pulling heartstrings

• emotionalShowing strong feelings
• tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
• sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
• touchingEvoking gentle emotion
• movingEmotionally affecting

nostalgia · bittersweet · longing · ache · tender · wistful · melancholy · poignant · sobs · weepy · tugging · yearning · manipulative · schmaltzy · vulnerable · homecoming · reunion · goodbye