'Bambi' named top tear-jerker

Walt Disney’s 'Bambi' has been named the best tear-jerker of all time.

The tale of the young deer whose mother is shot by hunters came top of the poll despite being made 66 years ago.

Fans have included Paul McCartney, who credited the animated classic with turning him vegetarian.

Mystic romance 'Ghost', starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, came second.

Another animated Disney film, 'The Lion King', was third, sharing its place with Steven Spielberg’s 'ET'.

'Titanic', starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, 'Beaches', starring Bette Midler, 'Philadelphia', with Tom Hanks as a gay lawyer with Aids, and 'Watership Down' also featured in the top ten.

Pearl and Dean carried out the online poll with over 3,000 film fans.

Top ten movie tearjerkers

1. Bambi (1942)

2. Ghost (1990)

3. The Lion King (1994)

= E.T. (1982)

5. Titanic (1997)

6. Beaches (1998)

7. Philadelphia (1993)

= Watership Down (1978)

9. Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

10. Steel Magnolias (1989)