I'd like to throw down a few titles myself, some fitting the criteria better than others:
Toto the Hero
The Royal Tennenbaums
Crumb
Ghost World
The Iron Giant
The Weather Man
Night On Earth
Stardust
I'd also like to nth the recommendations for A League Of Their Own, Jesus' Son, and the borderline archetypical Life Is Beautiful. posted by Sticherbeast at 4:20 PM on November 11, 2007
Everything Is Illuminated was the first film to come to mind as well (although the book might pull it off even more well). Also - Withnail & I (okay, so there's very little tearjerking until the end, so it might be more of a tearjerking comedy), the Royal Tenenbaums, Lost in Translation, Annie Hall? posted by punchdrunkhistory at 4:20 PM on November 11, 2007
Man on the Moon posted by waxboy at 4:23 PM on November 11, 2007
The Family Stone posted by gursky at 4:23 PM on November 11, 2007
I'd second:
- Truly Madly Deeply
- Everything Is Illuminated..
and add
- Fisher King
- In America posted by thinds66 at 4:33 PM on November 11, 2007
Recent Diane Keaton movies:
Because I Said So
Something's Gotta Give
The Other Sister (also fits into category below)
Movies starring wisecracking little people or the mentally handicapped:
The Other Sister
Simon Birch
Benny and Joon
What's Eating Gilbert Grape posted by HotPatatta at 4:34 PM on November 11, 2007
More keep coming to mind.
Funny Girl
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Kissing Jessica Stein
Bambi, Lion King, most Disney animated films posted by HotPatatta at 4:38 PM on November 11, 2007
Return to Me
In Her Shoes
Mrs. Doubtfire
I'm going to leave this thread and give someone else a chance to respond. posted by HotPatatta at 4:41 PM on November 11, 2007
Def Muriel's Wedding as mentioned above. After half a dozen viewings I still bust a gut when I hear: "You're terrible Muriel" or "Deidre!... Deidre Chambers!!" And then there's the bean-bag chair scene...And then later some waterworks.
Also Breakfast at Tiffany's posted by zenpop at 4:47 PM on November 11, 2007
Junebug is a good tragicomedy. I don't know if it's a quite a tear-jerker, but it does have its genuinely sad moments. posted by mccarty.tim at 4:48 PM on November 11, 2007
The Family Man
Hanging Up
Friends with Money
My Girl posted by HotPatatta at 4:56 PM on November 11, 2007
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
You've probably never heard of it. It got a pitifully small release. Stars Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson. It's the true story of a family with 10 kids, and the mom wins tons of much-needed prizes in jingle contests. Funny, and touching, and you will need a tissue. Delightfully filmed, too, with a second Julianne Moore showing up from time to time to talk into the camera.
I picked it up on a whim at the Wal-Mart $3.98 shelf.
Also (and some may fall into the "bittersweet" category, although I'm trying to avoid it):
She's Having a Baby
The Weather Man
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Just in time for Thanksgiving!)
The First Wives Club
Riding in Cars with Boys
Big Fish
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Elizabethtown
Barbershop
Raising Arizona
American Splendor
Barefoot in the Park
The Truman Show posted by The Deej at 5:24 PM on November 11, 2007
You definitely need to watch Millions, it's funny, touching, and bittersweet all at once.
Other possible choices:
- Shaun of the Dead
- Mermaids
- Stand by Me
- Old School
- Life Aquatic
- American Beauty
- Big posted by SassHat at 8:13 PM on November 11, 2007
If you don't mind PG, Freaky Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan. (The original Disney version is not good at all.) posted by JimN2TAW at 8:28 PM on November 11, 2007
East is East, about a Muslim family in 70's England - and the kids eat bacon on the sly! A hilarious romp and a heartstring-puller. posted by Xere at 8:52 PM on November 11, 2007
Marvin's Room. Starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, and Gwen Verdon. Totally hilarious, totally weepy. posted by hermitosis at 9:02 PM on November 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Thirding The Apartment. It's not a kneeslapper, but it has a consistently charming, quiet humor to it. And it can be pretty darn melancholy at times. posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 9:23 PM on November 11, 2007
Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) posted by Rain Man at 9:34 PM on November 11, 2007
ET! Ok, I'm sure everyone's seen it, but if you haven't seen it in a while, rewatch it! posted by peep at 9:52 PM on November 11, 2007
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