2024 Oscar Nominees Remember the Last Time They Cried Watching a Movie

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Emma Stone (Poor Things), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) and other 2024 Oscar nominees name the movies that most recently made them cry.
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[@PokhrajRoy.]

America Ferrera talking about ‘Past Lives’ is exactly how one should talk about that movie.

[@TARS20]

Past Lives is really something indeed.

[@jamk2668]

Weirds me out when people say they cried during Past Lives because it contains like zero stakes and they didn't spend enough time establishing the prior relationship. You never got the sense she felt like the other dude was some alternative love.

[@DaiLyLiFeHaCks11]

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[@smartwater598]

Past lives is pure garbage movie the director made the flim just to justify her marriage with white men another Hollywood WMAF relationship propaganda

[@notaspacecow]

@@jamk2668 Well you can literally look at the title and realize that yes, Hae-Sung was an alternative

[@Locusto199]

“I’m just kidding, nobody cried at Saltburn” 😂 SKB is hilarious.

[@estherbraga2341]

I loved him for saying that. Such an amazing actor. I wish he was in more films and series, and everything, even commercials

[@joseguarin115]

huh, didnt recognize him without facial hair

[@cam1885]

Celine Song crying at Spiderverse is extremely relatable

[@TimelesslyModern]

real recognizing real

[@hannahbanjo5629]

I absolutely loved her answer 🥹

[@depressedpebbles]

Lol yeah! I love how everyone was weeping over Past Lives and then Celine is just like "Spiderverse made me cry"

[@ayushsharma7184]

​@@depressedpebblesboom im the one who made past lives, what should I say? Spider verse

[@quadling3521]

I love listening to America Ferrera be unashamedly enthusiastic.

[@IndieCindy3]

She’s terrific. Always gives thoughtful answers.

[@rv9uc]

“We are literally the same thing inside” - Da’vine Joy Randolph 👏🥺

[@BrokenNoah]

"Well, I guess it's because I used to be a brother and...I'm not a brother anymore"

[@enola8800]

i swear i was balling my eyes out for an hour, literally couldn't stop

[@MsTriangle]

This, I was gonna say: The Iron Claw. They haven't fuckin seen the movie.

[@enola8800]

also his sons' response being something like "well, we'll be your brothers now" really is powerful

[@mercetinto4996]

Both me and my boyfriend were crying at the end.

[@bikefadero1439]

Iron claw needs more love. Zac Efrons acting!!!....the fear in his eyes as his brothers keep dropping and finally the "I used to be a brother" scene......😭 Underrated dramatic actor!!

[@Aiiiiyaaaaah]

I sobbed watching Everything Everywhere All At Once. Not from this year, but it was a memorable ugly cry

[@AndreinaGarban]

Oh Yes!

[@devoneifs]

can confirm The Holdovers rocked my world 😭

[@olivierlechapeau3089]

I cried at "All of Us Strangers" a few days ago. The Christmas tree scene where Claire Foy's character starts singing to communicate with her son, I found so beautiful and touching. No matter what his sexual orientation, he's still her son and she still loves him just as much, and it's so simple and beautiful that it made me cry. This film in general was very moving, I wasn't expecting it.

[@MsTriangle]

Same scene

[@cuchelo1]

OMG- same same same same same same. The whole movie was emotional, but that scene was exceptional, as was the one where Jamie Bell says, "Sorry I never came into your room when you were crying..."

[@DaiLyLiFeHaCks11]

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[@albinjohansson5975]

Jesus, that movie had me legitamely wailing. My face muscles were worn out after it. Such a powerful movie.

[@AOFilmSalazar]

My first tear during that film was when his father apologizes and asks if he could give him a hug, then I bawled at that end

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

1:30 oh man im so glad to hear someone else had this experience with that scene, because the whole Arthur-Nora relationship is one of the most beautiful relationships I've seen on film, just made me emotional at random parts throughout the film just seeing such casual mundane but tender love, not some over-the-top exaggerated romance, but real love, in all the small subtle every day ways, of people being so supportive and understanding of each other. Makes me choke up thinking about it honestly. Brilliant movie.

[@K.C-2049]

Past Lives is such a beautiful movie. I watched it maybe a few days after Oppenheimer and it was so nice to watch something so quiet and contemplative and personal and just serene. and that's not a knock on Oppenheimer, it's just that movie is SO MUCH.

[@smartwater598]

Past lives was 🤮🤮

[@LovedByYou]

America gave you an ANSWERRRRRRR 😂😂😂♥️

[@ShelbyBaby27]

Celine Song, me too! It is something about Miguel, in particular, telling Miles that he's a mistake choked me up 🥺

[@giuseppetrisoglio9268]

Lily Gladstone is so Beautiful

[@skatedurr]

facts

[@jshmonte]

real

[@hannahbanjo5629]

Honestly!!!

