Saving Private Ryan - When a dying Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) tells Pvt. Ryan (Matt Damon): "Earn this." And then when Ryan, as an old man, kneels at Miller's grave in France and tearfully asks his wife if he's led a good life and has been a good man. :crying:
Schindler's List: When Schindler (Liam Neeson) realizes that while he may have bought and saved the lives of many Jews, he could've done more. He starts looking at his gold ring, his car, and calculates aloud how many more he could've saved. But the Jewish workers surround him and tell him he's already saved so many lives. :crying:
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King: During his coronation, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) walks through the crowd and reaches the heroic hobbits, who begin to bow respectfully to him. But Aragon stops them and says, " My friends, you bow to NO ONE." :crying:
Flight 93: As the passengers desperately fight against the terrorists and ram their way by sheer force of their will into the cockpit as the plane plunges to the earth. :crying:
Titanic: When Rose (Gloria Stuart) dies at the end and her spirit returns to the ship and all the other spirits, including Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio), are there waiting for her. :crying:
Armageddon: 1. When Harry (Bruce Willis) sabotages A.J.'s (Ben Affleck) oxygen tank to prevent him from staying behind to detonate the nuke, and Harry takes his place -- telling A.J. that's he's been like a son to him and to take care of his daughter, Grace (Liv Tyler).
2. When Harry says goodbye to his daughter from the shuttle.
3. Then when the shuttle returns to Earth, after Harry sacrifices himself to blow up the asteroid, Col. Sharpe (William Fichtner) walks up to Grace, salutes her and says: "Miss Stamper? Colonel Willie Sharp, United States Airforce, ma'am. Requesting permission to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I've ever met." :crying:
