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…)
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).
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.
How so
spoiler
Violet starts a romantic relationship with, and is implied to eventually marry, Gilbert, her former commanding officer in the military who was also her father figure, Violet having been a war orphan that Gilbert took in when she was 10. Violet was a child soldier from the ages of 10 to 14, at which time the war ended. Gilbert had faked his death at the end of the war because he had developed romantic feelings for Violet. Gilbert is 11 years older than her. By the time of the movie, Violet is 18 and Gilbert is 29, but he was in love with her when he was 25 and she was 14, and probably before that. This is portrayed as a romantic and happy ending.
It also goes against the show’s themes and messages about grief and moving on, but the above thing tends to overshadow that.
Dear Ann.
Sorry about that
its on my watchlist too can’t wait for my life to get less fucked up SO i can watch anime again TT
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.
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.
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.
I saw something recently about a 4k restoration, but possibly not all regions.
Big Fish
This is my recommendation too. I just watched again recently, and my dad is on his way out and I just bawled. Such a great movie.
Tree of Life
Arrival
And Contact!
Walk in the Clouds
What Dreams May Come
The ending of Sixth Sense
Big Fish
Came here to say what dreams may come, Beautiful but unbelievably sad movie that you will not want to rewatch.
Especially since… well, you know… :(
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