tearjerkers

Films prompting tissues

Tearjerkers are movies, books, songs, or other works designed to provoke strong emotional responses, particularly sadness or sentimentality.

The term carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting the emotional manipulation is obvious or heavy-handed rather than earned through genuine artistry.

She dismissed the film as just another tearjerker, but I cried anyway.

Despite the faint criticism implied, people often seek out tearjerkers deliberately, finding catharsis in a good cry.

emotional

sobbing

Convulsive crying aloud

cryingEmotional tear release
weepingShedding tears audibly
tissuesSoft disposable paper sheets

sniffling · heartstrings · lump in throat · misty-eyed · bawling · blubbering · waterworks · emotional · sentimental · touching

films

weepies

Sentimental, cry-inducing films

melodramasSensationalized dramatic works
romancesAmorous pursuits or tales
tragediesDramas with fatal endings

dramas · Titanic · The Notebook · Marley and Me · Old Yeller · Bambi · Schindler's List · Philadelphia · heartbreakers · chick flicks

themes

death

Cessation of life

illnessState of poor health
terminalAt the endpoint
separationState of being apart

sacrifice · unrequited love · loss · grief · farewell · reunion · redemption · forgiveness · orphans · dying wish

literature

novels

Extended prose fiction

storiesAccounts or building levels
romancesAmorous pursuits or tales
love storiesNarratives about romantic attachment

Nicholas Sparks · deathbed scenes · Les Misérables · Little Women · The Kite Runner · Me Before You · heartbreak · poignant · bittersweet endings · epistolary

tearjerkers

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weepies

death

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