"Terms of Endearment" e.g.

• Movie with a very sad ending
• Note fool in rear moving - source of emotional reaction?
• Moving picture?
• Manipulatively maudlin movie
• Picture of sorrow?
• Pathetic play
• Schmaltzy drama

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His latest movie is a typical Hollywood tearjerker .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context informal English) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, real-life story, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance. n. (context informal English) ...