Some classic, well-loved films are classified tearjerkers, but would all sad, depressing movies make the manliest men cry? No. But these depressing movies can do the trick. What movies make men cry? This list contains some of the best movies of all time, including depressing movies with stories of lost loves, broken hearts, dying fathers, dying friends, dying dogs... a whole lot of dying. Other emotional films on this list might make men shed tears of joy with heartfelt scenes of reunion, resolution, redemption, or learning to let go. You'll find that this list is far more than just the top 20 movies that make men cry.
Great movies have the ability to transport audiences out of the theaters (or their living rooms) to different places and eras unlike the ones we know. The best movies make us forget our daily troubles and let us escape to whole new worlds where new unimaginable dreams can come true.
This interactive Ultimate List includes epics like Saving Private Ryan, comedies like My Girl, and even several animated tearjerkers like Up and Wall-E. Other classics like Old Yeller and the uplifting sports story Rudy round out the list. Admit it – some of these made you a little misty, even if you blamed it on someone cutting onions nearby. Vote on those movies with the saddest, most heart-wrenching and tear-worthy scenes that can make even the most manly, grizzled warrior of a man cry his heart out.
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4,0041,400The Green Mile
1999Actors: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sam Rockwell, James Cromwell, Michael Clarke Duncan
Directed by: Frank Darabont
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4,5652,165Up
2009Actors: Christopher Plummer, Ed Asner, Laraine Newman, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo
Directed by: Pete Docter
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1,825747Band of Brothers
2001Actors: Donnie Wahlberg, Damian Lewis, Dexter Fletcher, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle
Directed by: Mikael Salomon, Tony To, Richard Loncraine, David Frankel, David Leland
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3,2451,558Actors: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, Bryan Cranston
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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3,9882,202Forrest Gump
1994Actors: Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Brendan Shanahan
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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2,9991,619Toy Story 3
2010Actors: Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Keaton, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Directed by: Lee Unkrich
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2,0461,216My Girl
1991Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur
Directed by: Howard Zieff
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2,0031,136Actors: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
Directed by: Mark Herman
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2,152966Marley & Me
2008Actors: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Haley Hudson
Directed by: David Frankel
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2,0971,309Old Yeller
1957Actors: Chuck Connors, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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2,7531,757Schindler's List
1993Actors: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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1,8751,097Actors: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
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1,374780Cast Away
2000Actors: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Frederick W. Smith, Jenifer Lewis
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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623339Actors: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote
Directed by: Adam Shankman
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1,470940Actors: Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
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1,358855Actors: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jamie Kennedy, Josh Charles
Directed by: Peter Weir
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1,9451,307Actors: Richard Gere, Jason Alexander, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
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684365Patch Adams
1998Actors: Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Monica Potter, Alan Tudyk, Peter Coyote
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
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1,198808The Iron Giant
1999Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Cloris Leachman, Harry Connick, Jr.
Directed by: Brad Bird
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2,0991,322The Lion King
1994Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Rowan Atkinson
Directed by: Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
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2,0211,433The Notebook
2004Actors: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, James Garner, James Marsden, Joan Allen
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
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2,4191,784Actors: Morgan Freeman, Rita Hayworth, Tim Robbins, Clancy Brown, James Whitmore
Directed by: Frank Darabont
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848545Pay It Forward
2000Actors: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jon Bon Jovi, Jim Caviezel
Directed by: Mimi Leder
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1,4361,013Gladiator
2000Actors: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Sheen, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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1,009612Actors: Shailene Woodley, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Ansel Elgort, Mike Birbiglia
Directed by: Josh Boone
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