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Tearjerker

Tearjerker TV Series

Engineered to make you cry, and it works.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 193 series

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193 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

This Is Us

★ 8.7
175K 106 2016–2022
Tearjerker · Family saga
10/10

Your Lie in April

★ 8.6
52K 23 2014–2015
Music scene · Tearjerker
10/10

Violet Evergarden

★ 8.4
42K 14 2018–2018
Tearjerker · Visually striking
10/10

It's a Sin

★ 8.6
41K 5 2021–2021
Queer stories · Tearjerker
10/10

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

★ 8.1
19K 11 2011–2011
Tearjerker · Melancholic
10/10

Move to Heaven

★ 8.5
13K 10 2021–2021
Tearjerker · K-drama · Bittersweet
10/10

Grey's Anatomy

★ 7.6
375K 467 2005–present
Medical · Soap & telenovela
9/10

One Day

★ 8.0
67K 14 2024–2024
Bittersweet · Romantic yearning
9/10

Parenthood

★ 8.3
44K 103 2010–2015
Family saga · Tearjerker
9/10

When Life Gives You Tangerines

★ 9.0
41K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Tearjerker · Sentimental
9/10

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

★ 8.5
38K 16 2016–2017
K-drama · Tearjerker · Bittersweet
9/10

From Scratch

★ 7.9
20K 8 2022–2022
Tearjerker · Bittersweet
9/10

Fellow Travelers

★ 8.2
19K 8 2023–2023
Queer stories · Love story
9/10

A Million Little Things

★ 7.9
19K 87 2018–2023
Tearjerker · Friendship
9/10

Angel Beats!

★ 7.6
18K 16 2010–2010
Anime · Tearjerker · Bittersweet
9/10

Clannad

★ 8.2
17K 49 2007–2009
Anime · Tearjerker · Sentimental
9/10

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

★ 8.6
16K 21 2016–2016
K-drama · Time travel
9/10

Fruits Basket

★ 8.5
14K 63 2019–2021
Found family · Anime · Tearjerker
9/10

To Your Eternity

★ 8.3
13K 63 2021–present
Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Anime
9/10

Orange

★ 7.7
6K 13 2016–2016
Anime · Tearjerker · Mental health
9/10

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

★ 8.0
6K 2 2001–2001
Real history · Tearjerker
9/10

Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves

★ 8.3
6K 3 2012–2012
Queer stories · Tearjerker
9/10

Humsafar

★ 8.8
5K 23 2011–2012
Soap & telenovela · Tearjerker
9/10

Plastic Memories

★ 7.4
4K 13 2015–2015
Anime · Tearjerker · Bittersweet
9/10