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

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[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] scops@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, worst second date ever. Had no idea what I was walking into in that theater

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I took the kids to see some fun animation movie. Got totalled in the first few minutes.

"Some dust got in my eye. Here, you can eat my popcorn."

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A few episodes of Futurama. You can guess which ones.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tap for spoilerJurassic Bark?

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's one for sure.

Edit: but not the biggest culprit for me

[–] wilecoyote@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Luck of the fryrish always gets me

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[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

The one where Nixon's reelected hits too close to home.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 months ago

Been a while but probably the opening sequence of Up

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

"I have been, and always shall be, your friend."

-Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The last 15 minutes of "The Return of The King," starting with, "My friends... You bow to no one."

Every. Damn. Time.

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[–] rizo@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

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

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[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

It's funny that for having such a full career I still think Fresh Prince was an absolute masterpiece and unequaled by anything else Will Smith did. (Second place was probably the original Men in Black).

[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Link for the uninitiated.

"How come he don't want me, man?" And the way Phil grabs him for the hug 😭💔

[–] Amax@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What dreams may come, 1998 movie with Robin Williams.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Ending of the Sixth Sense.

"Grandma says you asked her a question. She says to tell you the answer is 'every day', what was the question, momma?"

"Did I make you proud?"

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months 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.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Spock: “I have been and always shall be your friend” [dies]

Kirk: “No….”

[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Miguel from Coco singning "Remember me" with Coco.

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[–] fsr1967@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Buffy the TV show, when she discovers her mother's dead body.

"Mom? MOM! ... Mommy?" Tears

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

She looked so lost, it hit me like a gut punch

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “The Body”.

Mom? Mom! Mommy?

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

All those crying Pokemon in the first film when Ash is turned into stone.

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[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Into the wild when he discovers that human existence isn't meant to be lived in isolation and then dies a few days later in total isolation.

The end of Saving Private Ryan always gets me as well.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

A lot of seens in Logan with Professor X. His mental decline was a gut punch because I was watching my grandfather go through the same thing at the same time. His portrayal was spot on.

Happy with Stark's daughter on the porch talking about cheeseburgers. Such a small moment, but so genuine feeling.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Opening for “Up” not in the top comments?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Birdman (with Michael Keaton) - nothing in the actual movie but the absolute soul crushing sadness when I realized that they weren't making a Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law movie.

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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I cry quite easily, so a small sample of films that have made my eyes misty are:

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Bridge to Terabithia
A Monster Calls

[–] Toes@ani.social 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

+1 for bridge to terabithia. That movie still chokes me up.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

"A toast to my big brother George, the richest man in town."

Alternatively:

"You are who you choose to be."

"Superman."

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Maes Hughes' big action moment in Full Metal Alchemist - either version.

Alternatively, the scene this music https://youtu.be/EL7e5XrzanA goes to (Ep 5 of Cowboy Bebop) - far more of a tear jerker for me than the final episode.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

General Waverly walks out in uniform to find his old unit waiting for him. (“White Christmas”)

[–] Rezurektme@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Star Trek DS9’s “The Visitor”

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Another one is the movie 'The Fountain' which is played excellently by Hugh Jackman.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Les Mis

for example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ulJXiB5i_q0

The ending of that Scrubs episode with Brendan Fraser https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e__1KU7lg-4

The ending of Jurassic Bark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBbKSFhw9A

Watching the music video for My Heart Will Go On

The ending of this Cold Case episode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMc_RyGBjBE

The ending of Pan's Labyrinth

The music video for Hozier's Take Me To Church

The liberation of a concentration camp in Band Of Brothers

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months 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.

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

You stay, I go. No Following.

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[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been watching Shrinking and it has a lot of those moments

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

I found the entire concept, but especially the "happy ending" of Paulie to be tragic and extremely depressing to me.

My mother loved Beaches and Steel Magnolias but they always ruined my day. Then my mother died of cancer and they crossed into the unwatchable list.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Cinema Paradiso. Wonderful Italian film about a boy’s relationship with an elder in the town as he mentally escapes war torn Sicily. Just wholesome and hits hard. It’s a beautiful story and the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, ohhhh so good.

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[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 7 points 2 months ago

The last scene of the last episode of Six Feet Under.

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months 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 😭

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[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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.

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