Forrest Gump.

Who Will love My Children? 1983

Mask 1985

I defy anyone to get to the end of either movie without being a total mess.

Many good movies have been mentioned already (especially Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Big Fish, Manchester by the sea and The Fountain).

I would like to add:

• Finding Neverland
• Captain Fantastic

And if you want to absolutely destroy yourself: Prayers for Bobby.

The Fountain Grave of the Fireflies

Probably going to get some hate for who's in it (Jared Letto) and some of the content (step sibling incest), but the ending of Mr. Nobody wrecked me.

No matter how many times I watch Flow, it never fails to make me cry by the end.

Amour

Oh man, how has 'The Fall' not been mentioned?!

It's one of the most visually stunning movies I've ever seen, and the story will tear your heart out.

I can't believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.

Big Fish

Tree of Life

Arrival

First movie that popped into my head was What Dreams May Come. Robin Williams goes through heaven and hell to try and save his wife's soul. Great flick with some amazing visuals (especially for the time).

Last movie that made me cry was The Whale. I saw it in a theatre and rarely I had to refrain myself from crying in public this bad. Once I got home though I just bawled my eyes out.

haven't watched a lot of shows that aren't anime so here are my recs:

1. Your name (movie, its really really good)
2. A silent voice (movie, same as your name)
3. Your lie in april (tv series, apparently really good at making you cry but haven't watched it)
4. Anohana: The flower we saw that day (tv series, same as your lie in april)

your name and a silent voice have really good animation btw

i almost cried during weathering with you which is a movie in the same universe as your name but it isn't as emotional as your name ig

What's going to hit will be a bit dependent on where your soft spots are.

Kids: Grave of the Fireflies or Bridge to Teribithea or My Girl or The Cure

Romantic love: The Fountain

Existential trauma: Psycho-Pass (series) or A.I.

Dogs: Marley & Me or Hachi

Loss: Up

Also:

River

The Wild Robot is well worth a watch. It looks like a kids movie, but I think the themes work just as well if not better for adults.

For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips... but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Two movies that usually appear on lists like this, but I don't see them: The Fountain, and The Fall.

If you want sometime currently in the theater, you might try The Life of Chuck. Likely to make you cry, but uplifting. Great cast.

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.

This might be an outlier as far as how other people might watch or react to this movie but I rewatched Millennium Actress recently and I could not stop crying the whole movie.

It’s gives me feelings of deep desperation, chasing, longing, almost persevering.

Lots of Ghibli mentioned, Kiki’s Delivery Service is a favorite of mine. :) Not sure how much it fits ‘grandiose’ and ‘profound’, but I’m definitely a sob-fest by the end.

Grave of fireflies - film that you watch only once as it's too sad to watch the second time.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

This has me all the way from to tears of sadness to tears of joy and really made me feel for the main character. It seems too whimsical to take seriously at first, but if you let it wash over you it rewards you. it can be an incredibly powerful movie and I loved the message.

Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It’s a really sad breakup movie. Lots of emotion. Some of Jim Carry’s best acting.

Not a movie but 18 episodes, Arcane is full of massive, massive feels.

Hits multiple times in different ways. If you want the full gamut of emotional.

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013 version) is beautiful and thoughtful. Completely unlike any other Ben Stiller movie that I know of.

"The Fountain" (2006) might qualify too, though it's a lot heavier.

"Amélie" (2001)

"Hector and the Search for Happiness" (2014) is decent too, though I'm a Simon Pegg fan so it gets extra points for that

"The Green Mile" made me cry

Not a movie but a tv show: "one day" on Netflix, it may seem shallow in the beginning, but then it will tear you apart.

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.

Not knowing what usually makes you cry and what kind of movies you may enjoy, here are the first movies I know make me cry. Me being a a 50+ years old dude:

• Somewhere in Time
• The bicentennial man
• Love Story.

And those are from Ghibli:

• When Marnie was There
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• From Up on Poppy Hill
• Only Yesterday
• The Red Turtle
• Porco Rosso

I saw “What Dreams May Come” in high school and wept the entire way from the theater to the car.

Even met some friends on the way and had to explain I was crying because it was so beautiful.

A Silent Voice. I watched it while I was going through a rough time, and the visual metaphor used to portray the main character's isolation hit me so hard.

"Your Name", anime film about a high school age boy and girl that swap bodies in their sleep, they don't know anything about eachother and have to figure out how to not ruin eachothers lives and relationships, it's very bueatiful, and you'll cry for sure.

Life is Beautiful

Manchester by the Sea

The Green Mile

My recommendations are more sad than uplifting, but still beautiful and emotional.