Next list of films here people. This one I have dubbed best tearjerkers but in reality it means the films that have managed to make me cry. I will also let you know the exact parts I cried at because I am comfortable with my manliness. Oddly the list still makes five, isn't life fun.
SPOILER ALERT. I have put this because I will be ruining parts of the films in my explanations. If you haven't seen the film then on your head be it if you read the whole blurb.
1) Forrest Gump
Yes Forrest life is like a box of chocolates and you are the saccharine little bastard that brings a tear to your eye no matter how hard you try. I actually cry twice at this film. The first bit is when Forrest visits Jenny and finds out he has a son, upon finding out this piece of information he then begins to cry and bottom lip aquivering asks 'is he stupid like me?'. The second bit is when Jenny has passed on and he is having a conversation with her grave. Both bits get me every god damn time. What a film. O shit three times, the bit with Bubba in Vietnam aswell, god damn you Tom Hanks.
2) I Am Legend
You may think this is an odd addition to this list however for all those who have seen it you know what bit I am about to mention. Will Smith is the only survivor in New York following a viral infection that turns most of the population into vampires. The toothy gits then set about killing all those who aren't infected except for Big Willie Style. The Fresh Prince has only one pal in the world, no not Jazzy Jeff this time, and that is in the form of his german shepherd dog Sam. Sam gets bitten by vamp dogs whilst attempting to protect young William and you guessed it once home begins to turn. Will then has to make the decision to kill Sam whilst hugging her as she lets out her last living breath and turns. It genuinely breaks my heart. The crying doesn't stop there however as the next scene Will has to try to come to terms with the death and spirals further into madness by chatting up a plastic woman. Great stuff.
3) The Pursuit Of Happyness
Bloody Will Smith again. This film is both one of the most depressing things I have ever seen and also one of the most uplifting. Will is a salesman down on his luck and money and has to spend a rather large chunk of his life living on the streets with his son. Whilst on the streets he is studying and working for free to become a stockbroker. The crying occurs twice again in this film. The first is when both he and his son have no choice but to sleep in the toilet of a subway station whilst some mental bloke tries to bust in. The sheer rockbottomness (thats a word right?) of it cuts me real deep. The second is at the end of the film when finally after all the struggle and the pain and the hard work Big Willie finally gets the job. Seriously that man makes me cry in everything, I even cried during The Fresh Prince once.
4) Turner and Hooch
This is one of the greatest films ever made, fact. Tom Hanks, again, plays a cop who has to take in a French Mastiff called Hooch who is a witness to a murder. The film then spends its time firmly in the comedy role with a man vs dog vs do they really love each other storyline. The crying occurs quite near the end of the film when, seriously stop reading if you haven't seen this film you will regret it, Hooch gets shot. We then see a panicked Turner standing over him whilst his pretty vet lady friend person tries her hardest to bring Hooch back to life, alas to no avail. The big slobbery mess of a dog dies in front of our eyes and mine fill up with a strange salty tasting clear liquid. I might cry now just thinking about it.
5) Man On Fire
Denzel Washington this time. He spends half the film bonding with a young Dakota Fanning, not in a weird way but in a father daughter way, and the other half removing body parts from the scumbags who have decided to kidnap her. The crying in this film again occurs at the end when Denzel finally manages to get Dakota back to her family in exchange for his own life. His final moments are as he slowly closes his eyes in the back of a car as he is taken away and dies in peace. Genius.
As always post comments and other films that you would add to this list. Please though if you want to put what bit makes you cry then put spoiler alert, if indeed it is a spoiler, if not then don't as that would make no sense.
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