http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38825 "Emotional roller coaster" is a horrible, hackneyed phrase, but it's a cliché for a reason: Something in our nature craves a ride on the ol' manipulation machine. Nine times out of 10, we know long before pushing play that the movie involves a terminally ill loved one, or an impossible love, or a giant robot that dies for our sins. And then there are the ambushes we still haven't gotten over...like Bambi's mom. (Let's not talk about Bambi's mom, okay?) Yes, there's something about fictitious grief — different, it must be noted, from the real thing. (That's why you won't find The Sorrow and the Pity, or any other documentary, on our list.) Sure, laughter may be the best medicine — but discriminating depressives know that nothing beats a good sob. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:12:32 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65216 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65216"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055ZF6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James L. Brooks</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37334 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37334"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002YLCOM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hand</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140752 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140752"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0784011710.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan J. Pakula</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44683 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44683"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007JMDF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo McCarey</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059919 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059919"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HEWEJO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Capra</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70157 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70157"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TGWD8STCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ang Lee</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66404 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66404"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TJQJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Buzz Kulik</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60468 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60468"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A2IPP0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Spielberg</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48175 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48175"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059TEP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerry Zucker</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22909 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22909"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/078322611X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Alden Robinson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37423 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37423"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000683VI4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Cassavetes</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262859 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005RRG4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Stevenson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63822 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63822"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780023420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45663 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45663"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005MEOU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Benton</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35825 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35825"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001U0DP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59717 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59717"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ANVQ0K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93660 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93660"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800177967.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43127672_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Zwick</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52643 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52643"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059TEQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Hiller</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36054 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36054"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055ZFA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Redford</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/179491 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/179491"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006TPE0Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77591 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TJKK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbert Ross</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/460350 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/460350"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000053VAW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman René</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71128 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71128"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKGK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/497258 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/497258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KPHWY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391859 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/391859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00011D1R2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Wood</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152576 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152576"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790742799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis John Carlino</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63992 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63992"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783225997.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Cimino</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50134 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009X7664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Mulligan</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59440 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59440"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001W9G0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sydney Pollack</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273343 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00020HAV0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Howard</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51101 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51101"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792165055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franco Zeffirelli</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65107 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008972S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerome Robbins</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52566 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52566"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000714BT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Sirk</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37047 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37047"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001NBLVI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Spielberg</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56025 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56025"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800141806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Demme</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52111 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52111"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800141741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cameron Crowe</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116696 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116696"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ADS63K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Fleming</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56481 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56481"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009M9BK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Bird</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/394991 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/394991"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000648ZW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franco Zeffirelli</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49639 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49639"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009ME9Z.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vittorio De Sica</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60346 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767851013.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Armstrong</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62090 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62090"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0008ENIKM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irving Rapper</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/154798 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/154798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007M5IF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Ritt</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78087 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78087"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B8QG1S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45755623_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Weir</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66912 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66912"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005R5GK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Minghella</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38688 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38688"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNP1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41349 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41349"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QZ7U.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Baz Luhrmann</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2140725 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2140725"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000I0RNV6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giuseppe Tornatore</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37230 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37230"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002J4ZWS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Darabont</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304680 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304680"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Anspaugh</div>