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…)
What about Dead Poets Society? I haven’t seen it in decades but it made me cry a lot.
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.
Upvoting for Eternal Sunshine, such I think fits OP’s request better than EEAAO.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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).
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.
I did not expect the amount of crying from a movie starring Robin Williams
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.
So underrated, always loved that movie. Lots of dark but honest.
I haven’t been able to re-watch it since… you know. :(
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.
Life is Beautiful
Manchester by the Sea
The Green Mile
My recommendations are more sad than uplifting, but still beautiful and emotional.
Yeah, I still can’t hear “Cheek to Cheek” without getting residually wrecked.
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
Two movies that usually appear on lists like this, but I don’t see them: The Fountain, and The Fall.
Dances With Wolves Last of the Mohicans
Big Fish
Stand by me.
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
“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.
