Best Tear Jerker Movies

So, I was having lunch with a co-worker when we started to talk about the all time best tear-jerkers.  You know the movies that make you cry every bloody time you watch?  "I'm fine! I can jog all the way to Texas and back, but my daughter can't! She never could!"  You sing it, M'Lynn.

If that scene in Steel Magnolia's doesn't make you cry, you have no soul.  I'm just tear-jerkin' your chain,  So, what did top our list?  Read on to see my bleary-eyed best.  Keep in mind I won't watch anything that has an injured animal in it, so if you're expecting Old Yeller, you won't find it. I've never seen it and never will. And, unfortunately for you dudes, many of these are chick flicks.  But, I challenge you to watch and not get a little sniffly.



A Few of My Favorite Tear Jerkers (in no particular order)

1. Beaches - Watch with a friend, safety in numbers
2. Steel Magnolias - See above, wipe face, read on
3. Terms of Endearment - Give her daughter the shot already!
4. Forrest Gump - Is he?  "He's very smart, Forrest."  Daaamn
5. Saving Private Ryan - Was I worth it?  Bawl.
6. We Are Marshall - dudes, the scene with Bobby Bowden snags me every damn time
7. Brian's Song - this one's for the guys
8. The Notebook - I love you, who are you?  Who am I? Let's face it, Nicholas Sparks doesn't like happy endings.  You can't watch any of his movies without a box of tissues, and put away the side arm.
9. Pay it Forward - And then go buy some liquor.  This one is heart-wrenchingly awesome.
10. Legends of the Fall - Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, family dysfunction, loss, reunion, tears.
11. The Family Stone - I'm not made of...
12. Stepmom - Who knew I'd be a weakling over this one, but alas
13. Schindler's List - no witty remark here, horrifying
14. The Joy Luck Club - Andrea Yates & Susan Smith biopic
15. Love Story - Love means ALWAYS have to say you're sorry
16. An Affair to Remember - and one I'd like to forget
17. It's a Wonderful Life - so cling to it

I could go on, there are a million, but these are the ones that popped into my nugget tout de suite.

No Whining, Just Wining

 We all need a good cry sometimes, so let it out.  Then pick up your goblet and sip some of Clarence's mulled wine. Here's a recipe:

2 bottles red wine
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
4 sticks cinnamon
5 whole cloves
1 orange
1 lemon 

Gentelmen Prefer Beer?
How about a nice Crybaby IPA, an American IPA out of Santa Barbara.