[maskmedaily]

I am just curious if your T has suggested any movies for you to watch to draw out emotions? If yes, which ones? Mine has suggested a few but I am having a hard time connecting with them. I tend to disconnect when things get hectic or intense in a movie and end up missing what he is hoping I get.

[vonmoxie]

If you're looking for tearjerkers, Steel Magnolias is a good one. I would challenge almost anyone to get through Sally Field's funeral scene in that movie without shedding a tear.

Everyone's different though. Maybe look up on IMDB one that worked a little better for you than others you've watched, and scroll down to see what's in the "People who liked this also liked" section.. Also people make lists on there, here's a few that list all movies they thought were emotional:

IMDb: Sad / Emotional Movies That Make You Cry - a list by zeetheone99
IMDb: Best Emotional Movies - a list by tom_b_hughes
IMDb: Emotional movie's which will make you cry... - a list by rjsmarty
IMDb: 30 Deeply Emotional Movies - a list by Basilsoul
IMDb: Most emotional films - a list by cheekydemi

I'm not endorsing any of their picks in particular or anything, just an example of what's out there. Also, I never had a therapist recommend any movies or types of movies to me, that I can remember.

[JohnCrow]

Depends on what you mean by drawn out emotions

Yours or actor's?

Emotionally for me, I like

Schindler's List (gripping and always disturbing, I was good until the scene where the rescued Jews give him a ring as a token of their gratitude. And Schindler breaks down, lamenting all the people who had not saved)
Up (damn cartoon made me almost cry)
Iron Giant (the "...superman..." scene makes me cry)
Roxanne ("I love YOU, Charlie")
LA Story (the weatherman scene at the end)
The Hotel Rwanda (seeing Don Cheadle as he tries to figure out what else he can sacrifice to save one more person, again and again. Helps that I mostly read "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families", a history of the Rwandan genocide. Mostly? I could not finish it, it hurt too much to keep reading)
Cast Away (I really believed Hanks' performance, the anger and frustration at minor losses, the mind numbing boredom)
1984 (my favourite novel, done justice by an A+ performance by John Hurt, which is now how I shall forever see Winston Smith)
Saving Private Ryan (solid, tense, gripping. But I pretty much cry at the scene at the end when the aged Ryan asks "was I worth it?"
28 Days Later (nope, not the horror part. While this was good, to me the real emotion was when Jim (Cillian Murphy) returns to free Selena and the girl. Selena kept saying she would abandon Jim at the drop of a hat to survive but Jim differs, saying humanity has a value. The alternate ending where Jim dies and Selena tells the girl, after she says "what do we do now?", we survive, is 100% shite. It negates the entire message, making it zombie porn)

[maskmedaily]

Thanks for your suggestions. I will check some of those out. My T has not suggested tear jerkers per say although I think if I had any kind of emotion it would be progress. The movies have been more thought provoking then anything else.