If you really want to cry: the most touching movies on Netflix

Autumn often brings nostalgic moods. You want to crawl under the covers, grab a hot drink, and get away from all your problems and worries. Sometimes poignant stories help to release emotions, so dramatic and touching movies will come in handy.

Emotional films evoke empathy, gratitude, and reassurance that comes from feeling less alone in the face of difficulties. Netflix has published a rating of the best touching stories for those who want to cry a little.

All The Bright Places

Despite its title, this coming-of-age drama doesn't start out well. While jogging, Finch (Justice Smith) meets Violet (Elle Fanning), who wants to end her life. He talks her out of the tragic step, and the teens become partners for a school project exploring their home state of Indiana. As they grow closer, Finch learns about Violet's story as a survivor of a car accident that killed her sister, and Violet learns the horrifying truth behind Finch's lonely personality and sometimes strange behavior. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jennifer Niven.

All Together Now

Everyone loves Amber (Auli'i Cravalho), a kind and sincere high school student who dreams of studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University, her late father's alma mater. But behind her radiant smile lies a huge secret: Amber and her mother Becky (Justina Machado) are homeless and living on the school bus Becky takes to work. The financial situation is dire, and Becky begins to hang out with her abusive ex, which exacerbates her addiction to alcohol.

Canvas

This nine-minute short film from Pixar animation director Frank E. Abney III is a powerful piece of work. After the loss of his wife, an elderly artist seems unable to return to his passion. His granddaughter invites him to create with her, but he refuses. This is until the little girl, exploring her grandfather's house, comes across a covered canvas. When she removes the sheet, both she and the artist realize that its contents can change everything.

First Match

Monique "Mo" (Elvire Emanuelle) from the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn has spent her entire life moving from one foster home to another. Now that her father Darrel (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is out of prison, Mo hopes to move in with him. When Darrel says no, Mo decides he'll change his mind if she joins the boys' wrestling team, knowing that Darrel was once a champion. Tough and impressive, First Match won both the Audience Award and the LUNA/Gamechanger Award during its premiere at SXSW.

Good Grief

Dan Levy makes his directorial debut with this heartfelt drama about love and loss. After the death of his husband Oliver (Luke Evans), Mark (Levy) learns some unpleasant facts about the love of his life, including the existence of an apartment in Paris. In search of healing, Mark travels to France with his two best friends, Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), not knowing that each of them has their own challenges.

The Notebook

More than 20 years after its premiere in 2004, The Notebook continues to be included in various lists of the best romantic movies of all time. Nothing could separate Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams). The story unfolds in two time periods: in the present, when an elderly man (James Garner) reads the story of Allie and Noah from a notebook, and in the 1940s, when the two meet and fall in love.

Worth

Imagine you need to put a price on a person's life. Then imagine having to do it thousands of times. This 2020 biographical film stars Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney in charge of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. It tells the story of the two-year process that Feinberg, his partner Camille Biross (Amy Ryan), and their team went through to define the parameters of the fund and get the victims' families involved. Filled with real-life stories of 9/11 victims and survivors, Worth is an important reminder that human life cannot be defined by profits and algorithms.

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