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Cloud Atlas

Adam's Apples

One Liter of Tears fits the bill.

It portrays the life of a real girl named Aya Kitou who develops a neuromuscular disease as a teen. It's an old film but great for making you think about the value and beauty of life.

There is a JDrama with the same name. The show takes some artistic liberties with the real story but since it has a longer run time it goes more in depth about the family dynamics and explores other plot lines.

"The Green Mile" made me cry

Columbus and After Yang by Kogonada. These are such beautiful, contemplative films.

Interstellar Suzume A Silent Voice - guaranteed to fuck you up Grave of the Fireflies

Idk, all these movies make me cry but for different reasons. The last two will sincerely fuck you up if you are any sort of empath.

I get you man, sometimes I need a good cry as well. I'm telling you though...A Silent Voice is a doozy.

Not knowing what usually makes you cry and what kind of movies you may enjoy, here are the first movies I know make me cry. Me being a a 50+ years old dude:

• Somewhere in Time
• The bicentennial man
• Love Story.

And those are from Ghibli:

• When Marnie was There
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• From Up on Poppy Hill
• Only Yesterday
• The Red Turtle
• Porco Rosso

• Big Fish
• Up!
• Toy Story 3
• Onward
• Last of the Mohicans
• When Marnie was There (Ghibli)
• About Time

I have not seen this film in decades, but I remember it being quite lovely, it is a Serbian film called "Black Cat, White Cat":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat,_White_Cat

This next film will not make you cry, but it is an amazingly brilliant romantic adventure comedy, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines

Chariots of fire.

I sob like a baby when I watch Practical Magic (Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.) Same with Disney's Moana. Neither movie is really advertised as bring particularly deep or philosophical, but both of them have more profundity than appears on the surface. PM is about love, death, and family. Moana is about determination, joy, and redemption. Big emotions.

"Your Name", anime film about a high school age boy and girl that swap bodies in their sleep, they don't know anything about eachother and have to figure out how to not ruin eachothers lives and relationships, it's very bueatiful, and you'll cry for sure.

Tout le bleu du ciel - 2025 Netflix french movie. The whole roadtrip thing made me watch it and I enjoyed it. Might be what you're looking for as well.

And speaking of road trips, Into the Wild. Amazing movie, amazing soundtrack by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

Both movies quite sad and beautiful.

Not so much a movie but you should watch The Last of Us up to the first 3 episodes. I got through Episode 3 and it had me in tears the whole day 😭

I saw “What Dreams May Come” in high school and wept the entire way from the theater to the car.

Even met some friends on the way and had to explain I was crying because it was so beautiful.

Martian

Armageddon

Life is Beautiful

Manchester by the Sea

The Green Mile

My recommendations are more sad than uplifting, but still beautiful and emotional.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

This has me all the way from to tears of sadness to tears of joy and really made me feel for the main character. It seems too whimsical to take seriously at first, but if you let it wash over you it rewards you. it can be an incredibly powerful movie and I loved the message.

Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It’s a really sad breakup movie. Lots of emotion. Some of Jim Carry’s best acting.

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013 version) is beautiful and thoughtful. Completely unlike any other Ben Stiller movie that I know of.

"The Fountain" (2006) might qualify too, though it's a lot heavier.

"Amélie" (2001)

"Hector and the Search for Happiness" (2014) is decent too, though I'm a Simon Pegg fan so it gets extra points for that