
==U==
* ''[[Under Wraps]]'', this Disney channel original movie. {{spoiler|The mummy is going to die if the kids don't get his sarcophagus back from antique dealers, and he knows it, and he goes through all of these terrible circumstances (being mistaken for a burn victim, etc.) trying to get it back, and then he finds his lost love, and to make matters worse, it's a Romeo and Juliet meets Hunchback of Notre Dame-type story about how the mummy was actually a high priest and the woman was somebody-or-other, and they finally get to be together in sarcophagi next to each other in a museum. Squick.}}
* ''United 93''. The stark, realistic film style and not using Big Name Actors made it feel almost like a documentary of military personnel hearing about the attacks. That was the first breakdown. Then there was the part with the passengers calling their families to say goodbye after deciding what they had to do, and making peace with their own deaths (not bothering with spoilers, because we all know what happened that day).
** Once everyone started making the phone calls, it was tears straight through until the end of the movie. The worst part was the flight attendant who rang her husband and said "I swear to you, if I make it through this alive, I promise I'll quit tomorrow. I promise, I'll quit tomorrow". Especially sad because she said at the beginning that she wanted to get home to see her babies. Another thing was the interviews that came in the DVD, which had the actors meeting the families of the deceased. Seeing the reactions of the actors, in particular one guy who was trying so hard to keep it together, but just burst into tears while talking to the family.
** The horrified reactions of all the air traffic controllers witnessing the second plane hit the World Trade Center. She made it through the phone calls without crying. But when the passengers fought back for control of the plane, especially in the last minute or two of the movie, she started crying. Hard.
 
==V==
* The ending of ''A Very Long Engagement''. Who doesn't cry simply does not have a heart.▼
* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'',
** The scene where [[Rage Against the Reflection|V smashes the mirror]].
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** "[[Redemption Equals Death|Is it meaningless to apologize?]]" {{spoiler|"Never."}}
** "I don't want you to die." "That's the...most beautiful thing...you could have given me...."
 
* ''La Vie En Rose'': "You must be brave, Edith." "Is it Marcel? ...What?" "The plane crashed..."▼
▲* The ending of ''[[A Very Long Engagement]]''. Who doesn't cry simply does not have a heart.
 
▲* ''[[La Vie En Rose]]'': "You must be brave, Edith." "Is it Marcel? ...What?" "The plane crashed..."
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ges9hQ6y5c This must be seen to be believed,] as it is all done in one continuous camera shot. [[Marion Cotillard]]'s acting is sublime. Edith Piaf learned of the crash and went on to perform a recital that night. The song playing, "Hymne A'L'amour", was written by Piaf for Marcel, the only man she ever really loved.
 
* ''[[Voces Inocentes]]'', a Spanish-language film about a boy named Chava in El Salvador during their civil war. That would suck enough, but here's the clincher: At 12, the military recruits boys to be [[Child Soldiers]] and fight the guerilla army. Chava is 11. [[Oh Crap]].
* The ending of the Chinese film ''Wait 'til You're Older''. The child protagonist Kwong, wanting to grow up, takes an aging potion. However, [[Be Careful What You Wish For|it backfires horribly]] and he finds out that he only has a few days to live before dying of old age. Realizing he has no time left, he makes amends to his father and stepmother, whom he hated before, and finally accepts her as his second mother. The film ends on a [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet note]] with an aged Kwong resting in his stepmother's arms before his inevitable death. There was not a single dry eye in the theatre.▼
** He really should have known that [[Growing Up Sucks]].▼
 
