Cry Freedom

32 Imitation of Life

Lana Turner, Juanita Moore (1959, Universal) Turner, coiffed to the nines, plays an ambitious stage star who neglects her love-starved daughter (Sandra Dee) on the way to fame and fortune. But Lana's and Sandra's considerable emoting is not what gets the ducts flowing. It's the parallel story of Turner's black maid (Moore) and her troubled, light-skinned daughter (Susan Kohner) who tries to pass for white. Their scenes together often have such a poignant intensity that it's impossible not to be moved. KLEENEX MOMENT In a Hollywood motel room, Kohner tearfully allows her estranged mother to hold her just ''once more.'' Devastating.

33 Philadelphia

Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington (1993, Columbia TriStar) It's rare that a movie with all-male headliners is a weeper. But when there's a fatal illness involved, the crying's anyone's game. Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, an attorney wrongfully canned by his firm for having AIDS, and Washington is the attorney who fights for his rights. Hanks' Oscar-winning portrayal of a dying man is second to none; overacting would have killed the otherwise thin role, but his quiet, heroic demeanor is perfect. KLEENEX MOMENT During Beckett's wake, Neil Young's mournful title track echoes in the background to home movies of the deceased as a little boy, walking with his mom on the beach and making funny faces.

34 Jerry Maguire

Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger (1996, Columbia TriStar) Who knew a comedy about a sports agent could be so moving? Cuba Gooding Jr. may have won the Oscar for his showy role as NFL hotshot Rod Tidwell, but the heart of director Cameron Crowe's endlessly quotable film is the deeply affecting romance between Cruise's titular 10-percenter and single mom Dorothy Boyd (Zellweger). Using his sweet-talking powers for good instead of evil, the superagent discovers he has a soul -- and pours it out to his mate. KLEENEX MOMENT Jerry's instant-classic climactic speech, delivered to estranged love Dorothy in front of a divorced women's support group, includes not one, but two guaranteed-to-moisten-faces catchphrases: ''You complete me'' and ''You had me at hello.''

35 The Wizard of Oz

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger (1939, Warner) You may think it's about representing the Lollipop Guild and skipping down the Yellow Brick Road. But you haven't got a heart if you say director Victor Fleming's piece of cinematic Rushmore is nothing but candy and smiles. Indeed, for all its joy and song, the story of a meek Kansas girl (Garland) on a quest through dreamland contains perhaps the single most tear-jerking line around: ''There's no place like home.'' On hearing that, only a wicked witch would fail to get weak in the lacrimal glands. KLEENEX MOMENT Watching Dorothy pay a heartfelt farewell to her friends -- especially Bolger's Scarecrow, the one she'll miss most of all -- leaves us blubbering like the Cowardly Lion.

36 The Yearling

Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman (1946, Warner) When lonely farm boy Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.) returns from a forest glen with an orphaned fawn he has rescued, the look on his face is one of pure, radiating joy. The child's love of all things wild and free is distilled in that moment. But Jody and his parents (Peck, Wyman) are struggling scrub farmers, and ultimately there's no place for a pet that eats the very crops they depend on to survive -- no matter how graceful and beautiful and beloved it is. KLEENEX MOMENT Jody accepts the responsibility of shooting the fawn he has named Flag, losing not only a loved one but also a big, fat chunk of his innocence.