Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly said that the 1989 baseball drama Field of Dreams made him cry when he watched it twice, despite his public image as an action-film tough man. The article presents his reaction as evidence of the film’s lasting emotional appeal, particularly its story of family, loss and reconciliation.

Based on W. P. Kinsella’s novel Shoeless Joe, the film stars Kevin Costner as an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field after hearing a mysterious voice. It earned more than $84 million from an estimated $15 million budget, received three Oscar nominations, and was added to the US National Film Registry in 2017; its Iowa filming location also became a visitor attraction.