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Recommendations for a sad film when you need a good cry

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Happybunnymum · 05/10/2026 10:31

Recommendations for a sad film, I feel I need a good cry 😢 lots going on in life atm, can’t focus or concentrate.

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EarlofShrewsbury · 05/10/2026 10:33

Me before you.

JaneIves · 05/10/2026 10:43

Mr Hollands Opus always has me in tears.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 05/10/2026 10:52

Depends on how much brain you want to use.

The Remains of the Day
Shadowlands
Schindler’s List
Um… last time I really cried at the cinema was The Penguin Lessons. But there are serious issues with the author of the book, so I won’t watch it again.
I cried a lot over Mockingjay, Part 2.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 05/10/2026 10:52

Toy Story 3, obviously. And Up (the first 10 minute or so).

capelmustard · 05/10/2026 10:58

The English Patient
Cinema Paradiso

musicalfrog · 05/10/2026 11:00

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

There are so many but that was my most recent one. Bawled my eyes out.

Rhythmisadancer · 05/10/2026 11:01

Warhorse

RedSquirrelRoar · 05/10/2026 11:10

Something not too harrowing might be best - perhaps a kids film? Wall-E and Inside Out really get me.
If you like dogs, Haichi with Richard Gere.

Jellycatspyjamas · 05/10/2026 11:11

Stepmom is my go to for a good cry.

Katiesaidthat · 05/10/2026 11:12

Steel Magnolias, works every time.

MistsofAvalon · 05/10/2026 11:13

Truly, Madly, Deeply 😭

Shivvy1 · 05/10/2026 11:13

Marley and me

pavementpolice · 05/10/2026 11:14

Haachi and Stepmom are my two

PluviophileinRaintown · 05/10/2026 11:15

Brief Encounter

Saltedcarameltiramisucheesecake · 05/10/2026 11:17

MistsofAvalon · 05/10/2026 11:13

Truly, Madly, Deeply 😭

Oh god, yes. Theres a scene that makes me sob, even knowing it is coming. The acting is sublime.

Totally different film, Up makes me teary, and its an animated one!

AliceMcK · 05/10/2026 11:18

Beaches
My Girl

AngleofRepose · 05/10/2026 11:20

About Time with Bill Nighy (and Rachel McAdams and others)

Warhorse definitely, but a bit harrowing.

ed to add: Grave of the Fireflies (anime)

NotAgeingGracefullyThanks · 05/10/2026 11:20

Haachi; can barely watch it as makes me utterly sob. I very rarely cry.

Spaniels4Eva · 05/10/2026 11:21

Stepmom. Every time.

Autumnalhibernationisthedream · 05/10/2026 11:22

About time (not recommended if you have a sick or dead dad🙈)

Pattygonia · 05/10/2026 11:23

The English Patient
Shadowlands

Or maybe Robot Dreams - this is a really wonderful (mostly) silent animation with some beautiful sections - but at the end I sobbed!

IzzyGone · 05/10/2026 11:23

Good night Mr Tom

MuddlingThroughLife · 05/10/2026 14:16

Beaches

simpsonthecat · 05/10/2026 14:18

Ghost

Gets me every single time.

minmooch · 05/10/2026 14:19

Pay It Forward

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