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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.

OP posts:
Scenekidfringe · 14/05/2023 21:18

A Little Princess - when she starts shouting "Papa Papa" I'm a blubbering mess.

Cas112 · 14/05/2023 21:18

Firefly lane
Hatchi
Ps I love you

hesaidshesaidtheysaid · 14/05/2023 21:20

A Star is Born, I had no idea, it got me really bad 😭

Ceebeegee · 14/05/2023 21:24

Long lost family episodes

TheFireflies · 14/05/2023 21:35

Another vote for A Monster Calls. The book is even more heart wrenching. I was stupid enough to read it on a plane.

YourFault · 14/05/2023 21:37

Awful suggestions so far. You want to watch A Silent Voice. That makes the toughest people cry from the first 10 mins

alltoomuchrightnow · 14/05/2023 21:39

Big Fish
Field of Dreams

alltoomuchrightnow · 14/05/2023 21:42

The Color Purple

alltoomuchrightnow · 14/05/2023 21:46

Angel-A

HoboSexualOnslow · 14/05/2023 21:47

Inside Number 9, series 2 episode 2 on BBC iPlayer

KateOopNorth · 14/05/2023 21:50

A short one; "If anything happens I love you" on Netflix. Watched it just after another school shooting without knowing what it was about, and was sobbing so hard I couldn't breathe..

cloudjumper · 14/05/2023 21:52

Steel Magnolia
Shawshank Redemption
Life if Beautiful
Schindler's List

IrritableVowel · 14/05/2023 21:53

When a Man Loves a Woman

Saving Mr Banks

MrsR87 · 14/05/2023 21:56

Marley and me
PS I love you

XelaM · 14/05/2023 21:57

The saddest film I have ever seen is 21 Grams. It's an absolutely brilliant film with some phenomenal acting and screenplay, but it is unbelievably gut-wrenching.

steff13 · 14/05/2023 21:59

Dear Zachary

AllegraWalterJones · 14/05/2023 21:59

YourFault · 14/05/2023 21:37

Awful suggestions so far. You want to watch A Silent Voice. That makes the toughest people cry from the first 10 mins

Rude

XelaM · 14/05/2023 21:59

XelaM · 14/05/2023 21:57

The saddest film I have ever seen is 21 Grams. It's an absolutely brilliant film with some phenomenal acting and screenplay, but it is unbelievably gut-wrenching.

Actually maybe followed by Mystic River.

Both films have the brilliant Sean Pean in them.

RhubarbFairy · 14/05/2023 22:00

The end of ET.
The end of Toy Story 3.

A Monster Calls book. I've never seen the film, but it's the only book I've ever finished, put down, and sobbed for what felt like a very long time. I don't think I'll be watching the film.

CreamTeaThievery · 14/05/2023 22:00

Armageddon and The green mile. I once watched the two of them back to back and my duvet could have been wrong out it was that wet from big snotty tears!

RaininSummer · 14/05/2023 22:03

Marley and me breaks me up.

itsmylife7 · 14/05/2023 22:04

HerRoyalHeinzness · 14/05/2023 19:27

I'm not a Dog person but omg I cried at this.
That Dog is amazing.

almostoverthehill · 14/05/2023 22:04

PS I Love You

Beignet · 14/05/2023 22:06

If you really want to go hard-core crying, there is only one film.

Who will love my children

Even my tough farming mother was in bits. I made my friend watch it few years ago, she cried her makeup off and just kept repeating "wtf have you made me watch" 😀