Tear Jerker / The Joy Luck Club

• Suyuan Woo giving up her twins.
• A young Ying-Ying getting her hopes broken when she gets lost and seemingly when she is seeking help from the Moon Lady, she discovers it's just a male actor.
• In the film, Ying-Ying's son drowning.
• After Rose's younger brother Bing drowns and his body is never recovered, her mother announces that Bing is not dead, only lost. Rose takes this as a sign that her mother is completely delusional until many years later, when she discovers that her mother has secretly recorded Bing's death in the family Bible, a sad acknowledgement that she has always known the truth...but the name is written in pencil so that it can be erased if he's ever found.
• In the film, how Lindo's mother dutifully but reluctantly surrenders Lindo to her betrothed's family.
• Jing-Mei meeting her half-sisters manages to be both this and a massive heartwarming moment when she sadly informs them that their mother is dead, and their takeaway is the discovery that they have a sister.
• The adult Waverly telling her mom that she feels that nothing she ever does is good enough for her and her mother admitting that she feels the same way. The two finally have a breakthrough and reconcile.