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The best success I've had getting earwax out is by getting any kind of cheap plastic syringe (20ml+) and a plastic bowl, filling the bowl up with warm water from the shower, leaning into the shower or over a bathtub and just blasting shots of warm water into my ear for about 15 minutes.

For the first few minutes it'll seem like nothing's happening, but the warm water will be softening the wax and then suddenly you'll get huge clumps coming out and you'll be like, how the hell did all of that fit in my ear? And then you just keep going, probably longer than you expect, until you can feel the water hitting your eardrum unobstructed - if your ears are as bad as mine get you'll easily be able to feel the difference. Any other softening methods beforehand will help, but I don't bother and it probably only adds a few minutes to the whole process. I usually feel dizzy for a few minutes afterwards though, so if you get that don't worry!

If you don't want to bother going to a doctor, there's ear wax oil you can buy at the drug store.

It's oil plus other stuff to dissolve the wax. You drip it in your ear while laying on your side, let it soak, then lay on your other side and drain it onto a towel.

I've had backed up wax in my ears. The answer was a combination this ear wax softener kit and warm water. Warm tap water is fine. After letting the stuff sit in my ear for a few minutes, I would use the warm water and syringe to flush my ear until the wax wad comes out. It took a couple of tries before I was successful.

You can try microwaving a hand towel as hot as you find comfortable and then laying with your ear on it for a bit to see if that helps dislodge it.

Like another commenter said they sell wax removal stuff at most pharmacies. Never used them myself but my mom said they work.