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Masculine men pride themselves on their stoicism, their refusal to show any emotions. There do exist movies that can shatter this hard-shelled persona, and cause even the most masculine and hard-hearted of men break down and weep.

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1957
    Robert Stevenson
    Family, Coming of age
    Chuck Connors, Beverly Washburn, Jeff York, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Spike More
    A man's best friend is his dog. Everyone knows how this one ends: in heartbreak.
  2. 2
    1994
    Robert Zemeckis
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Comedy-drama, Coming of age More
    Sam Anderson, Gary Sinise, Michael Conner Humphreys, Tyler Long, Haley Joel Osment, Tom Hanks, Christine Seabrook, Margo Moorer, Peter Dobson, Kurt Russell, Sonny Shroyer, Hanna R. Hall, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Harold Herthum, Bob Penny, Rebecca Williams, Geoffrey Blake, Ione M. Telech, George Kelly, Mykelti Williamson, Siobhan Fallon, John Randall, John Worsham More
  3. 3
    1942
    Walt Disney, Bill Roberts, James Algar, Norman Wright, David Hand, Samuel Armstrong, Paul Satterfield, Graham Heid More
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Coming of age
    John Sutherland, Peter Behn, Donnie Dunagan, Sterling Holloway, Mary Lansing, Sam Edwards, Margaret Lee, Cammie King, Bobby Stewart, Hardie Albright, Ann Gillis, Stan Alexander, Paula Winslowe, Fred Shields, Tim Davis, Will Wright More
    The movie that scarred us all as children, and made us the embittered men that we are. The memories of the past and lost innocence are what brings this to the list.
  4. 4
    2004
    Nick Cassavetes
    Drama, Period piece, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Coming of age More
    James Garner, Ed L. Grady, Joan Allen, David Thornton, Rachel McAdams, James Marsden, Sam Shepard, Kevin Connolly, Heather Wahlquist, Jennifer Echols, Matthew Barry, Tim Ivey, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands More
    It may seem like an emasculating film to watch, but I have witnessed the hardest of men break down by the end.
  5. 5
    2000
    Jay Russell
    Drama, Period piece, Family, Film adaptation, Family Drama, Coming of age More
    Kevin Bacon, Caitlin Wachs, Moose, Enzo the Dog, Luke Wilson, Clint Howard, Diane Lane, Frankie Muniz, Daylan Honeycutt, Peter Crombie, Cody Linley, Bradley Coryell More
    Sort of a rehashing of the Old Yeller formula, but still just as poignant.
  6. 6
    2000
    Mimi Leder
    Drama, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation
    Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Tina Lifford, Angie Dickinson, James Caviezel, Marc Donato, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, Liza Snyder, Kathleen Wilhoite, Bradley White, Shawn Pyfrom, Gary Werntz, David Ramsey, Alexandra Kotcheff More
  7. 7
    2000
    Darren Aronofsky
    Drama, Indie, Tragedy
    Marcia Jean Kurtz, Louise Lasser, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Christopher McDonald, Marlon Wayans, Ajay Naidu, Keith David More
  8. 8
    1999
    Frank Darabont
    Drama, Fantasy, Period piece, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation
    William Sadler, Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson, Barry Pepper, Gary Sinise, Michael Jeter, Harry Dean Stanton, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Doug Hutchison, Graham Greene, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dabbs Greer, Bonnie Hunt, David Morse, Sam Rockwell, Eve Brent More
  9. 9
    1991
    Howard Zieff
    Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance Film, Family Drama, Coming of age
    Jamie Lee Curtis, Ann Nelson, Anna Chlumsky, Jane Hallaren, Macaulay Culkin, Ray Buktenica, Peter Michael Goetz, Dan Aykroyd, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne More
  10. 10
    2007
    Rob Reiner
    Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Comedy-drama, Buddy film
    Lauren Cohn, Sean Hayes, Verda Bridges, Alfonso Freeman, Christopher Stapleton, Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Ian Anthony Dale, Rob Morrow, Jack Nicholson, Richard McGonagle, Rowena King More
  11. 11
    1986
    Rob Reiner
    Drama, Period piece, Adventure, Teen, Film adaptation, Coming of age
    River Phoenix, Richard Dreyfuss, Kiefer Sutherland, Bradley Gregg, John Cusack, Gary Riley, Wil Wheaton, Casey Siemaszko, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman More
    The loss of innocence and childhood nostalgia... we've all been there.
