Top 5 Movie Tear-Jerkers
Probably the closest I've come to being driven to tears occurred during these movies. I want to clarify the scenes that were responsible. Of course, being a guy, I had to fight them off hard. Without doubt, The Green Mile was the toughest effort. Just about every woman in the movie theater was sobbing throughout the film. Boy was my bottom lip sore after that one. Honorable mention: My Girl (death of Thomas J.).
- The Green Mile
-- tumor curing scene, execution at the end (I never faced a challenge quite like that one, it simply takes the cake)
- Rudy
-- The sack at the end of the game when his parents and brother are in the stands. . . being carried off the field
- Contact
-- Jodie Foster meets her father again in some other dimension
- Carlito's Way
-- after Benny Blanco from the Bronx guns him down
- The Shawshank Redemption
-- Brooks was here, the scene when Red finally gets out and finds the box hidden by Andy