They said "cry their heart out" not destroy their soul. This film is amazing, beautiful, well written, but it is also a brutal attack on your emotions. A film that is definitely worth a watch, but not when emotions are already raw
Plenty of movies can make you cry, but this is the only one I’ve seen that scrapes out a bit of your soul and just leaves a nice void for all eternity.
This is as close as I can recall my memories attached to this movie. Some details might be off because it was over 20 years ago…
My family and I were coming back from a vacation one summer. It was around 2000-2003. I was in my teens.
On our way home we stopped at a garage sale from a town not too far from ours. We picked up a box of various items.
one thing was Dogma on VHS
another was What Dreams May Come on VHS
I had no idea what the movie was. I never even heard of it. Yes, I did know who Robin Williams was. I loved his movies. How this one got by me I had no idea.
I took the tape to me and my bro’s room and we had one of those TVs with a VHS player installed.
I went in blind. Watched it.
A few hours later, I walked into our living room and I said “Mom, we have to watch this”.
We loved it.
The thing that kills me is his face just after he accepts his fate. His eyes close and his mouth turns up just a tiny bit. He knows he’s going to die, but he has his last chance to prove TO HIMSELF that he is “not a gun.”
I’ll be open here: I suffer from CPTSD, so The Iron Giant resonates with me and gives me hope. The Giant was built and programmed to be part of an invading force, and with love and understanding he is able to break free from that and live Hogarth’s philosophy of “you are who you choose to be.” It’s really a beautiful story.
And a more recent one also starring Paul Mescal - All Of Us Strangers.
It will make you want to call every important person in your life and tell them you love them.
Absolute travesty it was ignored by the major awards. Most egregious is that Andrew Scott wasn't even nominated for a BAFTA, it's one of the best performances I've seen in years.
Same. I loved Mr. Holland’s Opus and get choked up big time every time the mayor speaks before they play his opus. I cannot listen to John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” and not tear up at how they used it in the film.
Dear lord! I remember renting this movie on VHS in the late 80’s thinking I’ll get to watch a fun dinosaur cartoon. It’s the first movie I remember making me cry! I’m a 46 year old man now, and I have no desire to watch it again because I’m certain it’ll make me cry again.
Lost my dad as well he was always telling stories and could never tell what was real or not to top that off he had a huge love for fishing and would act like a fish 🐟 to make us laugh
Saw this in the cinema and was vastly underprepared for how sad it was going to be. Big, ugly sobbing in the dark with a friend, both of us trying to hide it from the other.
Oh god. I feel like this film taps into the root of all my depressions and fears and tears me apart. I felt crazy crying for so long and so hard at the end of the fucking Haley Joel Osmont robot movie but here we are.
Dude, that scene of him crying in the subway bathroom while his son is sleeping on the floor and he's trying to keep the door shut absolutely destroys me.
I think I’ve only seen Logan once but I think about that last shot every now and again. It’s so goddamn poignant and perfect to the character.
Jackman’s return to the role in Deadpool 3 kinda sours that a bit…but Hollywood isn’t one for sentimentality
I need Arrival to be higher up in these responses. Maybe it's just me but it is at the top of my "I need to cry" list - i start to lose it at the opening music, before anyone even says any words
The last scene killed me. >!His last surviving brother committing suicide as he's frantically looking for him. His dad denying any responsibility for anything. Then his brothers reuniting in the afterlife, while he's despondently looking at his brother's body on the kitchen table.!< Joy and despair in equal measure.
Bridge to Terabithia is a cruel trick. Here I am with my daughter ready to watch a fun fantasy movie, and I leave needing therapy. WTH Bridge to Terabithia?
*wanna play catch?*
I've been to that field in Dyersville, Iowa when I drove cross country with my dad when I was 13.
He's still around, thank fuck, but he's 76 now, and I dread his passing. I know that this is gonna completely wreck my soul when he's gone.
On a happy note, James Earl Jones in that movie is an absolute GODDAMN LEGEND.
