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128 Best Tear-jerker Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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When a movie is made from the heart, it can get the most hardened viewer's eyes to well up. Grab that box of tissues and check out this list of best heartfelt movies and shows to stream now.

The Road Dance (2022)

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Tragedy strikes a Scottish isle in this stunning, moving period drama

A Real Pain (2024)

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8.0

Two cousins bond as they trace their roots in this powerfully emotional dramedy

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

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8.1

Soldiers find and protect a slice of paradise in this surreal, heartfelt war comedy

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)

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8.3

A gamer with disability crafts a life and community in online roleplay in this unconventional, moving documentary

Autumn Sonata (1978)

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8.5

Chilling and cathartic, this film is a love-hate letter from neglected children to their resentful parents

Daughters (2024)

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8.1

Incarcerated fathers reunite with their young daughters in this dazzling and heartbreaking documentary

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

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8.3

Memory tears love across past and present in this landmark French New Wave drama

All of Us Strangers (2023)

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9.2

A devastating queer drama that explores the nature of grief and love through a uniquely supernatural lens

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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8.8

The dreamy, beautiful French musical classic that inspired the likes of La La Land

Short Term 12 (2013)

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9.9

Sweet, slow-moving, and possibly life-changing, this American drama shines the light on the chaos and crises of social work in America

Boy Erased (2018)

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9.0

A star-studded, dark, but tender look at a victim of conversion therapy.

Mommy (2014)

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9.7

Aiming straight for the heart while punching you in the guts, Mommy is a crazy chamber piece about a widowed mother and her next-door neighbor bringing up a savage teenager

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