==W==
▲* The ending of the Chinese film ''[[Wait 'til You're Older]]''. The child protagonist Kwong, wanting to grow up, takes an aging potion. However, [[Be Careful What You Wish For|it backfires horribly]] and he finds out that he only has a few days to live before dying of old age. Realizing he has no time left, he makes amends to his father and stepmother, whom he hated before, and finally accepts her as his second mother. The film ends on a [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet note]] with an aged Kwong resting in his stepmother's arms before his inevitable death. There was not a single dry eye in the theatre.
* ''[[Walk the Line]]'' when Johnny interrupts the concert to ask June to marry him.
▲** He really should have known that [[Growing Up Sucks]].
{{quote|Johnny: I'm asking you to marry me. I love you, June. Now I know I said and done a lotta things, that I hurt you, but I promise, I'll never do that again. I only want to take care of you. I will not leave you like that dutch boy with your finger in the dam. You're my best friend. Marry me. }}
* ''[[WALL-E]]'': WALL-E is severely damaged by Auto closing the holo-detecor on him. After the Axiom returns to Earth, EVE frantically flies back to WALL-E's home to repair and re-energize him. {{spoiler|She's successful, but WALL-E does not recognize EVE, as it seems as if his memory banks were erased. He reverts back to his original programming and starts compacting trash. EVE tries to jog his memory back by showing off the random objects that WALL-E has collected but to no avail. Believing that he's "gone", a heartbroken EVE grasps his hand and gives him a farewell kiss. As EVE lets go of WALL-E's hand, he doesn't let go..and [[He's Back]].}} It ended happily, but if you weren't at least trying to hold back tears before the end...you have no soul.
* ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'': the flashback leading up to Jon's disintegration. And {{spoiler|Rorschach's death}}, obviously.
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeg78Yfp7g&feature=related death] of {{spoiler|Hollis Mason}}, shamelessly edited out of the theatrical cut but restored for the DC is absolutely heart-wrenching, even more so than in the book.
** The ''opening titles'', showing the idealism of the first Minutemen falling away as they get old (or murdered), and the political changes taking place as the new Watchmen take their place. {{spoiler|1=The scene with the hippy fearlessly putting a flower in an MP's gun during a protest... only for the line of MPs to open fire}} is what does it. It's peace and idealism being shot in the face.
*** Dr. Manhattan's split second hesitation before {{spoiler|killing Roschach.}} Crudup sold the lines beautifully.
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** The movie is absolutely beautiful. {{spoiler|He ''goes to hell'' for the sake of his wife!}} And the very end of the movie mirroring the very beginning, except that {{spoiler|it's their reincarnations meeting as children}}...*sniffle*
** And then there is the part where he realizes the woman he's been talking to all day {{spoiler|is really his daughter}}..
* Oh, my dear goodness, ''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]]'' is one for me. Especially during his early years, director Lasse Hallstrom had tender [[Tear Jerkers]] down in ''spades''. Just the depths of the love of this one family, that is the very definition of dysfunctional, and yet is so strong...
** The part where, on his 18th birthday, Arnie finds the mother and tells her to wake up before realizing his mother is dead. *sniff* That part made me cry uncontrollably. Leonardo DiCaprio ad-libbed that whole scene.
** Something from the special features of the dvd that caught me by surprise - and made me cry - was the woman who played Bonnie Grape remembering how Johnny Depp (who played Gilbert) coming up to her on set, shaken, to ask her forgiveness for having to say (in the movie) all these horrible things about her character's - and her - morbid obesity.
* ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' (1974) practically has you to the tearjerking point the whole time. When the ending finally arrives after what seems like years of watching, you're left sobbing.
* Renee Zellweger crying at the end of ''[[The Whole Wide World]]''.
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* ''[[The World According To Garp]]'', especially the end where {{spoiler|Garp gets shot and is taken in a helicopter to the hospital, but dies on the way, and before he dies he says "I'm flying..." (a reference to when he was a kid and obsessed with his pilot father).}} Cue "There Will Never Be Another You" by Nat King Cole
* ''[[World's Greatest Dad]]''. Yikes. {{spoiler|When he discovers his son's body?}} Holy Christ. Best performance of grief friggin' ever. And it doesn't fade to black anywhere or anything... Just the song "Love is Simple" is depressing.
* ''[[The Wrestler]]'': Randy {{spoiler|has lost his only friend, his daughter has forsaken him, and will probably suffer a fatal heart-attack if he goes through with his final match. He does anyway, exhibits the same warning signs he did earlier, and still goes to the top rope for his [[Finishing Move]]}}. With all due respect to the legacy of Harvey Milk, Mickey Rourke deserved the Oscar for Best Actor.
** Sean Penn played a male homosexual activist, which is one of the most exemplified roles a person can be in. Rourke, on the otherhand, played a professional wrestler, who to this day never receive the credit they deserve. Rourke's performance was easily head-and-shoulders above Penn's, but Rourke stood no chance.
** The small wrestling function that showed various aged wrestlers selling their merchandise to a meager amount of fans.
** The steady buildup of Guns 'n Roses' "Sweet Child of Mine". It finally kicked in as Randy's entrance theme, and coupled with Rourke's little monologue to his love interest
* ''[[World Trade Center]]'', a movie about 2 Port Authority officers who fight for their lives to survive 9/11, after having survived the collapse, and it's based off of a real story? Yeah, I'll just leave you to dry your tears
 
==X-Men film franchise(empty)==
* The black-and-white opening of the first ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' movie, as the boy is torn away from his parents in the concentration camp. And then we see what he has done in his desperation...
** One that crosses it with Heartwarming was when Wolverine takes the nearly-dead Rogue and hugs her, giving her his healing factor and coming very close to death himself. The music alone is beautiful and sad.
** In the end of ''X-Men 2'', where Scott's actually crying.
*** Made more heart wrenching is when you take into account the actual build up of it. One, its [[The Stoic|Cyclops]]. Secondly, Earlier in the Film Jean said she knew something bad was going to happen and Scott promised he would never let anything happen, when he tries to stop it from Happening, Jean doesn't let him.
** {{spoiler|Professor Xavier's death}} in ''X-Men: The Last Stand''. {{spoiler|The funeral scene, and Storm's speech}} too, but the scene where he ''actually'' {{spoiler|''dies''}} is just as hard.
** When {{spoiler|Charles is paralyzed thanks to Erik}} in First Class. It's an accident, but both of their reactions are heartbreaking, especially Erik's. "I want you by my side."
** "I can't feel my legs....I can't feel my legs...."
*** "The divorce" on the beach. ''First Class'' effectively showcased just how powerful a team Xavier and Magneto were. If that son of a bitch Shaw hadn't so thoroughly ruined Erik's life, you wonder just how great a hero he would've been and what he and Xavier would've accomplished ''together''.
*** Every time Erik and Charles have a meaningful conversation. Like the scene where {{spoiler|Charles gives Erik inner peace by reaching into Erik's mind and helping him remember his brightest memory, one of his dead mother, causing both of them to cry}}.
*** The ''first time Charles and Erik meet''. Erik's expression and the way he says "I thought I was alone!" was just heart-wrenching. He finally meets someone like him in the world and it's just so emotionally overwhelming for him.
** The first meeting of young Charles and the young Mystique. "You never have to steal. Ever again."
*** Which makes the scene when Mystique leaves Charles to go with Erik all the more heartbreaking. She kisses him on the forehead and leaves. Dear GOD, what might have been....
 
▲==Y==
* Valkyrie: {{spoiler|The ending, even without Stauffenberg's words to Olbricht, or Von Haeftan standing in front of him, sheer bravery and defiance in the face of your imminent demise. "Long live sacred Germany!"}}
 
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==Z (empty)==
 
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