Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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You really want to destroy that poor guy, do you?
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).
Grave of fireflies - film that you watch only once as it's too sad to watch the second time.
Yeah this will wreck you, and knowing that the movie is a autobiographical story of its creators own experience during the war and what happened to his sister just makes it worse
I can't believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.
Oh I'm so glad someone said Coco! Oh gosh, the final scenes and the final song always gets me
What about Dead Poets Society? I haven't seen it in decades but it made me cry a lot.
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.
Yeah I legit choked up at the scene where the little bird leave with the rest and the robot is watching, and I don't even have kids
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.
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Thank you for introducing me to Your Name. I just finished watching it. Absolutely wonderful film.
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.
The Fountain Grave of the Fireflies
Came here to suggests these two choices!
Dances With Wolves Last of the Mohicans
Two movies that usually appear on lists like this, but I don't see them: The Fountain, and The Fall.
The Fall was fantastic. Too bad it's not available anywhere, even to buy.
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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
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.
Not a movie but rather a season, Your Lie in April. It's around a 7 hour series so sorta super deluxe extended edition movie adjacent if you're up for that. Fireflies and Silent Voice have already been mentioned, this is the honorary third place in my opinion.
No matter how many times I watch Flow, it never fails to make me cry by the end.
I was going to say this one, I was crying all throughout the screening 'cause the themes I picked up fom the beginning of the movie moved me deeply and resonated on a personal level. It's also visually astonishing, that alone would have made me cry. A fantastic experience.
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.
If you are in a hurry, try Up.
Stand by me.
Another Earth
50/50
Grave of the fireflies
5 centimetres per second
Atonement
And agree on Big Fish, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Username checks out. Also try Your Name.
For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips... but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.
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Its not really a movie with a lot of depth but "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" wrecked me.
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.
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