10 Movies We Knew Would Make Us Cry That We Saw Anyway

5. The Blind Side

This is not technically set up as a sad movie. It is presented to us as a tale of empowerment, struggle, and success, which it absolutely is. The true story of NFL offensive tackle, Michael Oher, a wealthy, white family in Mississippi take in an orphaned black teen who has seen too much in his life already. They give him a bed, food, a tutor, and coach his love of football into an athletic dream come true. At the end of the movie, he is sent off to college on an athletic scholarship and the credits roll with footage the real Oher accepting a position in the NFL. We all cried and we all knew we would cry. Don€™t lie to yourself. €œI€™ve never had one of these before.€ €œWhat, room to yourself?€ €œA bed.€ Come on! This movie was a tear jerker based on living conditions of welfare families alone. We know there are people who live like this, but we don€™t like knowing that. We want everyone to have their own bedroom. Though the tears that were shed were happy tears, they were shed nonetheless.