Everybody needs a good cry every now and again. Not only is it surprisingly healthy for a person, but crying can often be a very constructive outlet for getting in touch with one's emotions, and even more so when those emotions don't stem from any pain or drama but instead from being entertained - more specifically, being entertained by a tearjerker movie.
They've been around forever; the movies that inherently pull the audience in by letting them know that they're about to go on an emotional roller coaster ride. People love them, people hate them, people love that they hate them, and hate that they love them. As we said, it's a roller coaster ride - but always a tearful, emotional one. Get the tissues ready and cue the waterworks for our list of 10 movies that will have you sobbing every time.
10 Good Will Hunting (1997)
We miss you, Robin Williams. The Oscar-winning indie-drama centered around a genius young-man with a troubled background and upbringing, who must go to a therapist in order to avoid jail-time, will melt even the coldest heart. It isn't without reason that this movie is now considered a classic. The entire thing is truly a cinematic work of art and rightfully put Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the Hollywood map, but the emotional therapy sessions and fights between Will and his girlfriend can cause anyone to shed a few tears. Don't worry - it's not your fault.
9 It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
It sure didn't seem so wonderful for damn near the entire movie. The Christmas classic starring James Stewart is so well known even 75 years after it's release that a person is ostracized if they haven't seen it, and rightfully so.
The Angel, Clarence, takes the audience through a Christmas ghost-story as the suicidal George Bailey gets to see what life would be like if he'd never been born, convinced that everybody he knows would be better off. Suffice to say, things don't exactly go the way George thinks they will, and when he begs for things to go back to normal... well, you know the rest. Have your bells ready to ring.
8 Titanic (1997)
James Cameron showed the world that he was a sci-fi film savant when he made Terminator, Aliens, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So, naturally, what did the blockbuster-director do next? He made another blockbuster - about the world's saddest love story. But not just any blockbuster; the blockbuster that would be the first film to ever gross over 2 billion dollars at the box office. Honestly, it'll be another 84 years before we get another on-screen duo that makes us cry as much as Jack and Rose did. But it needs to be said - there was room on the door for two.
7 Eight Below (2006)
We don't deserve dogs. One more time for the people in the back: WE DON'T DESERVE DOGS! Eight Below follows the tale of an arctic sled-dog team that, heartbreakingly, gets stranded in Antarctica when their science crew must emergency evacuate from the continent and leave them behind.
As if the premise weren't tear-wrenching enough, the film follows not only the dogs as they try to survive in the perilous Antarctic wild but the owner of the dogs (played by Paul Walker) desperately trying to return to the continent to save them. Add in the fact that the beloved Fast & Furious actor is no longer with us, and you've got yourself a movie you'll need more than one box of tissues for.
6 Stand By Me (1986)
It made the author of the book it was based on cry, so that pretty much sums it up. Stephen King, one of the most famous writers our world has ever known, has formally stated that Stand By Me is his favorite adaptation of his work not only because it sticks to the subject material so well, but because it invoked an emotional response that King didn't know the film was capable of giving him. Centered around four kids who set out on a journey to find a dead body, the boys come back from their adventure just a little bit different than they were before. Even if you haven't seen this movie in over 10 years, you'll always remember it - and how it made you cry.
5 Toy Story 3 (2010)
The toys were holding hands in a furnace for crying out loud! The fourth installment in the Toy Story franchise may have been the proper send-off to Woody that we all needed, but Toy Story 3 is the strongest emotionally.
Audiences were treated to well more than they expected when it seemed as though our stuffing-filled friends were going to meet their fiery doom, but what did Pixar decide to do? They took that heart-wrenching moment and shoved it in the back-seat as we were then forced to say good-bye to Andy forever. All aboard the feels train; next stop is infinity and beyond.
4 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Remember when Jayden Smith was cute enough to make us cry? Just barely. But even so, his performance wasn't the most tear-jerking in this drama centered around a man who is basically just doing what the title says - trying to find a little bit of happiness (but spelled with a Y). In what is one of Will Smith's pinnacle on-screen performances, he takes the audience on a two-hour journey following the based-on real-life character, Chris Gardner, as he tries to raise his only son and seemingly just try to get a win for once. Don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't cry at this movie: period.
3 The Green Mile (1999)
There may never be a cinematic character who deserves a more justified ending than John Coffey of The Green Mile. While Tom Hanks has produced his fair share of tear-jerkers (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) it's for that very reason that this gem often gets left behind when referring to his better work.
But maybe that's because, in this particular film, Hanks is the one whose performance is overshadowed (figuratively, and literally) by the gentle-giant, John Coffey, a man who is unjustly sentenced to death for crimes he didn't commit. We're tired, boss, tired of crying from this darn movie.
2 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
It's pretty much a given that any film focused on World War II, or, more specifically, anything to do with the atrocities that the Nazi party carried out during that time, will cause the audience to break down at least once or twice. But wow. Just wow. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas follows the unlikely friendship between two young boys - one the son of a high ranking Nazi official, and the other imprisoned within a concentration camp. The entire film mostly takes place watching the two young males conversing with one another, making the audience weep for the fact that children understood there was no difference between one another because of their religion. But just for good measure, they threw in the last scene, just to make sure their audiences tear supplies were sufficiently depleted.
1 The Farewell (2019)
If you've had the unfortunate displeasure of losing a family member to cancer, you may want to hold off on watching this film. A phenomenal, and breakout, performance by the usually funny and eccentric, Awkwafina, The Farewell casts her in a completely different light as she plays the part of Billi, an Asian-American living in New York City whose grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The only issue? The movie takes place in China where Billi's grandmother lives and explores, very deeply and emotionally, the differences between Eastern and Western cultures when it comes to disease, medicine, and taking care of the ones we love. A true underdog hit that deserves notoriety this award season, The Farewell will have you holding every one of your relatives just a little bit tighter.
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