Tear Jerker Movies

I love those true tear jerker dramas.  The ones that make you feel a lump in your throat, the ones with superb acting, the ones that pull at heartstrings...

That movies that make you cry.

Here are my top ten choices if you're in the mood to grab some tissues.

10. Stepmom

WHO made the movie worth talking about?

Julia Roberts & Susan Sarandon

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Isabel, the stepmom, and Jackie, the mom, sit across the table from each other, discussing the very near future where Jackie will no longer be around...

Isabel: Look down the road to her wedding. I'm in a room alone with her [the daughter] fixing her veil, fluffing her dress, telling her no woman has ever looked so beautiful. And my fear is she'll think, "I wish my mom were here."

Jackie: "And my fear is... she won't."

WHO made the movie worth talking about?

Johnny Depp & Kate Winslet

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Sylvia is sick, trying to hide it from her boys.

J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan: They can see it, you know. You can't go on just pretending.

Sylvia: Just pretending? You brought pretending into this family, James. You showed us we can change things by simply believing them to be different.

J.M. Barrie: A lof things, Sylvia. Not everything.

Sylvia: But things that matter. We've pretended for some time now that you're a part of this family, haven't we? You've come to mean so much to us all that now, it doesn't matter if it's true. And even if it isn't true, even if that can never be... I need to go on pretending.... until the end... with you.

WHO made the movie worth talking about? 

Owen Wilson & Jennifer Aniston

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Jenny has a miscarriage, and we see Marley subdued for the first time, resting his head on her lap.  It spirals from there...

WHO made the movie worth talking about?

Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep 

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Billy, the son, is about to be returned to his mother who won the custody fight.

Billy: Who's gonna read me my bedtime stories?

Ted, (the dad): Mommy will.

Billy: You're not gonna kiss me good night anymore.  Are you, Dad?

Ted: No, I won't be able to do that.  But, you know, I get to visit.  It's gonna be okay, really.

Billy: If I don't like it, can I come home?

Ted: What do you mean if you don't like it?  You're gonna have a great time with Mommy.  Really.  She loves you so much.

Billy: Dad?  Don't forget, once.  If you can just call me up, okay?

Ted: We're gonna be okay.  Come on.  Let's go get some ice-cream.

WHO made the movie worth talking about? 

Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Patrick Swayze leaves... Enough said.

Ditto.

WHO made the movie worth talking about? 

Macaulay Culkin & Anna Chlumsky

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Vada seeing Thomas after he passed away.

Vada: Where are his glasses?  He can't see without his glasses.

WHO made the movie worth talking about? 

Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

CC Bloom, Bette Midler's character, singing Glory of Love in the end.

WHO made the movie worth talking about? 

Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine & Daryl Hannah

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Shelby, played by Julia Roberts, dresses her son in his clown costume for Halloween, just moments before losing her fight with the complications that arose from Diabetes.

Her mom, Sally Field, then sits by her side night and day.

WHO made the movie worth talking about?

Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, & Drew Barrymore 

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

Robin, Whoopi Goldberg, stops her life to be able to care for Jane, Mary-Louise Parker, who is suffering from AIDS after having a one night stand.

Whoopi Goldberg singing You Got It in the end...

WHO made the movie worth talking about?

Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands

WHAT made the movie worth crying over?

"Read this to me, and I'll come back to you..."

My favorite love story of all time...

*Created September 26, 2010 KG