When you think of tear jerkers, which films come to mind? I notice a couple themes that do it for me.
The first is films in which a little girl loses a playmate.
My Girl
The Book Thief
The second is films in which a father is reunited with a son against all (or most) odds.
A Knight's Tale
Creed II
I think the first theme affects me because there seems to be nothing quite so fierce as the love and loyalty of a little girl. The second because men who are desperately strong... well you're just ordinarily not going to see them break down and cry and in those rare occasions when you do see it... it kind of induces you to feel a vulnerability that you usually lock away.
