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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:
Makingamess4212 · 14/05/2023 22:46

ashamed1235 · 14/05/2023 19:53

Rabbit Proof Fence

Precious

Precious is such a hard film to watch!

Tilllly · 14/05/2023 22:55

User14528564 · 14/05/2023 20:38

Is Firefly Lane like Virgin River and This is us. It’s been mentioned a few times on this thread

No but if you like them, you'll like firefly lane

QueSyrahSyrah · 14/05/2023 23:01

Hope your ok OP. I was going to say It's a sun based on your title before I read the post, I hope it did the job x

louderthan · 14/05/2023 23:08

Read the thread on here about memories of grandparents. I just cried at it.

sunshineandshowers40 · 14/05/2023 23:45

Most of my have already been said:

Marley and me (I'm not even keen on dogs)
Green mile
It's a sin
Steel magnolias
This is us.
So many ER episodes
Beginning of Up

I love a good cry.

TableTime99 · 14/05/2023 23:47

Handmaid's tale

Makingamess4212 · 14/05/2023 23:48

Aw and New Amsterdam, doctor type series

SonicBoo · 14/05/2023 23:57

HoboSexualOnslow · 14/05/2023 21:47

Inside Number 9, series 2 episode 2 on BBC iPlayer

Urgh, I can cry just thinking about this episode of Inside No 9, I wasn't prepared at all the first time I saw it. It's such an underrated series really.

I can also recommend Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room (Series 4 ep 2) for a good old weep.

AngeloMysterioso · 15/05/2023 00:00

About Time.

I put it on a few days after my Dad died, not knowing the plot and thinking a nice Richard Curtis rom com might do me some good. Big fucking mistake.

78gingernuts · 15/05/2023 00:14

Ricky Gervais in After life

BSB30 · 15/05/2023 00:15

Criminal Minds - the episode where Hayley Hotchner gets killed. Gets me every time.

Friarclose · 15/05/2023 00:15

Firefly Lane especially the last episode, oh my word

Bumdealoftheweek · 15/05/2023 00:35

Why has noone mentioned Gorillas in the Mist or Million Dollar Baby. Both made me sob. And Gran Torino - brilliant film.

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:06

Cinema Paradiso. If you know you know...

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:13

Brief Encounter

Mumtobabyhavoc · 15/05/2023 01:14

The Joy Luck Cub. Watched it today for the first time in ages. Had forgotten several scenes bring on the tears...

Superb acting, btw.

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:14

meganorks · 14/05/2023 19:17

The saddest film I ever saw was Dancer in the Dark with Bjork. Started crying half way through and didn't stop.

Harrowing 😫

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:15

Breaking the waves

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:17

What dreams may come

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:19

ashamed1235 · 14/05/2023 19:53

Rabbit Proof Fence

Precious

Seconded. I was helpless

QueenBitch666 · 15/05/2023 01:22

Frogsdinner · 14/05/2023 19:15

Sophies Choice

😫

JandalsAlways · 15/05/2023 03:06

AngeloMysterioso · 15/05/2023 00:00

About Time.

I put it on a few days after my Dad died, not knowing the plot and thinking a nice Richard Curtis rom com might do me some good. Big fucking mistake.

Aw gawd yes, so sad 😭

SpicyMoth · 15/05/2023 03:42

A Dog's Purpose

IncyWincyGrownUp · 15/05/2023 04:08

Sense and Sensibility, the bit where Alan Rickman is utterly broken and demands a task of Emma Thompson. Kills me every time.

CoffeeAndEnnui · 15/05/2023 04:10

Meet Joe Black. A genuinely beautiful (and funny) film about family, the nature of love and dealing with death, with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. It makes me do proper boo-hoo hiccuping ugly cries every single time I watch it. Guaranteed weepie.