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As someone who is very sensitive/an empath admittedly it doesn’t take me much to get there.
Music hasn’t had that much of an emotional effect on me as I’ve gotten older. However, sometimes a great classical style instrumental will get me.
As far as movies go, I can find something to cry over in EVERY movie. The last movie that really made me emotional was the Netflix original series Maid. There are many moments in it that really encapsulate depression and just feeling like you can’t do it anymore. I also was really touched emotionally watching All the Bright Places, and Last Letter From Your Lover.
I do have like go to things though that get me every time I need to feel in touch with those emotions. Christian the Lion which you can find on YouTube makes me so overjoyed with love and happy tears. The clip of Van Gogh seeing his work in Doctor Who makes me weep, the actor who portrayed Vincent did perfect. His pain was palpable and you can see it in his eyes. As someone who has struggled with depression and knows Vincent’s story it’s really moving.
I also cry when I see some works of art. When I was younger and saw Starry Night for the first time, I immediately started crying.
Editing to add: The trailer for Christopher Robin when you hear Pooh’s voice for the first time. omg I wept. I hold a lot of love in my heart for Pooh so that messed me up.
Music hasn’t had that much of an emotional effect on me as I’ve gotten older. However, sometimes a great classical style instrumental will get me.
As far as movies go, I can find something to cry over in EVERY movie. The last movie that really made me emotional was the Netflix original series Maid. There are many moments in it that really encapsulate depression and just feeling like you can’t do it anymore. I also was really touched emotionally watching All the Bright Places, and Last Letter From Your Lover.
I do have like go to things though that get me every time I need to feel in touch with those emotions. Christian the Lion which you can find on YouTube makes me so overjoyed with love and happy tears. The clip of Van Gogh seeing his work in Doctor Who makes me weep, the actor who portrayed Vincent did perfect. His pain was palpable and you can see it in his eyes. As someone who has struggled with depression and knows Vincent’s story it’s really moving.
I also cry when I see some works of art. When I was younger and saw Starry Night for the first time, I immediately started crying.
Editing to add: The trailer for Christopher Robin when you hear Pooh’s voice for the first time. omg I wept. I hold a lot of love in my heart for Pooh so that messed me up.
i’ve watched plenty of movies that have made me cry (ex. titantic, inside out, etc), but the one that really got to me is a girl like her. it’s a documentary-style movie about a teenage girl who had been relentlessly bullied and tormented by an ex friend and her group of friends for months, causing her to have a breakdown. the movie follows the bullying that led to the breakdown, the aftermath and whether or not the girl will recover, and how it affected her family, friends, classmates and even her ex friend (+ her homelife). i watched it on netflix when i was in 8th grade and it… absolutely destroyed me lol. like, i actually had to pause the movie at a certain point because i was crying so hard i couldn’t breathe. i had a killer headache afterwards, too, and had to lay down. 
it’s a great movie, though and i definitely recommend watching it if you can!
as for music, plenty of songs have made me cry, too, but “hurt” by christina aguilera and “my immortal” by evanescence particularly affected me when i was younger. other songs i would recommend include “fourth of july” by sufjan stevens, “ghost of you” by 5 seconds of summer, “dancing with your ghost” by sasha alex sloan, “nothing and everything” by red and “lovely” by billie eilish ft. khalid.
it’s a great movie, though and i definitely recommend watching it if you can! as for music, plenty of songs have made me cry, too, but “hurt” by christina aguilera and “my immortal” by evanescence particularly affected me when i was younger. other songs i would recommend include “fourth of july” by sufjan stevens, “ghost of you” by 5 seconds of summer, “dancing with your ghost” by sasha alex sloan, “nothing and everything” by red and “lovely” by billie eilish ft. khalid.
That actually sounds interesting. I’ll have to watch it sometime. I find movies and documentaries like that very intriguing. As someone who was bullied I don’t think people realize how much it can affect your life, even into adulthood. The lack of concern for bullying nowadays is, well, very concerning.
TurnipBell20
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Chaconne by S. L. Weiss made me cry. It’s my favorite classical guitar piece. I usually don‘t cry when listening to music, but that one got me the first time I listened to it. Another song that always makes me cry is Sweden from Minecraft, but the reason for that is the nostalgia.
