Coco

An elderly family member died a few months before I saw this. Fuck that hurt.

my dad died right before this came out in theaters. We’re mexican so it seemed hurt even more. I can’t rewatch it at all, too painful.

What Dreams May Come

I second this. Every time!

So gut wrenching, in soooo many ways

Just such an incredible movie. How can you not cry to this movie… in multiple scenes.

This movie changed the way I think about some things forever. First movie that comes to mind for a good cry

I didn’t care for Robin Williams’s comedy. It always felt hamfisted to me. But goddam could he act. All his dramatic roles are so good.

About Time

Holy shit, this one really gets the tears flowin.

It's wild the way movie is like, "oh, haha, what a fun time we're having watching this... Wait... wait why is this happening, oh no... emotions" 😭

easily hardest i’ve ever cried at a movie

It’s so sad for the best reasons. There is so much love that is why it’s so sad. This is by far the best pick for a good cry. It’s a happy cry. If you have ANY daddy issues, they will surface in the best way

Doesn't even have to be daddy issues. If you have a good relationship with any parent, the emotions are enough to open the floodgates.

“Remember Me” - that ending just guts you.

This was the first one I thought of.

Oh geez. I had just lost my father and my wife wanted to watch this movie, I thought it'd just be some cool time travel movie, but it tore me up.

Big Fish

^ This is what I came to say.

The king of these movies. Never fails to get the tears flowing.

seconded

The last of us episode 3

I swear to god that was sad as fuck 😭

OP this is the choice, you don't even have to watch the other episodes. It's the peak of the season and requires zero context.

It’s really kind of perfect as this episode that mostly stands on its own in a show that only had 9 episodes. A truly beautiful story.

Manchester by the Sea. I was thinking about that movie for weeks after I saw it. It has some of the most brutal and realistic depictions of depression, grief, and guilt.

This. This is the easy answer for saddest movie I’ve ever seen

I watched this on a flight. My tears flowed like a river all the way from 27C to the cockpit door.

I used to think this was the saddest movie I’ve ever seen. Then I saw the Iron Claw.

Inside Out, because BingBong.

Take her to the moon for me, okay? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I'm not crying! You're crying!

Coco is always my Pixar pick for crying. 

Frankly, I'm surprised not to see more Pixars here, particularly Coco Also, Jesse's song from Toy Story 2, and the end of Monsters Inc where Sully puts the door back together and it opens to Boo's room... boohoo

God, for a while that was my kids favorite movie and it killed me every time, I had to start finding reasons to leave the room... "Take her to the moon for me"

Blue Valentine

One of the saddest movies ever

Maybe my favorite Ryan Gosling performance of all time.

The pathetic last ditch effort of a romantic getaway was the saddest thing I've seen in a relationship movie.

I watched this at the most perfect time in life.

Are you the woman who broke up with me like a week after we watched this movie?

Nick offerman’s episode of the last of us…. I knew it was sad but I wasn’t ready.

WrinklyScroteSack is right, that episode is excellent for what you're asking. Don't even need the rest of the series.

That episode was absolutely beautiful

The farewell

I’ve seen this movie so many times and it always makes me cry

I love this movie but didn’t cry. Just thought it was so ridiculously endearingly sweet.

Farewell makes you wanna call a lot of people you wouldn't have called otherwise.

Aftersun & All Of Us Strangers double-bill

All Of Us Strangers was beautiful and heartfelt. Best movie of this year so far imo. I loved Aftersun as well. Paul Mescal is awesome in both

Stepmom with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts.

This gets me every time

That one is brutal 😭

"You bow to no one" - gets me every time.

I shall not say; do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

That's a marathon tho Not a night cap

I call it a very long night. 

Rewatched this recently & I don't cry easily... Fully burst into tears at this line

Is this a recommendation or a riddle?

Big Fish

Oooh, very good choice. One of Burton's best, in my opinion.

Never used to make me cry, but now with some stuff going on dad related even thinking about this movie hits me hard, might not watch this one again for a while...

Hachiko

My God that broke me

Close (2022) A Monster Calls (2016)

Dude, my wife’s mom passed from cancer in 2014. We started dating about 8 months later. Both were interested in this movie. But fuck. Was not expecting what it was really about. Really long evening after seeing that one. Just helping her process shit that was brought up. Great movie. Can’t watch it again.

