The Unfailing Tearjerker. We all have one.

[AndyR]

Botham's Ashes :lol: (not really)

The film of The English Patient used to do it to me, first few times I saw it, anyway.

There's all kinds of films that have done it, but very few of them have been able to repeat the effect on second viewing.

Songs aren't capable of making me cry on their own - they can if connected to something else, maybe used in a film or resonating with something in my life.

Anyone else reduced to tears by books? I do remember crying uncontrollably (in public, on a commuter train!) when I first read Birdsong. I couldn't see why the second time I read it :lol:

[Ian Price]

Songs aren't capable of making me cry on their own - they can if connected to something else, maybe used in a film or resonating with something in my life.

I can guarantee that I could make you cry with song.

[Loomer]

Oh, and by the way... If you don't have at least one Tom Waits song that gets to you in some way, you have no soul.

[MrBump]

There's a song "Wires" by Athlete - was quite a hit a few years back - and it was out at the same time my best friends first child was born, premature with CP and autism.

The imagery of the hospital, the mood of the song.  Everything just gets to me.

Lots of films get to me.  Lots of them.  I blame my wife, I used to be hard as nails before I was married.  At least, that's how I remember it...

The graphic novel "The Crow" gets me too - really speaks to me.

[Sifu Ben]

Chico and Rita

[Philly Q]

Philly, I thought the prices you get on ebay for your "used" (i.e. stored) gear would make you cry.

Aaargh, don't remind me! 

[Philly Q]

Chico and Rita

Eh??  :?

[38thBeatle]

I agree with the guys who mentioned Marley and Me. I remember getting to "that bit" at Palma Airport whilst awaiting a flight home and having to put it down due to one of those pesky flies that get right in your eyes and make 'em water. You know the ones don't you chaps?

[Sifu Ben]

Chico and Rita

Eh??  :?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235830/
 :roll:

[bucketshred]

Oh, and by the way... If you don't have at least one Tom Waits song that gets to you in some way, you have no soul.

Time

[Philly Q]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235830/
 :roll:

Ah.  OK.  Haven't seen it, but the poster looks familiar.  Sorry and all that.  :oops:

[Kiichi]

Disclaimer: Massive wall of text incoming!!!     Well, itīs what I like to do.

First of: That boy and the frog song...holy shiteeee!

Ohhh man, maybe I am just build close to the water, but I can think of several failsave tearjerkers for me. Itīs not like Iīll be crying all out, but more single tears stuff.
Well at list this will be a real mixed batch

Iīll start with movies:
Magnolia: Increadible drama, episode style (like love actually but better xD). I even like Tom Cruise in this one. And the scene where they sing...tears over tears each time. And on several other occasions.

Muppets Christmas Charol: Yes. I still watch it every year and Tiny Tim has never been so sad, EVER!

Into the Wild: I can deeply relate to the story to begin with, so the ending totally gets me. Insanely great shots of nature by the way.

Green: A documentary about the last day of an orang utan whose world got destroyed by corporations. No words, just pictures. EXTREMELY powerful.


Video Games:
Final Fantasy X: Several scenes, but the ending especially. I love this game so much I have played the hell out of it...several times. The journey through Spira is amazing every time. This game has a lot to do with who I am today.

Music: Now there are a lot that get me close, but these are pretty darn reliable.
Peter Gabriel - The book of love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmnDXRJ7btE
Originally by The Magnetic Fields. This song has always got me cause in itīs own way it is so beautiful, because in the original version it is so human and honest. Then I was introduced to this version by the finale of Scrubs and hell, like a bloody baby I cryd and now it still gets a tear from me.

Peter Gabriel - The power of the heart  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwOP67XhCJM
Originally by Lou Reed. Just fits me, or my dreams rather. Generally the Scratch my Back album is insanely good I think.

Nine Inch Nails - Hurt http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs386_nine-inch-nails-hurt-live_music
A lot of people prefere the Johnny Cash cover, and while it is amazing, nothing beats this live NIN one to me. Especially with the video it is brutally honest and emotional.

In Flames - Evil in a closet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnzp3bdCcFE
The screams are some of Anders best as far as I am concerned (with the two other songs that follow) and it really is the build up and the pure at the top of the lunge type screams that really get me. Part of my youth too.

In Flames - The chosen pessimist http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4wkz0_in-flames-the-chosen-pessimist_music
Again, the build up is great and the finale with those screams and the sonic wall...wow.

In Flames - A new dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rShKzrvrvM (hope this works...the Gema can be very annoying)
Desperation and hope beautifully combined, great vocal work and the breakdown with the incorporation of strings take this over the top and just make me more than watery.

Sufjan Stevens - Christmas in the Room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDbICM9mwE
Yeah, a christmas song. But Stevens is an amazing songwriter and performer. This song is one of the best lovesongs I ever heard. It is intimate, heartfelt and the arangement gives it simplicity and vulnerability while still being playful and uplifting. Just beautiful.
Even though christmas is over, give this a listen.

Tallest Man on Earth - Thrown Right at me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxfb2bQxus
The girl is the singer of Idiot Wind. Again a love song. This is again so real and heartfelt that is makes me cry cause it is so beatiful. Also this is like a song about a girl I used to know ;)
Generally seeing the Tallest man love is amazing. He has this one new song that he so far as only played live and when you experience it live...wow, everyone stopped breathing and was more than just chocked up, he sang his heart out like I have never seen anybody do.

My Chemical Romance - Famous last words http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HARirwBFG7E
The whole album is amazing, but his song...oh wow. How the song progresses from anger to love and just general epicness.

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here              Do I even need to link anything?
Or say anything?

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcl1PCaxFFw
Steven Wilson generally is a master of depressing and sad songs, this one being no exeption. The situation alone is sad and described this way...man.

Steven Wilson - Postcard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upetv4PTFVw
Lost love + self pitty +1 = postcard
Btw, the whole Grave for Drowning is a masterpiece and the tour was too.

Radiohead - Creep                 Do I need to link?
The song about everyones teenage years....

The Magnetic Fields - Papa was a rodeo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2bwB_x_IA
Clip from the concert I was at. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. Btw, you canīt see it in the clip, but in the mirrorball verse an actual mirrorball went on...pure perfection.
Merrit is truely a master songwriter, much underestimated.
This song is something else. Everyone was crying and laughing at the same time and THAT is a real art.

[Afghan Dave]

Kiichi, seriously if all those things make you cry... I think you may be clinically depressed.  :?

[Kiichi]

Kiichi, seriously if all those things make you cry... I think you may be clinically depressed.  :?

Well 4 of those are tears of joy and another 4 mixed^^

And yeah, that looks bad. I guess I am just a person that usually is very calm and relaxed. I most of the time do not really carry my emotions outward, so when I do they are more intense.
Should I make a list of songs movies / songs that make me euphoric / insanely happy / wanne dance around and actually do that most of the time?
Cause I think that would more than put things in perspective....it would be several times the amount of what I just posted.
So no need to worry about me I think.

Actually listening to sad things actually makes me happy. After the initial sadness has cleared, I reall lighten up. I guess I just get it out of my system through confrontation and reflection. (Though there are still songs that are just depressing).
Same way really hard metal like Heaven Shall Burn or such makes me calm, cause I can live out agressions with it^^

[MDV]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450

There are sad songs around, but that $%&#ing breaks me.

Also, I loved watership down as a kid, watched it over and over. Its PLENTY GOOD.

(In that apparently I liked grim and harsh)