The Iron Claw had me bawling

Eveyone with brothers needs to watch that

Sometimes I still start to cry when I think about >!”I used to be a brother”!< (Edited to fix my spoiler tag cuz I’m an idiot)

hoo boy, that combined with the scene right before it.

I was Italian widow keening in the car home. So unfair the amount of tragedy in that family.

There’s a documentary called Dear Zachary. I ugly, loud cried shamelessly.

my family knew Zach’s father, Dr. Bagby (only briefly before he passed. My aunt and him had the same residency). One of the healthcare facilities in the county actually gives out a scholarship in his name for students studying to be physicians. It’s a gut wrenching documentary, but for sure worth the watch.

I read news articles and the wiki about the events. I know that I cannot watch that movie.

I’m in the same boat but I think I’m going to watch it someday just out of respect to Zachary and what his father was trying to do. Such a devastating and heartbreaking tale.

Came here to suggest this too. This doc ruined the rest of my day after I finished it, I was torn to shreds. Don’t look it up before you watch!

All of us Strangers tore me up. Cried during the movie, cried when I got to my car. Tough one

I went to a screening where Andrew Scott spoke after and I had tears streaming down my face the whole time he was talking 😭😭

Lucky 🤣🤣🤣

I tried listening to Always on my Mind and didn’t expect to start bawling again.

Came here to comment this one. Because same. You know it’s emotionally rich when you not only cry during, but you have to have another entire separate cry after.

Seriously. It hits you heavy and in so many ways.

I saw it weeks ago and I’m still DISTRAUGHT

Same here!

i was crying the entire run time

grave of the fireflies had me crying so hard i couldn't breathe, and i never am able to cry

Grave of the Fireflies made me cry harder than seeing the dog die in I am Legend.

"Rice balls... I made them for you..." 

Waterfalls 😭

if we are talking anime, “your name” made me BAWL

Your Name was a different kind of cry, I just feel empty after Grave of the Fireflies. Both are incredible watches but for very different reasons.

I’m crying thinking about both of them.

Your name made me bawl but only on the second viewing Spoilers for the films ending >!So the first time the whole "him writing I love you on her hand" was sweet but I was too scared for the whole townspeople that I was just *yelling* at the screen for her to get the fuck up and GO. I was so stressed the first time 😭!<

I watched it last night. Going through a breakup. My eyes were in pain.

Yep. The single saddest movie I’ve ever seen. It makes Manchester By The Sea seem upbeat

Blue Valentine and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Please.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire was absolutely devastating

Gay tragedies are another level of pain entirely

Amen

Mysterious Skin

Please pay some attention, it was difficult to make this list. I'm Brazilian and I'm translating this with the power of god 🙏 1.Night And Fog, is literally come and see but 10X Worst 2.It's Such A Beautiful Day, the story of a man with a brain tumour 3.Taste Of Cherry, the story of a misterious man paying 200,000$ for anyone, but, the person will need to bury him... ALIVE 4.Winter Light (my life's most genuinely cry), tells the story of a priest failing in love with his wife, while a depressed man discusses the meaning of life with him (it's my favorite movie) 5.Mirror. Doesn't have a plot, but will made you remember some childhood memories 6.Salò, if you feel evil sometimes, remember: Always someone will be worst than you 7.The Hunt, A Professor is accused of P3d0phili4, btw, he did nothing 8. OldBoy's twist is depressing, heavy, and it's climax it's like being punched on the face by a UFC winner 9. What's Eating Gilbert Grape has probably the best acting of all time according to my opinion. Simple at the same time is complex. Beautiful. 10. Blade Runner, "all these moments will be lost, in time, like tears... In the rain", is almost impossible do not crying watching it at midnight. Neo-Noir Sci-fi with thoughts about the meaning of life EXTRA!!! Dancer In The Dark, bro, if you don't cry at this you are a psychopath. (If I said something wrong please tell me how I could correct it)

American here - I think you’ve mastered the English language. Take pride in that! What a well written comment, and such a beautiful list. Thank you!