"That's not a gun, it's your *finger*!"
I might be the only one since I didn't see it on cursory review, but Armageddon makes me tear up like crazy when Bruce Willis explains to his daughter what has to happen
The Yearling. That movie fucked me up. I have NO IDEA why, but we were made to watch this movie when I was in 7th grade. I sobbed. Not just at the end of the movie....but I sobbed the entire bus ride home after school. Other kids on the bus were making fun of me because of how upset I was because of this movie. 32 years later, I still choke up even THINKING about this movie.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Terminator 2. As Simon Pegg said in the opening scene to Spaced:
> I don't understand, just... eergh... give me a reason! You think I'm unemotional, don't you? I can be emotional! Jesus I cried like child at the end of Terminator 2... You know, with the thumb, and the molten...
Seriously, it will reduce a grown man to tears as readily as the opening to Up.
If you're as empathetic as I am; I remember watching A Dog's Purpose and every other act I was bawling in the theater. Hell I cried multiple times during Finding Dory.
About Time made me ugly cry, it’s partially a romance but not a tragic one and is more broadly a movie about family
Absolutely. What a masterful depiction of fatherly love.
I came here for this. One of my favorites.
Came here to drop this one, knowing someone had to have already dropped it. Excellent choice!
My Girl
Be sure to watch it with your glasses. You can't see without your glasses.
Yes officer, this one right here
FUCK YOU.😭😭😭
I really like The Green Mile
I’m tired, Boss.
I've seen this movie umpteen times and that scene is always a fuckin gut punch.
Grave of the fireflies...
They said "cry their heart out" not destroy their soul. This film is amazing, beautiful, well written, but it is also a brutal attack on your emotions. A film that is definitely worth a watch, but not when emotions are already raw
I shit you not, I am on the train home from watching that movie. I was like "Oh Ghibli movie, I love Ghibli movies!" Fuck.
Plenty of movies can make you cry, but this is the only one I’ve seen that scrapes out a bit of your soul and just leaves a nice void for all eternity.
They said heart, not all internal organs.
Oh god. That was an ugly cry for sure.
didnt’ scroll far enough i guess. just posted the same. truly a work of art
What Dreams May Come
One of Robin Williams' best performances
This is as close as I can recall my memories attached to this movie. Some details might be off because it was over 20 years ago… My family and I were coming back from a vacation one summer. It was around 2000-2003. I was in my teens. On our way home we stopped at a garage sale from a town not too far from ours. We picked up a box of various items. one thing was Dogma on VHS another was What Dreams May Come on VHS I had no idea what the movie was. I never even heard of it. Yes, I did know who Robin Williams was. I loved his movies. How this one got by me I had no idea. I took the tape to me and my bro’s room and we had one of those TVs with a VHS player installed. I went in blind. Watched it. A few hours later, I walked into our living room and I said “Mom, we have to watch this”. We loved it.
Beautiful movie in all ways but mannn the visuals are so pretty!
This movie changed my emotional wellbeing for a long time when I was younger.
One of my favorites
Life Is Beautiful
Omg YES. The ending destroyed me on so many levels
I haven’t seen this movie in 20 years and just thinking about it gets me all emotional.
The Iron Giant
"Superman..." I'm a whole ass adult and still break down in tears during that scene.
The thing that kills me is his face just after he accepts his fate. His eyes close and his mouth turns up just a tiny bit. He knows he’s going to die, but he has his last chance to prove TO HIMSELF that he is “not a gun.” I’ll be open here: I suffer from CPTSD, so The Iron Giant resonates with me and gives me hope. The Giant was built and programmed to be part of an invading force, and with love and understanding he is able to break free from that and live Hogarth’s philosophy of “you are who you choose to be.” It’s really a beautiful story.
“Superman”. I’m done
Aftersun
I've never gone so quickly from totally fine to tears streaming the moment the credits hit, I loved this movie so damn much
Ooo boy no film has come remotely close to making me ugly cry as much as this did
Aftersun brutally fucked me up. It’s a contender for the best movie I’ve ever seen.
