Do you have a Christmas movie that makes you cry?

[LibraLiz1973]

Tell us what movie & why


I'll start. "It's a Wonderful Life".
I've NEVER watched the movie and not cried at the end.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (n/m)

[spacelady]

2. Jack Frost. Don't know why, maybe because of the Dad's death.

[LibraLiz1973]

3. That shit is sad! n/m

[WritingIsMyReligion]

31. That IS a really sad movie.

I thought it would be dumb when we watched it in 8th grade, and in some parts it kind of was, but it was also really sad.

[u4ic]

4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

I am an adult, and I still feel so bad for him for most of that show. :silly:

[cspanlovr]

5. A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sims. After Tiny Tim dies,

they're reading by the fire, then talking about him. It kills me, every time.

[Rosemary2205]

6. Earnest saves Christmas

There was a man that was a ringer for Earnest in our neighborhood when I was kid. He was the only adult who bothered to listen to me for quite a few years when I was a kid and my family was in a long term crisis. A big brother sort. Not the brightest but big on horse sense, and he stuttered. And looked VERY much like Earnest too and had the big heart to match.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. The movie "Love Actually"......

And why? Because I'm a sentimental sap, is why!

It's a mostly upbeat love story, set at Christmas, in England.......

Great ensemble cast, multiple story lines...easy to follow, not to worry.......

Very compelling story telling! I just love it.......

[dropkickpa]

8. OMG, I am obsessed with this movie

And, "tough" as I am, I am SUCH a sucker for love stories!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. Me too...

But Goddammit, I've lost my copy. I've seen it ONCE this month, and usually I watch it twice a day! I'm so fucking pissed at myself.
Duckie

[Ilsa]

9. I watched it again tonight because I am alone and it's almost Christmas!

I even started a thread on it. I LOVE that movie. Best Christmas movie ever. Best music to motivate emotion. Always makes me weepy.

[Beausoir]

10. Actually, I love Love Actually.

I'm a sucker for Colin Firth.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Clever subject line!

Yummy yummy Colin Firth! :9

[lizziegrace]

15. The montage at the end

all the people greeting loved ones at the airport. I cry every single time.

[LibraLiz1973]

21. Because Love actually.... is

great movie

[GalleryGod]

38. I'm with you 110%... "Love Actually"

I can't get enough of it.

[ashling]

12. Its a wonderful life and

The Bishop's Wife

I just saw The Holiday w/ Kate Winslet -WONDERFUL- Jude Law line: I am a weeper (me too)

Miracle on 34th Street. I cry at the end every time.

[iamjoy]

13. Got A Little Teary During 34th Too

but not at the end, I was touched when Santa talked to that Danish orphan.

I watched it years ago. They showed the colorized version, so I switched my television to black and white mode.

But I LOVE It's A Wonderful Life, get a little choked up each time I see it.

[Auggie]

24. Yeah, Miracle on 34th Street.

And at the end when Susan gets her house. Don't know why but it always gets me.

[ashling]

32. And the cane is in the corner

[Guava Jelly]

14. Mr Hankey the christmas Poo (southpark)

Cry laughing that is :)

[Hugin]

17. My teenaged step-son once forbid me from watching that...

It was too much for him. LOL!

[Hugin]

16. "Every time a cell phone rings, I get to move up in line..."

A little joke some fellow shoppers and I came up with at the cashier's this year!

I can't say there are any holiday movies which move me to tears. But, I do pay
close attention to the messages in some of them.

[Danger Mouse]

18. That movie always gets to me...

I have a soft spot for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' too :P

[hfojvt]

19. I have "It's a Wonderful Life"

but I insist that is NOT a Christmas movie. It kinda burns me that it is treated as such, but what the hey, it also means it gets shown once a year.

Why is it not a Christmas movie? First, because it is not about Christmas, Christ, or Santa. It is not about how the 'Christmas spirit' saves the fluffy bunnies or the school or melts old man Potter's heart. Potter stays a Scrooge, and all the Christmas joy in the world does not change that. There's no 'let's help George, because it's Christmas' and George never says 'Well, I gotta help Gower or Ernieor Violet or Bert, because it's Christmas'.

