<p>Love a good tear-jerker…Off the top of my head:
Toy Story 3
Joy Luck Club
My Life (with Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman)
Beaches
Sophie’s Choice
Brian’s Song
Up (the beginning part)
Testament (an old one with Jane Alexander - a family living through the aftermath of nuclear attack)</p>
<p>My favorite “cry at the end” movie is Pieces of April with Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson. It is about a mother and daughter trying to find their way back to each other after years of estrangement, the mother gets cancer and they are coming together for a Thanksgiving meal. It is also very funny as well as beautiful. It was at Sundance several years ago and is also an all time favorite movie, period. You will love it!</p>
<p>Shadowlands, with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. I saw it on an airplane without headphones and it still made me cry!</p>
<p>My Life as a House ----another cancer related movie to add to the others I mentioned. Kevin Kline is excellent in this one.</p>
<p>Chocchipcookie, if you have a Wii hooked up to your TV, you can stream Netflix through the Wii. Netflix has instructions on how to do this; it’s really straightforward. You can also stream through a PS3. If you have a new Blu-Ray player, odds are that you can stream Netflix through that. Just about everything streams Netflix these days. I’m waiting for my fridge to start showing me episodes of House, MD. 
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<p>I set up a Roku box for my parents, which they love. They’ve got an old CRT TV, no problem hooking up the Roku. If you’ve got a big shiny high def TV, Roku works on that, too. </p>
<p>We don’t have cable TV, so we use Amazon’s rentals to watch the current season of “Mad Men” or anything else brand spanking new. We paid for them separately, outside of Amazon Prime. But of course you can go for Amazon Prime and get the entire shebang (free 2-day shipping + all of the movie streaming). You may never move off your couch again. ;)</p>
<p>Maybe this thread should be linked to thread about adjusting to life as an empty nester?!</p>
<p>Come on…you all are about Jym’s and my age! Didn’t ALL the girls sob their ways through Love Story while their dates sat there eating popcorn!??</p>
<p>Hehe, I was too young to date in 1970, but Love Story was a tear jerker and I recall seeing it when it came out.</p>
<p>Thanks, Slitheytove.</p>
<p>In our basement we have the “new” large screen HD and the kids wii and ps2. However, we want the ability to watch movies upstairs in our family room, and that is a pretty old tv. Sounds like we’ll buy a roku…are they all the same? And then subscribe to Netflix or Amazon streaming…</p>
<p>my S2 is delighted that we’re joining the 21st century so he doesn’t have to buy I-tunes giftcards for movies anymore!</p>
<p>LOL, I considered myself too sophisticated to cry over* Love Story*, though I did read the book. I think I went on my first date in 1973. *Cabaret *was more my style, and really it has kind of tearjerker ending too, don’t you think?</p>
<p>^ Since you wouldn’t be hooking it to an HD TV, I think you can get the lowest model of Roku.</p>
<p>If you think you might upgrade your TV any time soon, spend a little extra and get the one that will do 1080p HDMI.</p>
<p>did anyone mention Sophie’s Choice?</p>
<p>Although I’m not a parent, this popped up on the newest posts tab. I always love a good tear jerker or a chick flick, some of my favorites are:
The Notebook <3 Although I did enjoy the novel more than the movie, can’t really complain.
Marley and Me was horribly say at the end.
RENT, although originally a musical, always makes me cry.
Toy Story 3 made my Mom absolutely bawl at the end, although I was just sitting there watching it, and giggling a bit at her, she did cry.</p>
<p>did anyone mention Sophie’s Choice?
^^^^^^
that wasnt a tear jerker.
but rather a " rip your gut out & stomp on it"</p>
<p>good point emeralkity4!</p>
<p>Never Been Kissed also makes me cry quite a bit. Practically anything LMN or just plain ol’ Lifetime plays will make you cry.</p>
<p>Brian’s Song - 1971</p>
<p>The Last Station. I do not think this incredibly sad and beautiful movie about the last days of Leo Tolstoy has been mentioned yet.</p>
<p>How Green Was My Valley</p>
<p>I second the Chinese movie To Live (agonizing)
Another Chinese movie: Not One Less (a happy ending, though.)</p>
<p>Japanese movie: Twenty-Four Eyes (about a kindergarten class before WWII–it follows what happens to the twelve students–quite possibly the saddest movie EVER.)
Oh, the Japanese version of Shall We Dance?–it has a lot of funny moments, but the tension in the middle-aged marriage and the way the teenage daughter senses it is painful and realistic.</p>
<p>The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (early 60’s British movie about a troubled teen. It depressed me for a week.)</p>
<p>atomom:</p>
<p>Anything that depresses me for a week I would probably not watch! :)</p>
<p>My main motive for starting the thread was to watch “chick flicks” over the summer, with some girlfriends. I know we need to upgrade what we have at home for watching movies, so I got some great tips here.</p>
<p>Teary movies that could be funny too, ie; Sleepless in Seattle…movies like that. My all-time favorite is still Ghost.</p>
<p>Is 4 weddings & a funeral funny & sad? Don’t know anything about it! I’ve never been a “movie” person in the theaters…would much rather watch at home. Price & convenience.</p>
<p>Hopefully we can concentrate on getting a roku in the next week or so. Thanks for everyone’s suggestions! More chick flick types?!</p>