Because sometimes you just need a good ugly cry. Want to read a book? Check out The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros. Want to watch a movie? Check out one of her recommendations.

If you know anything about Rebecca Yarros and her military men, you know that she is not afraid to have her readers crying ugly tears… sometimes even in the first 10 pages. In that spirit, she has given us the movies that make her ugly cry like we all do when we read her books.

The movies that make Rebecca Yarros ugly cry

(like she does to all of us when we read her books)

Honorable Mentions: The Fault in Our Stars, The Time Traveler’s Wife, My Life, Inside Out, and The Green Mile. (Because I can never stick to just five.)

5. ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’

That scene where Will Smith is holding is son against the bathroom door? I’m a goner. Period. End. Of. Story.

4. ‘What Dreams May Come’

The whole movie. I pretty much cry the WHOLE movie.

3. ‘We Were Soldiers’

The moment the wives start notifying the other wives that their husbands have died in combat. Oh man, my eyes are smarting just thinking about it. Being a military wife, that one hits closest to home.

2. ‘My Girl’

He needs his glasses… and I need a freaking box of tissues. ALL OF THEM.

1. ‘Armageddon’

Not what you were expecting? Me either. It’s all fun and games until Bruce Willis sacrifices himself to save the man his daughter loves. Then I have a quick moment to get myself under control until the scene where Liv Tyler says goodbye, and her hand is on the screen, and I’m sobbing. SOBBING. Maybe it’s because I’m a daddy’s girl, but holy cow, I lose it. Add in that missing man formation, and I’m sniffling into the credits!

Thanks, Rebecca, for some wonderful selections!

About the Author

Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and a lover of all things coffee and chocolate. She is the author of the award-winning Flight & Glory series and The Renegades. She loves military heroes, and has been blissfully married to her Apache pilot for seventeen years. 

When she’s not writing, she’s tying hockey skates for her four sons, sneaking in guitar time, or watching brat-pack movies with her two daughters. She lives in Colorado with her husband, their rambunctious gaggle of kids, and their menagerie of pets. Having adopted their youngest daughter from the foster system, Rebecca is a passionate advocate for children through her non-profit, One October.

And if you are in the mood for an incredible story to read that will possibly (more like probably) make you cry, make sure you pick up The Last Letter. It’s available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, and Book Depository. Don’t forget to add it on Goodreads as well!