Selection
Movies that make you cry
Honest stories that do not spare the viewer.
Sometimes you want a film that will make you cry — it is a perfectly good way to unload. This list gathers dramas about loss, farewells and love that did not work out: no cheap tricks, but no easy endings either. Almost all of them are highly rated, so the evening is not wasted.
Results
Frequently asked
- Which films reliably make people cry?
- The ones that give you time to grow attached to a character and then show the loss honestly. Usually family dramas, illness stories and films about separation — those come first in the list above.
- Why does this list only contain highly rated films?
- The IMDb threshold is raised here on purpose. Tears are easy to extract by manipulation, and the rating filter keeps out films that push the viewer around without any real drama.
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