Films have interesting ways of making audiences everywhere feel emotional. Whether that emotion is happy, sad or frustration, some films allow us to connect to the characters on many different levels. For instance, sad films such as "The Notebook" or "Titanic" manage to find their way into the audiences' hearts, sometimes even making them shed a tear or two. Emotional films sometimes can be the best ones to watch because they can give audiences' opportunities to reflect upon their own lives, give them a good cry or just make them feel better about themselves. Whatever the reason may be, films that tug on the heartstrings will never cease to exist because there are plenty of people who love to have a good cry while watching a film with a good script. Here are some movies that accomplish both of those:
1. "My Sister's Keeper"
This film, starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric and Abigail Breslin, is about a young girl, Anna (Breslin) who wants to become medically emancipated from her parents in order to have the rights to her own body because she doesn't want to donate any more of her internal parts to her sister Kate, who is dying of cancer. Sara (Diaz) and Brian (Patric) agreed to have Anna via in vitro fertilization so she could be the perfect match for Kate whenever she needed bone marrow transplants or organ donations. The film follows the family through the ups and downs of having a relative with cancer while showing that it is the little things that make life worth living.
2. "Toy Story 3"
Whether it was the nostalgia of reliving our childhood or because of the well written script, "Toy Story 3" managed to make many people everywhere shed a tear or two after the credits finished rolling. The third installment of the "Toy Story" trilogy picks up with Andy going away to college and he must make a decision of which of his toys he is going to keep or throw away. Due to a misplacement, his toys end up at a daycare center which is under the control of a toy that almost seems like a dictator. The film follows Woody, Buzz and company on an adventure to escape the daycare center to try to get back to Andy's home.
3. "John Q"
"John Q" stars Denzel Washington as a distressed father who holds an entire hospital hostage when he finds out his insurance will not cover his son's heart transplant. John's (Washington) son collapses due to an enlarged heart and if he does not get a transplant, he will die. John's son is placed at the bottom of the list for heart transplants, but John refuses to take no for an answer. Throughout the film, John and the 11 hostages get to know each other and they learn to understand John's desperate situation clearer.
4. "Simon Birch"
"Simon Birch" follows the journey of a friendship between Joe and Simon, who was born with a birth defect that left him smaller than everyone else. As a result of Simon's disability, he gets bullied by all the other kids in school, but even though Joe was reluctant to become friends with Simon, the bond they share ends up being a beautiful one. Although bullied, Simon believes God created him that way because he has a much higher purpose in life, and Simon realizes this when tragic events begin to occur during the film's climatic ending.
5. "Still Alice"
"Still Alice" stars Julianne Moore as Dr. Alice Howland who is a linguistics professor at a prestigious university. Once she finds herself at the top of the world, Alice's life begins to spiral down when she begins to forget specific events and locations. She eventually finds out she has early onset Alzheimer's disease. Throughout the film, Alice, who is fiercely independent, struggles to maintain her lifestyle as she slowly begins to lose her mind. Moore gives a gripping performance, which allows audiences to dive inside Alice's mind to witness what it's like to lose a grip on reality.
