5 Saddest Movies That Will Make A Cancer Cry (& 5 That Won’t)

The Cancer sign is a very emotional sign, so it doesn’t take much to bring a tear to their eye or to put a smile on their face, depending on the situation. This sign is naturally one of the most empathetic signs in the zodiac, which is why they are so in touch with their feelings. They have an innate ability to pick up on other people’s feelings and react accordingly, which makes them great to have around for whatever mood you may find yourself in.

This sign is also known for its imagination and people born under this sign make great storytellers. For the Cancer looking to en joy someone else’s story, here are a few tear-jerkers for the next movie night to put on your list, and a couple to avoid.

10 Cry: Room

This movie will have any of its viewers on the edge of their seat for the first half of it, and then will have Cancers weeping for the entire second act.

The dramatic, critically acclaimed film, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay is about a young woman who is abducted when she is a teenager and held in captivity for years, having a son during that time. Knowing she must provide a better life for her son, she plots a successful escape and now they must navigate the real world together.

9 Not: Moulin Rouge

This musical feature film, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewen McGregor is a little too high energy to make any star sign cry, especially a Cancer.

The Cancer sign will love this film’s colorful cinematography and beautiful singing and upbeat dance numbers, but may feel a little too blindsided towards the end of the film as this happy love story turns into something much more tragic.

8 Cry: The Theory Of Everything

The Cancer sign will love this biographical drama about the life of Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane Hawking. This movie is actually based on a novel Jane wrote about her life with Stephen before he died.

These two had such a happy love story, which makes Stephen’s diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis even more heartbreaking to watch. The Cancer sign will also love discovering more about all the contributions Hawking made to physics before his death.

7 Not: The Notebook

Though the Cancer sign is known to cry easily, they aren’t the type to just cry on command. Everyone knows that The Notebook was made to make people cry and many of the other signs appreciate this movie and use it as their go-to when they need a good cry.

The Cancer sign appreciates the element of surprise in their entertainment, especially when the entertainment is supposed to provoke a certain emotion. This sign doesn’t give into cliches very easily.

6 Cry: A Star Is Born

The fourth remake of the classic story, A Star is Born, will make just about anyone cry, but especially a Cancer. The chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in this film is undeniable and palpable to viewers watching Jackson and Ally fall in love before their very eyes.

The Cancer sign is easily invested in great stories and they won’t see the ending coming, which will make them cry even more.

5 Not: P.S. I Love You

This is another film that has been deemed one to cry to, and Cancers won’t want to waste their time with a predictable storyline and generic characters.

P.S. I Love You, starring Hilary Swank as a young widow who tries to find love with the help of some of her deceased husband’s voice-recorded memos, has its moments of greatness, but it’s nothing Cancers haven’t seen before and the lack of originality will make it a struggle for most Cancers to get through.

4 Cry: Good Will Hunting

Cancers will specially love Robin Williams’ character in this Academy Award winning dramatic feature film. In the movie, Williams plays a therapist named Sean Maguire, who helps Will, played by Matt Damon, navigate his life and his rare gifts and talents.

There is a specific scene at the very end of the film, where Robin Williams gives one of the greatest speeches ever written to Will, and that moment will send most Cancers into a fit of tears.

3 Not: Me Before You

Not only is this tear-jerker formulaic in its writing and filmmaking style, but it is also a movie most Cancers are going to find somewhat boring and not compelling enough to get through, let alone have a good cry to.

The film, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, is about a successful businessman who gets in an accident and is paralyzed from the waist down, meeting a cheerful middle class woman who comes into his life to cheer him up. It’s obvious from the very beginning, where this story will go, and Cancers won’t want to spend time watching it.

2 Cry: Beautiful Boy

One of the things this film does extremely well is it depicts the real struggles of addiction and how they weigh, not just on the addict, but on the people who love them unconditionally.

Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell play a son with addiction and a father trying to save him before it’s too late. The film is based on memories from David and Nick Sheff, the real-life father and son, who struggled with addiction and its effects on their family for years.

1 Not: The Choice

This Nicholas Sparks romance film is too predictable and follows the classic Nicholas Sparks storytelling format. Cancers need something unique in their entertainment to be invested in it and from the very beginning, it’s clear that this film is the same as all the Nicholas Sparks movies that came before it.

It’s the story of boy meets girl and boy having to fight for girl. The Cancer sign has seen one too many of these films already, so this one won’t provoke any new feelings for Cancers.

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