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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.

Wonder Egg Priority

★ 7.2
5K 13 2021–2021
Mental health · Anime
8/10

Till the End of the Moon

★ 8.2
5K 40 2023–2023
Romantic yearning · Love story
8/10

Uncontrollably Fond

★ 7.7
5K 20 2016–2016
K-drama · Love story · Tearjerker
8/10

Man in an Orange Shirt

★ 8.0
5K 2 2017–2017
Queer stories · Love story
8/10

Kurt Seyit & Sura

★ 7.2
5K 21 2014–2014
Love story · Turkish drama
8/10

Parizaad

★ 9.1
5K 29 2021–present
Melancholic · Class divide
8/10

Trial by Fire

★ 7.6
5K 7 2023–2023
Emotionally heavy · Legal
8/10

Red Sleeve

★ 8.4
4K 17 2021–2022
Royalty & aristocracy · K-drama
8/10

1864

★ 6.8
4K 8 2014–2014
War & military · Real history
8/10

Thirty Nine

★ 7.7
4K 12 2022–2022
Friendship · K-drama
8/10

The Diary of Anne Frank

★ 7.5
4K 5 2009–2009
Real history · Emotionally heavy
8/10

A Place Further Than the Universe

★ 8.1
3K 13 2018–2018
Friendship · Coming of age · Anime
8/10

The Last of Us

★ 8.4
741K 17 2023–present
Post-apocalyptic · Survival
7/10

Arcane

★ 9.0
449K 18 2021–2024
Visually striking · Class divide
7/10

WandaVision

★ 7.9
418K 9 2021–2021
Mystery box · Stylized direction
7/10

One Piece

★ 9.0
358K 1189 1999–present
Sprawling saga
7/10

13 Reasons Why

★ 7.4
341K 49 2017–2020
Mental health · Emotionally heavy
7/10

Scrubs

★ 8.4
286K 182 2001–2010
Medical · Workplace · Witty banter
7/10

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

★ 9.1
252K 68 2009–2010
Anime · Deep worldbuilding
7/10

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

★ 8.6
230K 63 2019–2024
Visually striking · Anime
7/10

Naruto: Shippuden

★ 8.7
225K 501 2007–2017
Anime · Sprawling saga
7/10

Six Feet Under

★ 8.7
169K 63 2001–2005
Character study · Melancholic
7/10

Glee

★ 6.8
162K 121 2009–2015
School & campus · Music scene
7/10

The Leftovers

★ 8.3
132K 28 2014–2017
Melancholic · Emotionally heavy
7/10