Movies that spark emotion

[surferguy]

I watched “The Impossible” last night. I don’t think I’ve had a movie wreck me as much as this one did. I don’t know if it’s because I have two young boys or if I was the right mood for it but wow what an absolute emotional rollercoaster. Anybody ever watch this one?

What movies pack a gut punch for you?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Trade, which is a human trafficking movie starring Kevin Kline is both criminally under-rated and a film that has stuck with me, and not necessarily in a good way. I found it incredibly disturbing and upsetting. But it's a helluva movie.

Kevin Kline is an actor that deserves more credit.

For some reason that's the first movie that came to mind for the question.

[GGG]

Coco,

But really any Pixar movie.

Bing Bing dying ending childhood
The toys melting at the end of toy story 3, Andy giving away woody to Toy story 3.

All of them just wreck me.

[cupofjoe]

Schindler's List

Very tough watch, but a movie everyone should see at least once.

[Harry Lime]

Enough of all of you guys listing light-hearted comedies.

Dancer in the Dark.

[direwolf]

Field of Dreams gets me every time.

[Dion]

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

The ending of this movie had me in tears when Bruno sneaks into the concentration camp to visit Shmuel, and they are sent to a gas chamber by Nazi soldiers.

[driveway]

Originally Posted by GGG

Coco,

But really any Pixar movie.

Bing Bing dying ending childhood
The toys melting at the end of toy story 3, Andy giving away woody to Toy story 3.

All of them just wreck me.

Coco is awful.

Here's 40 minutes on why:




The first 10 minutes of Up though, gawddamn.

[nieuwy-89]

Big Fish

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I watched “The Impossible” last night. I don’t think I’ve had a movie wreck me as much as this one did. I don’t know if it’s because I have two young boys or if I was the right mood for it but wow what an absolute emotional rollercoaster. Anybody ever watch this one?

What movies pack a gut punch for you?

The Impossible did it for me as well. I watched it around the time my kids were your kid's age. It definitely added to the impact of the movie on me.

My Life with Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman gets me for similar reasons. A man with terminal cancer trying to wrap up his life and impart his knowledge on his unborn son through videos. Though I remember watching it in high school and it still hitting me.

[Nyah]

Lion got me. It's such a great movie.

[Royle9]

The Impossible was an emotional rollercoaster for me as well, but I too have 2 young boys so it hit me right in the feels. Criminally underrated movie for sure, its really well done.

[MJK]

Dances with Wolves

[Brendone]

Glory always got me

[CofR]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Field of Dreams gets me every time.

This scene is instant tears for me every single time I watch it.

[undercoverbrother]

Beasts with No Nation, cuz well it's pretty ####ing bang on in many aspects:

[transplant99]

Yup....Field of Dreams just up ends my emotional control every single time.

Cool factoid im sure most know...it was written by a prof at the U of C.

[Ashasx]

First thing that comes to mind to me is Interstellar

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Beasts with No Nation, cuz well it's pretty ####ing bang on in many aspects:

Brilliant movie.

[troutman]

Lion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(2016_film)

Novelist and critic Salman Rushdie thought highly of the film stating . . .that he wept "unstoppably" while viewing the film.