A couple of scenes in Beverly Hills 90210 made me cry. Especially the death scenes. And Titanic always makes me cry, but that’s pretty obvious.
That’s all I can think of right now, I don’t really cry a lot.
A couple of scenes in Beverly Hills 90210 made me cry. Especially the death scenes. And Titanic always makes me cry, but that’s pretty obvious.
That’s all I can think of right now, I don’t really cry a lot.
Millysaurusrexjr
hello everynyan
Movies do not make me cry, ever! I know I've gotten close though. I think Pixar's Up was one of them
I honestly don't know if I should even recommend these since sad media affects people in radically different ways. Some people might empathize and see their experiences reflected in the music/movie/drama and find comfort because they feel that they're being seen. Others might see or hear their sadness echoed and continue to spiral. I personally found comfort in these pieces of media.
Please take these recs with a grain of salt and watch/listen responsibly!
It's not a movie or music but the Korean adaptation of the Japanese TV drama "Mother" made me cry nonstop for several days. It has a dark premise (TW: child abuse/neglect, kidnapping) and explores found family, mother-daughter bonds, and unconditional love in the most extreme sense. The K-drama version ends on a positive note in case knowing this informs your decision to explore further.
In general, I think Mitski's older music evokes a really profoundly sad emotion, mostly because I can identify with a lot of the topics she sings about. I think Nobody comes to mind immediately as one that really speaks to my loneliness and depression, and Happy speaks a lot to my struggle with identity.
Please take these recs with a grain of salt and watch/listen responsibly!
It's not a movie or music but the Korean adaptation of the Japanese TV drama "Mother" made me cry nonstop for several days. It has a dark premise (TW: child abuse/neglect, kidnapping) and explores found family, mother-daughter bonds, and unconditional love in the most extreme sense. The K-drama version ends on a positive note in case knowing this informs your decision to explore further.
In general, I think Mitski's older music evokes a really profoundly sad emotion, mostly because I can identify with a lot of the topics she sings about. I think Nobody comes to mind immediately as one that really speaks to my loneliness and depression, and Happy speaks a lot to my struggle with identity.
k e r f u f f l e
Proverbs 15:19
There have been plenty of times I've cried a bit or got teary-eyed, but full-on sobs for me are rare when it comes to media. However, there's been a few occasions. lol
For movies I'd have to say, Forest Gump, I Am Gabriel, the original Frankenstein, and Hachiko: A Dog's Movie. Movies that center around loss, a deeper look at humanity, and/or Christianity usually get to me.
For music, it's Don McLean's Vincent and Weye's Blood A Lot's Gonna Change.
For movies I'd have to say, Forest Gump, I Am Gabriel, the original Frankenstein, and Hachiko: A Dog's Movie. Movies that center around loss, a deeper look at humanity, and/or Christianity usually get to me.
For music, it's Don McLean's Vincent and Weye's Blood A Lot's Gonna Change.
ItsThatDamCatAgain
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Heh, though I really hate it I'm a bit of a crier, I try my very best never to in public and even not in public cause I just hate it but anyway.
Back when I was a kid I watched the live-action movie Click. That movie where the guy goes back and forth (or maybe just forwards?) in time and it just starts getting so messed up at the end and I remember I started to cry and tried not to at the scene where the guy breaks down in the middle of the road at night in the rain after bad stuff happened and he cried into the sky.
Luckily it was a prophetic dream or something and everything is alright and the guy learned a lesson I guess?
The only song I can recall right now that made me cry was Living Tombstones It's Been So Long. Yeah yeah, I know the meme and that's the reason I went back to it, I did tear up because I like imagining things while listening to songs and I created just the most devastating visuals for myself.
Back when I was a kid I watched the live-action movie Click. That movie where the guy goes back and forth (or maybe just forwards?) in time and it just starts getting so messed up at the end and I remember I started to cry and tried not to at the scene where the guy breaks down in the middle of the road at night in the rain after bad stuff happened and he cried into the sky.
Luckily it was a prophetic dream or something and everything is alright and the guy learned a lesson I guess?
The only song I can recall right now that made me cry was Living Tombstones It's Been So Long. Yeah yeah, I know the meme and that's the reason I went back to it, I did tear up because I like imagining things while listening to songs and I created just the most devastating visuals for myself.
