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This week has been so stressful!!! I’m looking forward to settling in with some Thai food, some wine and some movies. First up, Nicholas Ray’s 1952 film The Lusty Men . . .and then maybe something that will make me cry. Any suggestions????

9 months ago | [YT] | 143



@markp864

The Mr Rogers documentary made me cry. Not the Tom Hanks movie but the actual documentary. I know it’s not noir but Fred was such a kind and decent person. We need more people in this world like him

9 months ago (edited) | 10  

@wmlanza

Marty. Always cry at that. Hell, I cry at a lot of movies.

9 months ago | 7  

@nicolelillis2077

May I suggest the heartbreaking, cinematic masterpiece - "The heart is a lonely hunter", with the outstanding Alan Arkin, in the lead role. It's one of the most saddest, brilliant movies I've ever seen. You'll need a box of tissues though..☮️

9 months ago | 3  

@sifatshams1113

Frances Ha (2012) and Unbreakable (2000) are 2 films that have always made me cry.

9 months ago | 1  

@Dinki-Di

“Meet me in St Louis”. Judy Garland singing “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” always breaks me up.

9 months ago | 5  

@georgesunday9855

Brief Encounter, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Imitation of Life (1959), are three I highly recommend. Nothing like a good cry to release tension and stress.

9 months ago | 3  

@TheQuirkyCharacter

I cried bitterly THREE times while watching Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. There were two scenes at the end, when I had a real teary meltdown, and then there were the end credits with that song performed by Clint himself. . . I cried uncontrollably. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before.

9 months ago | 2  

@leehung4429

Yes. "Back Street" gives me chills everytime i watch it. Susan Hayward is also in it

9 months ago | 2  

@rubensalvador9422

For me at least I love Chaplin's the Kid and City Lights. Also the 1934 Imitation of Life. Old Yeller always affected me as well. Take care and hope you have a happy holidays.

9 months ago | 8  

@stratcat9432

I've got a great one, which is kind of an under the radar Montgomery Clift tour de force early role, the post world war 2 film set in war ravaged Germany called "The Search". The finale of that film with have you blubbering and feeling.... ? Search it out if you've never seen it. 😊

9 months ago | 8

@rodneyscott7108

I’m not much of a source for tearjerkers, but “Dear John” and “The Other Side of the Mountain” come to mind. The old Jimmy Stewart movie “Shenandoah,” is powerful. The ending brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it, since it represents the pain of all the families in the country dealing with the losses of that war.

9 months ago | 5  

@lbbotpn5429

Call me weird, but My Neighbor Totoro always gets to me. Outside of that, I see someone mentioned Night of the Hunter; also a good choice. I hope you de-stress and that you and the family enjoy the holiday season!

9 months ago | 10  

@StuckInProgrammers

Ooh, The Lusty Men is such a good film! If you want to stay in 1952, I'd recommend Paula, an interesting (melodramatic!) noir starring Loretta Young. It killed me, despite its flaws. If foreign films work, then I'd surely watch Umberto D. by De Sica or Ikiru by Kurosawa. Both are masterpieces that require mounds of tissues!

9 months ago | 3  

@barbaraburgoyne8359

If you want to cry, I'd recommend Hachi... guaranteed tearjerker. Or, if you want romantic tear jerker, how about Waterloo Bridge

9 months ago | 9  

@buddyvilla7393

The Lusty Men” that title always cracked me up !! May I suggest two Dirk Bogarde films from the 1950s. “Hunted” with Dirk and John Whitley. A small boy may have seen Dirk murder the man his wife may or may not have been having an affair with. Of the 40 odd films Dirk made for Rank 1947-60 it was one of the 3 films that were Dirks favorite. The other two are “The Blue Lamp” and Appointment In London”.Cast A Dark Shadow with Dirk as a baddie not as good though as Hunted!!Directed by Charles Chrichton”A Fish Called Wanda”.Dark Shadow Directed by Lewis Gilbert” Alfie, Educating Rita,You Only Live Twice”

9 months ago (edited) | 7  

@DaveCordell77

"Call Her Savage" always gets me.

9 months ago | 3

@MissFussbudget

"The Sterile Cuckoo" (1969). Liza Minelli stars as Pookie Adams, a troubled young woman who falls in love with a shy young man (Wendell Burton). The film follows their relationship from joyful beginning to painful breakup, and Liza gives an hilarious and heartbreaking performance. I find her almost too painful to watch .

9 months ago (edited) | 5  

@stevemcnary7963

For noir I'd go with In A Lonely Place with Humphrey Bogart or Out Of The Past with Robert Mitchum. For neo noir Chinatown with Jack Nicholson or Mulholland Drive with Naomi Watts. For non noir Casablanca with Bogart.

9 months ago | 2  

@Koyaanisqatsi137

"Yankee Doodle Dandy", if you want a good wholesome laugh-cry. I just picked up the Criterion release of Nick Ray's "Bigger Than Life". Doesn't make me cry, but it is an emotional roller coaster. James Mason at his finest.

9 months ago | 5  

@lastephen8017

Holiday movies that may boost your mood: Come to the Stable, Bells of St Mary’s or the Bishop’s Wife

9 months ago | 2