Best Romantic Tearjerkers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Romantic Tearjerkers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 4 titles in category code 9257. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Heavenly Forest (2006)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 56m. A shy college photography buff forms a bond with a cute classmate who abruptly disappears from his life when he develops feelings for another girl.
2. Orange (2015)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 19m. Naho Takemiya's high school life is disrupted by letters from her 25-year-old self in the future, begging her to act to save her classmate Kakeru.
3. Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
Rated 6.5/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 00m. A once-promising young painter learns he has cancer and faces his final summer with the unlikely friendship of a sassy teenage girl.
4. Hanayoi Dochu (2014)
Rated 6.3/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 42m. High-class courtesan Asagiri plans to finish her indenture and leave the Yoshiwara pleasure district of Edo, until she meets the handsome Hanjiro.