[@xiaosquared]

And so graceful and elegant omg

[@neomohoto8861]

Da’vine was very good in the Holdovers

[@gpeddino]

"Society of the Snow" really got me.

[@tvsrn44]

Saaaame! That helicopter bit in the end crushed my ribs

[@user-tq3rr8vy2w]

Yes! The montage at the end where they’re getting cleaned up, and somewhat adjust to society again, but the rolling credit was what got me.

[@chautran2160]

yeppp, i cried so much

[@justingreen2432]

Hahaha I tell people Society in the Snow is what you watch if you want to watch Cast Away but have a lot less fun. 😂

[@travis_redfern6771]

FRRRR🥺😭

[@gabyg9401]

This was such a fun question to ask them !

[@tvsrn44]

Emma Stone singing “audition” in Lalaland. As an artist the way she does that scene and the lyrics really hit you.

[@OneEightCosplay]

YES YES YES

[@SidV101]

Only time I’ve ever seen my dad cry.

[@alifpr]

All of Us Strangers did it for me 😭

[@andresgonzalez4758]

The Iron Claw was the last film that made me cry and probably the one film that made me cry the most. "I used to be a brother and now I'm not a brother anymore"...

[@kimberlysmith9238]

All of us strangers had me bawling on the floor !!!

[@hoover728]

Yes. Also at the end I heard someone sobbing, and a friend upon leaving and still crying pushed past me and said 'I don't want to talk to you right now' lol.

[@vitaflood6677]

oh me too ill never recover

[@nurafrizal]

I dont even know when am i supposed to stop crying after the movie ends

[@user-yf7es9mt4y]

Me too! I lost it at the father-son scene.

[@freshcola6301]

the ending of The Iron Claw ...

[@hoover728]

All of Us Strangers- I watched in a theatre so it was a wet eye trembling, but were I alone and uninhibited it would've been a rank sobbing.

[@ericawalsh3988]

The ending scene in Past Lives was so raw and beautiful. I cried my eyes out. Such a beautiful film!

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

The Great Escaper I had the single tear moment but I was full blown crying at the end of Soul

[@Maliilse75]

Carey Mulligan made me cry completely out of the blue during Maestro, that scene where she is watching him perform on stage from the wings for the first time. She is a true artist and an incredible actress.

[@IAmTurboman]

So glad the director of American Fiction mentioned The Florida Project on his list. One of my favorites. Brooklynn Prince's character is imitating her mother the entire movie, trying to act older and foul mouthed, and the moment she finds out child services is taking her and she sees her friend, she finally acts like the scared child she is and cries almost viscerally. A moment that's truly earned in the 90 minutes that preceded it and kicks you right in the gut. As somebody who grew up in Florida, the showcase of the poor neighborhoods that exist around Walt Disney World was so authentic it was a little scary. The Florida Project is truly one of the greatest 'slice of life' movies ever made. Red Rocket, also by the same director, covers a lot of similar messages and is an equally fantastic movie that deserved more recognition when it came out.

[@CrimsonGhost553]

Great movie.

[@raven_bard]

The Holdovers was one of the best films of 2023. It really stayed with me.

[@TheLonelyWheel]

Mine was the end of The Iron Claw when Kevin Von Erich’s kids comforted him. Literally destroyed me.

[@MrMoz32]

The most recent films that make me really cry (either sad tears or joyful tears😢🥺) were AFTERSUN, PAST LIVES, THE QUIET GIRL and PERFECT DAYS...the first two really wrecked me emotionally...😭😭

[@notaspacecow]

YES AFTERSUN IS SO UNDERRATED

[@jbt6445]

Past lives is trash movie made by asian women who made it to justify her marriage with white men because she marry him for her career and used movies to say it was love

[@rowena5835]

iron claw ruined me i literally watched it walked upstairs got into bed and started sobbing

[@jamk2668]

As usual, Sandra Huller has the best taste here.

[@justnahayo8490]

Such genuine answers to this question from all these amazing actors and actresses. Loved this video🙏❤

[@oliviamtran]

Just added a whole bunch of movies to my watchlist, I trust their tastes with what amazing performances they gave!

[@JaluAndura]

I love the way Jon described Past Lives, cause that's how I felt it as well.

[@brittnis7294]

Crying during Matilda is so wholesome

[@Z3dude12]

The last movie I deeply and genuinely cried to was All Of Us Strangers. All of Andrew Scott's scenes in which he cries feel so genuine, it's almost as though that the scene he is acting out hits so close to home that his tears didn't need to be acted. The scene where his father tells him "i'm sorry that I never came into your room when you were crying" and Adam has his head in his hands crying, and the father says "can i hug you?" Ugh and don't even get me started on the ENDING. Are you KIDDING? How CRUEL lol. Absolutely one of my all time favorite movies.

