The Crying Game: Top 25 Tearjerkers
'Titanic'
Big budget, big stars and big tears kept this "Titanic" afloat.
(Photo: 20th Century Fox)
(Photo: 20th Century Fox)
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'Field of Dreams... Burt Lancaster, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Costner star in the baseball weeper "Field of Dreams."
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'Steel Magnolias... An all-star cast of actresses and a dying daughter bring out the big-time bawling in the Southern-fried classic "Steel Magnolias."
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'Philadelphia' This 1993 tearjerker stars Tom Hanks as an attorney suffering from AIDS who files a discrimination suit against his former employer. Hanks's moving portrayal of Andrew Beckett made audiences weep and won him a Best Actor Oscar.
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'E.T.: The Extra... There wasn't a dry eye in the theater when E.T. pointed to Elliot's heart, croaked "I'll be right here" and returned to outer space.
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'Brian's Song' Even sporty macho men can't hold back the tears while watching cancer-football-friendship drama "Brian's Song," starring Billy Dee Williams and James Caan.
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'The Green Mile' Death row drama brings on the waterworks in the Academy Award-nominated film starring Bonnie Hunt and Tom Hanks.
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'Beaches' This 1988 chick flick has all of the requirements of a top tearjerker: a long-running friendship, a terminal disease and the weepiest theme song of all time, "Wind Beneath My Wings."
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'My Girl' An adorable tyke dies in a tragic bee-sting accident? We're still sobbing.
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'The Notebook' The romance of star-crossed lovers, played by Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, made legions of women weep uncontrollably.
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'Saving Private ... Tom Hanks once again brings audiences to tears in this World War II drama about a mission to bring home a soldier whose siblings have all perished.
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'Old Yeller' Barking and bawling go hand-in-hand in this classic Disney tearjerker.
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'Marley and Me' Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star in another doggie drama, "Marley and Me."
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'Bambi' But the ultimate animal weeper might be the animated story of "Bambi."
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'Titanic' Big budget, big stars and big tears kept this "Titanic" afloat.
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'Million Dollar ... Boxing leads to bawling in the Clint Eastwood-directed drama "Million Dollar Baby," starring and Hilary Swank.
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'The Iron Giant' You'd have to be made of steel to not cry your eyes out over this story of an Iron Giant who sacrifices everything for his young friend Hogarth Hughes.
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'Life is Beautif... Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini and Nicoletta Braschi in "Life is Beautiful."
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'The Way We Were... The mismatched romance between lefty Katie (Barbra Streisand) and conservative Hubble (Robert Redford) makes for a waterworks fest in "The Way We Were.
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'Stepmom' Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon star in this chick flick for the ages.
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'The Color Purpl... Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey star in this heart-wrenching story of oppression and redemption.
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'Bridge to Terab... Two adorable children in a magical alternate universe come crashing back to reality when tragedy strikes. Cue the waterworks.
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'Schindler's Lis... Steven Spielberg's heartbreaking depictions of the tragedies of the Holocaust make this Academy Award-winning film a true tearjerker.
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'Monster's Ball' Halle Berry won an Oscar for her role in this incredibly depressing film where not one, but two children die.
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'An Affair to Re... Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in the romantic weeper "An Affair to Remember," where misunderstandings, tragic accidents and pride nearly keep these star-crossed lovers apart for good.
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'Terms of Endear... Terminal illness, mother-daughter drama and the epic acting talents of Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger make "Terms of Endearment" a tearjerker tour de force.
