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Channel 4's "100 Greatest Tearjerkers"

Have your hanky handy whilst you read through our rundown of the 100 Greatest Tearjerkers of all time. (Voted by the UK public)
Very British and includes TV Moments and Series. And yes, Coronation Street is inexplicably listed as #40 and #67 so there are only 99 entires.

(found at: http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/T/tearjerkers/index.html)

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1. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widescreen Collector's Edition)  
2. The Green Mile  
3. Titanic  
4. It's a Wonderful Life
by Frank Capra
  
5. Ghost
by Jerry Zucker
  
6. Bambi (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by David Hand
  
7. The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Frank Darabont
  
8. Champ (1973) (Ws Sub)
by Franco Zeffirelli
  
9. Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by Phil Alden Robinson
  
10. My Girl
by Howard Zieff
  
11. Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)  
12. Beaches (Special Edition)  
13. Black Adder - The Complete Collector's Set  
14. Gone With the Wind (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by George Cukor
  
15. Watership Down
by Martin Rosen
  
16. Terms of Endearment
by James L. Brooks
  
17. Stand By Me (Special Edition)  
18. Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
  
19. Sophie's Choice
by Alan J. Pakula
  
20. Dead Poets Society
by Peter Weir
  
21. Braveheart  
22. The Office Special
by Ricky Gervais
  
23. To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
by Robert Mulligan
  
24. Truly Madly Deeply
by Anthony Minghella
  
25. The Elephant Man  
26. Four Weddings and a Funeral
by Mike Newell
  
27. Philadelphia (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)  
28. The Snowman
by Dianne Jackson
  
29. On Golden Pond
by Mark Rydell
  
30. The Killing Fields
by Roland Joffé
  
31. A Star Is Born
by George Cukor
  
32. Secrets and Lies
by Mike Leigh
  
33. Romeo & Juliet
by Franco Zeffirelli
  
34. Life Is Beautiful  
35. Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
  
36. Kramer vs. Kramer
by Robert Benton
  
37.
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 Miss World Competition
by Eric Morley
  
38.
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 Who Will Love My Children? (1983 TV Movie)
by John Erman
  
39.
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 Gareth Southgate's Penalty Kick Against Germany (1996)  
40. This Is Coronation Street  
41. On Her Majesty's Secret Service  
42. Breaking the Waves
by Lars von Trier
  
43. Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by David Lean
  
44. Kes
by Ken Loach
  
45.
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 Gallipoli
by Peter Weir
  
46. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
by Sam Wood
  
47. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Anniversary Edition)  
48. The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
  
49. Homeward Bound - The Incredible Journey
by Duwayne Dunham
  
50. Jean De Florette
by Claude Berri
  
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Created by MKaiserman on Sep 16, 2006.