[@Windupchronic]

Godzilla Minus One. Twice at the end. Can’t believe a Godzilla movie made me tear up.

[@rileyluther8083]

For me it was blood diamond. So many scenes in that movie are just incredible. “Sometimes I wonder would god ever forgive us for what we’ve done to each other? Then I look around and I realize.. God left this place a long time ago” 😢 That dialogue has stuck with me

[@daws7511]

Have non of them watched All of Us Strangers??? I've watched it twice now and cried harder the second time. The scenes with his parents are just a punch to the heart.

[@parig5228]

The last movie that really made me lose it was The Father. That last scene of Anthony Hopkins crying for his mommy is just devastating and gut-wrenching seeing this man who has lost all control of his mind and surroundings, trying to cling to the only thing that he can still hold on to.

[@AndreinaGarban]

Holy... that movie is so good and that scene is really devastating. His acting is SUPERB!

[@parig5228]

@@AndreinaGarban me and my mom were sobbing throughout that scene.

[@aaaustinnn]

Damn Iron Claw even gets snubbed here😮‍💨

[@troublemethis17]

the late release date didn't help

[@cmshadyy]

the last scene with the music playing made me choke, was so emotional.

[@Aiiiiyaaaaah]

What a wonderful prompt!

[@Locusto199]

I recently rewatched Toy Story 3, and that got my eyes a bit misty. They should’ve stopped the series there.

[@glo3139]

Toy Story 3 was an emotional roller coaster!! TS4 was great too. Every Toy Story movie had me bawling my eyes out, and they still do. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve watched those movies, and I’ve watched them more times than I can possibly even count. They get me every time.

[@lisasmart14]

Toy Story 3 always does it for me.

[@Locusto199]

@@lisasmart14 that’s because you have a soul haha 😂

[@aaronlopez9384]

I cried watching the color purple weeks ago, the story reminded me of my mom, which happened to pass away days later.. It's heartbreaking.😢

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Got teary eyed watching The Iron Claw.

[@juliamaddox4408]

Aftersun just broke me. It's one of those movies that sneaks up on you. So good!

[@GrantKanigan]

What a great question. And great answers!

[@GigaSaulGoodman]

Does anyone cried at 'The Iron Claw'? 🙋🏻‍♂️ That film broke me hard... Couldn't stop crying starting from the brothers reunion till the credit rolls 🥲

[@jamiemartin6603]

The Iron Claw wrecked me 😭

[@Square-ow7oq]

I think i have not cry to a movie and that hard in a long time more than All of us Strangers. From start to finish. Such a beautiful haunting film.

[@hayhay2482]

The Iron Claw!! 😭 That film broke me 💔

[@junkyard014]

The final scene of The Iron Claw

[@Reallyyup123]

Nobody said the iron claw. That final scene “we’ll be your brothers” is crazy 😂😂

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

I love the guys not ashamed to cry.

[@brandonkashinsky9222]

The lion king. The part where simba crawls under his dead dad’s arms gets me every time

[@JustinHenryfan]

Capote came out of nowhere. I haven't heard that movie mentioned by anyone in decades.

[@marialondonooo]

the edge of seventeen. the hailee steinfeld one. rewatched a few days ago as a girl who’s 2 months away from being seventeen and it really hit home

[@alyssakordae]

I haven’t watched past lives cause i know the cry i will let out will alert people to my apartment for a wellness check

[@notaspacecow]

Trust me, it's worth it

[@jbt6445]

Don’t just overrated wmaf propaganda

[@notaspacecow]

@@jbt6445 Past Lives is propaganda???? Hello?

[@Keepcalm-lovesports]

​@@jbt6445I am a white man and I related to this movie because I had a girl walk away from me like at the end of the movie and she was white as well. It doesn't matter what nationality you are. The language the film speaks is universal to me.

[@cherry_s_9394]

​@@jbt6445 just say that you are shallow and you have emotional range of a teaspoon

[@JM-xq2zo]

I cried so badly at the end of Florida Project as well.

[@gettingreadywithjules]

Love this question. What a beautifully curated list

[@thepoopangel]

No one watched lily Gladstone's performance in Killers of the Flower Moon?!!!!!

[@vivianakatherinecubillosca4021]

La escena donde le pregunta a Ernest que tenía la insulina. Te rompe el corazón.

[@IndieCindy3]

I still haven’t yet. 😩 At this point, I’m actually glad because I have been an Emma Stone fan for many years and yet there is something about Lily that has had me rooting for her this awards season. I’d rather be surprised at who ends up winning and then watch both of their nominated roles after the Oscars have aired. Less pressure for me to decide who deserves it more.

