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…)

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

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

  • Sunsofold@lemmings.world
    2·
    2 hours 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

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    3 hours 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).

  • CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 hours 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.

  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 hours ago

    For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips… but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      I cry my eyes out every damned time. Don’t know of anything in the world that will do that to me, no matter how many times I watch it.

  • whysteria@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    This might be an outlier as far as how other people might watch or react to this movie but I rewatched Millennium Actress recently and I could not stop crying the whole movie.

    It’s gives me feelings of deep desperation, chasing, longing, almost persevering.

    Lots of Ghibli mentioned, Kiki’s Delivery Service is a favorite of mine. :) Not sure how much it fits ‘grandiose’ and ‘profound’, but I’m definitely a sob-fest by the end.

  • aether@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    4 hours 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

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 hours 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
      3·
      4 hours 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.

  • darkishgrey@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 hours ago

    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.

  • dukeofdummies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    Not a movie but 18 episodes, Arcane is full of massive, massive feels.

    Hits multiple times in different ways. If you want the full gamut of emotional.

  • jimmux@programming.dev
    6·
    6 hours ago

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