Thursday, August 9, 2007

Top Tearjerker Movies

According to www.ew.com, these are the Best Movie Tearjerkers. The movies in red are the ones that I've already seen... actually, it's not much. Depressing count, I reckon.

50. Rudy (1993)
49. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
48. Cinema Paradiso (1989) i have the cd, haven't seen it yet
47. Moulin Rouge (2001)
46. Million Dollar Baby (2004) estoy de acuerdo....
45. Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
44. Dead Poets Society (1989)
43. Sounder (1972)
42. Now, Voyager (1942)
41. Little Women (1933, 1994) didn't make me cry... just got annoyed at Kirsten Dunst's character
40. Umbe
rto D. (1942)
39. The Champ (1979)
38. The Iron Giant (1999)
37. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
36. Jerry Maguire (1996) can't remember if this movie made me cry. nevertheless, still liked it
35. Philadelphia (1993)
34. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
33. Imitation of Life (1959)
32. West Side Story(1961) i have the cd too but i haven't gotten myself to watch it
31. Romeo and Juliet (1968) watched it back in high school, but i wasn't really watching... i think no one really watches during film viewings in class
30. Cocoon (1985)

29. The Way We Were (1973)
28. To Kill a Mockingbird (1972)
27. The Deer Hunter (1978)
26. The Great Santini (1979)
25. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
24. Charly (1968)
23. The Joy Luck Club (1993) loved this one
22. Longtime Companion (1990)
21. Steel Magnolias (1989)
20. Stella Dallas (1937)
19. Ordinary People (1980)
18. Love Story (1970)
17. Glory (1989)
16. Titanic (1997) over-rated
15. Life is Beautiful (1998)
14. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
13. Brief Encounter (1945)
12. Old Yeller (1957)
11. The Notebook (2004) read the book but I didn't shed tears
10. Field of Dreams (1987)
9. Ghost (1990)
8. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) haven't seen it yet but when my sister told me the story, i cried
7. Brian's Song (1971)
6. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
5. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4. An Affair to Remember (1957) watched the Warren Beatty-Annette Bening version and also loved it
3. Sophie's Choice (1982)
2. Bambi (1942) Bambi???
1. Terms of Endearment (1983)

I still have to go see the other movies and see for myself if they're really the best movie tearjerkers. Here is my top 10 though...

My Top Ten Tearjerkers
10. My Girl and I (Korea)
9. Love Affair (US)
8. A Moment to Remember (Korea)
7. Land Before Time (US)
6. One True Thing (US)
5. Sad Movie (Korea)
4. Oh Brother! (Korea)
3. Life as a House (US)
2. Message in a Bottle (US)
1. Taegukgi (Brotherhood) (Korea)

So these are the movies that didn't make me cry... they made me bawl!!! Sa Tagalog, hagulgol! Most especially with Taegukgi, I while the credits were rolling I was still crying inconsolably. As in may hikbi hikbi na!

I have to watch the other films on the list that I haven't seen yet. Who knows? My list might still change?

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