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* All of ''Okuribito'' (Departures); it's about a guy who learns how to clean, dress, and make up bodies for burial, ''in front of their families''. Naturally, the biggest tear jerker comes at the end when {{spoiler|Daigo claims the body of his long-[[Disappeared Dad]] and finally remembers his face.}}
* ''[[Om Natten]]'' (At Night), a short Danish film nominated for the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film: It depicts the lives of three young women living with cancer. One of them is about to undergo a risky procedure that will either save her or kill her. She breaks down in front of her father, saying she doesn't want to go through with it, and she's sorry she can't be stronger or brave like he wants her to.
* The scenes in the film ''[[The Others (film)|The Others]]'' with the father of the family, played by Christopher Eccleston. ALL of them.
* The movie version of ''The Painted Veil''. How Walter and Kitty were really just getting to know each other after TWO YEARS of being unhappily married and finding out that they really, truly could be happy together.
''[[The Notebook]]'' is slightly more cheerful by comparison (because at least Ali and Noah got to spend their lives together).
* The end of ''Passchendaele'' (criminally unrepresented on this site) is a perfect example of both this and a [[Bittersweet Ending]].
** Unfortunately, this was ruined for some people cheesiness of the scene where he stands up with the cross and the rain suddenly stops and the sun starts shining.
* ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''
** The whole film is a [[Tear Jerker]], but the biggest is an intercut flashback between Yeshua falling under the weight of the cross and ickle!Yeshua tripping over something in the yard in slow motion, Mary running to pick him up in both instances. She tells him she's there, does the whole Mom thing, and then he says to her, simply, "See, mother, how I make all things new." If you love your parents or your kids at all, there is no stopping the waterworks at that point.
** Yeshua was lost in his carpentry. Then it cuts back to the scourging . . .
* ''[[Patch Adams]]''
** Specially when Patch and his girlfriend kiss and he asks her if they're a couple now or just friends who like kissing. {{spoiler|And when she's killed by a patient and he has an [[Heroic BSOD]]}}.
** The moment when Patch stands on a cliff alone, contemplating suicide, ranting angrily at God:
{{quote|'''Patch:''' Yeah, I could do it. We both know you wouldn't stop me. So answer me, please. Tell me what you're doing. Okay, let's look at the logic. You create man. Man suffers enormous amounts of pain. Man dies. Maybe you should have had just a few more brainstorming sessions prior to creation. You rested on the seventh day. Maybe you should've spent that day on compassion. ''(looks down over cliff again)'' You know what? You're not worth it.}}
** And then the [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]] lands on his shoulder.
* The ending of the [[Stanley Kubrick]] movie ''[[Paths of Glory]]''. Set in [[World War I]], a young German woman is forced to sing for the soldiers in a tavern. They are are cat-calling, hooting, and laughing at her. Then she starts to sing a simple, well-known ballad about love in war, "The Faithful Soldier". The audience quiets down, and they start to hum the song along with her, as they recall their youth, their homes, and their loves in a world they may never see again.
* ''[[The Patriot]]'':
** Little Susan hasn't spoken a word to her father, ever. When she finaly speaks, to her brother, she says she hates her father. After Benjamin is reunited with his family and is leaving, he ask her for one word. She refuses at first, but as he is riding away she breaks into tears and runs after him. WHILE SHOUTING THAT SHE WILL SAY ANY WORD HE WANTS TO HEAR IF HE JUST STAYS WITH THEM.
** The scene right after Benjamin and his two youngest sons have slaughtered a platoon of English soldiers holding Gabriel, the eldest, was so extreme a [[Mood Whiplash]] His youngest son sobbing in fear and grief as his father kills the last soldiers; Mel screaming half in rage and grief as he bludgeons the body of the last English soldier who has killed his second son and destroyed his peaceful life; Gabriel (Heath Ledger) and his 3rd eldest son's expressions of muted shock and fear as they watch him doing so and then walking out of the trees covered in blood from head to toe. Roland Emmerich, thy name is [[Anvilicious]].
* ''Paulie'', right when the titular parrot is being taken away and the little girl chases after his shouting "Paulie, come back to me! Come back to me Paulie!". It was heartbreaking.
* ''[[Pay It Forward]]''
** when {{spoiler|the kid dies}}.
* At the end of the 2003 version of ''[[Peter Pan]]'' with Aunt Millicent. "Then I... am your mother".
** Then there's Mr. Darling trying to contain his immense relief that his children are okay in the end and tries to act formal, only shaking John's hand... which backfires in them hugging each other in tears.
* Near the beginning of ''[[Peter's Friends]]'', the gang gets together for the first time in 10 years.
** Also, Roger and Mary fighting about {{spoiler|what happened the night of the death of one of their twin sons}} and the last scene when Peter reveals that {{spoiler|he's HIV-positive.}} God-damn it, Stephen Fry...
* ''[[Pet Sematary]]''
** When the family is having a great time, and Gage is flying a kite. {{spoiler|Gage drops the kite. Kite goes int the road, Gage follows. Speeding trucker comes by and wham. Then slo-mo after that, Louis screams and cries with the rest of them, and the shoe of dear Gage is shown flying to the side.}} Made worse when {{spoiler|Rachel's dad starts a fight at Gages funeral, and breaks the coffin's table.}}
** When the baby's dad kills him again. Seeing him wobble and then fall over just brings tears.
* Joel Schumacher's adaptation of [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' has this in spades:
** "This face which earned a mother's fear and loathing/ A mask my first unfeeling scrap of clothing."
** "Christine, I love you."
** This even extends to the end credits, with the new song "Learn to be Lonely."
** "''It's over now, the Music of the Night''..."
* The ending of ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'', the [[Tom Hanks]] movie about a man dying of AIDS. If that sounds like a tear jerking combination on its own, the movie ends with home movies of the just-dead guy as a kid. Ouch...
* ''[[The Pianist]]''. This movie is visually stunning, and hits home several times.
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