My Top 12 Tear-Jerking Tragedies:
"Phenomenon" (John Travolta, Kyra Sedgewick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall) ... the sound of her crying
"Pay It Forward" (Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey) ... the candle-light tribute
"City of Angels" (Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan) ... when the soundtrack goes silent
"Courage Under Fire" (Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington) ... the honor ceremony
"Braveheart" (Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau) ... her last attempt to save him
"Love Story" (Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal) ... shakespear couldn't have done better
"Life Is Beautiful" (Roberto Benigni) ... a wonderful dad who does everything to protect his kid
"Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)... the bagpipes playing "Amzaing Grace"
"Moulin Rouge" (Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor) ... the end of the show
"Othello" 1995 (Laurence Fishburne) ... shakespear's best, fishburne's best
"Mask" (Eric Stoltz, Cher) ... wonderful performance based on a true story
"Boys Don't Cry" (Hillary Swank) ... the real-life tragedy of gay-hate
Another 12 For Honorable Mention:
"Frida" (Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina) ... a beautiful tragedy
"Dancer in The Dark" (Bjork) ... a selfless single mom who dreams of a better life
"Casualties of War", (Michael J Fox, Sean Penn) ... the girl walking on the tracks
"Joan of Arc" 1999 (Leelee Sobieski) ... probably Leelee's finest work
"BladeRunner" (Rutger Hauer's Soliloqy) ... more human than human
"Shakespear in Love" (Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes) ... soulmates separated by circumstance
"The Color of Night" (Bruce Willis, Jane March) ... the sudden release of a twisted emotional coil
"Billy Jack" (Tom Laughlin) ... the awful truth about race-hate toward Native Americans
"Erin Brockovich" (Julia Roberts) ... mostly just knowing that it was true
"Sweet November" (Keanau Reeves, Charlize Theron) ... the scene on the bridge
"I am Sam" (Sean Penn) ... a single dad trying to do the right thing
"Ghost" (Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore) ... Just looking at Demi Moore makes me wanna cry
"Phenomenon" (John Travolta, Kyra Sedgewick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall) ... the sound of her crying
"Pay It Forward" (Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey) ... the candle-light tribute
"City of Angels" (Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan) ... when the soundtrack goes silent
"Courage Under Fire" (Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington) ... the honor ceremony
"Braveheart" (Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau) ... her last attempt to save him
"Love Story" (Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal) ... shakespear couldn't have done better
"Life Is Beautiful" (Roberto Benigni) ... a wonderful dad who does everything to protect his kid
"Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)... the bagpipes playing "Amzaing Grace"
"Moulin Rouge" (Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor) ... the end of the show
"Othello" 1995 (Laurence Fishburne) ... shakespear's best, fishburne's best
"Mask" (Eric Stoltz, Cher) ... wonderful performance based on a true story
"Boys Don't Cry" (Hillary Swank) ... the real-life tragedy of gay-hate
Another 12 For Honorable Mention:
"Frida" (Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina) ... a beautiful tragedy
"Dancer in The Dark" (Bjork) ... a selfless single mom who dreams of a better life
"Casualties of War", (Michael J Fox, Sean Penn) ... the girl walking on the tracks
"Joan of Arc" 1999 (Leelee Sobieski) ... probably Leelee's finest work
"BladeRunner" (Rutger Hauer's Soliloqy) ... more human than human
"Shakespear in Love" (Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes) ... soulmates separated by circumstance
"The Color of Night" (Bruce Willis, Jane March) ... the sudden release of a twisted emotional coil
"Billy Jack" (Tom Laughlin) ... the awful truth about race-hate toward Native Americans
"Erin Brockovich" (Julia Roberts) ... mostly just knowing that it was true
"Sweet November" (Keanau Reeves, Charlize Theron) ... the scene on the bridge
"I am Sam" (Sean Penn) ... a single dad trying to do the right thing
"Ghost" (Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore) ... Just looking at Demi Moore makes me wanna cry