It doesn't take much for me to cry during a movie. I get emotional pretty easily, especially when it touches on topics like family or grandparents...
Songs don't really make me cry on its own, but a good soundtrack makes me bawl during a movie. I get emotional listening to the where the wild things are soundtrack though. I listened to it constantly when I was homesick during college.
I was literally just going to mention this movie. I cried so hard lol.
Songs don't really make me cry on its own, but a good soundtrack makes me bawl during a movie. I get emotional listening to the where the wild things are soundtrack though. I listened to it constantly when I was homesick during college.
I cry when I'm feeling really strong emotions which includes when I'm angry unfortunately. I tend to get emotionally numb due to bottling my feelings which makes it hard to cry let alone feel anything. It takes something much bigger to get them out. One of the movies that I cry over is Your name. It's been awhile since I've watched it. I always cry when I hear the song 4th of July by Sufjan Stevens because it reminds me of my mom.
As someone who loved the Japanese version, I'm going to be honest. I thought the Korean version was awful enough that I couldn't be bothered to finish it. I'll put it in spoiler tags, in case anyone is interested in either version.
From the base tonality alone, I feel it was edited too much like a horror film, which I think trivialized and fictionalized the very real subject matter it was attempting to depict. It made Tsugumi (I don't recall what their names were in the Korean version, so apologies, I'll be using the names in the Japanese version) a genius child with a pure heart, when she absolutely was a problem child in the original. As Nao says towards the end of the original, (paraphrasing) "We have all been frustrated with our children before, but you went too far." I think Tsugumi is also supposed to be coded as living on the autism spectrum in the Korean version, but I'm admittedly not terribly equipped to discuss that.
There's also a part towards the beginning of the Korean adaptation that really bothered me. That's when Nao is walking along the street, sees Tsugumi's father in his truck and immediately recognizes him as an abuser simply because she recognizes the look on his face as similar to one worn by her own father. Not because, you know, she found the child in a trash bag, half-conscious and covered in bruises. Ignoring the fact that you can't just make rash judgments like that from a facial expression alone, this is compounded by a part that happens later, when they escape to their new town and meet the barber. In this version of the series, she is a creepy old woman with a missing finger. In the original, however, she is an unassuming old woman who is exceedingly nice. When we would later learn that this woman is the cause of the single greatest source of pain in her life--even if it spawned from good intentions--is intended to be a shock, and it drives home the overall point of the narrative: That abuse does not have a face, or a personality type, or anything tangible. That the unfortunate reality of abuse is that anyone can be an abuser, and subsequently, anyone can be a victim of abuse.
That's not to say the Korean version doesn't have its strengths. I think the editing is much smoother (which may or may not be due to the fact that it was made eight years later) and the extended cast is slightly more fleshed out. Plus, despite her willingness to kidnap a child to save her from her abusive parents, the original Nao is loyal to her morals to a fault, refusing to accept help from ill-gotten sources. By contrast, the Korean version does a decent job exploring her willingness to pursue morally grey avenues if it means rescuing the child.
And that's also not to say that the Japanese version is perfect. I have my fair share of complaints about it. The editing is... quite something at times. It's not good. The soundtrack can be very, painfully boring. And that reporter character is absolutely the most unnecessary, shoe-horned in element of the show. But nevertheless, I feel that it is an earnest, heartfelt, and emotionally-charged portrayal of child abuse--physical, emotional, and even sexual--that doesn't shy away from the horrors of it, but doesn't come across as an exploitation film, either. It feels real. Whereas the Korean version just felt like an extreme trivialization of the matter and vapidly misses the point on several occassions.
Despite my longwindedness, I actually don't care that much if anyone enjoys one version over the other. I just wanted an excuse to talk about this. My recommendation is to stick to the Japanese version. I can't say that you will bawl your eyes out, but I feel it's a much better product overall. Like I said, I got so frustrated with the Korean version, I couldn't even finish it, so obviously, take my ramblings with a grain of salt.
Nothing. I’ve never cried to any piece of media. The closest I get is tearing up a little. Even then, that’s quite rare. I think it’s because I have a really deep gap between fiction and reality. When a character is well written I can connect with them fine, but the fact they’re fictional is always on the back of my mind. I’m not really a crier to begin with. The only times I seriously cry is during a breakup or the death of a pet or family member. Otherwise it’s hard to move me.
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