The Best Movies That Make Us Cry

Everyone needs a good cry at the movies once in awhile, and if you ask us these are the 20 best movies that get our tears flowing every single time we watch them.

There's the romance, the sinking ship and that song, but seeing Leonardo DiCaprio as a popsicle always gets us where it hurts. Like Kate Winslet, we'll never let go of that one.

Sure, its themes of death and love and old friends make a huge emotional impact. Yet, it's those awesome beach houses we'll never be able to afford that always give us reason for a good cry.

The day every pet owner dreads is the one where they must say goodbye to their best friend forever. This movie gets us there in under two hours, and we usually cry for another two once it's over.

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." This tragic and sad film feels carefully constructed to transform everyone watching it into an emotional mess by the time the credits roll. On that front, it definitely succeeds.

If you build it, they will come. And if it's a Kevin Costner sports movie, we will cry.

So much of 'Schindler's List' is tough and brutal that it's almost a relief when the film reveals its heart and lets you cry. Look, when a guy as tough as Liam Neeson breaks down on screen, you're allowed to break down with him.

Talk about a movie that lassos our hearts and never lets go. Nothing is more likely to get us sobbing than doomed love, and the doomed love between two rough-and-tough cowboys may be the most doomed love of all time.

On paper it's just a cute and cuddly animated movie about a pretty mommy deer and her little baby deer. Then mom gets shot and our childhood was forever scarred.

Before the talking dogs and the hilarious birds, there's the montage. You know the one. The montage that tracks a marriage from childhood crush to death. The rest of 'Up' is less of an adventure and more an antidote for the first 10 minutes!

Do you have friends? 'Steel Magnolias' will make you cry. Do you have family? 'Steel Magnolias' will make you cry. Do you have kids? 'Steel Magnolias' will make you cry. Sorry, you are not immune to 'Steel Magnolias.'

When faced with choosing between patriotism and the love of his life, Humphrey Bogart's Rick goes with the former. It's one of the most famous choices in movie history, and Bogart--so tough but so defeated--gets us crying every single time.

This romantic drama about two lovers separated by their social differences is a total heartbreaker. That kiss in the rain? Those aren't raindrops-- they're all of our collective tears!

Professional wrestling seems like the least likely subject for a tearjerker, but the saga of Randy "The Ram" Robinson is evidence that even aging musclemen in tiny shorts can get us crying. The fighting is fake, but the tears are not!

Imagine the first 10 minutes of 'Up' stretched to two hours and you have 'Grave of the Fireflies.' This is the saddest animated movie ever made and it you're not reduced to a pile of snot and tears when the credits roll, you're not human.

Nothing turns on the joyful waterworks quite like lovable scamps fulfilling their dreams of playing college football. Only the most cold-hearted moviegoers don't shed a tear or two when Rudy finally gets the chance to play in the big game.

As Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart mourn the loss of their child in this gripping drama, you can almost feel it slowly plucking every one of your heartstrings.

Tom Hanks has a habit of playing characters so incredibly nice that they get us weeping whenever something remotely bad happens to them. Hanks playing a gay man battling AIDS is our Kryptonite. How can we not cry?

When George Bailey learns that he's rich in friends and that he and he alone has prevented his hometown from turning into Las Vegas, the tears of joy you experience are perfectly normal. Don't worry, everyone cries during this one.

If you're not weeping due to the unjust imprisonment of Michael Clarke Duncan's John Coffey, you'll definitely be sobbing thanks to the incredible, life-changing miracles he performs. And since Tom Hanks is involved, it's totally okay to cry.

That Aerosmith song. Bruce Willis' tearful goodbye to Liv Tyler. Children waving American flags in the face of the an asteroid-fueled apocalypse. You are not only allowed to cry during this movie--you are actively encouraged.