What old movie ending made you cry?

It's a Wonderful Life, every time

Several plot points in that film are absolutely horrifying like the shopkeeper deafening him as a child
- He was deafened by an ear infection after diving into a frozen pond to save his brother from drowning. Later he prevented Mr. Gower from accidentally poisoning a child when Gower was distracted by grief. I do believe Gower hit him during that sequence though, if that's what you're referring to. And yeah that last part is rough but sometimes life and history are unpleasant.

Grave of the Fireflies is a good one and has been mentioned a few times already.

Fox and the Hound has several tear jerker moments, though most memorable for me is when Todd is returned to the forest.

Land Before Time was my first parent death in a film that I can remember. And unlike Bambi, this movie shows more of the consequences of losing a mother at that young of an age.

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan always makes me cry. The death of Spock, the exchange between him and Kirk, it always kills me.

For me it is Shatner's performance during the funeral. Any time Shatner's acting gets made fun of I bring it up.

Don't mind me turning to dust in my chair.

Shawshank Redemption

Old Yeller

If that movie doesn't get you to shed a tear, you're not human.

I'm a pretty hard-boiled tough guy by most standards, and I'm getting a little misty just thinking about it.

Oh, don't be coy. We can already smell the soil on you.

Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. It's been 22 years since release ...

That is not an old movie. It's not a recent movie, but it's not an old movie.
- 22 years is old.
- Debatable. There are adults who weren't even born back then.
- Two decades is old. An 80s movie in the year 2000 was old.
- Almost none of these are old movies

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Powerful ending, just excellent.

No idea if it holds up in the current era.

Great film. I hate to call it old. Even though I realize it is now.
I think it holds up. But I'm biased because it's on my top 5 movies of all time.

2010 (Space Odyssey 2).

Don't cry, it's only thunder.

Grave of the fireflies.

Blade runner.

All Dogs Go To Heaven.

1989

Not before 1990 but when I watched Terminator 2 as a kid I cried when they lowered the t-850 it into the molten slag.

Batteries Not Included

E. T.

Honorable mention: The Neverending Story. Cried during one scene in the movie, not the end.

Artax :_(

Of the relatively recent movies, Interstellar. You know the scene. Or scenes.

Life Is Beautiful

Came here to add this.
Definitely better to watch with subtitles.

The Lion King (1994)

Oh, that's been a bad one on REwatch after the most recent passing of one of its stars. It's so much more sad, now.

Schindler's List

It is a cinematic triumph and a film that everyone should see. With that said, I am unable to ever view it again. The scene where Schindler is breaking down realizing that if he didn't have expensive items he could have saved more people just absolutely killed me.

That plus the descendants of those he saved placing stones on his grave

"Paths of Glory" is one of Kubrick's most underated films (or at least lesser known) and the ending is pure emotional power.

The fact that you just spent almost 90 minutes hating humanity and the shitty situations in which we put ourselves as a species, only to be able to come away from the film thinking "we're not all bad" because of what happens in the final 10 minutes blows my mind.

If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend it enough.

Just saw Elephant Man at the Music Box Theatre. Incredibly moving film if you haven't seen it. They're currently running a film series on David Lynch and that was the first of his films I had ever seen. Planning to see more this week if I can!

Nice! Welcome to the world of Lynch! Hope you enjoy them. Have you seen Twin Peaks?

Oldboy. no, not because it's sad

After the Promise 1987

Escape from Sobibor 1987

Dang '87 was a tear jerker fest in my timeline.

An Affair to Remember (1957) Yes I did watch it because it is referenced in Sleepless in Seattle and yes I did blubber cry just like the SiS characters suggested.