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 Posted:   Jan 10, 2017 - 8:34 PM   
 By:   Zooba   (Member)

For me it would be MILK (2008) starring Sean Penn with a superb score by Danny Elfman.

Almost sad to say it was 8 years since I saw anything on the big screen that truly moved me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdKZgM_wF-8&list=RDbdKZgM_wF-8

Please share your choice and thoughts.

 
 Posted:   Jan 10, 2017 - 8:42 PM   
 By:   Mr. Jack   (Member)

A Monster Calls (in theaters now).

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 10, 2017 - 11:41 PM   
 By:   keky   (Member)

Hacksaw Ridge. Brilliant film and score.

 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 12:05 AM   
 By:   SchiffyM   (Member)

I cried like a baby at the end of "Inside Out." That was the most recent one.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 12:08 AM   
 By:   riotengine   (Member)

Hacksaw Ridge. Brilliant film and score.

I'll second this one. smile

Greg Espinoza

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 12:36 AM   
 By:   Morricone   (Member)

IMITATION GAME

 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 12:47 AM   
 By:   johnbijl   (Member)

I cried like a baby at the end of "Inside Out." That was the most recent one.

Same here.

 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 12:53 AM   
 By:   makro   (Member)

Grave of the Fireflies.
Don't even remember the score since the film was so intense.
Never seen such a sad thing in my life.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 1:36 AM   
 By:   KonstantinosZ   (Member)

2014 - When Marnie Was there (Ghibli studio) - But I didn't see it in the theater.

If we're talking strictly about films seen in a theater then it's:

2001 - Artificial Intelligence

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 1:55 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

This is a topic that seems to pop up every few months or so. If you use the words 'move', 'moving', 'touching' etc. -- possibly also with 'film' or 'score' -- in the search engine, it will literally give you dozens upon dozens of threads about this very issue. But zooba and 'search engine' are two words that do not co-exist! smile

In any case, I say as I always say: I very rarely cry while watching films, but I often get moved if the circumstances have been right (the film itself, and if there haven't been any annoying audience members who've ruined the experience). I rather consider it a totality of film and score, and quite often film without much score in the first place.

Looking at my list only from last year, these were some films that genuinely moved me to 'throat lump' level: DET SOM EN GANG VAR, MUSTANG, THE RED TURTLE, A MONSTER CALLS, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, THE KING'S CHOICE, perhaps TONI ERDMANN.

From a few years back, LO IMPOSSIBLE (Bayona really knows melodrama very well!).

As Konstaninos says, A.I. always tears me up (especially the forest separation scene, which shows the first signs of grief in David), and I've seen it maybe 15-20 times by now.

If I'm hung over, I'm particularly receptive to 'moving' material.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 5:14 AM   
 By:   MCurry29   (Member)

LO IMPOSSIBLE!

Runner-up: Let the Right One In.

and SICARIO, but in a much different way.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 5:26 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

No film in 2016 caused any stirrings in my swinging breeze block.
The last time I remember getting a bit emoch was when Han bought the farm in Force Awakens.
Prior to that was Inside Out, just for its sheer loveliness.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 5:30 AM   
 By:   tvogt1   (Member)

The Impossible (Velazquez)

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 6:10 AM   
 By:   Aidabaida   (Member)

The ending of Star Wars: Rogue One nearly moved me to tears, for a few reason. Firstly, I was marveling at how Gareth Edwards made me care for these characters so deeply over so little time. Secondly, I was marveling at how beautiful the cinematography and effects were - not built to dazzle but rather stimulate the imagination. Thirdly, Giacchino's music was jaw drop stunning.

And finally, I understood at last what it must've been like seeing Star Wars in 1977. Thrilling, incredibly exciting cinema. I'm still trying to figure out why I loved Rogue One so much smile

Another recent movie that truly moved me was Pan's Labyrinth, for obvious reasons.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 6:39 AM   
 By:   hyperdanny   (Member)

among recent scores, I would say Oblivion.
I haven't seen (yet), neither A Monster Calls nor Rogue One, though.

 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 7:20 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Space Battleship Yamato
Ostwind
Inside Out

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 7:34 AM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

The other night I (re)watched SCROOGE(1951) scored by John Addison. I'm not sure the soundtrack would work for casual listening outside of the film, but it certainly works wonderfully within it.

 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 7:46 AM   
 By:   other tallguy   (Member)

Rogue One. Wow. I'm not sure how moving it would be without 40 years of Star Wars behind it. But it had 40 years of Star Wars behind it. And Giacchino nailed it.

And I just saw Jackson's King Kong. I am annoyed at how much that movie affected me. Three days later and I still tear up. It was a super indulgent movie. But it worked. I just wish it had worked a lot faster. And I don't know what Shore's rejected score sounded like but Howard's score is amazing.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 9:18 AM   
 By:   John B. Archibald   (Member)

I found LA LA LAND moving, especially at that ending, when life turns out differently than anyone ever expects. Bittersweet.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 11, 2017 - 9:31 AM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

A Monster Calls. The film and score worked so well, it left me in tears on Monday.

 
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