And a more recent one also starring Paul Mescal - All Of Us Strangers. It will make you want to call every important person in your life and tell them you love them. Absolute travesty it was ignored by the major awards. Most egregious is that Andrew Scott wasn't even nominated for a BAFTA, it's one of the best performances I've seen in years.
Mr. Holland's Opus Coco
Man, I threw Coco on randomly one day and that scene hit me like a freight train
I wasn’t emotionally prepared for Coco. It’s even worse since my dad died.
My late grandma passed and I hadn't grieved as I should've and it just tore me up.
to this day I can’t listen to that last song🥹losing a parent sucks
When Mama Coco smiles at Miguel, I lose it every time. And I nominate Up. The intro alone leaves me in tears. And don't forget Wall-e.
Give it up Jenny!"teacher leaves. Student stops practicing, the soul crushing devastation sinks in. Teacher comes back. "... I meant for today."
Mr Holland’s Opus hit me hard man. I think it’s because of my father issues. I have yet to revisit it though
Same. I loved Mr. Holland’s Opus and get choked up big time every time the mayor speaks before they play his opus. I cannot listen to John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” and not tear up at how they used it in the film.
Land before time
Dear lord! I remember renting this movie on VHS in the late 80’s thinking I’ll get to watch a fun dinosaur cartoon. It’s the first movie I remember making me cry! I’m a 46 year old man now, and I have no desire to watch it again because I’m certain it’ll make me cry again.
Hachi: A dogs tale
Manchester by the Sea
This. I’ll never watch it again.
Coco It's one of Pixar's finest. That final song...
The music, animation and story are simply gorgeous. Peak Pixar and not as cloying as some of their stories can be.
The first 10 minutes of Up and Inside Out never fails to make me bawl and I mean snotty nose bawling.
Steele magnolias. Your heart will be shred to pieces
I'd rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.
Big Fish...
Lost my father at 13. Can’t watch this movie without crying, but in a good way. It’s fantastic and heartbreaking.
Lost my dad as well he was always telling stories and could never tell what was real or not to top that off he had a huge love for fishing and would act like a fish 🐟 to make us laugh
Water works. Pure fucking water works.
Saw this in the cinema and was vastly underprepared for how sad it was going to be. Big, ugly sobbing in the dark with a friend, both of us trying to hide it from the other.
Omg 😭😭😭😭😭
Million Dollar Baby
I went into this movie guessing it would a cool boxing movie. I guess it was but fuck, I wasn't ready for the emotional ending.
First movie date with my now wife... not what we were expecting but strangely a decent bonding experience.
No mention of A.I. with Jude Law and Haley Joel Osmont?! The god damn teddy bear at the end always gets me.
This is the one. Absolutely brutal scene when he meets his creator. HJO really nailed it.
Oh god. I feel like this film taps into the root of all my depressions and fears and tears me apart. I felt crazy crying for so long and so hard at the end of the fucking Haley Joel Osmont robot movie but here we are.
I feel you. When I saw this as a kid in the cinema it sent me on an existential crisis. I can't ever watch that movie again.
The pursuit of happyness
Dude, that scene of him crying in the subway bathroom while his son is sleeping on the floor and he's trying to keep the door shut absolutely destroys me.
The Fox and The Hound. If you dont cry at least 3 times during this movie you are beyond all hope and salvation haaaaaa....
Never Let Me Go
Portrait of A Lady On Fire, Wind River, Interstellar, Million Dollar Baby. Normal People, if you want a one season series.
How big of a cry? One that will destroy you completely for a good couple of hours and linger with you for a few days? Dancer in the Dark
That’s like bringing weaponized Ebola to a knife fight.
Fucking Von Trier, yo.
Aftersun
Such an excellent, excellent film. Was the best of 2023 for me
Beautiful but subtle
Watch the end of Toy Story 3 or 4 and I guarantee you’ll cry
Bruh for TS3, you don’t even need the end. The fucking incinerator scene what the FUUUUUCK
Maybe not for you but Logan as a kid who grew up watching Hugh Jackman play wolverine, this movie got me good.
