Watched "The Bucket List" and didn't really get choked up until he crossed "kissed the most beautiful girl in the world" off of his list.

Bucket list was powerful.

I'm assuming by unexpected, not the usuals like Bambi, Old Yeller, Pride of the Yankees, etc... I don't think I've ever shed a tear over a movie, tv show or book, but as far as the unexpected, the first to come to mind was the ending of T2. Definitely unexpected that I would feel sad at all.

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The Mad Men scene with Jon Hamm and Weiner's kid in the elevator.

To see a gap in acting ability that large... I just couldn't handle it.

Lonesome Dove when Gus is dying
" My God Woodrow; it's been quite a party ain't it?"

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Yes. Moments in movies where you didn't expect something coming or it might not have had a huge buildup, but hit you in the heart.


"Up" was another one.

i'm assuming all spoilers are ok here?

just in case, spoiler for season 4 of the wire...









bodie's death i honestly thought him and poot would both make it out since we lost D and wallace already. his death was one of those tragic moments in the series (and there are a ton of em) that i didn't see coming and hit me hard

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i'm assuming all spoilers are ok here?

just in case, spoiler for season 4 of the wire...

bodie's death i honestly thought him and poot would both make it out since we lost D and wallace already. his death was one of those tragic moments in the series (and there are a ton of em) that i didn't see coming and hit me hard

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I had that spoiled for me before I finally watched the series. Wish I had not known. Seems like it would have been crazy sad .

it's also one of my favorite scenes in the series. bodie grew on me gradually over the course of his 4 seasons but by the end, he was one of my favorites

Shallow Hal, the scene with burn victim girl near the end.

Final scene of the Danny Boyle film "Millions"

Simon Birch

My Girl

Its a Wonderful Life

Moulin Rouge

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I've only cried from two movies, oddly Shallow Hal was one of them.

I never saw the end of Shallow Hal. What did I miss?

My wife cried at the beginning of Star Trek, when the baby was being born and the dad was dying in the crash

Shallow Hal spoiler...




So basically, the premise of the movie can be divided into 3 parts:

1) Shallow period.. Hal is shallow and is trying to nail hot girls (known by the rest of us as life)
2) Under spell.. Hal is put under a trance like state of mind where he only see's "inner beauty". So if an ugly woman is kind, then he sees her as smoking hot, and vice versa
3) Awaken.. Hal is woken up from his spell and realizes that the woman he fell in love with is actually a fatass.


Most of the movie is predictable with laughs on how fat his girlfriend really is, and breaks stuff when she sits on it, and whatnot. Mostly a lighthearted movie that you'd take as campy and ok.

However, during period 2, Hal's girlfriend (who has both large body and heart) takes him to visit kids at a hospital. He asks her if what they have is contagious. She looks at him like he's a dumbass and says.. no. These kids look like normal cute kids to him. So he hugs and plays with them and whatnot.

During the period 3, he is looking for his girlfiend (who he pissed off) and goes to the hospital. There he meets a girl who is disfigured. He doesn't recognize her, and she say's something like, "remember me, my name is XYZ?" He looks up and see's that they were in the burn unit and it dawns on him that all the kids he was playing with were disfigured.


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The episode of King of the Hill when Hank's truck dies

There is that one Futurama episode. I don't think I need to mention which one.

Jurassic Bark.

I was totally not expecting that from witty cartoon comedy.

This comes to mind because we were just watching it today- but season 6 of 24 when Jack has to kill Curtis because Curtis is about to kill the reformed terrorist whose help they need to stop the suitcase nukes. In the moments leading up to it, you assume some sort of peaceful resolution and it's a shock when Jack pulls the trigger.

Man on Fire. Denzel is shot up badly and can't move when the kidnappers take the girl.

When Wills dad leaves him on fresh prince. Holy hell I bawl whenever I see that

Shallow Hal was a strange movie to have a scene like that.

Boyz n the Hood. When Cuba Gooding Jr is holding his friend that got the USC scholly.

armageddon when bruce willis sends ben affleck back on the shuttle.

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When Wills dad leaves him on fresh prince. Holy hell I bawl whenever I see that

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The look on Uncle Phil's face when Will goes off is...powerful.

"How come he don't want me, man..."

Will Smith was a star from day one.

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Best scene of the best show ever. I probably have rewatched it 100 times.

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