Confession: I cry at any movie that's remotely emotional, and I'm a lot younger than you'd think based on that fact (suffice it to say I'm above 20 and below 30). Probably has something to do with my being a sucker for cinema in the 1st place. Either way, after watching Gifted (2017), which I'd already talked about in a previous thread, thought I'd rank the 10 films I've cried the hardest at all-time (could be I'm forgetting a couple, but these are the first 10 to come to mind).
NOTE: The movies below are not ranked on how good they are, otherwise Casablanca would be No. 1 (seeing as how it's the greatest film of all time). Rather, they're ranked on how hard I cried at them the first time around, and how likely I'd be to cry at them again.
10) Gifted (2017) I saw this movie last week, and I still find myself thinking about it daily. It's not quite a masterpiece, but it's a really terrific film that tugs at the heartstrings.
9) Interstellar (2014) A Christopher Nolan masterpiece. What a film.
8) Inside Out (2015) Hilarious, yet heartbreaking. A Pixar gem, and the greatest animated film ever made.
7) Prisoners (2013) I was so broken I stopped crying at one point, and just sat there with my jaw hanging and my tears drying. Unbelievably dark, but what a film.
6) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) The first film I truly sobbed at, and it's still a masterpiece. It's an experience as much as a film.
5) Saving Private Ryan (1998) How can you not cry when-well, I won't spoil it.
4) Ordinary People (1980) The definition of a tearjerker. Such a heavy, powerful film that takes on such a dark subject, and handles it masterfully. Robert Redford's best ever, IMO.
3) Casablanca (1942) The greatest film of all time. Period.
2) Schindler's List (1993) For many, this would be No. 1. I could definitely hear that-if you don't sob your heart out at this, you're not human, but in terms of sheer emotional wreckage, I have to give No. 1 to...
1) Lone Survivor (2013) I sobbed like a baby, so loud and so hard I thought I'd wake everybody up. My eyes were crimson afterwards. What makes it even more powerful is the real-life footage showed at the film's conclusion. What a masterpiece.