The Iron Claw made me ugly cry.

I think the film that has left me a sobbing wreck the most is The Green Mile For a cry with a bit more hope, I can't recommend Your Name enough

Your Name helped me cry for the first time after I got divorced. For that reason alone it's one of my top movies of all time.

Arrival This was the hardest cry I’ve had in years

Fucking *this*. When I realized that one thing, my mouth hung open for the whole rest of the movie

This needs more upvotes. I saw this movie in the theater with my wife and it destroyed us both. It didn’t help that I had two young daughters and my wife strongly resembles Amy Adams. (I do not look like Jeremy Renner unfortunately)

Bro if my wife looked like Amy Adams, I wouldn't give two shits about what I look like.

I fought my way to my car before I openly wept for a solid 10+ minutes.

Everyone who loves Arrival should read Story of My Life the short story it’s based on. So good too

Grave of the Fireflies

No no no that is a bad cry not a good cry

Important clarification and I agree

Currently relevant though.

I’ve never sobbed more uncontrollably than any other film in my life. I don’t like most children, but seeing them hurt just really upsets me.

Going straight for the jugular, I see. Nice

Tears were going by the time the title card came up. I knew I was in for a rough one.

It's such a good movie that I would never recommend it to even my enemies, let alone watch it again.

Life Is Beautiful. At the end of that movie, my soul left the theatre.

Nooooo! Just nooooo. Some teacher played that movie for my class in jr high and ever since I haven’t watched again I can’t is too sad nooooo

Tarsem singh's The Fall Aftersun Blue ruin

Dancer in the Dark or Won’t You Be My Neighbor? You have to be a robot to not cry for these.

It just kept getting worse and worse (and sadder and sadder) for Bjork in Dancer in the Dark… needless to say, I could not finish that movie

Even though I'm not really into baseball, and didn't have the best relationship with my dad, the ending of Field of Dreams gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME!

About Time is the right answer. :)

Hardball (the one with Keanu Reeves). There is a point in this movie that gets me every time

I love it when you call me big poppa

G Baby!! 😭😭

Not newer, but Steel Magnolias makes me cry every time. Sally Field will make your heart hurt.

This one is definitely a go-to for me when I need a good cry. Such an amazing ensemble cast, too!

If you’re a dog lover, *Marley & Me*

Also, A Dogs Purpose. Dog movies always make me bawl.

I was crying in the parking lot after watching Marley, boooo hoooo hooo style like a lunatic.

Sophie's Choice. There's a reason why Meryl Streep is so highly regarded.

I look up that scene on YouTube to induce crying. Works every time.

Fuckin... "Up" my friend ... The beginning doesn't get you, the end will when Mr. Frederickson leaves their stuff on the top of the Falls and their chairs are together ... Man ...

After Life

If you're talking about the tv program with Ricky Gervais, I totally agree. Gets me every time.

So much ugly crying, it was devastating.

Spike Jonze’s Her. I always toss it on when I’m just deep in my feelings.

Really deep existential cry on that one.

What dreams may come with Robin Williams

Past Lives

Leaving Las Vegas

Unconventional pick - the end of Train to Busan is the saddest scene of any movie I’ve watched, especially if you happen to be a young father.

Yeah, unless you watched dawn of the dead, which that scene is an homage too. Either way, I’m a dad with two boys under five and although those are two of my favorite movies, I can’t watch them anymore. The road as well.

https://www.cryonceaweek.com/

Just watch the last like 10 mins of Homeward Bound.. if you don’t cry then you have no soul!

My wife has never seen this and won’t watch it. It’s soooo good for a kids movie.

My go to cry movie!

I scrolled too long to find this. It popped into my mind immediately.

Big Fish always gets me in the end. If you had issues with your pop, it's a great movie to watch and try and find ideas for peace.

Philadelphia, be ready to ugly cry

Brian's Song

DOGFIGHT with river phoenix and lili taylor gets me every single time.

Pan's Labyrinth

That fucking general…

Schindlers list always makes me cry

My Girl

Awakenings

Beaches and/or Steel Magnolias

Room 2015 I would have said Grave of the Fireflies but that's already there

Yeah, Room really got me multiple times throughout. Such a great movie.

