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Not a movie but rather a season, Your Lie in April. It's around a 7 hour series so sorta super deluxe extended edition movie adjacent if you're up for that. Fireflies and Silent Voice have already been mentioned, this is the honorary third place in my opinion.
Its not really a movie with a lot of depth but "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" wrecked me.
If you are in a hurry, try Up.
Cloud Atlas
If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it. It may be my favorite novel.
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Who Will love My Children? 1983
Mask 1985
I defy anyone to get to the end of either movie without being a total mess.
For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips... but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.
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Requiem for a Dream
When the Wind Blows
In this hand-drawn animated tale, elderly married couple Hilda (Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (John Mills) have their quiet, simple lives in the English countryside interrupted when they learn of an impending nuclear attack. Not completely understanding the gravity of their situation, Hilda and Jim react archaically and insufficiently after the attack -- and the film takes a dark turn as the radiation begins taking its toll on the unsuspecting couple.
I didn't make it through that movie, though it's very well done.
It wasn't so much a tear jerker for me. It just left me feeling sick to my stomach.
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Another Earth
50/50
Grave of the fireflies
5 centimetres per second
A Monster Calls destroyed me. It doesn't take much to make me tear up, but I was sobbing for the last 15-20 minutes of the movie.
Atonement
And agree on Big Fish, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Username checks out. Also try Your Name.
Never cried in a movie. Then I watched "Marley" (my friend Marley in German)
Interstellar Suzume A Silent Voice - guaranteed to fuck you up Grave of the Fireflies
Idk, all these movies make me cry but for different reasons. The last two will sincerely fuck you up if you are any sort of empath.
I get you man, sometimes I need a good cry as well. I'm telling you though...A Silent Voice is a doozy.
Your list is getting quite long but here's another less week known movie:
Nine Days (by Edson Oda)
I have not seen this film in decades, but I remember it being quite lovely, it is a Serbian film called "Black Cat, White Cat":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat,_White_Cat
This next film will not make you cry, but it is an amazingly brilliant romantic adventure comedy, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines
I don't remember much about Black Cat White Cat but I remember enjoying it.
I cried with The Mitchells Vs. The Machines.
Think I teared up at another film recently, but can't recall what it was. Sorry. That's one I watched I know got me weeping, though. I'll cry over anything intergenerational these days.
Far and Away
Underrated, but terrific epic.
Women Talking
AI (2001)
One Liter of Tears fits the bill.
It portrays the life of a real girl named Aya Kitou who develops a neuromuscular disease as a teen. It's an old film but great for making you think about the value and beauty of life.
There is a JDrama with the same name. The show takes some artistic liberties with the real story but since it has a longer run time it goes more in depth about the family dynamics and explores other plot lines.