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If you feel achy, fire up Netflix and watch a tear-jerker movie. University of Oxford scientists found having a good cry during a movie can ease a sore back or achy joints. That’s because crying helps eliminate stress chemicals. Tears also flood the body with pain-killing endorphins. And people who watched a tear-jerker had an 18% higher pain tolerance afterward.