Interesting questionnaire. So much of it relates to my distant past that it was hard to know how to answer some of the questions.

Any Pixar film will have me in tears. Also any film about an estranged mother and daughter where they come together, e.g. "The Joy Luck Club". Any film with a happy ending after lots of tribulation.

Especially if the full-on uncontrollable ugly sobbing is happening in spite of the crier's wishes. There's something about when someone (for me, a man) loses control and cries with a bit of humiliation thrown in. It makes the idea of comforting him that much more appealing.

I agree with psychic_girl. This isn't at all sexual for me, I get an emotional thrill rather than a sexual one. There's the vulnerable aspect, the "taboo" aspect, but mainly for me it's about comforting. I have no desire to see anyone I know in tears -- the few times it's happened I was so caught up in the situation that there was no thrill, just an overwhelming need to ease the emotional pain. But when I see a well acted crying scene, I feel a strong desire to comfort that person (man), whether by holding him, patting his shoulder, or having him cry on my shoulder. There's a very strong sense of emotional intimacy from that happening that is more satisfying to me than out-and-out eroticism or sexual scenes. (I've often wondered if I may be demisexual or even asexual since emotional connection is much more important to me than physical connection.)

Ditto. The unexpected scenes are the best, although it's harder to enjoy them if I'm watching with my husband. I don't feel like I can enjoy them because he might see how much I AM enjoying them, and my dacryphilia is not something I'm ready to share with him (or anyone except the posters on this board).