Tear Jerker / Batman (1989)

• The scene where Bruce reminisces about his parents' deaths. He's clearly fighting back tears at that point and the man who murdered them is smugly grinning at him from the comforts of his criminal empire.
• When Jack Napier falls over the rail at the chemical factory, Batman's first instinct is to attempt to save him. But as he's trying to pull him up, he looks at his face, begins shaking, and ends up letting him go. Even Batman doesn't seem sure why this happened. Only later in the film do we learn the truth: it was a subconscious reaction to looking upon the face of the man who murdered his parents once more.
• There is something so very, very sad in Michael Keaton's voice when he explains to Vicki "Alfred is my family."
• A subtle moment, but the exchange between Alfred and Bruce is heartbreaking.
  Alfred: Miss Vale called. She was rather concerned. I've noticed that there is a certain weight that lifts when she's here.
  Bruce: Alfred, why don't you marry her?
  Alfred: [smiling sadly] That's not exactly what I had in mind, sir.
  Bruce: I can't go on with that right now.
  Alfred: If not now... when?
• "I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons."
• The Joker's demise. When he has his leg tied to the gargoyle as it's about to fall, you can even hear him groaning. Just listen to it. His last groan is a "no" followed by a scream as he falls to his death.
  • The music that accompanies his death also qualifies. Partly because the Joker was perhaps the most memorable part of the film and it's sad to see him go as well.
  • The fact that Batman saw the Joker, who killed his parents, die is sad in a fridgey sort of way, too, since Bruce reveals in Batman Forever that he's still Batman because avenging his parents' death, his goal the whole movie, didn't satisfy his anger or pain at all.
• In a fridge example, Harvey Dent. Though he only shows up a few brief times, Billy Dee Williams gives him a strong but charismatic presence, and he seems to be the only person with any real, practical plan for cleaning up the city. Though he gets to share the victory with the good guys and even read Batman's letter to City Hall at the end, anyone with even a casual knowledge of Batman lore knows exactly what fate has in store for him.

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