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I need to ugly cry - what programmes or films make you sob?

254 replies

Needtouglycry · 14/05/2023 19:09

I'm going through some shit and need to cry but can't so am resorting to watching whatever it takes to kick it off.

I'm watching 'Its a sin' at the moment, episode 3...

I don't want to be asked what's wrong just ideas of what to watch. Thank you.

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Pepperama · 14/05/2023 19:59

Another one for the beginning of UP.

Deathbywhy · 14/05/2023 20:02

A film called Pay It Forward

Or Green Mile

YoucancallmeKAREN · 14/05/2023 20:02

The devine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood

AllegraWalterJones · 14/05/2023 20:02

BatFaceOwl · 14/05/2023 19:27

Awakenings

Dead Poets society

omg yes to dead poets society

MaybeWednesday · 14/05/2023 20:02

HerRoyalHeinzness · 14/05/2023 19:27

Well that did it!!!

PickoftheMix · 14/05/2023 20:02

clpsmum · 14/05/2023 19:51

This then watch the aids tapes

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What's the aids tapes?

Magnoliainbloom · 14/05/2023 20:03

illiterato · 14/05/2023 19:51

Wild ( Cheryl Strayed) where they have to kill the horse and also when she shags the two guys round the back of the restaurant and imagines seeing her mum. Her pain is just so real.

Also 8 Below Zero. Watched it on a plane and there was a lot of teary faces in the cabin.

Have you seen her series Beautiful Tiny Things (or something like that). It’s based on her life.

If you liked Wild, check out Land.

Rebelmcstreettuff · 14/05/2023 20:04

Beaches
The Champ

Upanddownthemerrygoround · 14/05/2023 20:06

Shadowlands. Anthony Hopkins in the depths of intellectual grief. Amazing.

(if you want to read something, Hamnet)

DaanSaaf · 14/05/2023 20:06

A star is born

DaanSaaf · 14/05/2023 20:06

Ps. Hope you feel better soon op 💐

SpecialControlGroup · 14/05/2023 20:07

Steel magnolias
Stepmom
Marley and me
Seven pounds (?) it has will smith in it

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 14/05/2023 20:08

Beaches.
Brokeback Mountain
Call me by your name

Proudofitbabe · 14/05/2023 20:08

Legends of the Fall

Meet Joe Black

Be warned, they will not fail.

Mimilamore · 14/05/2023 20:09

Not a film but Tim Minchin, singing White Wine in the Sun always gets me and Vaughn Williams Lark Ascending... probably just me though!?

Chesneyhawkes1 · 14/05/2023 20:09

@HerRoyalHeinzness yep that did it 😭

lakesummer · 14/05/2023 20:10

Upanddownthemerrygoround · 14/05/2023 20:06

Shadowlands. Anthony Hopkins in the depths of intellectual grief. Amazing.

(if you want to read something, Hamnet)

I came on to say this film as well. DH and I both sobbed through it.

tinytemper66 · 14/05/2023 20:10

Watch Lewis Capaldi's new video or what Kevin Seinfeld carry Rob Burrows over the line at the Leeds Marathon. 😪

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 14/05/2023 20:10

MaybeWednesday · 14/05/2023 20:02

Well that did it!!!

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His message to Harry Styles about his, (Harry's), new video cracked me up.
OP
Harry Styles, Satellite video.

CountTo10 · 14/05/2023 20:10

Believe it or not the new 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.

Tina221 · 14/05/2023 20:10

Steel Magnolias 💐

Purplecatshopaholic · 14/05/2023 20:10

Any episode of Long Lost Family

Newnamenewname109870 · 14/05/2023 20:11

PickoftheMix · 14/05/2023 19:10

Continue with It's a Sin... it'll come!

I was going to say… you can’t get much worse than that! It only gets sadder and it still upsets me now.

catitude · 14/05/2023 20:11

Yes to Green Mile, gets me every time

Snugglemonkey · 14/05/2023 20:13

Who will have my children?
Watership down
Beaches
Stepmom
Philadelphia