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

  • agnomeunknown@lemmy.world
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    2 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.

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    9 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.

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    14 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.

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    19 hours 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.

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    14 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.

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      12 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