  12. 12
    1992
    Richard Donner, David M. Evans
    Drama, Fantasy
    Tom Hanks, Adam Baldwin, Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco, Ben Johnson, John Heard More
  13. 13
    1993
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Black-and-white, History, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, Film adaptation, Tragedy More
    Ben Kingsley, Mark Ivanir, Harry Nehring, Embeth Davidtz, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Ludger Pistor, Miri Fabian, Ezra Dagan, Aldona Grochal, Albert Misak, Beata Paluch, Anna Mucha, Malgoscha Gebel, Jonathan Sagall, Beata Nowak, Adi Nitzan, Friedrich von Thun, Krzysztof Luft, Shmulik Levy More
  14. 14
    1982
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's, Family Drama More
    Debra Winger, Robert MacNaughton, Erika Eleniak, C. Thomas Howell, Michael Durrell, Peter Coyote, Pat Welsh, Sean Frye, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone, K. C. Martel More
  15. 15
    2008
    David Fincher
    Drama, Fantasy, Period piece, Mystery, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation More
    Phyllis Somerville, Donna DuPlantier, Ed Metzger, Julia Ormond, Madisen Beaty, Fiona Hale, Cate Blanchett, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Paula Gray, Edith Ivey, Jacob Tolano, Jared Harris, Elle Fanning, David Jensen, Jason Flemyng, Marion Zinser, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Brad Pitt, Joeanna Sayler, Faune A. Chambers, Ted Manson, Taraji P. Henson, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Josh Stewart More
    When frat boys in the audience with no visible soul break down in tears and remark how beautiful the characters' relationship is, you know it's a powerful movie.
  16. 16
    1992
    Neil Jordan
    Drama, Thriller, LGBT, Crime Thriller, Indie, Political thriller
    Andree Bernard, Birdie Sweeney, Jim Broadbent, Breffini McKenna, Jaye Davidson, Stephen Rea, Tony Slattery, Ralph Brown, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Joe Savino More
    A tearjerker more out of fear, not of sadness.
  17. 17
    2009
    Lars von Trier
    Drama, Fantasy, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, Supernatural, Indie, World cinema, Erotic thriller More
    Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm, Willem Dafoe
    Everyman cries at the thought of castration. Seeing it depicted on film? Niagara Falls.
  18. 18
    2008
    Mark Herman
    Drama, History, Period piece, War, Film adaptation
    Richard Johnson, Asa Butterfield, David Hayman, Attila Egyed, Cara Horgan, Jim Norton, Béla Fesztbaum, Jack Scanlon, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga, Sheila Hancock, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Domonkos Németh, László Nádasi, Amber Beattie, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, László Áron More
    Imagine Stand By Me's ending, except in a concentration camp.
  19. 19
    2004
    Clint Eastwood
    Drama, Boxing, Sports, Tragedy
    Mike Colter, Michael Peña, Margo Martindale, Benito Martinez, Anthony Mackie, Riki Lindhome, Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Brían F. O'Byrne, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Lucia Rijker, Bruce MacVittie More
  20. 20
    2004
    Marc Forster
    Drama, Costume drama, Period piece, Biography, Family
    Kate Maberly, Mackenzie Crook, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore, Joe Prospero, Nick Roud, Luke Spill, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald More
  21. 21
    2003
    Tim Burton
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Period piece, Adventure, War, Film adaptation, Comedy-drama More
    Matthew McGrory, Missi Pyle, Alison Lohman, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Miley Cyrus, Albert Finney, Loudon Wainwright III, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Billy Redden, Jessica Lange, Deep Roy, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Grayson Stone, David Denman, Hailey Anne Nelson, Perry Walston More
  22. 22
    2010
    Lee Unkrich
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Computer Animation
    Kristen Schaal, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hanks, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey, Jack Angel, John Morris, John Ratzenberger, Jan Rabson, John Cygan, Don Rickles, Whoopi Goldberg, Blake Clark, Teddy Newton, Emily Hahn, Timothy Dalton, Bonnie Hunt, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Jeff Garlin More
    You'll never feel worse about going off to college.
  23. 23
    1988
    Barry Levinson
    Drama
    Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Lucinda Jenney, Michael D. Roberts, Bonnie Hunt, Jack Murdock, Gerald R. Molen, Kim Robillard, Ralph Seymour, Beth Grant More
  24. 24
    1997
    Roberto Benigni
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, War, World cinema
    Claudio Alfonsi, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Lidia Alfonsi, Pietro De Silva, Marisa Paredes, Giustino Durano, Horst Buchholz, Raffaella Lebboroni, Sergio Bini Bustric, Giorgio Cantarini, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Francesco Guzzo More
  25. 25
    Battle-hardened soldiers finding their humanity? Prepare for tears at the potency.

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  1. jdemo23
    Movies that Make The Masculine Cry at 1/05/2011 1:42 PM
    My girl and the notebook forsure. Not saying that I cried during them, but I could see how a tear could come out from those films. =]
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