16 Films On Netflix When You Need To Feel ALL The Feels

If there’s one thing that Netflix is good for, it’s helping you unwind.

Movies are there to cuddle up with you before bed, chill out with you on a rainy afternoon, or make you feel better when you’re not at 100 percent. However, Netflix’s job is not limited to cheering you up when times are low. In fact, sometimes all you need from the streaming service is a little bit of support while you sit there and sulk over your own dilemmas. Since there’s no shortage of emotional content to help get those tears flowing, it won’t surprise you that there are tons of movies on Netflix that will make you feel all the feels.

When you have the streaming service, you don’t need a significant other or a best friend to talk you through your problems.point 578 |

Netflix can help you feel all of your feelings so that you can make it out on the other side.point 74 | Sometimes, having your own problems reflected back to you or put into perspective through the stories of others can be just the thing to pull you out of even your toughest funk.point 220 |

So cuddle up in bed, grab yourself a pint of some Ben & Jerry’s, and select one of the following films to help you handle your emotions.point 120 | Netflix, you’ve really got our backs.point 158 | 1

 

1.point 166 |  Frances Ha (2012)

Is the crush of adulthood almost too much to handle? If you’re a millennial going through life unsure of the way, Greta Gerwig’s groundbreaking performance in Frances Ha might be just what you need to feel like you’re not alone.point 496 |

Between moving to the big city, struggling to support herself, losing her best friend, and relationship drama, Frances’ journey is the perfect tear-worthy reflection of an entire generation.point 169 | 1

 

2.point 177 |  6 Years (2015)

Not all romances have a happy ending.point 324 |

However, for Melanie (Taissa Fermiga) and Dan (Ben Rosenfield), the unraveling of their six year relationship doesn’t occur because of things they can control.point 142 | Instead, 6 Years follows the heartbreaking reality of life getting in the way of love.point 218 |

If their love story doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, I honestly don’t know what will.point 83 | 1

 

3.point 91 |  The Best Of Me (2014)

Personally, I don’t consider myself a huge Nicholas Sparks fan.point 272 |

However, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I cried my way through a large portion of this movie.point 75 | In this story about a woman (Michelle Monaghan) reunited with her past love (James Marsden), love is proven to withstand the test of time — despite their lives taking separate paths in the past.point 238 | 1

 

4.point 8 |  Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind(2004)

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5. Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013)

Finding yourself is never an easy feat. But, for Adele, falling in love with Emma is all she needed to help her along the journey. This critically-acclaimed French film explores homosexuality, growing up, and what it means to be human even when you may feel as if you don’t fit in.

 

6. Short Term 12 (2013)

Before Brie Larson won her Academy Award for Room, she stole audiences’ hearts in 2013’s Short Term 12. As a mentor for troubled youth, Grace (Larson) must balance out her own personal dilemmas with the struggles of others. In that way, humanity learns to look deeper than what’s seen on the surface.

 

7.point 8 |  In Your Eyes (2014)

Written by Joss Whedon, this love story is anything but classic.point 182 |  In Your Eyes is a love story that transcends space as two people are brought together through their senses as opposed to meeting one another face-to-face.point 315 |

This concept helps to teach the true value of love while diverting audiences from any of their pre-conceived notions of it.point 103 | Talk about those major feels.point 128 | 1

 

8. Cake (2014)

When you’re done watching Friends, you can add to your feels by diving headfirst into one of Jennifer Aniston’s most critically-acclaimed performances. In Cake, Aniston plays a woman dealing with her own tragedy. However, her dark road leads her to become fascinated by the suicide of a girl she knew in her support group.

 

9.point 8 |  August: Osage County (2013)

Based on a play, August: Osage County stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts as it chronicles a family’s struggles both before and after a major loss.point 269 |

However, while their family may make your family seem like a walk in the park, that certainly doesn’t limit the level of feels the movie is providing.point 130 | Remember, Meryl Streep’s in it.point 163 | 1

 

10.point 172 |  The Little Prince (2015)

11.point 145 |  The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby(2014)

With a cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, and James McAvoy, this movie proves it’s got to be good right off the bat.point 397 |

 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby captures the life of a couple after a family tragedy.point 78 | Three different versions of the film are available on Netflix for you to watch if you want to get all sides of the story.point 176 | Thanks to the subtlety of the its storytelling, it’s easy to place yourself in the characters’ shoes.point 273 | 1

 

12. Philomena (2013)

What’s sadder than a sad movie? A sad movie that’s based on a true story. Philomena follows a woman desperately searching for the son she was forced to give away. It’s a story that chronicles the unbreakable bound of motherhood and her convent’s long-term effects on her life.

 

13. Rent (2005)

This musical movie may be full of song, dance, and friendship, but that certainly doesn’t limit its feels. Rent takes on everything from drug use to homosexuality to the AIDS epidemic. In fact, by the end of the film, you’ll feel as if you tagged along on their heartbreaking journey.

 

14.point 9 |  The Last Five Years (2014)

The Last Five Years is a musical starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, but it’s not as fun as that might make it sound.point 243 |

Instead, the movie, based on a stage production, follows a five year relationship from two different perspectives: Beginning to end and end back to the beginning.point 137 | By giving an inside look on both characters’ lives and perspectives, this movie makes the struggles of love abundantly clear.point 249 | 1

 

15.point 9 |  Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016)

You don’t have to watch Black Mirror — or even be a fan of science fiction — to get the emotional results you’ll get watching Episode 4 of Season 3, San Junipero.point 295 |

This particular story in the Netflix anthology series follows two women falling in love in the most unusual of circumstances.point 106 | Once you figure out what each of them is going through, the tears will start flowing without you being able to stop them.point 205 | 1

 

16. Titanic (1997)

When I think sad movies, I think Titanic. So it’s a good thing that the classic film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet is available for streaming on Netflix. Considering it’s a story of romance, tragedy, and heartbreak, I dare you to try and not shed a tear.

 

 

So grab yourself a box of tissues and get watching. By the end of these movies, your own struggles might seem just a little bit easier.

 

 

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