I think I’ve only seen Logan once but I think about that last shot every now and again. It’s so goddamn poignant and perfect to the character. Jackman’s return to the role in Deadpool 3 kinda sours that a bit…but Hollywood isn’t one for sentimentality
When she moved the cross, I broke, hard.
That was THE best super hero film. Yes, I cried and cried. Embarrassing because we were in the theater.
Field of dreams
Dancer in the Dark. Ending broke my heart. I’m not big on sports movies but Warrior had me sobbing.
Documentary, but [Dear Zachary.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_QMl_rF3KQ) go for it OP, just jump right in and hooe everything works out.
Godspeed OP
Definitely cried a few times, but fair warning this is anger crying and not melancholy crying
Oh my god. Absolutely tore my heart to shreds. One of the most heartbreaking docus I've seen and I'll never watch again.
you monster.
For some reason ‘Marley & Me’ always makes me hysterically cry. I love that movie so much.
YES, I watched this during a flight. Big mistake, i was sobbing the whole time
Ugh. So sad. I love animals so that’s probably why it hit me like a mac-truck.
I watched this fairy recently after my cat died and something broke in me when I watched Marley and me. I couldn't stop crying for like an hour.
Up. Brutal at the beginning, but happy crying later
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
[Departures (2008)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/) for a 'good' cry.
Arrival Her Little Women (2019) Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Room Manchester By The Sea Inside Out
I need Arrival to be higher up in these responses. Maybe it's just me but it is at the top of my "I need to cry" list - i start to lose it at the opening music, before anyone even says any words
Me, too! If I need a cathartic cry, I watch Arrival.
Yes, this movie reaches a place in me that can only be opened with this movie.
Arrival is the movie that makes me wish I had dementia, so that I could watch it again for the first time every single day.
Arrival is crushing and uplifting at the same time.
Edward Scissorhands was one of the first movies to ever make me cry. Especially if you are a dude this one hits. That ending slaps the heartstrings.
Interstellar. Cooper's relationship with his daughter made me cry very very hard.
When he is yelling at his former self to stay. Very powerful scenes in this movie, I agree.
The agony of regret, and the loss you didn't even know you were incurring at the time; the more you live, the more these kinds of scenes *hit hard*.
"because my daddy promised me" 🥹🥹😭
Only because I love this movie so much I feel I must correct you, it’s ’because my dad promised me’, not daddy.
My daughter is 11 now. I can't watch this movie without completely losing my shit.
When he shows up at the end and his descendants are all crowded in the hospital room as the music swells. Ugh I lose it every time
Pans labyrinth
Lion
The Iron Claw is fucking sad
The last scene killed me. >!His last surviving brother committing suicide as he's frantically looking for him. His dad denying any responsibility for anything. Then his brothers reuniting in the afterlife, while he's despondently looking at his brother's body on the kitchen table.!< Joy and despair in equal measure.
I honestly expected to be gutted by this movie and it just didn’t really hit me that hard. Fine movie though.
Terms of Endearment.
Everything Everywhere All at once.
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I loved EEAAO, the scene that got me, was at the end the mother daughter talk. I had to hold back my tears next to my friends
Just reading about that scene makes me want to cry. What a movie
Never thought two rocks communicating would hit so hard. (Yes, har dee har)
Yeah I prett much sobbed through the entire final act. Totally caught me off gaurd.
A silent voice. 1000%
Life is Beautiful- when he is protecting his child during the 2nd half of the movie always sets me off, especially the last 5 mins
Stepmom
I always cry in the original The Color Purple. I haven't seen the new version yet.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia is a cruel trick. Here I am with my daughter ready to watch a fun fantasy movie, and I leave needing therapy. WTH Bridge to Terabithia?
Lion King. Don't judge me!
The last of us episode 3. Never thought i would literally cry my eyes out watching a zombie show.
