Earlier today, I posted on a 1995 study that singled out movie scenes for their tendency to provoke strong emotions -- sadness, amusement, anger, fear, etc. Noting that the relevant research is now more than 15 years old, I asked readers which movie scenes from the past decade and a half make them particularly emotional.
Here are some of the scenes you recommended in response (with a few suggestions from members of Salon's culture team thrown in):
[Warning: Some of these clips contain explicit language]
Scenes that make you laugh
McLovin's fake ID, from "Superbad" (2007)
Paperboy on his bike, from "While You Were Sleeping" (1995; recommended by FyrPhrase) :
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) on San Diego, from "Anchorman" (2004; recommended by Waydean):
"The signal," from "Team America: World Police" (2004):
Knock-knock joke from "Catch Me If You Can" (2002):
Scenes that make you cry
Final scene from "The Iron Giant" (1999; recommended by TreeRol and tmservo)
Carl and Ellie's relationship montage from "Up" (2009; recommended by several readers, including tmservo and Waydean)
Car scene from "The Sixth Sense" (1999)
Paikea's speech from "Whale Rider" (2002; recommended by capsfan6):
Final scene from "My Dog Skip" (2000):
Lonely penguin, from Werner Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World" (2007; recommended by jdwyer):
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