tug at heartstrings

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

heartwarming · poignant · bittersweet · nostalgia · longing · wistful · tender · sympathy · compassion · melancholy · weepy · sobs · lump in throat · choked up · tears · vulnerable · ache · yearning