Movies - I have to say Superman, too. That movie is one of my favorite of all time. Also, the new Spider-man flick during Aunt May's "hero speech". The hardest hitting movie, though, in recent memory was Band of Brothers (yeah, miniseries, not a movie, but still) in the scene where they find the concentration camp. I just can't imagine what it felt like to find such horror. Also the scene in the last episode when the soldier gets shot by the drunk private is rough for me. Also, 50 First Dates gets me. I'm a sap for that flick.

Songs - I have to agree with Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue and Lee Greenwoood - God Bless the USA. Also, REM - Everybody Hurts (it was playing on the radio when I found out someone close to me died). Also there's a live, long version of Tomorrow, Wendy by Concrete Blonde that gets to me.

That's all I got off the top of my head.

REM used to make me cry, but that's because I would intentionally listen to it over and over again when I was depressed.
That 3 Doors Down song doesn't make me cry... except for an edited version they played near base here, where they spliced in messages from deployed troops' families in the dead spaces between lyrics.

Also there's a live, long version of Tomorrow, Wendy by Concrete Blonde that gets to me.

Oh hell ya. "They say goodbye, tomorrow Wendy is going to die..."

Actually a lot of Concrete Blonde puts a lump in my throat.

Oh hell ya. "They say goodbye, tomorrow Wendy is going to die..."

Yeah, in the live from Brazil version, Johnnette talks/sings for a little bit about suicide and AIDS before she gets to the last part -
Only God gives life
But I set my own time
And if he ever saw it
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered
It was us who did the crying
Hey, hey goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die....

That versions a little different from what the original lyrics are but it's pretty good.

John Michael Montgomery has a song called "letters from home" that had me so bad I had to pull the truck over till I could see again. Yeah, it was on a country station, and yeah, I was driving my pick-up truck. The longer I live in Texas the more my latent red-neck gene comes to the fore. All I need now is a big hat.
As for movies, there's a scene in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves where Robin explains nobility to Marian, telling about witnessing a squire pull a spear out of his own body to use it to defend a dying horse... don't know why, that scene gets me every time.

Thanks for the responses folks, some of these movies I haven't seen (and probably won't as I try to avoid sad movies) and a lot of the sings I didn't remember until you mentioned them.

There is one song that always brings me to tears- The good old Star Spangled Banner.  Amazing Grace on the bagpipes comes in a close second.

There is this song that they play at Christmas time about this kid wanting to buy new shoes for his Mom in case she meets Jesus tonight.  I have no idea who sings it or the name of it, but I simply can't listen to it.

I hate classic Disney movies.  They always kill the Mom off and leave the kid to live by themselves.  Makes me sad.

I also can't stand it when a dog gets killed in a Movie.  Evidently, dogs being killed is found to be worse than killing people.  We did the play "Of Mice and Men" in a Drama competition in High school.  In on part, they take an old dog out and shoot it.  In the competition, we had to remove that part because it was found to be "too emotional of content".  However, other plays had deaths of people in it, and that was OK.

Tomorrow Wendy - Concrete Blonde

I LOVE that song - but I don't think it makes me cry anymore - Everything makes me cry - in particular Beaches - I watched it sporatically when it was on tv for the 200th time a few weeks ago and I still cried - I knew what was about to happen and I still cried - in the same place EVERY time.

Theres a song by .... a country/western family band that begins with W and they sing a song called 26c (cents) I cry when I hear that song.

I absolutely sobbed when I saw Raising Helen the other week I was okay the whole way through until Jenny let Helen read her letter - then I was GONE.

The only movies any of you mentioned that I've seen are Robin Hood (I don't think I cried) Steel Magnolias (oh my gosh how I cried) and Notting Hill (didn't cry)

another movie GUARENTEED to make me cry - terms of endearment and the evenig star (and I HATE when Patsy says the emma wasnted her to raise Melanie because in the first one debra winger clearly says I want mum to have the kids - patsy only wants emma etc)

I love these kinds of threads

I hate classic Disney movies. They always kill the Mom off and leave the kid to live by themselves. Makes me sad.

Why do they do that?
Dumbo - no dad and the mum is thrown in jail for being crazy
Finding Nemo - mum dies
Snow White
Little mermaid
Cinderella ---- Yes I realise that all of those are based on Fairy Tales by the brothers Grim or Hans Christian Anderson - who were male - did they not have mums? I don't get it - why is the stepmother always the wicked one - I mean I'm sure there are very nice stepmoms out there (Julia Roberts stepmom - another movie that made me cry)
Sword & the Stone
Bambi
Pinocchio
Ducktales
Jungle Book

I'm out of movies - but you get the picture - It's bad to be a disney mum.
You're either dead, intended to die or wicked.

Exception was Serabi who had a bit part and the role reversal of the father dying in the lion king.
and Lady - but she was only a mother for the last 5 minutes of lady & the tramp.

Oh wait - disney movie where no mothers died nor were they wicked - Hercules.

I forgot about Fragile by Sting. Didn't used to do anything special, but he was planning to do a live webcast concert on Sept 11, 2001. After seeing the events of the day on the news, he spent the entire day with family and friends and tried to decide whether to hold the concert or not. He eventually decided to do one song on the net and then call the show or continue depending on the mood. He ended up doing the entire show, but the only song broadcast on the net was the first song, Fragile. After watching the performance, the song has a bigger effect on me.

There is this 70's Christmas show that is awful (not sure if they even still play it).  I don't even remember what the whole story was or what it was called (I think it's something like "Nestor the Christmas Donkey or something")  Anyway, it starts out with him and his mother leaving a stable.  They can't find shelter, so the Mom lays over him to keep him warm from the snow.  He gets up in the morning, but his Mom is dead.  I hate that show so much! 

He gets up in the morning, but his Mom is dead.

This is a Christmas show?

I just heard another song that I'd forgotten about: Concrete Angel, by Martina McBride....there are just TOO many songs that make me cry, I think!!

He gets up in the morning, but his Mom is dead.  I hate that show so much!

Oh, I remember that. Could have did without remembering that!

"Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)"

It's one of those Rankin/Bass stop motion things like Rudolph and Little Drummer Boy. Nestor eventually carries Mary into Bethlehem.

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(I was joking, but the DVD does also have the excellent "Year Without a Santa Claus" so if you're curious it wouldn't be a total loss! )

"Deliver us" Played in the opening sequence in the Dreamworks film "Prince of Egypt" (gets me every time)