What old movie ending made you cry?

It's a Wonderful Life, every time
- Several plot points in that film are absolutely horrifying like the shopkeeper deafening him as a child
  
  He was deafened by an ear infection after diving into a frozen pond to save his brother from drowning. Later he prevented Mr. Gower from accidentally poisoning a child when Gower was distracted by grief. I do believe Gower hit him during that sequence though, if that's what you're referring to. And yeah that last part is rough but sometimes life and history are unpleasant.

Grave of the Fireflies is a good one and has been mentioned a few times already.
Fox and the Hound has several tear jerker moments, though most memorable for me is when Todd is returned to the forest.
Land Before Time was my first parent death in a film that I can remember. And unlike Bambi, this movie shows more of the consequences of losing a mother at that young of an age.

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan always makes me cry. The death of Spock, the exchange between him and Kirk, it always kills me.
- For me it is Shatner's performance during the funeral. Any time Shatner's acting gets made fun of I bring it up.

Not exactly "cry", but Terminator 2 was very emotional for me. And it wasn't just the ending, it was the theme song in conjunction with it. Even right before the movie, the whole opening sequence (before the events of the stories start) with the

Whenever the theme plays, the I feel like I've accended beyond the linear 3D plane and went into the 5D world and I can visualize the entire Terminator timeline. Its just this concept of time travel is so fascinting.
It's tragedy, its genocide, and the small glimmer of hope, all contained in a single soundtrack. The spirit of the entire series (especially T2) is all described by this one single magnificient soundtrack.

Old Yeller
If that movie doesn't get you to shed a tear, you're not human.
I'm a pretty hard-boiled tough guy by most standards, and I'm getting a little misty just thinking about it.

Dead Poets Society (1989)
Powerful ending, just excellent.
No idea if it holds up in the current era.
- Great film. I hate to call it old. Even though I realize it is now.
- I think it holds up. But I'm biased because it's on my top 5 movies of all time.

Not before 1990 but when I watched Terminator 2 as a kid I cried when they lowered the t-850 it into the molten slag.

2010 (Space Odyssey 2).
Don't cry, it's only thunder.
Grave of the fireflies.
Blade runner.

E. T.
Honorable mention: The Neverending Story. Cried during one scene in the movie, not the end.
- Artax :_(

The Lion King (1994)
- Oh, that's been a bad one on REwatch after the most recent passing of one of its stars. It's so much more sad, now.

Schindler's List
It is a cinematic triumph and a film that everyone should see. With that said, I am unable to ever view it again. The scene where Schindler is breaking down realizing that if he didn't have expensive items he could have saved more people just absolutely killed me.
- That plus the descendants of those he saved placing stones on his grave

"Paths of Glory" is one of Kubrick's most underated films (or at least lesser known) and the ending is pure emotional power.
The fact that you just spent almost 90 minutes hating humanity and the shitty situations in which we put ourselves as a species, only to be able to come away from the film thinking "we're not all bad" because of what happens in the final 10 minutes blows my mind.
If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend it enough.

Just saw Elephant Man at the Music Box Theatre. Incredibly moving film if you haven't seen it. They're currently running a film series on David Lynch and that was the first of his films I had ever seen. Planning to see more this week if I can!
- Nice! Welcome to the world of Lynch! Hope you enjoy them. Have you seen Twin Peaks?

After the Promise 1987
Escape from Sobibor 1987
Dang '87 was a tear jerker fest in my timeline.

An Affair to Remember (1957) Yes I did watch it because it is referenced in Sleepless in Seattle and yes I did blubber cry just like the SiS characters suggested.

Harry and the Hendersons when they make him leave. Lithgow telling him he wasn't wanted 😢

When I was a kid, every year or so I would see kiki's delivery service on tv.
It wasn't sad or anything like that, but I always swelled up with emotions that I didn't understand and would quietly cry