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Thought of another more recent one: the movie "Arrival", dir. Denis Villeneuve. Brought me to tears and I couldn't get it out of my head for a long time.
No song has ever made me weep,maybe because I'm not very into music.But the song by the weeknd - The hills,that always moves me,the high terror shrilling in it and sort of dark temper of it is very affecting.I also like the line in it "when I'm f-cked up,that's the real me".Oh this song is practically mythological to me.
I am a big, big baby. Songs make me cry. Movies make me cry. I cry at commercials. Most recently, I cried at the final episode of "The Leftovers" from HBO. I cry at videos of dogs greeting their owners after a long absence. I cried during the Battle of the Bastards on Game of Thrones. I cried when Demelza let Julia's ribbon go in the wind on Poldark. It doesn't take much to patch into my emotions!
But once in awhile something gets under my skin, and it stays. The lullaby Dumbo's mother sings to him when he sneaks to see her; the beginning of the movie "UP"; Henry Blake's death on MASH; the book "The Dog Stars"; when Mr. Hooper dies on Sesame Street; the Brenden Fraser episode of Scrubs. Things I can't forget, and don't really want to.
Leonard Cohen's last album haunts me. It's so raw and final. There's a song called "Treaty" that just makes me...I don't even know. It's sad, of course, but so full of unresolved longing, and so agonizingly beautiful to me. Like a bruise I can't stop worrying, I listen to it all the time just to feel that little bit of exquisite pain. It wouldn't be the same with another singer, though. It's his breathless, tired voice that makes it so unforgettable to me.
ETA: How could I forget Hodor. Seriously, I could cry thinking about it!
Yes, there have been TV shows, movies, and books that affected me long after I saw/read them! Not to the point of weeping uncontrollably, but they definitely left an impact. Recently I watched the show "Six Feet Under" for the first time (marathoned it on Amazon Prime), and I still feel weepy when I think about the last few episodes. Also the book "Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock" by Matthew Quick comes to mind, as well as the miniseries "13 Reasons Why."
Films that have strongly affected me are: Revolutionary Road, House of Sand and Fog, and The Hours.
My reactions to music vary depending on what is going on in my life. Currently I am in a challenging relationship. When I want a good sobbing on the floor cry I listen to Heart of the Matter, from India Arie and Better Man from Little Big Town.
Those artists are not usual for me considering my general music preferences. I listen mostly to Pink, Annie Lennox, Sia and some Lady Gaga.
The song edelweiss...Brings tears. I performed it in first grade...So nervous..Yet my mom and grandma were there...And I felt safe..And made them proud. During my mom's last breath on earth I sang it to her again..With tears streaming...I reflect on that moment and sometimes I think...Really?? you made her suffer listening to your sobbing tune?
Lordy lordy... lol. Do we get extra points if one of these posts made us cry?
When I was a young kid it was the movie, "Brian's Song", based on the life of. Brian Piccillo and his friendship with Gayle Sayers and his struggle with cancer. A few years back it was the movie, Ten Years A Slave". That movie haunted me for some time. And to this day, every time I hear Janis Joplin sing"Me & Bobby McGee, I can't help but smile.
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