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…)
No matter how many times I watch Flow, it never fails to make me cry by the end.
Amour
Oh man, how has ‘The Fall’ not been mentioned?!
It’s one of the most visually stunning movies I’ve ever seen, and the story will tear your heart out.
Big Fish
I can’t believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.
Tree of Life
Arrival
First movie that popped into my head was What Dreams May Come. Robin Williams goes through heaven and hell to try and save his wife’s soul. Great flick with some amazing visuals (especially for the time).
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.
What’s going to hit will be a bit dependent on where your soft spots are.
Kids: Grave of the Fireflies or Bridge to Teribithea or My Girl or The Cure
Romantic love: The Fountain
Existential trauma: Psycho-Pass (series) or A.I.
Dogs: Marley & Me or Hachi
Loss: Up
Also:
River
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.
its on my watchlist too can’t wait for my life to get less fucked up SO i can watch anime again TT
Dear Ann.
Sorry about that
For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips… but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.
I cry my eyes out every damned time. Don’t know of anything in the world that will do that to me, no matter how many times I watch it.
If you want sometime currently in the theater, you might try The Life of Chuck. Likely to make you cry, but uplifting. Great cast.
This might be an outlier as far as how other people might watch or react to this movie but I rewatched Millennium Actress recently and I could not stop crying the whole movie.
It’s gives me feelings of deep desperation, chasing, longing, almost persevering.
Lots of Ghibli mentioned, Kiki’s Delivery Service is a favorite of mine. :) Not sure how much it fits ‘grandiose’ and ‘profound’, but I’m definitely a sob-fest by the end.
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.
A Monster Calls destroyed me. It doesn’t take much to make me tear up, but I was sobbing for the last 15-20 minutes of the movie.