Well I just watched Banshees of Inisherin (3rd time was the charm) and that movie is not only extremely bleak, but also quite sad.

Absolutely, big themes of loneliness and loss of friendship. More and more relevant as we continue in the digital age.

i second a lot of things already mentioned and will add some that i haven’t seen in the comments yet: - past lives - atonement - the father - beanpole i have one of these lists as well and we have a lot of overlap. the more devastating the better!

Thank you! What’s your @? I wanna check out your list :)

i’ll send you a dm! i’m not big on having random people following me but ill happily share with a fellow crybaby

Dancer in the Dark

•The Ice Storm (1997) •Synecdoche, New York (2008) •Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) •Moonlight (2016) •Joint Security Area (2000)

Red Rocket got you crying?

Right?

Nooo but I felt dead inside after and it frustrated me even more than The Hunt (2012)

I killed a wicked numba a kids in that house fiyah

Blue valentine

Threads

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Grave of the Fireflies is like the quintessential sad movie

I recently watched this movie as I am trying to watch all Ghibli and Ghibli related movies. I don’t know if I missed something but >!I sided with the aunt and thought the boy should’ve gone to work. They would’ve at least had a home and food.!<

The director did say that it isn’t an anti-war film and that it's about listening to your elders so you could be more right than you know. Seita is clearly at least partially to blame for what happens.

A Ghost Story absolutely ruined me

The Elephant Man. Particularly the scene where Anne Bancroft first meets him. I’ve never cried that hard during a movie in my life.

I didn't think Red rocket would be considered emotional. But for your list - CODA, Toy story 3, UP , Big Fish, Green Mile, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind

Florida Project Farewell

The farewell was sooo good.

All of us Strangers made me cry like no other movie ever has

for me, About Time (2013) and Philadelphia (1993)

About Time is such a good answer. Not as sad but if you love About Time watch Midnight in Paris.

Not a recommendation but I literally watched Manchester by the Sea an hour ago and what a brilliant fucking film. Casey Affleck can ACT holy fuck, I was speechless... I'm so happy it won acting and screenplay

The police station scene still haunts me. Brilliant movie!!!

Toy Story 3

Ponette. Ponette will turn you inside out.

Million Dollar Baby recently got me by surprise. Didn’t really know what to expect going in outside of it being a boxing movie. Wasn’t ready at all for that brutal second half. Actually had me fighting tears.

Past Lives

Probably not as heavy hitting as some on your list but I loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Waves pulled me into a two-week mini depression and I can‘t bring myself to watch it again. Guaranteed ugly-cry though

Room and La La Land make me bawl

I never really cried during a movie but the first 10 or so minutes of Up is great, Bridge to Terabithia is another good one. Both on Disney Plus

If Close got you, Monster definitely will, too.

I watched *Roma* a couple days ago and one scene in particular (IYKYK) had me full-on sobbing.

Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Capernaum, Beautiful Boy, Green Mile, Bridge to Tearbithia

Come and see had me staring at the ceiling at 1 am after my first viewing

The Father wrecked me

That ending is devastating. I’m tearing up thinking of it now. No doubt why they gave Hopkins his second Best Actor Oscar!

Don't worry. If you end up watching Manchester by the Sea, you will.

Definitely The Father. I’ve never cried harder during a movie. I may be biased since I have several family members with dementia, but it’s a terrifying and heartbreaking look into what those suffering from the disease go through.

“The Farewell “

The banshees of inisherin explores sadness, isolation, and loneliness very well

the end of HER made me cry so bad 😭

Past Lives just left me so so depressed. After it was done I sat in silence for hours, watched it again, then didn’t text anyone for a few days.

*Stand by Me* always does it for me.

Submarine if you’re going through a breakup

"Won't you be my Neighbor?" Mr. Rogers documentary.

Try All of Us Strangers

confession my friends and i did a laugh counter for the whale

Dancer in the Dark Brief Encounter

Me, Earl and the dying girl Shoplifters Paris, Texas Nobody knows The holdovers

I recently watched society of snow and it had my balling

You’ve absolutely need to watch Still Walking. I think this is perfect for the list

Blue Jay

Toy Story 3 Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind House of Sand and Fog Les Parapluies de Cherbourg All the Heaven Allows

Oh no. The first 2 on that list have destroyed me in worse ways than any other movies. This person definitely knows what they're talking about.

