I was watching an old episode of "In Search Of" from 1981 (narrated by Leonard Nemoy) which featured "The Elephant Man"

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indy_go_blue44 — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 05:56 AM)

I was watching an old episode of "In Search Of" from 1981 (narrated by Leonard Nemoy) which featured "The Elephant Man" and people today who are afflicted with this disorder (would you believe 100,000 in the USA alone 34 years ago?) I hadn't watched this movie in 30 years, but even reading the reviews made me misty eyed.
So, not sure I have 5:

1. Savior relatively unknown movie starring Dennis Quaid as a mercenary in Bosnia who undergoes something remarkable. If anyone has seen this movie and can get past the scene on the boat without bawling his or her eyes out, he or she has no heart.
2. Elephant Man
3. Sybil (1976.) M4tv but still a couple of scenes in it are heartbreaking.
4. Lord of the Rings (several places, but I'll mainly mention the scene outside of Moria and the death of Thoden.
5. Did I mention I was old? Old Yeller. If you never saw this movie (if you never heard of this movie) it's a Disney film from the '50s about a boy and his dog.
   I only have one person on ignore, but I've had to ignore him 625 different times.

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pianocellolove — 11 years ago(February 13, 2015 08:03 PM)

Mine are~~Besides The Elephant Man ~~

1. The Color Purple
2. Titanic
3. The Greatest Story Ever Told
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. The Bridges of Madison County
   I can't watch ANY of these without a box of tissue.
   PCL

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pianocellolove — 11 years ago(February 13, 2015 08:12 PM)

OH! And how can I forget, The Fox and the Hound, Sybil and Philadelphia??
PCL

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kidzbpq — 11 years ago(February 28, 2015 08:58 PM)

I've teared up for a handful of movies. The Elephant Man wasn't even close. I was closer to laughing than crying in some parts.

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Killy-69 — 11 years ago(March 14, 2015 06:14 AM)

1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2. The Elephant Man
3. Green Mile
4. Grave of the Fireflies
5. Schindler's List
   Honorable Mentions:
   The Eighth Day, Million Dollar Baby, Requiem for a Dream, The Shawshank Redemption, Nobody Knows, Silenced, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Sleepers, My Girl, Bridge to Terabithia, 21 Grams

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rcolfer — 11 years ago(March 21, 2015 05:17 PM)

Impossible - for me, just one.
Up.
I didn't actually cry during The Elephant Man. It's quite uplifting really. He starts at the bottom and things generally improve until he dies. That was the saddest part for me.

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leo_nunsioeu — 10 years ago(May 04, 2015 04:11 PM)

Grave of the Fireflies made me cry like baby but not this although its a sad story..

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justpete23 — 10 years ago(August 21, 2015 03:42 PM)

1. Dear Zachary(nothing else comes close so here are some other in no particular order)
   Eternal Sunshine, Braveheart, Into the Wild, Moon, Life as a House.

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robertgulassarian — 10 years ago(September 18, 2015 08:35 PM)

Awakenings

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mmcguirk-738-152485 — 10 years ago(October 16, 2015 07:12 AM)

When he speaks of his mother and what a terrible disappointment he must have been to her, but all had ever done is try to be good. That bit got me.

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guccipix — 10 years ago(November 15, 2015 02:03 PM)

The only recent films to make me cry are Brokeback Mountain and Toy Story 3, but I haven't re-watched them so IDK if they are "Impossible movies to not cry on" or not.
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.

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imbluzclooby — 10 years ago(November 22, 2015 08:30 PM)

The Elephant Man
Awakenings
Dying Young
Life is Beautiful
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Cinema Paradisio
Il Postino

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guccipix — 10 years ago(November 22, 2015 09:01 PM)

You responded to the wrong post

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sushifreak-1 — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 01:34 PM)

Movies that made me cry:
Bambi (sat in cinema and sobbed for ages after the film while my dad tried to explain it was just an animated film)
Original planet of the apes (I was a kid and couldn't believe the young ape died after falling through the roof while spying on some other apes)
Kung Fu Hustle does it to me every time (I love the ending but it kills me for some reasonIt's one of my favorite films)
Elephant man
Old Yeller (saw it as a kid, of course)
The Orphanage (second time I saw it, when I realized how something had happeneddon't want to ruin it for anyone)
Brian's song (again, saw as a kid and bawled)
And probably a few others I don't remember now.

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DonObi-WanGump — 10 years ago(February 21, 2016 12:53 AM)

In no particular order:
*The Elephant Man
*Toy Story 3
*The Green Mile
*Forrest Gump
*Saving Private Ryan
*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
*Up
*Wall-E
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
*2001: A Space Odyssey
*Interstellar
*Inception
Sorry it's more than 5.

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Tess-tastic — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 09:03 AM)

Surprised no-one has mentioned Shadowlands. I've seen it many times now and it gets me every time.

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MKUltraViolet — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 08:15 PM)

1. Dallas Buyers Club
2. The Normal Heart
3. Titanic
4. Boys Don't Cry
5. American History X
   Now, if you'll excuse me, the father of the atomic bomb wants a saucer of milk.

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brianwhite5 — 9 years ago(May 11, 2016 11:58 PM)

I can't think of 5 but here's mine;

1. Watership Down
2. Elephant Man
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again ( tears of laughter).

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I_Love_Hutch — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 09:07 PM)

I've actually never seen The Elephant Man. Though I definitely need to. I just really enjoy crying over a movie. Lol
Carrie
Dumbo
Terms of Endearment
Umberto D
Imitation of Life (1959)
Resurrection (1980)
Something for Joey
Humoresque
Gallipoli
Brokeback Mountain
West Side Story
To Sir, With Love
Men Don't Leave
Silverlake Life (doco)
Blade Runner
The Deer Hunter
Now, Voyager