My Life as a Cry Baby

[dotinthesky]

Scene from the film My Life as a Dog

Films that have made me teary-eyed (or cry)

1. My Life as a Dog, last night on BBC4
2. E.T.
3. The Neverending Story
4. Central Station
5. Boys Don't Cry
6. Schindler's List
7. The Colour Purple
8. The Station Agent
9. Buena Vista Social Club
10. Fucking Amal (also known as Show Me Love)
11. Beautiful Thing
12. Together
13. Nights of Cabiria


There have also been instances in front of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Brat Camp (the first British season), and various assorted documentaries about regular families who manage to overcome some kind of obstacle and be stronger/better/happier. And I'm sure there are films I'm not remembering right now.

I need to own a copy of My Life as a Dog. Watched it last night, felt like doing nothing afterwards but thinking about it. Some films feel like a beautiful, and truthful, novel put to life, and that was one of them.

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I only saw The Colour Purple once... I need to see it again. I hope you like the other movies I've mentioned above! :)

[izzybees]

I, like dejavu_ have seen The Colour Purple an insane amount of times. It was another film my father got me into and it became my all-time favourite immediately (I was only six) - the more I watched it, the more I got out of it, and I know the entire thing by heart. I love reciting the "You told Harpo to beat me!" speech.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Now I feel like I'm missing out on the fun! I know we have it on our video-on-demand thingy so I'm going to try to watch it soon.