27 Movies to Stream When You Need a Cry
The past year has flooded us with so much horror – countless lives needlessly lost to a virus that has been allowed to spread uncontrollably, many more permanently affected by the ongoing racist pandemic, not to mention the ubiquitous specters of economic uncertainty and impending climate catastrophe. “I won’t blame you if you are numb with the horror in your daily news feed. Some problems are so immensely sad, so insurmountable, that shedding tears over them can seem fruitless. But crying is important – is it bad to suppress all our emotions? – that’s why sometimes you need to look for help in the movies.
Crying over real problems is a drop in the ocean, so to speak (plus, you never stop). Crying over a movie – even a movie based on a true story – gives you a sense of liberation with an endpoint; The movie will be over in a couple of hours, and hopefully you will feel a little better about the water flowing out of your eyes when the guy stopped drawing the deer . However, what makes people cry is not universal, which is why Lifehacker staff share some of our popular choices (both common and unusual) that we stream when we just need to have a good cry. Beware of some spoilers all over the place, and let us know which you pick in the comments (the most wonderful and terrible thing about crying is that you can always do more).