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Crying for emotional catharsis:
An
Affair to Remember (1957)
Bridges
of Madison County (1995)
The
Color Purple (1985)
Doctor
Zhivago (1965)
The
English Patient(1996)
Gorillas
in the Mist(1988)
Joy
Luck Club(1993)
Little
Women (1994)
Lorenzo's
Oil (1992)
Love
Story (1970)
Marvin's
Room (1996)
Ordinary
People (1980)
Philadelphia
(1980)
Rain
Man (1988)
The
Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Roots
(1977)
Secrets
and Lies (1996)
Shadowlands
(1993)
Snow
Falling on Cedars (1999)
Steel
Magnolias (1989)
Terms
of Endearment(1983)
Welcome
to the Dollhouse (1995)
West
Side Story (1961)