The Films That Bring Me To Tears

My explanations offers some spoilers.

1. The Deer Hunter – The ending. The group singing “God Bless America.” To Nicky. Particularly the flashback after the credits to De Niro falling and laughing at the wedding. Cavatina.

2. About Schmidt – Somehow both endlessly depressing and marginally uplifting simultaneously – all the more devastating because Jack Nicholson cries onscreen more realistically than any actor I know (see also: Five Easy Pieces).

3. Brokeback Mountain – Heath kills me with “Jack, I swear…” And The Wings.

4. Goodfellas – Various moments...