Crying movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant crying movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out crying, realistic, emotional, sad, touching and serious films and TV shows about / with death, hopes, husband wife relationship, sadness, grief, family relations, love, trauma, dancing and father daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
crying
TOP 10 movies tagged as crying: My Girl (1991), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Her (2013), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Brokeback Mountain (2005), 4 Minute Mile (2014), After.Life (2009), Interstellar (2014), Revolutionary Road (2008).
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New films
The Starling Girl (2023) | 6.7 | |
The Last of Us (2023) | 8.7 | |
Fast X (2023) | 5.8 | |
Scrapper (2023) | 7.0 | |
Fog City (2023) | 3.3 |
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88K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, teenager, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, single parent, children, kids and family, single father, family relations, love ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1991, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, children, childhood, nazi, friendship, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sad, crying, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
grief, loss of child, death in the family, marriage, estrangement, tragedy, support group, memory, redemption, family problems, death of child, death of son ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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665K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, relationship problems, psychology, human nature, unlikely relationship ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, serious, crying, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, suicide, insanity, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder, female protagonist, psychiatric ward, psychology ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay romance, gay relationship, forbidden love, lgbt, love story, gays and lesbians, gay slur, gay interest, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 2005, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, indiana ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
track and field, single parent, running, training, high school, athlete and trainer, brother brother relationship, family problems, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, teenage life, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.
Style:
psychological, bleak, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
afterlife, life & death, mysterious character, psychology, able to see the dead, supernatural, twists and turns, dealing with death, danger, nudity, mentor, betrayal ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
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2.1M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, crying, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, family problems, cheating wife, midlife crisis ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1955, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, connecticut
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free- all the while fueling a vivid thesis exhibition.
Style:
crying, detective, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
femme fatale, revenge, rape, art student, vigilante, art class, murder, party, rape and revenge, police investigation, female psychopath, suicide ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies. A woman with a dangerous fantasy and her partner's struggle to please her. A man who begins an affair with his own wife without her knowing ...
Style:
erotic, funny, crying, sex comedy, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fetish, sexuality, car accident, sex, marriage, sexual exploration, deafness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, relationships, deaf, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
australia
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257K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, sad, tear jerker, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, lawyer, hiv, gay, lgbt, discrimination, lawsuit, medical, courtroom, trial, judiciary ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, touching, emotional, depressing, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, self discovery, mental illness, small town, mentally challenged, responsibility, life philosophy, brothers, coming of age, family drama, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 60s, 70s
Place:
iowa, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, adultery, love story, tragic love, betrayal, desert, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, life & death, war, wartime, power of love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, africa, ottoman empire, cairo egypt ...
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142K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, friendship, childhood, gay, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s ...
Place:
england, northern england, london, europe
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116K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style:
bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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904K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, bleak, reflective, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, pianist, nazi occupation, hunger ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, persia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
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663K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, motivational, visually appealing, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
survival, ocean, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, stranded, survivor, beautiful scenery, lost at sea, hopes, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 70s
Place:
india, pacific ocean, america, montreal, toronto ontario canada ...
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1.1M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style:
touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
prison, death penalty, stephen king, death row, magic realism, supernatural, convict, false accusation, electric chair, life & death, life philosophy, psychic ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 1935
Place:
usa, southern usa, louisiana, america, persia
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615K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love and romance, love, fall in love, true love, youth, memory loss, love of one's life, power of love, love triangle, young lovers, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 50s, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, iran, usa, europe ...
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155K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, father daughter relationship, mentally challenged, disability, single father, social services, custody, custody battle, child custody, parents and children, parenthood, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, crying, depressing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
children, poverty, boy, friendship, coming of age, neighbor, bully, strike, teenage boy, grief, rat, urban decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
glasgow scotland, britain, nebraska, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style:
serious, crying, surprise ending, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, villain, violence, skeleton, sword and sorcery, magical sword, shapeshifter, female warrior, beast, time travel ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new jersey
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287K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Style:
sexual, melancholic, atmospheric, crying, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, wedding, adultery, forbidden love, college graduate, lovers, milf, virginity, hotel, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco, bay area
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, controversial, rough, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, gory, violence, psychopath, incest, macabre, torture, sexual perversion, insanity, perversion, murder ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
serbia, europe
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