The 9 Best Tearjerkers

STEEL MAGNOLIAS

It starts off harmlessly enough—Southern gals gossip in the beauty parlor, talking wedding colors (remember blush and bashful?) and armadillo groom's cakes. But when Julia Roberts' diabetic character takes a turn for the worse and her no-nonsense mother—Sally Field at her best—fights to save her, this light fare turns into a multihanky must-see.