Forrest Gump/Tear Jerker

Tear Jerkers in Forrest Gump include:

• Every single death scene.
• When Forrest meets his young son and he asks if the boy is "smart or is he..." and can't bring himself to finish.
• Jenny, after years spent being abused by her father, running away and experimenting with drugs and giving her body to men who didn't care about her... returns to Forrest's home in simple clothes and with a purse, politely greets him... and then runs desperately into his arms, hugging him close. Awww..!
• "You died on a Saturday..."
• When Forrest leaves the letter at Jenny's grave.
  • Oh God seconded by this troper. The pain and emotion in Tom Hanks' performance in the scene is absolutely amazing.
  • The birds flying away as he leaves her graveside.
• Forrest & Jenny reunited at the Lincoln Memorial.
• Lt. Dan at the wedding, walking on new legs, finally at peace. Gary Sinise has since turned his entire character in a CMOH because of his work for the VA and USO, especially suicide prevention hotlines.
• The first time Forrest meets Jenny on the bus to school.

Forrest: *narrating* You know, it's funny what a young man recollects. 'Cause I don't remember being born. I, I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. Jenny: You can sit here if you want. Forrest: *narrating* I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.

• Close to the end of the movie when Forrest is seeing Lil' Forrest off to school. He tells Lil' Forrest he loves him and says he'll be sitting there when Lil' Forrest gets home... and he actually does.
• Jenny's breakdown when she starts throwing rocks at her childhood home can also count, too. (This and several of Jenny's other scenes hit a lot harder for those who've been or known abuse victims.) Even though Forrest has it bulldozed later, he never truly understood why she hated it as much as she did, but he did realize that she did not have good memories of the place.