ARWIN REVIEWS

Cried So Hard My Nose Got Clogged

24 films, ranked on my own star ratings by Arwin Edward Bagaslao. Updated 2026-09-26.

These are the movies that did not just make me cry, they made me struggle to breathe through my nose. The kind of crying where your eyes swell, your throat hurts, your chest feels heavy, and suddenly you are Googling if emotions can cause s

  1. 1Schindler's List poster
    ★★★★★

    On my first watch, I thought this was just about a capitalist exploiting people through his own version of forced labor.

  2. 2Click poster
    Click (2006)
    ★★★★★
  3. 3The Time Traveler's Wife poster
    The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
    ★★★★★
  4. 4The Impossible poster
    The Impossible (2012)
    ★★★★★
  5. 5About Time poster
    About Time (2013)
    ★★★★★
  6. 6A Star Is Born poster
    ★★★★★

    A deeply emotional rise and fall romance about love, fame, and self destruction.

  7. 7Bring Her Back poster
    ★★★★★

    Simula pa lang hindi ko na tinuloy, pinagpabukas ko na.

  8. 8Eternity poster
    Eternity (2025)
    ★★★★★

    Maganda ang sets and may konting film grains that give it a soft and almost nostalgic texture.

  9. 9The Perfect Neighbor poster
    ★★★★★

    The film keeps shifting my confidence from one side to the other, making every new detail feel like it could completely change how I see the situation.

  10. 10I Swear poster
    I Swear (2025)
    ★★★★★

    This is one of those films that hurt to watch but for all the right reasons.

  11. 11The Voice of Hind Rajab poster
    ★★★★★

    I felt emotionally wrecked early on and never really recovered.

  12. 12Sirāt poster
    Sirāt (2025)
    ★★★★★

    The film starts like a search story but slowly turns into a meditation on grief, and by the end I felt less entertained and more emotionally drained, like it just sits…

  13. 13Avengers: Endgame poster
    ★★★★★

    This film hits on a level that is hard to replicate.

  14. 14Coco poster
    Coco (2017)
    ★★★★½
  15. 15Miracle in Cell No. 7 poster
    Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
    ★★★★½
  16. 16How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies poster
    ★★★★½

    Thailand looks awfully familiar, almost the same as the Philippines, especially Pasay where I grew up from ages 0 to 5.

  17. 17Midnight Girls poster
    ★★★★½

    I watched this because I am Japan sepanx.

  18. 18Before Sunset poster
    ★★★★½

    I can feel the push and pull between being comfortable and being awkward.

  19. 19Pieces of a Woman poster
    ★★★★½

    Pieces of a Woman feels less like a film, and more like an open wound you’re forced to touch.

  20. 20Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) poster
    ★★★★½

    I like the Billie and James dynamic directing the whole thing.

  21. 21Beautiful Boy poster
    ★★★★

    Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you.

  22. 22I'mPerfect poster
    I'mPerfect (2025)
    ★★★★½

    Warm start. I am not really educated about Down syndrome, so I just went along with the story and learned from what the film was showing me.

  23. 23All the Empty Rooms poster
    ★★★½

    The first few minutes already feel really heavy despite the silence and the very few words spoken.

  24. 24The Farewell poster
    ★★½

    Wala pa sa fifteen minutes naluluha na agad ako.