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…)

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    181·
    7 days ago

    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).

  • Ludrol@szmer.info
    21·
    7 days ago

    Grave of fireflies - film that you watch only once as it’s too sad to watch the second time.

    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      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

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    I can’t believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    7 days ago

    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.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      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.

    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      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

  • aether@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    7 days ago

    haven’t watched a lot of shows that aren’t anime so here are my recs:

    1. Your name (movie, its really really good)
    2. A silent voice (movie, same as your name)
    3. Your lie in april (tv series, apparently really good at making you cry but haven’t watched it)
    4. 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

    • CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world
      6·
      7 days ago

      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.

          • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago
            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.

  • CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world
    12·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • jimmux@programming.dev
    9·
    7 days ago

    Two movies that usually appear on lists like this, but I don’t see them: The Fountain, and The Fall.

    • CoolThingAboutMe@aussie.zone
      2·
      6 days ago

      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.

  • Sunsofold@lemmings.world
    5·
    7 days ago

    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

  • amelia@feddit.org
    4·
    6 days ago

    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.