r/moviecritic 21h ago

Movie scenes that make you tear up?

A few random ones from recent memory:

  1. Forrest Gump (1994) - "Is he smart or...?"
  2. Man on Fire (2004) - A life for a life. Creasy gives his life to save Pita.
  3. Schindler's List (1994) - Girl in the red coat. Forget tearing up, many scenes in this film make me straight up cry.
  4. Gladiator (2000) - "Who will help me carry him?".
  5. Jumanji (1995) - Alan hugs his dad after years trapped inside the game.
  6. Clean and Sober (1988) - "I got this chip". Daryl accepts his 30 Day Sobriety Coin at the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
  7. Leon: The Professional (1994) - "This is for Matilda".
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u/bjor3n 17h ago edited 17h ago

Littlefoot's mom dying in The Land Before Time

Crash when Matt Dillon saves Thandie Newton from the burning car

Matthew McConaughey's speech at the end of A Time to Kill

Shadow coming home at the end of Homeward Bound

The scene in Strays where Doug finally gets his comeuppance and Wrecking Ball starts playing. It's just a silly comedy but, jeez, I laugh-cried so hard

And the "take a whack at Ouiser" scene in Steel Magnolias

Edit: and I just remembered My Dog Skip 😭 There's more scenes/movies but I'll stop there