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Like just sort of sad and heart wrenching but beautiful and maybe hopeful and sometimes a little funny and a little dumb, depending on your mood and your current situation.
-Blue Valentine
-Take This Waltz
-Small Apartments
To a lesser extent:
-Drinking Buddies
-Safety Not Guaranteed
Jan 22, 2024
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Ok but fr..
If you liked Worst Person in the World then watch… Weekend (2011)
If you liked Eternal Sunshine then watch… Punch Drunk Love (2002)
If you liked Anatomy of a Fall (I haven’t seen it yet) then watch… Force Majeure (2014)
If you want to be moved, a James Ivory film is always reliable in that department. My favorites are Maurice 💔❤️🩹 (hugh grants floppy hair should have won best supporting actor) and Room With a View ❤️🔥 (Beauty! Joy! Love!)
Misc. movies that made me cry:
-Harold & Maude (1971) it’s a classic!
-Moonlight (2016) I mean cmon yeah
-Handmaiden (2016) always rocks my world
-Petite Maman (2021) you’ll want to give your mom a hug after
-Short Term 12 (2013) early Brie Larson and Lakeith Stanfield… underrated imo
-A Monster Calls (2016)… it’s a ya/kids movie but made my mom and I both sobbed in the theater lol
Oct 23, 2024
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from gut wrenching to a light tug:
mustang (2015)- made me cry twice in one watch. (disclaimer: a lot of turkish people have mixed feelings abt how this movie represents turkish culture so watch with a grain of salt but also remember misogyny does in fact exist everywhere)
la chimera (2023)- there is a looming melancholy throughout the whole film but the last 30 minutes really did a number on me
thelma & louise (1991)- gut wrenching in a beautiful female friendship kinda way
lars and the real girl (2007)- the premise looks silly on paper and tbh it is but it still made me cry in the end nonetheless (maybe i’m just a dweeb)
haru (1996)- early internet bonds. also more on the lighthearted side of things but tugs at the heart.
Oct 22, 2024
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The Florida Project - a bittersweet movie depending on which ending you subscribe to
Aftersun - a slow and subtle build to a heart breaking climax
The Iron Claw - a devastating movie based on an even more devastating true story
Sing Sing - overall a hopeful movie but there's a few very hard hitting human moments
I Saw The TV Glow - already brutal, and then you figure out what it's really saying
The Lobster - just bleak man
Beautiful Something Left Behind - a documentary about children dealing with grief
Oct 22, 2024
Top Recs from @tewigleben
Jan 24, 2024
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Okay soo... I can go a lot of ways with this.. if you want truly cozy, i.e lighter, comedic.. maybe I am not your best recommender, haha.
Or pls define cozy and I can try my best.
Here's some I enjoyed. Darker, perhaps or maybe typical, but here ya go regardless:
The Silent Patient- Alex Michaelides .. maybe a more well known suggestion.. if you were cool with Gone Girl, etc. still good.
Night Film: A Novel - Marisha Pessl .. dark creepy thriller. Good if you are a fan of horror films/general weirdness.
Dept. Q series - Jussi Adler-Olsen ... Nordic(ish) mystery . Cold cases. Some darker than others. Also have been made into films.
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton...more Agatha Christie vibe. Like an escape room, in book form.
I've got more, haha. Lmk.
Jan 22, 2024
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Just go watch it.
Jan 27, 2024