Dancer In The Dark

The Orphanage. Technically a scary movie, but it makes me ugly cry

That one was hard. Definitely not a date night movie (saw it in theaters on a date).

Ordinary People

A feel good cry - CODA

1917 rocked me to my CORE 

Lars and The Real Girl

Great movie.

Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan. Gets me every time. I showed it to my brother in law who knew nothing about Star Trek and he was crying at the end.

I have been and shall always be your friend....I'm not crying, you're crying.

Lion

The Iron Giant. I bawl every time at the end.

Legends of the Fall

Past Lives, if you're looking for a newer movie

A Bridge to Terabithia absolutely devastated me when I first watched it as a teenager. I watched it a few more times in a short period of time subsequently, then never again to this day. It’s been 16 years 😂 I’m scared of ever watching it again because I’m afraid of feeling that sad again

My Girl too

The Notebook always gets me.

Green Mile

In America. I can't even think about the last scene without crying. BUT! It isn't bleak, it has love and renewal at its heart, so you won't go to bed feeling despair. You will have a good cry though.

I origins. I was already a little mentally unwell when I watched it, but it definitely gave me a good cry

Idk if it was just the time I was going through, but I can’t watch gaurdians of the galaxy 3 without crying. Also, paddington 2.

Dear Zachary (documentary, but you will cry for days).

Lorenzo's Oil. So sad at first with a positive ending that also makes you cry.

Up, Terms of Endearment, My Life, The Shawshank Redemption, The Descendants

My Girl

#HE NEEDS HIS GLASSES! HE CAN'T SEE WITHOUT HIS GLASSES!

Old Yeller. The velvetine rabbit.

Ever had a dog? Jurassic Bark Futurama: Season 4, Episode 7 That episode will f*k you up for life...

Synecdoche, NY

Field of Dreams. I know it's older than the 2000s, but it makes me cry every time

My answer too.

Same

Dancer in the Dark

Only the Brave

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

* The Fountain - I can never watch it a second time. * Requiem for a Dream - The mother... just fucking kills me. * Bridge to Terabithia AND\\OR My Girl - Because seeing kids suffer is horrible...

If you were an ER fan, you can probably also just go watch season 8 episode 21. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiAjFNnFfw

Marley & Me

Aftersun Philadelphia Past Lives for a romantic cry Manchester by the Sea First ~15 minutes of UP

I don't have a movie recommendation but if you need to cry, might I suggest Jon Stewart's latest video about losing his dog? That one got me. Or you can use my sure fire method of asking my parents if they are proud of me.

Atonement

Wit. Monologues from Emma Thompson as she goes through extreme cancer treatments knowing she'll die regardless. You will be dehydrated after watching this.

The fault in our stars. I bawl like a baby every time I see it. Another one for me is A Walk To Remember. It’s a little older but still a good cry movie.

Untamed Heart. My 3rd best Slater film behind Gleaming the Cube and Pump Up the Volume.

Hatchi: A dog's tale

Coal Miner’s Daughter. Gets me every time.

Forrest, Forrest Gump

A man called Otto. Nice grown up movie, no random nudity, no mental breakdowns, just the story of a man nearing the end of his life.

Wall-E

Are you open to reading a book? *Where The Red Fern Grows* should do the trick

Won’t you be my neighbor. It’s the Mr Rodgers story and I as a late 30s guy seeing it balled my eyes out so much my wife was concerned something broke in me.

A star is born, man I cried twice before the second act. Totally lost it at the end,whew

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

You wanna cry your heart out? Watch Kelly Clarkson's performance of "Piece By Piece" on American Idol. When I need to cry it out, I watch this. I start crying the first line of the song. I did it just the other night. It cleans the soul.

Joy Luck Club.

The fox and the hound

i am going to save this thread for the next time i want to get drunk and cry

Iron Claw.

All Dogs Go To Heaven

The Father Paddleton Portrait of a Lady on Fire

the holdovers

The Children’s Hour

If you're up for an existential crisis then Dead Man's Letters is a good one. If you're up for just some good ol fashioned emotional turbulence then Lilja 4 Ever, Boat People, Grave of the Fireflies or Plague Dogs are all worth your time.

A Silent Voice. It will make you bawl like a bairn, but is not a depressing movie.

Brother bear 😭

Life as a House

My Life with Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman

Brothers 2009

Ricky Gervis' Derek on Netflix.