Check out Et cetera’s Top-10 movies to cry about

Jerry Hoffman

I know it is not fashionable for a man to admit he is, in fact, a human being with human emotions. And while it is not socially permissible to admit one has cried, it is certainly not tolerable to admit crying at movies.
Oh well. Here they are, the Top 10 movies that made me cry.
10: Pretty Woman. It’s not that I have a soft spot in my heart for prostitutes. But it was so sweet that Richard Gere pulled up on a white horse and climbed to Julia Roberts. I still can’t believe he loved her enough to do the one thing he’s most afraid of.
9: The Grinch. I know, I know. It wasn’t a sad movie. It wasn’t made for crying. Hell, it wasn’t made for adults. But when that little green bastard warmed up to Christmas, I couldn’t help but melt into my seat and weep.
8: Gladiator. Huh? Yeah, Gladiator. I won’t ruin the movie by stating why, but if anyone has seen the movie all the way through, they would see the overarching beauty to the whole story. The worst part wasn’t that I cried, but that my girlfriend didn’t.
7: Philadelphia. This is one of the few movies that ought to be on everyone’s tear list, provided they have a soul. Additionally, every bigot or misguided religious fanatic ought to be forced to view this movie. Twice.
6: Jerry Macguire. Perhaps it is pathetic that a movie about a sports agent and his on-again, off-again girlfriend brought me to tears. But then again, like all the other movies on this list, the ending had me at hello. And that little boy…how cute can a kid be?
5: Armaggedon. This movie needs no introduction and needs no explanation. Let’s just say Bruce Willis is the man.
4: Titanic. Yeah I know, the boat sank. And surely, there will be one or two people out there who remember when I swore I would never see this dramatic mess. Well, I did and I wept. Don’t act like you didn’t, either, because everyone knows that everyone cried at this movie.
3: Braveheart. For whatever reason, movies where men will fight for a cause greater than themselves, at the expense of their own life, makes me weep. It’s just the way it is. Chances are that even the most cynical, most hardened gruff of a man will admit to shedding a few tears over Braveheart.
2: Top Gun. Dude, Goose. When Tom Cruise can’t help but balling over Goose, I have to say I was powerless to stop my own tears.
1: Forrest Gump. This movie is, hands down, the best freaking movie ever made. Whereas most of the movies on my list made me cry once, or perhaps twice, I cry somewhere in the area of 12 or 13 times during this movie. I say cry, as in the present tense, because I still cry every time this movie is on.
Anyway, there’s my Top 10 movies that made me cry. Hope you liked them. Please don’t make fun of me.
Want to sound off about this topic? Write us at etc@cm-life.com.