It's a larger message, that if you spend your life helping people, even though it may not be as financially rewarding as working for a Potter, that you can make a difference - a huge difference even. It's about coming through for your friends, treating people decently, and having your friends come through for you.

[Nikia]

20. Home Alone

The subplot about the old neighbor man and his family.

[Hugin]

22. I thought you were going to mention when...

The robber gets clobbered with the bowling ball.

That kind of makes my eyes water.

Yeah, the sub-plot is very touching. :)

[LibraLiz1973]

23. thats the saddest part of the movie-

I get choked up when Kevin sees that the old man has his son and grand daughter over

[Paladin]

25. "Scrooge" With The Brilliant Alastair Sim

Beats any other version of "A Christmas Carol" by a mile. Gets to me, every time.....

[LibraLiz1973]

26. I seriously can't believe I forgot this one...

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

[redwitch]

27. I cry at the beginning of it too.

I am very sentimental. :-)

Also, The March of the Wooden Soldiers, when the soldiers start and the "March of the Toys" begins. Watched that movie every Thanksgiving as a kid, it makes me think of my mom whom I lost in December of 2004. The holidays are very bittersweet but I love this time of year anyway.

[GenDem]

28. "It's a Wonderful Life"

gets me each and every time I watch it. I cry through many scenes, and really turn on the waterworks at the end when the whole town is bailing George out and singing.

I call it my Christmas purge...because when I'm done watching it I feel like I've expelled enough emotion from all the real things that I personally have on my plate that I haven't cried over.

Kind of like therapy, except free.

When it's over I'm renewed.

[LibraLiz1973]

36. lol- Christmas purge

Your right!!!

[Evoman]

29. Die Hard.....the part where he runs through the glass.

Okay..maybe not cry, so much as wince.

[LibraLiz1973]

37. In his bare feet... ewww, soooooo painful looking

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. A Christmas Carol.

Either the version with Paul Stewart as Scrooge or the version with George C. Scott as Scrooge.

[momophile]

33. me too.

my mouth's bleedin'!

[skygazer]

34. Monty Python's Life of Brian

The bit with the ex-leper always gets me teary (some would argue that this is an Easter movie - I feel it's suitable for either holiday).

[IcyPeas]

35. "The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs

It's a staple in the U.K. where it's shown every year, but I managed to record it when it was on here (about +10 years ago). It's a beautifully animated 1/2 with nice music and pretty hand drawn animations. I believe you can rent it and I've seen it for sale too. Well worth it for kids and adults too -- even though it does make you cry......

Merry Christmas. :toast:

[Aristus]

39. Believe it or not, the Chuck Jones animated "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

When his heart grows three sizes at the end, and his face is shining with happiness, I tend to well up with tears.

Go ahead, mock me. B-)

[cmkramer]

40. I don't really cry at movies

but some do get me a little misty.

"All Mine To Give" which is about a pioneer family in Wisonsin whose parents die and the oldest son must find homes for all his brothers and sisters. Naturally, the last child finds a home on Christmas day. The last scene in the movie is the older brother walking away in the snow while the other child is being hugged by his new parents.

"Penny Serenade" which I just watched the other day. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are a couple who adopt a baby girl. When she's about 5, she gets a part in her school Christmas show. She's an "echo" -- she has to go behind a cloud and "echo" the older children when they sing. She also has to put the "star" over the stable where Baby Jesus is born. And she has to be in her stocking feet so no one will hear her.

The next Christmas we learn that the little girl (Trina) got sick and died three weeks before and the parents are too grief-stricken to be of any comfort to each other. There's a big rainstorm and a frantic woman comes to their door, tells them her car has broken down and that she needs to call a taxi. They let her in but she is unable to get a cab. so Irene Dunne and Cary Grant offer to drive her and her little boy to wherever they need to go. Turns out they're going to the school so the little boy can be in the Christmas pageant. When he gets out of the car, Irene Dunne notices that he's got on tennis shoes and she asks Cary Grant to get them out of there.