Gone with the Wind/Tear Jerker

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  • Melanie's death.
  • after escaping Atlanta, Scarlett and Melanie find the land around Tara ravaged, all homes except Tara in ruins, and Scarlett's mother dead of typhoid.
  • Mammy telling Melly what Rhett and Scarlett have been saying to each other since Bonnie died.
  • In the scene in the movie when they get the casualty lists from Gettysburg there's a band playing a cheerful melody. One of the boys in the band has just found out his brother has been killed and cries while he plays.
  • Ashley's recital of the Episcopalian funeral service - from memory - over Gerald O'Hara's grave when he realizes that the Catholic service is far too brief for the assembled mourners, who were expecting a much longer and more emotional farewell. Also qualified as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
  • Scarlett's miscarriage. She's utterly devastated as this is the first time she's genuinely wanted the baby and cannot bring herself to call for Rhett, who she thinks wants nothing to do with her.