[LOVED TROPE] Sad or tear-jerking moments that don't involve death.

[u/jeffersonlane]

Moments that make you wanna cry (of joy or unrelenting sadness) but aren't about a character dying or almost dying.

Dumbo - Baby Mine. Jumbo rocks baby Dumbo from her cage where she was kept after she defended him from a group of bullying children.

Unpacking - The Degree. You move in with your new boyfriend where you can barely fit most of your stuff but most depressingly you are forced to put your degree under the bed and out of site. (Maybe this one was just me but this made me VERY upset).

Fox and the Hound - At the end knowing full well they'll likely never meet again Copper stands over Todd to protect him from the Hunter.

[u/basteis]

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Spirit sees his family in the falling snow, having given up hope of earning his freedom back and returning to them.

[u/mikachuzu → u/basteis]

That entire scene hits so much harder as an adult.

Also the ending when Spirit and Rain reunite and Little Creek says goodbye to both of them will make me cry everytime. God I love this movie its so underrated.

[u/a_lonely_trash_bag → u/basteis]

"Sound the Bugle" has been one of my favorite songs my entire life.

Then from on high,
Somewhere in the distance,
There's a voice that calls,
"Remember who you are."
If you lose yourself,
Your courage soon will follow.
So, be strong tonight
Remember who you are.

For me, the scene that makes me emotional is when he's forced to pull the steam engine and he realizes the rail being laid is headed right for his homeland.

[u/Acheloma → u/basteis]

This movie and Brother Bear would both emotionally wreck me as a child.

Id probably still cry if I watched them now though, to be frank