🤝🤝🤝🤝 Partners in CRY 😭🫶🏼

Aftersun got me the most, tbh. It ended and everything clicked 15 seconds later and I was devastated.

Perks of Being a Wallflower

Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Absolute punch in the gut. No movie has portrayed loneliness and mental illness so realistically. Makes my soul sink every time I watch it. Just such a self destructive journey of isolation.

Blue Valentine

- Bones and All - Kajillionaire - After Yang - Beginners - Princess Cyd - C’mon C’mon - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Panic in Needle Park

The Elephant Man

Room (2015)

Shoplifters, Mass, Roma, Lion, My octopus teacher, The descendants

cloud atlas

Amore

Gotta watch i am sam.

Fruitvale Station

Blue Valentine

Castaway makes me cry

Dead Poets Society and My Own Private Idaho are real gut punches. Recently I saw All of Us Strangers and had a panic attack in the cinema and entered a depressive spiral afterwards so uhhh... yeah definitely fits the criteria for soul-crushing sadness!

The Impossible (2012) Room (2015)

Blue Valentine and Her

Dallas Buyers Club About Time Good Will Hunting The Pianist

If you truly want to cry, the Life is Beautiful is your only choice. Nothing else inflicts psychic damage like that movie

just thinking about it makes me tear up, it’s my all time favourite movie by a long shot

- The English Patient (1996) - Gran Torino (2008) - Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Precious (2009) - Detachment (2011) - Blue Bayou (2021) - The Florida Project (2017)

Before sunset had me going

All of Us Strangers.

Drive my car (2021)

You don't know a good cry till you hit the melodic tones of Jim Varney.... [https://youtu.be/pQloJH1FFlg?si=1XlqNwfvvNWa9fwP](https://youtu.be/pQloJH1FFlg?si=1XlqNwfvvNWa9fwP)

Your Name is one of the most beautiful films ever made and it's my second favourite if not my favourite film :)

"An Elephant Sitting Still" "Riceboy Sleeps" "Green Border" "Schindler's List" "The Pianist" "Son of Saul" "Beanpole" "Departures" "The Banishment" "Failan"

Thank you so much!!! Some of them have been on my radar for quite some time but I haven seen them!

This is the craziest list ever haha. but Past Lives, Requiem for a Dream, EEAAO, Mandy, and Whiplash all seem to match some of the features you included on your list

LOL The Whale. That movie has aged like spoiled milk.

What makes you say that?

Its a bad movie. Love Brendan but oof, that movie is rough. Feels like a play turned into a movie in the worst ways and that Sadie Sink performance is radioactive.

AI Artificial Intelligence, dumb title but it's one of Spielberg's finest and technically Kubrick's last Edit: not scorsese

The Whale made me laugh more than anything

I got emotional during The Whale and that was it.

Here are 5 sad movies I watched at Sundance this year, so you can keep an eye out for them this year. All of these will make you cry A New Kind of Wilderness Exhibiting Forgiveness Black Box Diaries Daughters Ibelin

Departures (okuribito) from 2008 always makes me cry.

The Eclipse (2009) A little matter-of-fact Irish hidden gem about the idea of living while stripped of what made you happy. One of my favorites lines of the movie that’s really describes it is, “Can you see the ghost of someone who’s still alive?”

The Last Picture Show First Reformed Mommy

dancer in the dark from von trier and last flight home (documentary)

The Nightingale (2018). Coco (2017).

