31 Famous Emotional Movies That Will Drain Your Eyes

The last line gets me thinking every time; "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?"

That scene where they're sleeping in the bathroom was hard.

It was such a beautiful film, so very emotional and then it just broke me. Watched it once in the movie theater and never again after.

watched this with a girl on a Netflix and chill date cus we'd both heard good things, but had no idea what it was about. There was no chill and no second date.

Very well made; almost everything about that movie is incredible but it’s so emotionally intense and has such graphic subject matter that I’ll never watch it again. It’s one of those movies you see because it’s great but once you’ve seen it you’re like “Ok, cool. Mark that one off the list” and never touch it again

Like just knowing it happened brings me so much pain

I thought I was going in to see a cool fantasy flick... And it turned out to be a movie dealing with trauma, abuse, and coping mechanisms

Still a great film, but so gut-wrenching

Steel Magnolias, especially now that I have kids. I can't even think about Sally Field's breakdown without tearing up.

It made me depressed for days.

That. F*****g. Movie.

Things it shows:

children should not be exposed to pornography

Children who are being questioned to see if they were abused should only have that questioning done by a specially trained expert and possibly with potentially a trained advocate present because it’s too easy to lead them to a conclusion they think the questioner wants to hear, especially if they think they are in trouble

(note: I edited this due to the several very good points several people said about parents shouldn’t be present, some people are also saying best practice is one on one with that trained forensic questioner.)

basically everyone in that story ended up f****d up

Nicolas Cage is amazing in it (Won an Oscar for it!), but as a recovered alcoholic, that film hits WAY too close to home. Good film though.

It hit me HARD mate!

Saw the screener with my film class and had no idea what to expect. Needless to say, I was completely blown away and have re-watched it quite a few times since.

Jim Carrey’s performance is phenomenal.

Really disturbing. Don't think I've ever really gotten over it.

soul-crushing. can’t bring me to watch it 2nd time. but must-see. alcohol-fueled domestic violence abusive families all over the world are the same. it was so on point.

I just watched this for the first time about a month ago. I held it together fine until Oskar broke down crying because he couldn't save more people. Then came the waterworks.

My childhood literally ended after finishing that movie.

It's the most beautiful movie and I think everyone should watch it at least once, but I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it since Robin Williams died. I actually haven't watched anything he's in since he died.

Man, I rarely cry during movies, but I teared up with that movie. The symbolism is absolutely beautiful.

This movie is unspeakably tragic. But its also profoundly beautiful. The love that the family had for each other gets me every time. Roberto Benigni was perfection in this role!

Leonardo DiCaprio is phenomenal in that. He did character studies to get his role to be believable.

Incredible movie but I'll never watch it again. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a sociopath too well; so much so that I struggle to watch him in other things now.

I was 18 when I first saw it for the last time. Joaquin Pheonix's line about people seeing a story about genocide on the news and not caring was a crushing "weight of the world" moment for me.

I can't bring myself to watch it again. The anger and hopelessness I felt for that man and those people is beyond compare

That was a truly visceral experience.

Came here to say this.

This movie... no words. Still haunts me. Still f***s me up, takes me back there, breaks my heart.

They hired the lead actor, Asa Butterfield, for his innocence. He knew nothing about the holocaust. They didn't tell him anything about the holocaust or the gist of the story, he was just playing a little boy who played with another little boy through a fence. They maintained that brilliant innocence of his throughout the movie. THAT'S what makes the ending of this movie just so very soul-wrenching. I'm still so very moved by this film.

I love Stephen King and tried to read this book...big nope. Then watched the movie and I'm forever traumatized by John saying he's afraid of the dark...among other sad scenes in this movie. Dropping tears just typing this comment. F**k.

For a kid's movie, it's so emotionally crushing right from the get-go and then you have the tragic murder of the 10-year-old voice actress for Ducky that just adds more sadness to that film.

I watched the very first bit of it when I was in officer training and thought it was a comedy. A few months later I sat down and watched the whole thing. It's not a comedy...

I'm never, EVER, gonna watch that s**t again. It's from Studio Ghibli, the same as from Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro). An absolute masterpiece for sure, but don't expect to find happy little creatures in it.

Wonderful movie, but even more devastating than Grave of the Fireflies, in my opinion.