tearjerker in English

noun
1
a sentimental story, movie, or song, calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy.

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1. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible circumstances

2. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible

3. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible

4. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible

5. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible

6. Several others were also calculated for popular appeal, which they enjoyed in small measure, with Les Adieux de Marie Stuart, composed in 1840, the most blatant -- taking Béranger's famous poem as a pretext, this would-be tearjerker misses fire and fails.