I want to watch a movie that will make me cry.
(Because I need those endorphins to help me with depression. I feel better after a good session of crying. Sorry if this is weird…)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
This has me all the way from to tears of sadness to tears of joy and really made me feel for the main character. It seems too whimsical to take seriously at first, but if you let it wash over you it rewards you. it can be an incredibly powerful movie and I loved the message.
Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It’s a really sad breakup movie. Lots of emotion. Some of Jim Carry’s best acting.
EEAAO is truly a masterpiece and I do not say that shit lightly. For all it’s multiverse goofiness there really is a solid layer depicting the struggle of women, mother, and girls becoming women. There’s also cultural bits obviously as well, and marriage. My god the dad breaks my heart every time. Just good from beginning to end.
The dad is just such a good person.
The googly eyes, the silliness, he just wanted to make his family smile.
It’s how he fights!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013 version) is beautiful and thoughtful. Completely unlike any other Ben Stiller movie that I know of.
“The Fountain” (2006) might qualify too, though it’s a lot heavier.
“Amélie” (2001)
“Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014) is decent too, though I’m a Simon Pegg fan so it gets extra points for that
Many good movies have been mentioned already (especially Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Big Fish, Manchester by the sea and The Fountain).
I would like to add:
- Finding Neverland
- Captain Fantastic
And if you want to absolutely destroy yourself: Prayers for Bobby.
The Wild Robot is well worth a watch. It looks like a kids movie, but I think the themes work just as well if not better for adults.
There are some moments in that which are pretty brutal and I was like, “Oh wow… Not sure if my kid should be watching this yet…” but it was an incredible film.
Big Fish
- Big Fish
- Up!
- Toy Story 3
- Onward
- Last of the Mohicans
- When Marnie was There (Ghibli)
- About Time
Not so much a movie but you should watch The Last of Us up to the first 3 episodes. I got through Episode 3 and it had me in tears the whole day 😭
You don’t need to watch the first two episodes to enjoy episode 3. I played it for a friend of mine recently. I just skipped the beginning with the main characters. She loved it.
The story stands on its own no doubt. But I think there’s a greater greater impact if the viewer has a bit of background on the setting and other characters established by the first two episodes :o
I could definitely agree with that, but if the other person is not inclined to watch three episodes of the show, they can still enjoy the third one on its own.
Its not really a movie with a lot of depth but “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” wrecked me.
“Your Name”, anime film about a high school age boy and girl that swap bodies in their sleep, they don’t know anything about eachother and have to figure out how to not ruin eachothers lives and relationships, it’s very bueatiful, and you’ll cry for sure.
I saw “What Dreams May Come” in high school and wept the entire way from the theater to the car.
Even met some friends on the way and had to explain I was crying because it was so beautiful.
What Dreams May Come is incredible in so many ways. It’s incredibly beautiful, incredibly sad, and just hits everything so perfectly. It just hits on so many emotional points and uses in such artistry to convey it. I love it so much.
Looks like you’ve got a long list already, but the last movie that made me lump in my throat cry was Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert deNiro
Came here to say the same thing.
Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was better than it had a right to be.
haven’t watched a lot of shows that aren’t anime so here are my recs:
- Your name (movie, its really really good)
- A silent voice (movie, same as your name)
- Your lie in april (tv series, apparently really good at making you cry but haven’t watched it)
- Anohana: The flower we saw that day (tv series, same as your lie in april)
your name and a silent voice have really good animation btw
i almost cried during weathering with you which is a movie in the same universe as your name but it isn’t as emotional as your name ig
Can confirm Your Lie In April made me cry like a baby. But I would say anime wise Violet Evergarden was even more cathartic. I ugly cried more than once watching it.
Violet Evergarden is an incredible show about grief. But wow, is the movie sketchy as all hell.
A Silent Voice. I watched it while I was going through a rough time, and the visual metaphor used to portray the main character’s isolation hit me so hard.
(not trying to sound like a hipster but) I read the manga a fair while before the movie came out and the relationship with the girl’s mom is explored more deeply. God. It hits so hard.
Last movie that made me cry was The Whale. I saw it in a theatre and rarely I had to refrain myself from crying in public this bad. Once I got home though I just bawled my eyes out.