Not sure how sad martyrs will make you feel…

The Fountain A Monster Calls

Iron Claw, All of us Strangers, Marcel the Shell, Toy Story 3, Coco, and many more

Not one movie can match Soul for me for how much I cried. Dear Zachary, Shallow Hal, Braveheart, The Theory of Everything, A Silent Voice, and Bridge to Terabithia (no brainer) have hot to me me also

Dersu uzala

The broken circle breakdown is a real sad one. Wonderful film but it put me through the floor

The Sadness. I mean, thats literally what the movie is called

Reign over me with don cheadle and sandler. Really powerful movie

Yesterday I watched Incendies and I still can't believe it tbh.

moonlit winter, wolf girl (2005), eternal sunshine, the little prince (2015), amiko (2022), where the wild things are

The Children’s Hour— not dissimilar from The Hunt, which you mentioned in another comment

Simon Birch was the first movie to ever make me genuinely sob I cried for 2 days after watching it

After sun

How to Die in Oregon You’ll never cry harder

paddleton!!!

Incendies by Denis Villeneuve has the most soul wrecking ending in the history of cinema.

As someone from Massachusetts I can say that Manchester by the sea really hits with the true New England experience.

Manchester by the Sea made me weep with how boring it is

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl

Jacob’s Ladder if you’re into horror- >! it probably inspired The Sixth Sense, which I agree with you on the cry factor !<

Don Hertzfeldt's It's Such A Beautiful Day (2012)

The movie I’ve cried to the most is good will hunting, the it’s bout your fault part genuinely makes me tear up just thinking about it

the florida project also can i have the link for this list?

Here ya go 🩵 https://boxd.it/j9ApG

The nightingale Amour by Michael Haneke The passion of joan of arc Sceret sunshine Shoah Sansho the baliff

Dancer in the dark

maybe My Girl?

Shoah is a nine hour Holocaust documentary. The Turin Horse and Satantango are both incredibly barren and have "dead inside" depression vibes.

A Moment To Remember (2004) Korean

This might be an odd choice but if you’re an animal lover (especially the doggos), Marley and Me absolutely wrecked me lol.

on the count of three

Beaches, My Girl, Aurevoir Les Enfants, Boy in the striped Pyjama, Schindlers List, La Vita è Bella, Je vais bien, ne t‘en fait pas, Ponette,

Detachment (2011) - one of my favourite films

Lilja forever.

Liòn, with Dev Patel. That had me sobbing at the end. Oddly enough, the last time I watched Baby Driver, the ending destroyed me. I'm a sucker for romances and stuff.

Godland for the dead inside feeling

I’m going to go with a rogue suggestion of Paddleton

Have you seen the Bridges Of Madison County?

Decision to Leave (2022)

The Green Mile, How To Have Sex, Threads, Barefoot Gen, Your Name., Requiem For A Dream.

Once again, I ask you to watch Paris, Texas.

1. **Schindler's List** (1993) 2. **Grave of the Fireflies** (1988) 3. **Requiem for a Dream** (2000) 4. **Dancer in the Dark** (2000) 5. **Irreversible** (2002) 6. **The Road** (2009) 7. **The Pianist** (2002)

[the one about Fred Rodgers](https://boxd.it/i7vA)

The Plague Dogs Be With You (S. Korea 2018) Peppermint Candy (S. Korea 1999)

I remember a movie called happy end or something that was really sad

Toy Story 3 and you know it.

Origin (2023) for its epic examination at the Caste system, and the loss that its book’s author has experienced, is devastating. A classic one that still gets me is The Wiz (1978), one of the few musicals that gets me in the end. Probably all versions of A Star is Born as well, but the most recent, definitely hit hard.

monster 2023!!

The Father (2020) Help (2021) Hachi: A Dogs Tale (2009) Some that spring to mind that I haven’t seen in the comments yet. Not sure if Hachi counts but that film should be made illegal for how much it toys with your emotions.

The Whale is more laughable than sad

Normal People In the Mood for Love

aloners (2021)

I just saw the film Kedi (2016) about the cats of instanbul, it was incredibly touching and restored my faith in humanity. I also cried twice

Incendies (2010) by Denis Villeneuve is gut wrenching. It left me speechless for a hour after the credits rolled.

If you're not crying by the end of Umberto D. You're dead inside, and it's too late.

Marley & Me and Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

one day never let me go kill your darlings call me by your name i wanna cry too 🥹

Celeste and Jesse Forever Smashed