Does any stand out.

A few obvious ones such as The Green Mile and All Dogs Go To Heaven for me.

The reason for this thread was a movie called 'A Walk To Remember'. Had no idea what it was and it hit far too close to home and caught me out of nowhere.

Anyone else been caught out unsuspectingly?

Here's a few:

 

Requiem for a Dream

Untouchable

Tyrannosaur

Grave of the Fireflies

Million Dollar Baby

Gran Torino

Up

Toy Story 3

Watched Gran Torino for the first time recently. Outstanding movie.

I got Nootbook'd once by an ex. Didn't like it though.

Edited September 9, 201510 yr by MayosNoun

John Q

Pursuit of Happyness

Forrest Gump

Blood Diamond

Hotel Rwanda

Brokeback Mountain

 

Just a few I can think of, will post more later.

Dumb and Dumber

The Magdalene Sisters

Kes

Invictus.

 

The Magdalene Sisters left me stunned and emotionally drained. I can't say that about many films. The ending in particular is very sad. After I watched it I had to watch a comedy to cheer myself up.

Mississippi burning

Legends of the fall

Last of the Mohicans

All brilliant films btw if you haven't seen them.

I haven't seen any of them.

When Brooks leaves the prison in The Shawshank Redemption is very powerful and hard hitting.

I won't go into detail in the event someone hasn't actually seen the movie. The whole institutionalisation of prison and the struggle after it was absolutely brutal to watch.

Basketball Diaries. Moving, but I meant

Sleepers.

Edited September 9, 201510 yr by Droogba

I haven't seen any of them.

When Brooks leaves the prison in The Shawshank Redemption is very powerful and hard hitting.

I won't go into detail in the event someone hasn't actually seen the movie. The whole institutionalisation of prison and the struggle after it was absolutely brutal to watch.

Great spot mate. It's true that people seem sometimes to become institutionalised in the prison system and eventually only feel safe in the four walls of a cell.

David Niven in

A Matter Of Life And Death

Always gets me, just about anything gets me going if the plots and acting's good, and the music is timed right....

Stand out ones:

Schindlers List

The Pianist

Dances With Wolves

Edited September 9, 201510 yr by NorthernMonkey

Pretty much every movie, especially if there's an animal involved.

Pretty much every movie, especially if there's an animal involved.

Pretty much every movie, especially if there's an animal involved.

Few good non-animated animal movies.

Marley and Me

Hachi

War Horse

Phar Lap

Iron Will

Eight Below

John Q

Pursuit of Happyness

Forrest Gump

Blood Diamond

Hotel Rwanda

Brokeback Mountain

 

Just a few I can think of, will post more later.

 

 

The Pursuit of Happiness is an amazing film.  I have Youlots to thank for pointing me in its direction.  Thank you, Youlots!

The Pursuit of Happiness is an amazing film.  I have Youlots to thank for pointing me in its direction.  Thank you, Youlots!

Biographical Moi, incredible, life affirming story.

OOPS!! Mea maxima culpa!!  I was confusing The Pursuit of Happiness with Happiness, which is the one Youlots told me about, and is brilliant.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/

Is that the one where Will Smith spends two hours telling us he has to go to work?

OOPS!! Mea maxima culpa!!  I was confusing The Pursuit of Happiness with Happiness, which is the one Youlots told me about, and is brilliant.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/

Now on my list.

Here is another for your list, twin.  I don't know if I would describe it as "emotional" ion the tear-jerking sense, but...Orphans is fantastic!

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119842/

When a Man Loves a Woman

The Colour Purple

Missing

Rudy

Seven Pounds.

It might be the Will Smith film that FC is talking about but you spend two hours trying to work out what the hell he is doing then when it is all revealed at the end it hit me like a punch in the stomach!

Not an emotional film, but a very emotional novel which hasn't (as far as I know) thank goodness, left the page. 'Middlesex' by Jeffery Eugenides.

'Emotional', one may assume a softer, tearful emotion. 'Two Caravans' (Marina Lewycka) moved me to anger and is as pertinent now as when it was written.