Films and TV shows that feel like Crying by Roy Orbison

A man tries to act unbothered after being left, then breaks down at the sight of his ex, in a swelling, public heartbreak.

1. Blue Velvet (1986): Orbison's 'In Dreams' lives here, and the film shares his dreamlike, ominous romantic ache.
2. Lost Highway (1997): Lynch again treats lonely obsession and lost love as a haunted nocturnal dream.
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005): Quiet, restrained longing finally breaks into tears over a love that couldn't last.
4. In the Mood for Love (2000): Two people hold their feelings in, and the swelling music carries all the hidden heartbreak.
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Seeing an ex again and being undone by memory is the song's exact emotional core.
6. Walk the Line (2005): Same Sun/Nashville era of rock and roll with aching, unspoken love.
7. Lost in Translation (2003): Lonely, nocturnal melancholy and a bittersweet connection that must end.
8. Mad Men (2007): Early-60s America with buttoned-up men hiding their loneliness and heartbreak.