Comments on: Bambi: Top “Tear Jerker” Movie of All Time

By: jjbramson

jjbramson — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:55:50 +0000

GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES – there was never a movie in my collective memory that made me weep like a total wuss.

By: lynne

lynne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:43:06 +0000

Ted, what is that picture you use next to your name?

By: silverbullitt

silverbullitt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:11:51 +0000

oh my god , there are only two movies where a man is allowed cry and they are
the green mile
and
terminator 2 ,
im welling up here thinking about it

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:31 +0000

As a manly man I can comfortably say that Grave of the Fireflies really made me cry. I never cried as bad as I did that day.

@ Ted

Bad Ted! Think of the Children!

By: queensissy

queensissy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:36:02 +0000

I can’t believe Charlotte’s Web didn’t make it on there. When I worked at a video store we would put that on, and then halfway through start fretting: “Why did we put this on? It’s too sad! Oh god, how are we going to watch this in front of everybody?”

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:12:15 +0000

Brokeback Mountain.

By: Ratz

Ratz — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:52:46 +0000

Trust a rag like the daily mail to publish a list like that. I wouldn’t put much faith in it as it generally caters for the unwashed masses. The likes of Ghost is generally supersceded by the (far superior) British film “Truly Madly Deeply” in the UK.

By: sw

sw — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:15:19 +0000

i loved grave of the fireflies, and absolutely blubbered through the last half hour. i don’t often cry during movies, and maybe i was just depressed at the time, but i cried during sixth sense. something about being terrorized and adults not believing him . . .

By: hooper

hooper — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:08:53 +0000

Ted,

You are funny!

By: meg

meg — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:34:52 +0000

Grave of the Fireflies is the most all-out depressing movie I’ve ever watched. Seriously, there are maybe two happy scenes in it.

By: D Bozko

D Bozko — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:56:43 +0000

Miss Cellania hit the nail right on the head.
OLD YELLER

Worth a mention,
PHILADELPHIA
GHOST

Or so I’m told since I never cry at a movie.

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:55:05 +0000

Lorenzo’s Oil turned me into a leaky-faced wreck. And being based on a true story makes it all the harder. I still get misty just remembering it!

I haven’t seen all of The Lion King, but I had the misfortune to walk in right at Simba’s death scene at a department store once–as I was going through postpartum depression, no less!–and I was a mess for several hours. I don’t think I could make it through the rest of the movie without some encouragement and a brisk walk in the park!

–TwoDragons

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:02:13 +0000

Grave of the Fireflies, Dancer in the Dark, and Requiem for a Dream (although movies don’t make me cry, these three sure had me depressed!).

By: Jacoby87

Jacoby87 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:40:06 +0000

Anyone ever see Life is Beautiful? That one actually brought it out of me, and it’s pretty rare.

By: Peeves

Peeves — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:57:23 +0000

Dumbo and Dancer in the Dark..that movie..man. I don’t remember crying that hard for anything else in my life and I’m almost scared to see it again a decade later.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:13:14 +0000

haha ted. i see what did there.

By: artbot

artbot — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:11:00 +0000

That list was weak. Re: People’s’ comments: Schindler’s List? Really? Sad, but nowhere near Dancer in the Dark-sad.

But the movie that turned me into a blubbering, weeping mess was Whale Rider. I can barely think about that movie without welling up. I have to go now….

By: D-san

D-san — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:59:20 +0000

My top five:

1. Grave of The Fireflies
2. Schindler’s List
3. Dancer in The Dark
4. Happy Times
5. Green Mile

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:29:25 +0000

The Godfather should be on that list.
who didn’t choke up when the Turk got his?

By: Radioheard

Radioheard — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:23:43 +0000

An Affair to Remember. 3 Hankies. All others 2 or less.

By: ted

ted — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:04:35 +0000

How about Debbie Does – oh, you said Tear-jerkers…

By: LisaL

LisaL — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:59:20 +0000

Who the heck was asked? Whoever they are SUCK!
E.T. is a great movie, and yes when ET “dies” it’s sad, but that should hardly be on the list.
Come on!!! There are alot of other movies that make you weep like a girl…
The Green Mile being one of them. Good god… that movie just about turns me in to a blubbering mess.

By: Molly

Molly — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:33:06 +0000

Terms of Endearment, anyone?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:05:42 +0000

Where the EFF is Dumbo? If you don’t shed a tear during “Baby Mine” you have no heart.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:43:41 +0000

Both “Ryan’s Song” and “The Champ” just about did me in when I was a pre-teen.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:25 +0000

No Terminator 2?

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:28:22 +0000

Bambi was more of a horror movie.

By: Labbie

Labbie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:17:11 +0000

No Brian’s Song?

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:11:13 +0000

i just remembered the time that i went to see the Lion King… there was a little kid sitting behind me. at the right moment he said aloud, “This is when simba’s dad dies.” that made me laugh and probably drew me out of any emotional connection i had at the moment. or not, since i only saw it the one time and have never really cared to see it again…

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:08:32 +0000

My Girl always got me. also the ending of the movie Tae Guk Gi… i don’t think im good at watching people cry over graves… and i just saw the movie Bridge to Teribithia… ouch.. i’m a crybaby… however, Ghost had no impact on me. actually, none of those listed had any effect. maybe i just have a different ‘cry trigger’…

By: momo

momo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:06:49 +0000

Joy Luck Club is way near the top for me.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:58:38 +0000

Any list of tearjerkers without Old Yeller is invalid.

By: tona b.

tona b. — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:39:38 +0000

Grave of the Fireflies.

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:04:46 +0000

How can Schindler’s List not be on there, it surely deserves to be in the top 3. The ending, where Oskar is about to leave the camp and is given a ring, is in my opinion THE most emotional and tear inducing sequence in the history of movies.