According to a Top 20 list compiled by the BBC News Magazine, Lord Of The Rings tops them all for men. Especially Return Of The King.
#1 Lord of the Rings, Return of the KingIn response to the Magazine's discussion about why Toy Story 3 makes men cry, male readers have been getting in touch with their emotional side and opening up about their own private tear-jerkers. Here is a selection.
#2 Shawshank Redemption
#3 Up
#4 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
#5 Marley and Me
#6 The Champ
#7 The Notebook
#8 Babe
#9 Field of Dreams
#10 Chariots of Fire
#11 The Railway Children
#12 Steam of Life
#13 The Night Before Christmas (1941 Tom & Jerry)
#14 Man on Fire
#15 Life is Beautiful
#16 Bridge to Terabithia
#17 The Italian Job
#18 Rocky
#19 My Life as a Dog
#20 Truly, Madly, Deeply
Interesting selections there, and some probably peculiarly British!
Come on, our male Halofirians, what other films would you add to this list?
...and come to that, what about the girls?
I would include West Side Story, Brief Encounter, The Remains of the Day, Dead Poet's Society, Gallipoli and The English Patient as movies that open the floodgates for me.