[@TheBayAreaBulletin]

Last movie that made me cry was Blue Beetle!

[@Globalo45]

Haha why?

[@visualvinny]

None of them watched the Iron Claw and it shows!

[@mickeyimmanuel]

Pride and Prejudice. Matthew Macfayden’s portrayal of Mr. Darcy will always touch my heart.

[@Californiagirl824]

I sobbed during The Iron Claw. Full on sobbing

[@braxtonm9712]

I cried at Florida Project recently too

[@TARS20]

I'm a crier tbh, but the last time a movie really got me depressed and cried for days was Nuovo Olimpo, the ending made me think a lot about what I missed in the past

[@ldiz461]

THANK YOU, Da'vine ❤

[@GodsSon987]

Off the top of my head from last year- Nimona statue scene

[@Sara-hhhh]

Florida Project always gets me. I weep at the end.

[@jonathanmaner1157]

Def cried when I saw the Holdovers

[@estherbraga2341]

No one mentioned Barbie, but I still cry watching Margot saying she is not enough. It just hurts deep

[@IndieCindy3]

The montage with Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” is what gets me every time time. And just the fact that she could stay in Barbieland and live a ‘perfect’ care-free life, but wants to become human despite knowing it involves suffering and an inevitable death.

[@tvsrn44]

Idk why but whenever I watch Tarzan (1999) and the 3 deaths happen right at the start, Kala’s animations were so good. Her face of despair, loss, innocence and fear of the unknown always gets to me.

[@csjcsj2906]

"Robot Dreams" will make you go ba-dee-ya out of joy and sadness.

[@floolo1]

only once cried at a movie: mary and max. but these tears were enough for a whole lifetime. it really got under my skin

[@Amarihoudini]

Yes it’s so underrated!!

[@Nexils]

I had some very teary eyes during different moments of 'The great escaper'. Just the idea of growing old. Thinking about what I do with my life. And then there's One Life. A very similar movie, having to do with war but form an entirely different perspective, including flashbacks etc. Both really good movies. Wonderfully delivered to us by Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine, who I wish will stay around for a long time to come.

[@jonatassantana1964]

"Aftersun" really got me😢

[@Maybebella]

Past lives 😢 We’ve cried and it's hard to explain what and why we just really feel it.

[@smartwater598]

It was boring overrated flim

[@lifeonabudget8513]

Damn Da'vine just made me cry right now..."we're the same inside"

[@thetramp123]

The Taste of Things. Beautiful film.

[@keithgordon3823]

The end of "The Hobbit," when Oakn'shield bit the dust, and called Bilbo a Gardener. That got me, right in the jewels!!!! 😢

[@Randomluck]

I watched the LotR trilogy during Xmas and Sam's "I can carry you" still gets me. 😢

[@khronoskay2749]

grow up lol

[@karljohnvillarias3371]

Past Lives was my #1 song of 2023

[@GetOverIt2]

This is what film is all about! Thanks Variety and all the actors ❤

[@melissajanemoore8869]

I cried hard three days ago when I watched Tigers Are Not Afraid. The bit with the tiger. That cat just meant so much. Beautiful and horrifying film.

[@freakingevilgenius]

I've had a lump in my throat for the endings of United 93, Toy Story 3 and The Age of Innocence but the end of Florida Project is the only film I've actually cried at.

[@dancingheroes]

what the fuck I was thinking at Florida Project throughout the whole video because I had a really memorable moment bawling at that end and Cord Jefferson just says the same thing three quarters into the video so based

[@TheToucanSAM]

No Iron Claw is crazy

[@millereliezer1]

Are you there God it's me. Never thought I'd cry in that movie

[@Roberto_Rangel]

The opening scene of the last guardians of the galaxy with rocket and the radiohead song.

[@theghettoracle]

While I cried at the end of Iron Claw, I am on a chronological MCU binge and most recently, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 unexpectedly ripped me to shreds.

[@Memo2Self]

I love that Variety does this every year. For me, the latest time was the last moment of "The Taste of Things." But the biggest weep I had this movie year was, I'm not kidding, "Godzilla Minus One."

[@IcyBandicoot]

I happened to be cutting onions at the end of Top Gun Maverick.

[@AliceP.]

I expected at least one person to say All of us strangers

[@Pulpos999]

Really good answers...

[@rusty283]

I also don't usually cry from movies, but the last movie that made me a little emotional was "Monster" by Hirokazu Koreeda.

[@floolo1]

carey mulligan basically praising another nominee (sandra hueller) in the zone of interest. no competition and full of respect

[@noniemousze]

Past Lives a movie under 2hrs made me cried, and contemplate about my decisions and my whole life.

[@heymikkao]

I cried for like a week after watching Still Alice

[@msd5808]

0:44 good grief, that is dark