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.
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Columbus and After Yang by Kogonada. These are such beautiful, contemplative films.
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.
Adam's Apples
Troop Zero pulled my heart strings. About a little girl scout obsessed with space that is coping with the death of her mother. It's done in a very uplifting manner, and you're more likely to cry from the beauty of how the character handles it.
Tout le bleu du ciel - 2025 Netflix french movie. The whole roadtrip thing made me watch it and I enjoyed it. Might be what you're looking for as well.
And speaking of road trips, Into the Wild. Amazing movie, amazing soundtrack by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
Both movies quite sad and beautiful.
Another Earth
50/50
Grave of the fireflies
5 centimetres per second
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 18 episodes, Arcane is full of massive, massive feels.
Hits multiple times in different ways. If you want the full gamut of emotional.
Biutiful by Inarritu
If you have time for a game try Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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.
Apollo 11 was quite nicely made.
It's basically a documentary made using remastered original footage along with beautiful soundscape.
If you want sometime currently in the theater, you might try The Life of Chuck. Likely to make you cry, but uplifting. Great cast.
Mr Nobody