Tearjerker movies on Netflix right now

Movies that will make you cry, streaming on Netflix tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against Netflix every day.

Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.

  1. Grave of the Fireflies Movie · 1988 · Isao Takahata
  2. Lion Movie · 2016 · Garth Davis
  3. Roma Movie · 2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
  4. Marriage Story Movie · 2019 · Noah Baumbach
  5. Shoplifters Movie · 2018 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
  6. I'm Still Here Movie · 2025 · Walter Salles
  7. Dick Johnson Is Dead Movie · 2020 · Kirsten Johnson
  8. Steel Magnolias Movie · 1989 · Herbert Ross
  9. The Impossible Movie · 2012 · J. A. Bayona
  10. Godzilla Minus One Movie · 2023 · Takashi Yamazaki
  11. Field of Dreams Movie · 1989 · Phil Alden Robinson
  12. Moonlight (2016) Movie · 2016 · Barry Jenkins
  13. All Quiet on the Western Front Movie · 2022 · Edward Berger
  14. Call Me by Your Name (2017) Movie · 2017 · Luca Guadagnino
  15. Silenced Movie · 2011
  16. Society of the Snow Movie · 2024 · J.A. Bayona
  17. tick, tick... BOOM! Movie · 2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda
  18. The Deepest Breath Movie · 2023
  19. Rachel Getting Married Movie · 2008
  20. Suzume Movie · 2022
  21. The Swimmers Movie · 2022
  22. The Prince of Egypt Movie · 1998 · Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
  23. The Room Next Door Movie · 2024 · Pedro Almodóvar
  24. My Octopus Teacher Movie · 2020 · Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
  25. System Crasher Movie · 2019
  26. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Movie · 2022 · Guillermo del Toro
  27. Okja Movie · 2017 · Bong Joon-ho
  28. First They Killed My Father Movie · 2017 · Angelina Jolie
  29. His Three Daughters Movie · 2024 · Azazel Jacobs
  30. Boyhood (2014) Movie · 2014 · Richard Linklater
  31. Another Round Movie · 2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
  32. Eighth Grade Movie · 2018 · Bo Burnham
  33. Mudbound Movie · 2017 · Dee Rees
  34. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Movie · 1995
  35. Beasts of No Nation Movie · 2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
  36. A Man Called Ove Movie · 2015
  37. The Hand of God Movie · 2021 · Paolo Sorrentino
  38. Of an Age Movie · 2023
  39. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Movie · 2019 · Chiwetel Ejiofor
  40. About Time Movie · 2013 · Richard Curtis
  41. Wicked: For Good Movie · 2025 · Jon M. Chu
  42. Hamnet Movie · 2025 · Chloé Zhao
  43. Happy as Lazzaro Movie · 2018
  44. The Dig Movie · 2021 · Simon Stone
  45. The Deer Hunter Movie · 1978 · Michael Cimino
  46. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie · 2020 · George C. Wolfe
  47. Dallas Buyers Club Movie · 2013 · Jean-Marc Vallée
  48. Maestro Movie · 2023 · Bradley Cooper

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