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

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[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

"little soldier boy" episode from Avatar: the last Airbender. Every time.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

“You could never just do the expected, I was just an idea in a bog, But you sewed up your dream and we made quite a team, Jim and Kermit, a boy and his frog.”

  • Tom Smith - A Boy and His Frog

https://youtube.com/watch?v=t9kT1xIpZ4E

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 4 points 7 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.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 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.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Opening for “Up” not in the top comments?

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 8 points 12 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.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Marley dying at the end of Marley and Me

[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Miguel from Coco singning "Remember me" with Coco.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 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

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh the scene/secquence? From Tim Burton's "Big Fish" when he gets the dad back in the water. That was so wholesome but so sad at the same time.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Came here for this. When he’s walking with his dad past all the people from his life smiling and saying goodbye, I always get serious feels. Had a little tremor just typing that out!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

One that comes to mind is Mike from Better Call Saul: "I broke my boy. I broke my boy."

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

My obvious pick: "It's a terrible day for rain."

My niche pick: Patch Adams. The scene where he considers || jumping off the cliff ||

My IDGAF what you think pick: Avengers Endgame. "Hey, Pep" and "You can rest now."

[–] Rezurektme@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

S1E3 of Last of Us - "Long, Long Time." Happy and sad tears galore.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Contact, when she enters the machine.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

For me, it’s at the end when she looks out of the limo at Joss as he’s saying he believes her. That scene so perfectly captures their relationship to me.

[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

They should have sent a poet

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The sequence at the end of the Six Feet Under finale set to Sia's Breathe Me absolutely gutted 2005 me.

Spoiler for a twenty year old showWhen Claire is driving away and sees Nate in the rear view 😭

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Not a tear jerker for me, but still easily one of the all time best endings for a show. Wonderful montage set to a perfect and beautiful song. After it aired, the next day, people at work were asking me how it ended but not wanting any spoilers. I just told them:

SPOILER

Everyone dies at the end

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

You stay, I go. No Following.

[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

Silver Linings Playbook. A real tear jurker. The scene at the end.

[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

The episode "The Sign" of Bluey, the end.

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

For me, it's "Grandad"

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[–] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago

"Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it. And I welcome every moment of it."

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

The scene in Interstellar when he returns from the time dilation to watch like 40 years of updates he missed from his kids.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 22 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

The original Fresh Prince when Will is desperately trying to convince himself he doesn't need his dad. Every time.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago

It's funny that for having such a full career I still think Fresh Prince was an absolute masterpiece and unequaled by anything else Will Smith did. (Second place was probably the original Men in Black).

[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Link for the uninitiated.

"How come he don't want me, man?" And the way Phil grabs him for the hug 😭💔

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “The Body”.

Mom? Mom! Mommy?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Most are giving joke answers.

This one hits hard.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Paddington 2

[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I remember Click (2006) being very sad, but I haven't watched it in a long time.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Man that scene when he is screaming at himself while in auto pilot was brutal and gut wrenching

The dad scene killed me

[–] VicVinegar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I have become this dad. I think about these scenes often. It helps me remember and realign my priorities. I guess it's corny, but the message is valid and important.

[–] Amax@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What dreams may come, 1998 movie with Robin Williams.

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[–] rizo@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Grave of the fireflys... Sometimes the trailer is already enough... F*** can't even rewatch the thing...

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I watched it once and didn't cry but I must've been dissociated AF or something because I don't remember any of it.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I’ve never seen the movie. Reading the summary was enough to mess me up. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch it.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Birdman (with Michael Keaton) - nothing in the actual movie but the absolute soul crushing sadness when I realized that they weren't making a Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law movie.

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[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The last 15 minutes of "The Return of The King," starting with, "My friends... You bow to no one."

Every. Damn. Time.

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