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What movie or scene from a movie (or show) makes your eyes misty?

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

The dad doing one last goofy march while his son watches, in Life os beautiful (1997)

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 hours ago

The Iron Giant

[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago

Ibelin. Saw it in the cinema when it first came out, seemed like everybody in the audience was crying.

(It's about a kid with a degenerative disease who connected with people through an MMO.)

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Grave of fireflies, of course

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

One of the best films about war, of all times and genres. Incredibly powerful and, yes, quite a tearful experience.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The last part of AI (2001)

[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

The sinking of the Going Merry. Oda made me cry for a boat, and I'm not even joking.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

ANY time any dog dies.

[–] MaxTheMummer@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago

The ending of Watership Down. Can't even think about without getting misty.

[–] agnomeunknown@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson. The whole movie is pretty emotional but the scene where Tom Cruise's character confronts his absentee father on his death bed absolutely destroys me.

One of my all time favorite movies, but I gotta be ready to full on cry if I want to watch it.

[–] yoshi@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

When Rudy's dad tears up seeing his son on the field

[–] Vailliant@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

A dogs purpose

[–] moktor@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

The movie 'About Time'. The ending tore me up.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

"little soldier boy" episode from Avatar: the last Airbender. Every time.

[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Leaves from the vine…

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

First season of After Life by Ricky Gervais.

The scene after where Gervais' character realizes fully what he has done, especially to himself long term, is soul crushing. The i did the right thing, but for all of the right and wrong reasons look on his face is haunting. I think it is the 2nd episode.

A lot of the episodes open with him watching his wife telling him to enjoy life. Her sitting on the hospital bed, on her final days because of cancer.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

"where do you think we are?"

The context is what makes this powerful. The buildup, the misdirection, the reveal.

This was Scrubs at its best. McGinley should have won an Emmy right there.

Opening for “Up” not in the top comments?

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

The opening scene of Hackers (1995). Poor kid can't use a touch tone telephone or computer until his 18th birthday.

That's like taking away Mozart's piano.

[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Miguel from Coco singning "Remember me" with Coco.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Omg I held it together so well* during Coco until one of the final scenes when Hector picks up Coco and I absolutely lost it.

*I cry at everything so "well" for me is probably not well for anyone else

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

When Homer drives his mom to the middle of nowhere so she could meet up with some friends to escape the police and he just stays there even even after she’s long gone long enough for day to turn into night.

[–] Rezurektme@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

S1E3 of Last of Us - "Long, Long Time." Happy and sad tears galore.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

The whole season was great (more than half of the guest actor and actress nominations came from the series), but that may have been the finest hour in television history.

I don't want to spoil the episode for anyone, but I'll point out that my ultra-right parents changed their stance on a major social issue after watching it because it was just so beautiful.

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh the scene/secquence? From Tim Burton's "Big Fish" when he gets the dad back in the water. That was so wholesome but so sad at the same time.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Came here for this. When he’s walking with his dad past all the people from his life smiling and saying goodbye, I always get serious feels. Had a little tremor just typing that out!

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

The scene in Interstellar when he returns from the time dilation to watch like 40 years of updates he missed from his kids.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The original Fresh Prince when Will is desperately trying to convince himself he doesn't need his dad. Every time.

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[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The sequence at the end of the Six Feet Under finale set to Sia's Breathe Me absolutely gutted 2005 me.

Spoiler for a twenty year old showWhen Claire is driving away and sees Nate in the rear view 😭

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Not a tear jerker for me, but still easily one of the all time best endings for a show. Wonderful montage set to a perfect and beautiful song. After it aired, the next day, people at work were asking me how it ended but not wanting any spoilers. I just told them:

SPOILER

Everyone dies at the end

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

“You could never just do the expected, I was just an idea in a bog, But you sewed up your dream and we made quite a team, Jim and Kermit, a boy and his frog.”

  • Tom Smith - A Boy and His Frog

https://youtube.com/watch?v=t9kT1xIpZ4E

[–] rizo@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Grave of the fireflys... Sometimes the trailer is already enough... F*** can't even rewatch the thing...

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

I watched it once and didn't cry but I must've been dissociated AF or something because I don't remember any of it.

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “The Body”.

Mom? Mom! Mommy?

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

You stay, I go. No Following.

[–] Amax@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What dreams may come, 1998 movie with Robin Williams.

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