Movies that will make you cry
The top 3 according to 78 votes from people: Bicycle Thieves (1948) · Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) · Grave of the Fireflies (1988). (Updated Jan 27, 2026.)
Keep the tissues handy: the saddest films according to Psicología y Mente, Lifeder and The Hollywood Reporter en Español, from Neorealism to Pixar.
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Top 15
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
A father and son search postwar Rome for a stolen bicycle.
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2
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
A dog's loyalty, waiting for his owner at the station.
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3
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Two siblings try to survive in 1945 Japan; Studio Ghibli animation.
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4
Schindler's List (1993)
Spielberg and the businessman who saved over a thousand Jews.
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5
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni shields his son in a concentration camp.
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Björk as a mother going blind; Palme d'Or.
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7
I Am Sam (2001)
Sean Penn fights for custody of his daughter.
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8
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Will Smith and his son, homeless, chase a chance.
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9
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Casey Affleck and a grief that won't close.
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10
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Two teenagers with cancer fall in love.
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The Pianist (2002)
Władysław Szpilman in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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12
Incendies (2010)
Twins trace their mother's story in the Middle East.
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13
La La Land (2016)
A pianist and an actress in Los Angeles; recent cinema's most elegant heartbreak.
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14
Lilya 4-ever (2002)
An abandoned teenager in a former Soviet republic.
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15
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A filmmaker remembers his childhood in a Sicilian cinema.
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Comments (3)
Hachiko me destrozó, y eso que sabía de qué iba.
Añadiría Up, los primeros diez minutos son devastadores.
La tumba de las luciérnagas la vi una vez y no he sido capaz de volver a verla.