Sad Anime Movies on Netflix

Grab the tissue box and let it all out.

Anime movies are one of the best movies along with all the movies. 

Anime movie is growing in the sector of entertainment, it is making places in the mind of peoples because of its creative thinking, background and realistic thinking.

Anime movies are coming in all the Genres and all getting famous in all of this. 

Many of you are thinking, first to watch the fantasy, war, romantic anime movies but here is a kind of genre that will make you cry after seeing the best anime movie of this genre. 

So, this is a sad anime movie that will make you cry.

Content of Table...

15. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
14. NiNoKuni
13. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
12. Flavors of Youth (2018)
11. Children Who Chase Lost Voices
10. When Marnie Was There
9. The Wind Rises
8. In the corner Of the World
7. Wolf Children
6. 5 Centimeters Per Second
5. Garden of the Words
4. Grave Of Fireflies
3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2. A Silent Voice
1. Violet Evergarden: The Movie


15. The Place Promised in Our Early Days

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

PG- 2004 ‧ Romance ‧ 1h 30m

The story takes place in an alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. 

A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, became mysteriously ill and transferred to Tokyo. 

Years later on the brink of another war, Hiroki Fujisawa finds out that Sayuri had been in a coma since then, and he asks Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to wake her up.

IMDb: 7.0/10

Director: Makoto Shinkai

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14. NiNoKuni

NiNoKuni

PG- 2019 ‧ Romance ‧ 1h 46m

High schooler Yuu and his friend Haru get involved in a case involving his childhood friend Kotona, which forces them to go back and forth between another world that is different but is somewhat similar to their world, Ni no Kuni. 

In the real world and Ni no Kuni, when Kotona's life is in danger, what's the ultimate choice the three of them have to make in Ni no Kuni?

IMDb: 6.1/10

Director: Yoshiyuki Momose


13. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

PG- 2013 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 39m

A group of friends was separated when one of them died in an accident. Later on, she comes back as a ghost trying to get into heaven but to do that her friends must grant her a wish.

IMDb: 7.4/10

Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai


12. Flavors of Youth (2018)

Flavors of Youth (2018)

PG- 2018 ‧ Romance ‧ 1h 15m

Three stories of youth from different cities in China: memories locked in a bowl of steaming noodles, a fading beauty discovering her way, and bittersweet first love.

IMDb: 6.6/10

Director: Yoshitaka Takeuchi


11. Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

PG- 2011 ‧ Fantasy ‧ 1h 56m

A coming-of-age story involving young love and a piece of mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.

IMDb: 7.2/10

Director: Makoto Shinkai


10. When Marnie Was There 

When Marnie Was There

PG- 2014 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 43m

A 12-year-old girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with long, flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels Marnie may have closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

IMDb: 7.7/10

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi


9. The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises

PG- 2013 ‧ War ‧ 2h 6m

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. 

The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic, and Japan's plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo.

IMDb: 7.8/10

Director:  Hayao Miyazaki


8. In the corner Of the World

In the corner Of the World

PG- 2016 ‧ War ‧ 2h 48m

Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still has to maintain the will to live.

IMDb: 7.8/10

Director: Sunao Katabuchi


7. Wolf Children

Wolf Children

PG- 2012 ‧ Fantasy ‧ 1h 57m

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.

IMDb: 8.1/10

Director: Mamoru Hosoda


6. 5 Centimeters Per Second

5 Centimeters Per Second

PG- 2007 ‧ Romance ‧ 1h 3m

Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. 

Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time.

IMDb: 7.6/10

Director: Makoto Shinkai


5. Garden of the Words

Garden of the Words

PG- 2013 ‧ Romance ‧ 46 mins

Takao, who dreams of becoming a shoemaker, skips school and is sketching shoes in a garden in the middle of Tokyo. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. 

Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days.

IMDb: 7.5/10

Director: Makoto Shinkai


4. Grave Of Fireflies

Grave Of Fireflies

PG- 1988 ‧ War ‧ 1h 33m

The story of Seita and Setsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. 

When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.

IMDb: 8.5/10

Director: Isao Takahata


3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

PG- 2018 ‧ Romance ‧ 1h 49m

One day, "Me" - a high schooler - found a paperback in the hospital. The "Disease Coexistence Journal" was its title. It was a diary that "Me"'s classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. 

And thus, "Me" coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if he were being drawn to her, who was his polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality.

IMDb: 8.0/10

Director: Shin'ichirô Ushijima


2. A Silent Voice 

A Silent Voice

PG- 2016 ‧ Romance ‧ 2h 10m

The story revolves around Shôko Nishimiya, a grade school student who has impaired hearing. She transfers into a new school, where she is bullied by her classmates, especially Shôya Ishida. 

It gets to the point where she transfers to another school and as a result, Shôya is ostracized and bullied, with no friends to speak to and no plans for the future. Years later, he epicly sets himself on a path to redemption.

IMDb: 8.2/10

Director: Naoko Yamada


1. Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

PG- 2020 ‧ Fantasy/Anime ‧ 2h 20m

After the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you."

IMDb: 8.2/10

Director: Taichi Ishidate


Final Words

So, this is the list of best sad anime movies on Netflix which will make you cry. All these movies are available on Netflix and some are available on youtube also. 

In this listing, you had to get starting the story of the movies so complete all these movies by watching.

As you know that how are anime movies growing and how it is getting large in entertainment.

Many of the movies are releasing every year as the new movie will release it will be added to the list according to its performance.

Enjoy these movies with your friends :)


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