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What will make me cry?

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Doyoumind · 15/02/2021 20:25

I feel like I need a really good cry to get it out my system.

I am not a crier. I really dislike films or programmes designed to make you cry. I'm more emotional about true stories than fictional stories

What can I watch?

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MsTSwift · 15/02/2021 23:32

Remains of the day. Anthony Hopkins as CS Lewis sobbing with his young step son when the wife dies. I was in quite a jolly mood when that same I’m just before Christmas but was properly sobbing at that.

MsTSwift · 15/02/2021 23:33

*when I sat down to watch that

SadderThanEeyore · 15/02/2021 23:47

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

hansolosmum · 16/02/2021 00:17

Yes to The Green Mile. Also:
Meet Joe Black
The last two episodes of Dawson's Creek
Every episode of This is Us
The documentary 'Be here now'

Gettingthru98 · 16/02/2021 00:20

These movies:
PS I love you
Beaches

2tired2bewitty · 16/02/2021 00:25

Orla Guerin’s report from Yemen on PM on Radio4 tonight (15th) had me tearing up over the dinner tonight and I’m also not really a crier.

Nannyamc · 16/02/2021 00:30

Sign up to amazon prime ( free for a month)
Binge on the 5 series not a dry eye here after each episode..best tv ever

Nannyamc · 16/02/2021 00:30

Sorry this is us

Kpo58 · 16/02/2021 00:31

Grave of the fireflies is guaranteed to make you cry.

shouldhavecalleditoatabix · 16/02/2021 00:33

Oldie but Philiadelphia? Based on a true story and who doesn't love Tom Hanks?
Also The time travellers wife, the curious case of Benjamin Button and Seven when he opens the box

JaneJeffer · 16/02/2021 00:33

PS I love you
You will cry at Gerard Butler's atrocious Irish accent.

MarkRuffaloCrumble · 16/02/2021 00:45

@Nannyamc

Sorry this is us
Yup - every single episode I cry!

I also cry during every break of another show I watch as they put an advert for a kids grief charity on during every break. DP thinks it’s cute/hilarious how upset I get, as I’m generally quite tough but this advert gets me every time, several times a night if we’re binge watching it!

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 16/02/2021 00:56

Any of the in hospital Covid documentaries.

Relocate down under -the videos from
Home

SkiingIsHeaven · 16/02/2021 00:59

Watched Bridesmaids yesterday. I was cry laughing. Give that a go.

Hexinthecity · 16/02/2021 01:07

Goodnight mister tom, every fucking time, the last scene when he’s ride his bike past mister tom and shouts dad literally opens my flood gates every time

CoolCatTaco · 16/02/2021 01:42

Coco, not usually a crier but this film has me every time. Also Toy Story 3 & Inside Out. Bit of a theme here...

ClaryFairchild · 16/02/2021 01:49

On Netflix- "If Anything Happens I Love You" - it's a short animated film created by parents mourning their daughter who died in a school shooting.

UnaLength · 16/02/2021 02:00

Ricky Gervais' monologue as Andy Melman in the Big Brother house, last episode of Extras always gets me.

worried3012 · 16/02/2021 02:09

I watched Hachi - a dogs tale at the weekend. I sobbed my heart out.

QuestionableMouse · 16/02/2021 02:11

It's fiction but the Art of Racing in the Rain always makes me cry. And as a rule, I don't cry much at all.

Rainbows89 · 16/02/2021 02:24

The Notebook made me bawl my eyes out. I can’t remember what it was about!

Also, the start of Up.

Also Iris.

Weirdfan · 16/02/2021 02:25

Just google 'soldiers coming home' and click on any YouTube link with 'emotional' in the title. You're welcome Smile

FredaFlintstone · 16/02/2021 02:44

The boy in the striped pyjamas.

endlesssnow · 16/02/2021 02:46

We have just watched 4 weddings and I was surprised at how tearful the funeral scene left me.

lunar1 · 16/02/2021 02:54

Download All My Life. It's based on a true story about a couple and a cancer diagnosis. I'll put a link to the trailer.

There is no way you can't cry at this.