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TEARJERKER Movies that make you TEAR UP and CRY

by OJT • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 year ago
Here are movies that can will make you tearing up and even cry at least in the end. Some real tearjerker movies.
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  • Rooney Mara and Dev Patel in Lion (2016)

    1. Lion

    20161h 58mPG-1369Metascore
    8.0 (260K)
    A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
    DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney Mara
  • Dustin Lance Black in Mama's Boy (2022)

    2. Mama's Boy

    20221h 42mTV-14
    7.9 (585)
    Centers around the upbringing of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and how his close relationship with his mother led to and inspired his activism.
    DirectorLaurent BouzereauStarsParis BarclayDustin Lance BlackTom Daley
  • Behavior (2014)

    3. Behavior

    20141h 48m
    7.5 (1.7K)
    Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.
    DirectorErnesto DaranasStarsAlina RodríguezYuliet CruzArmando Miguel Gómez
  • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)

    4. Interstellar

    20142h 49mPG-1374Metascore
    8.7 (2.3M)
    When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica Chastain
  • Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)

    5. Love, Simon

    20181h 50mPG-1372Metascore
    7.5 (131K)
    Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
    DirectorGreg BerlantiStarsNick RobinsonJennifer GarnerJosh Duhamel
  • Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman (2020)

    6. Pieces of a Woman

    20202h 6mR66Metascore
    7.0 (58K)
    When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
    DirectorKornél MundruczóStarsVanessa KirbyShia LaBeoufEllen Burstyn
  • Glenn Close and Mila Kunis in Four Good Days (2020)

    7. Four Good Days

    20201h 40mR52Metascore
    6.6 (15K)
    A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
    DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsMila KunisCarla GalloGlenn Close
  • Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, and Austin Nichols in Prayers for Bobby (2009)

    8. Prayers for Bobby

    20091h 30mTV-14TV Movie
    8.0 (19K)
    True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.
    DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsSigourney WeaverHenry CzernyRyan Kelley
  • Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)

    9. Call Me by Your Name

    20172h 12mR94Metascore
    7.8 (340K)
    It's the summer of 1983, and 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, who's working as an intern for Elio's father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening desire.
    DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael Stuhlbarg
  • Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay in Room (2015)

    10. Room

    20151h 58mR86Metascore
    8.1 (468K)
    A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
    DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean Bridgers
  • Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, and Aidan Quinn in Legends of the Fall (1994)

    11. Legends of the Fall

    19942h 13mR45Metascore
    7.5 (192K)
    In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsBrad PittAnthony HopkinsAidan Quinn
  • Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vassilieva, and Abigail Breslin in My Sister's Keeper (2009)

    12. My Sister's Keeper

    20091h 49mPG-1351Metascore
    7.3 (101K)
    Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
    DirectorNick CassavetesStarsCameron DiazAbigail BreslinAlec Baldwin
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

    13. Good Will Hunting

    19972h 6mR71Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
    DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen Affleck
  • Keith Carradine in The Angel Doll (2002)

    14. The Angel Doll

    20021h 33mPG
    6.6 (310)
    Two small town boys sharing paper route. "Whitey" Black lives in poverty with his single mother and young middle class Jerry Barlow. When Whitey wants to buy his small sister a doll it all opens their eyes to the vastness life around them.
    DirectorAlexander JohnstonStarsBetsy BrantleyBeatrice BushPat Hingle
  • Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine in Birdy (1984)

    15. Birdy

    19842hR71Metascore
    7.2 (26K)
    After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMatthew ModineNicolas CageJohn Harkins
  • Capernaum (2018)

    16. Capernaum

    20182h 6mR75Metascore
    8.4 (116K)
    While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
    DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure Bankole
  • Florence Pugh in Midsommar (2019)

    17. Midsommar

    20192h 28mR72Metascore
    7.1 (449K)
    A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
    DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm Blomgren
  • A Patch of Blue (1965)

    18. A Patch of Blue

    19651h 45mApproved73Metascore
    8.0 (9.9K)
    A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
    DirectorGuy GreenStarsSidney PoitierShelley WintersElizabeth Hartman
  • Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman in The Father (2020)

    19. The Father

    20201h 37mPG-1388Metascore
    8.2 (213K)
    A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. When he tries to understand what is happening around him, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
    DirectorFlorian ZellerStarsAnthony HopkinsOlivia ColmanMark Gatiss
  • Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Mosa Kaiser, Sophie Okonedo, Ofentse Modiselle, and Mathabo Pieterson in Hotel Rwanda (2004)

    20. Hotel Rwanda

    20042h 1mPG-1379Metascore
    8.1 (384K)
    Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
    DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin Phoenix
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    21. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (273K)
    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne Bancroft
  • Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgård, Hope Davis, Michael Nyqvist, Max Thieriot, and Andrea Riseborough in Disconnect (2012)

    22. Disconnect

    20121h 55mR64Metascore
    7.5 (79K)
    A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.
    DirectorHenry Alex RubinStarsJason BatemanJonah BoboHaley Ramm
  • Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog (2003)

    23. House of Sand and Fog

    20032h 6mR71Metascore
    7.5 (74K)
    An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.
    DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsJennifer ConnellyBen KingsleyRon Eldard
  • Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    24. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    20012h 26mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (331K)
    A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'Connor
  • Per Oscarsson in Hunger (1966)

    25. Hunger

    19661h 52mNot Rated
    7.7 (3.5K)
    In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. Nevertheless, all the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
    DirectorHenning CarlsenStarsPer OscarssonGunnel LindblomBirgitte Federspiel

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