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8 Super Sad Romance Movies to Make You Cry Every Time
Whenever you need a good cry, these films are some top-tier tear-jerkers.
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Everyone needs a good cry sometimes. It’s healthy, it’s cathartic, and you always feel better afterwards. Whether you’re going through a breakup, having a bad day, or just love love, these romance movies streaming on Peacock will help you get the waterworks going when you just need to cry something out. Tissues not included.
1. Afterglow (1997)
In this 1997 film written and directed by Alan Rudolph, two couples test their marital limits when an unhappy, young wife (Lara Flynn Boyle) becomes infatuated with an older man (Nick Nolte), while her husband (Jonny Lee Miller) falls for the man's wife (Julie Christie, in an Academy Award®-nominated performance).
2. Elegy (2008)
Based on the Phillip Roth novel The Dying Animal, this 2008 film stars Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, and Peter Sarsgaard. A beautiful student (Cruz) throws the life of an aging lecturer and cultural critic (Kingsley) into disarray when she awakens feelings of sexual possessiveness in him.
3. Fever Pitch (1997)
Fever Pitch, adapted loosely by Nick Hornby from his best-selling memoir, follows an English teacher (Colin Firth) obsessed with soccer and a team that hasn't won a league cup in 18 years, who begins a budding relationship with a shaky foundation.
Watch Fever Pitch.
4. Of an Age (2023)
During the summer of 1999, an 18-year-old amateur ballroom dancer and Serbian immigrant in Australia has an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.
5. A Summer Story (1988)
In the summer of 1902, a young London lawyer falls in love with a rural girl when she helps him after a hiking accident. Eighteen years later, he returns to the area to make a startling discovery.
Watch A Summer Story.
6. Wuthering Heights (2011)
In this 2011 British adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel, a poor English boy (James Howson) is taken in by a wealthy family and develops an intense relationship with his younger foster sister (Kaya Scodelario).
Watch Wuthering Heights.
7. A Walk to Remember (2002)
In this 2002 coming-of-age romance set in North Carolina, a rebellious teen (Shane West) falls for a minister’s daughter (Mandy Moore) when he is forced to tutor students after a prank goes awry.
Watch A Walk to Remember on Peacock.
8. My Week with Marilyn (2011)
In this star-studded biographical film starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, and Judi Dench, a production assistant introduces Marilyn Monroe to the pleasures of the British countryside during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl.
Watch My Week with Marilyn.
Stream romance movies and TV shows on Peacock, or maybe a rom-com or two for something lighter.
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