Movies in which the actors actually cry?

Submitted by TumbleweedSea788 t3_10pg04k in movies

You know, like real tears. I feel like watching some well-acted genuine sobbing. Those scenes are pretty hard to do and most of the time actors just frown their faces, or maybe cry one single tear (usually make up is involved too to make it seem like they're actually crying). Does anyone know of any movies with (lots of) real tears?

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ahmadinebro t1_j6k80c6 wrote

Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables

Charlize Theron in Monster

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

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EndlessOcean t1_j6k8qqx wrote

Terminator 2.

Not a flood of tears, but poignant all the same.

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Jack_Q_Frost_Jr t1_j6k99x6 wrote

You can tell Austin Butler is really crying in Elvis in the scene in the closet after Elvis' mother's death. The edges of Butler's ears are red - a detail no makeup artist would think of adding.

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Psychological-Rub-72 t1_j6k9amt wrote

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

When Spencer Tracy gives a speech about love, Katherine Hepburn is in tears. He was very ill during filming and died shortly after filming. It is obvious that he is talking about Hepburn herself and not the character she plays.

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Yolandi2802 t1_j6k9puk wrote

Truly, Madly, Deeply with Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson. The Fault in Our Stars, Brokeback Mountain.

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The_ZombyWoof t1_j6k9rdp wrote

Five Easy Pieces

from IMDb: "There was some disagreement between Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson as to how to play the climactic scene in which Bobby talks to his father. Rafelson wanted Nicholson to break down in tears, Nicholson did not want to. They decided to just let the scene play out and see what happened, and Nicholson did indeed cry. Only one take of that scene was shot."

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Keoghification t1_j6kadsy wrote

There was this one movie where a guy kicked a hat or something and broke his foot, and I think he cried for real. I don't really remember though, very obscure trivia.

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The_ZombyWoof t1_j6kbc8w wrote

Replying to ZorroMeansFox (#1,631,991)

I fucking love Five Easy Pieces, I hate that it's only known for the diner scene.

It's sad that Jack Nicholson devolved into almost a parody of himself. Watch this movie, The Last Detail, Easy Rider, and you can see the hella range Nicholson had back in the day, just amazing performances.

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Thatoneasian9600 t1_j6ke8y2 wrote

Julia Stiles was actually crying in that speech she did near the end of 10 Things I Hate About You.

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WindingRoad10 t1_j6kehp2 wrote

Monique - Precious - In the scene with social worker (Mariah Carey)

Lupita Nyongo - 12 Years A Slave

Andrew Garfield - Spider-Man: No Way Home

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yesplease6979 t1_j6khj3x wrote

Sweet Girl. Netflix original starring Jason Mamoa.

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Wonderful_Pen_4699 t1_j6kpwgf wrote

I dont know for certain if he cried, but Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now. Guy was having a legit drunken breakdown filming the opening scence and they just kept filming.

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LadySynth t1_j6kxi9m wrote

Claire Danes has always been excellent with crying on screen. For a recent example, watch episode seven of the miniseries Fleishman is in Trouble.

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pleasereadthanks t1_j6l4eg6 wrote

Magnolia is chock full of just people sobbing their guts out. Enjoy

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andro_7 t1_j6lfnhd wrote

Claudine (1974) with Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. The story is about a blended black working class family who is struggling to make ends meet and it was one of the more realistic and understandable dramas I have seen in recent times.

There is a scene where Jane's Earl Jones is giving up and crying into his dinner and it's really hard to watch- really tears and sobbing. He was incredible.

at 106:10

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andro_7 t1_j6lg0te wrote

Neverending Story at the end when the Empress is pleading with the boy Bastion to say his mom's name. She was a child actress and wasn't really in much else, but she put forth one hell of a performance

Save us!

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Tylerdurden389 t1_j6lnd01 wrote

I get a little chocked up at the end of First Blood and a particular scene in Rocky 3 when Stallone cries. Heck, even the new directors cut of Rocky 4 has a new scene where Sly let's loose (and it should've stayed in, imo).

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WikkidWitchly t1_j6m2iz5 wrote

Tully. Charlize Theron gives some good emotional breakdown moments.

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Redurr t1_j6maves wrote

matthew mcconaughey crying when he sees his daughter in Interstellar. Either he was or that was insane acting

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