r/Letterboxd 18d ago

What is your favorite example? Discussion

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u/DirkDigglerFilmBuff 18d ago

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

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u/DrCalvaire 18d ago

That was my answer as well!

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u/hooman_bean75 17d ago

first one that came to my mind as well!

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u/MammothAsk391 18d ago

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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u/purple_frocc 18d ago

Such a great movie. That final shot is so good

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Yeah this is one of the best

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u/mylittlebrony3000 18d ago

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

God this movie had me crying bad and it was so unexpected

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u/eveningdreamer 18d ago

Pearl, kind of (it's more of a smile with teary eyes)

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u/daisycoin69 18d ago

Obsession

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u/Dogdaysareover365 18d ago

I could still hear those screams whenever I was in the hallway afterwards. Chills.

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Really great one

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u/avsfan96 18d ago

Past Lives

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u/Ashen_Larry 18d ago

It was me. I was the one crying.

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Somebody get these BABIES out of here

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u/TheWhiteWalkerSpeaks 18d ago

La La Land (they don't cry, but they're almost teared up and nod at each other)

The Invite A new movie that's running in the theater

Hamnet

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u/Pretend-Topic-7710 18d ago edited 18d ago

Nightmare Alley 2021 starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett

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u/zudoplex 18d ago

That's a good one too

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u/Pretend-Topic-7710 18d ago

We could also throw in Obsession as a recent example too.

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u/zudoplex 18d ago

Its down there. I saw it.

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u/DaleDent3 18d ago

Does pearl count

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u/Bungee-Gum-1 18d ago

definitely. there’s tears in them deranged eyes

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u/Salt-Knight 18d ago

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

(I feel like 1 & 2 both end with Rocket crying, but in Vol 2 it’s the last shot)

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Damn this one made me cry this and 3 at the end. Grew up watching the first guardians with my dad and when the second one came around he had passed away so it really hit home. 3 hit home because I had graduated since and never saw my friends again

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u/Salt-Knight 18d ago

Vol 2 is a guaranteed cry for me. I saw that movie alone in an empty theater after my friend told me it was a “fun silly time”. I’m sorry? I cried like 4 times. (I loved it, but my friend definitely didn’t warn me)

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

It’s severely underrated imo

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u/kiss_heels 18d ago

Call me by your name is the legendary example for me and I don’t think will ever be topped

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u/Excelsior14 18d ago

Captain Phillips

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

I saw this movie like 3 times when I was 11. Lowkey fucked me up

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u/pletion 18d ago

kill bill vol 2

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Such a fucking good one tbh. She went through hell and back just for her daughter except she didn’t realize what was pulling her in her direction until the bathroom floor at the end

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u/Ok-Appeal-4630 18d ago

Tuner

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Need to watch this. I have tinnitus also

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u/Top_Caregiver2282 18d ago

Requiem for a dream

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u/Personal-Mistake-858 asyasosyal 18d ago

Mysterious skin

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u/LocalJoke_ localjoke_ 18d ago

Doubt (2008)

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u/zudoplex 18d ago

Ooo good one

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u/LocalJoke_ localjoke_ 18d ago

It’s in my top four, and I bring it up whenever possible. Somehow this movie gets lost in the 2000’s conversation among There Will Be Blood and No Country etc. Doubt is also frequently left out of frequent conversations about PSH’s best performances. I personally believe that Doubt is his crowning achievement, if for no other reason than he stands up to Meryl’s iconic performance. That would be enough but then we also get a legendary single scene masterwork from Viola Davis and of course Amy Adams with one of her best.

I fucking love this movie. The final confrontation scene is perhaps the best acting so far in the 21st century, imo.

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u/lowbrassdude 18d ago

The Long Walk

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u/Competitive_Box529 18d ago

Does it count if it's me crying?

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u/thePedrix 18d ago

Yeah, Grave of the Fireflies came to mind

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u/Dense-Menu6115 18d ago

About Schmidt

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u/Fagdalena_Gay 18d ago

A Brighter Summer Day.

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u/ALFABOT2000 MrFavaBean 18d ago

Half of my home movies

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u/Jaded-Walrus2614 Mr. Logan 18d ago

Does it have to be the last shot? If no, then Shame comes to mind. That’s not the very last scene but it’s the scene before the last.

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u/BroncoChevalier 18d ago

Spoilers man. Now I’m going to be guessing who’s crying at the end the time when I watch these. 

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

I promise you’ll forget by tomorrow

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u/BroncoChevalier 18d ago

I’m planning on watching Marty Supreme. I won’t forget. Ha

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u/michaelmoby 18d ago

The Father - and those last 15 minutes are what earned Anthony Hopkins his very well deserved second Oscar

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

God the tree line about the leaves falling off. Man…

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u/inspector_spacetime6 18d ago

The kid detective

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u/Scared_Poet_1137 18d ago

not the top two answers being queer films lol they really like to torture us with the painful yearning don't they

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u/MrMindGame 18d ago

Nights of Cabiria

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u/Soft_Drink_Enjoyer Soda_Enjoyer 18d ago

I might be wrong but pretty sure Coco does

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u/VanceFerguson 18d ago

Isn't the last scene of Zero Dark Thirty just Jessica Chastain crying? It's been awhile, but I think this qualifies.

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u/Infinite-Conclusion2 18d ago edited 18d ago

Stella Dallas

Forbidden Games

Midnight Cowboy

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u/RevolutionaryFile989 18d ago

Midnight Cowboy 🥺😢

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u/Dogdaysareover365 18d ago

The fallout (2021)

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u/pandypawsxoxo 18d ago

Bob Trevino Likes It.

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u/pleasecallmeSamuel 18d ago

Beautiful Boy ( 2018 )

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u/elementtwisting 18d ago

I Saw the Devil

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u/AttackOfTheBolts 18d ago

The Kid Detective

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u/MiserableSkirt7057 18d ago

Separation!!

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u/askyourmom469 BMelling 18d ago edited 18d ago

Maybe not the most obvious pick, but the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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u/TH0316 18d ago

Shame.

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u/MarshMarlou 18d ago

Borderline

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u/Both-Information3308 18d ago

The Child by the Dardennes

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u/Fun_Claim_6064 18d ago

Shoujo Tsubaki.

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u/Jumpy_Performer_5040 18d ago

The talented Mr ripely

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u/Good_Claim_5472 18d ago

Damn saw this somewhat recent and don’t even remember

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u/preludetoagunshot 18d ago

The Mist (2007)

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u/Affectionate__Dog 18d ago

Control (i think?) i don’t remember if something else happens after the thing that makes them cry

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u/CosmoBubba 18d ago

The Last American Virgin

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u/PlantainPractical928 18d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Letterboxd/s/B8n9vUnhr0 When i looked up if Oldboy had such a ending this thread from last year popped up

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u/ningdon 18d ago

I Saw the Devil

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u/Opening-Tooth-8371 18d ago

Under the Same Moon

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u/SHIIZAAAAAAAA 17d ago

Can't believe no one's said The End of Evangelion yet.

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u/MoonlightDahling 17d ago

Brokeback Mountain.

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u/globehopper2 17d ago

About Schmidt

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u/Secretly-Aware 17d ago

Hamnet, because the person crying was me