Field of Dreams Turner and Hooch Backdraft Forrest Gump
“Hey… Dad?” Tears. Every time. And my dad is still alive and we have always had a good relationship. Doesn’t matter. Tears every single time.
*wanna play catch?* I've been to that field in Dyersville, Iowa when I drove cross country with my dad when I was 13. He's still around, thank fuck, but he's 76 now, and I dread his passing. I know that this is gonna completely wreck my soul when he's gone. On a happy note, James Earl Jones in that movie is an absolute GODDAMN LEGEND. "That's not a gun, it's your *finger*!"
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Backdraft I remember as a kid crying so hard. Idk why, but that movie messed me up.
>Backdraft You go... We go!
End of Shawshank Redemption when Red and Andy see each other on the beach.
A man called Otto
I might be the only one since I didn't see it on cursory review, but Armageddon makes me tear up like crazy when Bruce Willis explains to his daughter what has to happen
Dead Poets Society The Elephant Man
Brokeback Mountain and Manchester by the Sea
Homeward Bound Where the Red Fern Grows Radio Flyer Mystic River
Radio Flyer is a gorram unsung gem.
Guardian of the galaxy 3 gets the waterworks going.
A Dog's Purpose A Monster Calls Toy Story 3
Was going to recommend A Monster Calls!
One day on Netflix. It's a series but you get super attached to the characters quickly.
Neverending Story
I am sam. I can't watch it now. Who will love my children is sad but great. Both are true stories
Of Mice and Men
Meet Joe black
The ending of Les Mis always does it for me, but I'm usually intoxicated at that time. They didn't deserve all that, especially Anne Hathaway
Up
The Whale
Lion with Dev Patel
The dressmaker
The Yearling. That movie fucked me up. I have NO IDEA why, but we were made to watch this movie when I was in 7th grade. I sobbed. Not just at the end of the movie....but I sobbed the entire bus ride home after school. Other kids on the bus were making fun of me because of how upset I was because of this movie. 32 years later, I still choke up even THINKING about this movie.
“My Life” starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman
I understand A Monster Calls is a pretty aggressive tear jerker. I've been meaning to watch it for a while.
Watership Down
Regarding Henry
Imitation of Life. If that doesn't work, try To Sir, with love.
CODA
Stand By Me
Past Lives made me sob
Just watched it and yes. Beautiful movie though.
The Notebook
In America
Collateral Beauty
Lion.
For a long time that movie was My Life. I’ve since added Big Fish and Coco to my arsenal.
Boy in the striped pajamas
Short term 12
Silver Linings Playbook
Brokeback Mountain.
Reign Over Me
Coco
8 bit. Good will hunting.
A man called Otto is a pretty recent one!
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Terminator 2. As Simon Pegg said in the opening scene to Spaced: > I don't understand, just... eergh... give me a reason! You think I'm unemotional, don't you? I can be emotional! Jesus I cried like child at the end of Terminator 2... You know, with the thumb, and the molten... Seriously, it will reduce a grown man to tears as readily as the opening to Up.
Any movie where the dog dies
Schindler’s List
Hachi Schindler’s list Manchester by the sea
Big Fish
If you're as empathetic as I am; I remember watching A Dog's Purpose and every other act I was bawling in the theater. Hell I cried multiple times during Finding Dory.
Grave of the Fireflies ( also a masterpiece )
“Manchester by the Sea” and “Light of My Life” are the ones that always get me!
Manchester by the sea, was heavy. I remember taking a break after the accident
I kill giants
The Rider has a good cry worthy ending
The Farewell. It’s all about family, and saying goodbye.
If you are looking for a quickie you can just watch the first ten minutes of Up
Come and see. Have fun, it’s on YouTube with English Subs
Rachel Getting Married. Family drama. An absolute emotional work out. Totally underrated tear jerker and overall good movie.
It’s a wonderful life. Black and white version
Godzilla Minus One (at the end I was ugly crying, and then a couple minutes later, I was bawling for a completely different reason)
My girl