Tearjerker TV shows on Netflix right now

TV shows that will make you cry, streaming on Netflix tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against Netflix every day.

Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.

  1. When They See Us Limited series · 2019 · Ava DuVernay
  2. Move to Heaven Limited series · 2021
  3. Reply 1988 TV · 2015
  4. Queen of Tears TV · 2024 · Park Ji-eun, Jang Young-woo, Kim Hee-won
  5. Arcane TV · 2021 · Christian Linke, Alex Yee
  6. One Day TV · 2024 · Nicole Taylor
  7. The Haunting of Hill House Limited series · 2018 · Mike Flanagan
  8. The Haunting of Bly Manor Limited series · 2020 · Mike Flanagan
  9. It's Okay to Not Be Okay TV · 2020
  10. Twenty-Five Twenty-One TV · 2022
  11. After Life TV · 2019 · Ricky Gervais
  12. Baby Reindeer (TV Mini Series 2024) Limited series · 2024 · Richard Gadd
  13. When Life Gives You Tangerines TV · 2025 · Lim Sang-choon, Kim Won-suk
  14. Maid Limited series · 2021 · Molly Smith Metzler
  15. Our Blues Limited series · 2022
  16. My Mister TV · 2018
  17. Firefly Lane TV · 2021 · Maggie Friedman
  18. Hotel del Luna TV · 2019
  19. Everything Calls for Salvation TV · 2022
  20. Adolescence Limited series · 2025 · Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne
  21. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood TV · 2009
  22. Crash Landing on You TV · 2019
  23. Call the Midwife TV · 2012
  24. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End TV · 2023
  25. Pluto Limited series · 2023
  26. Young Royals TV · 2021
  27. BoJack Horseman TV · 2014 · Raphael Bob-Waksberg
  28. Grey's Anatomy TV · 2005 · Shonda Rhimes
  29. Broadchurch TV · 2013 · Chris Chibnall
  30. The Fall of the House of Usher Limited series · 2023 · Mike Flanagan
  31. Unbelievable Limited series · 2019 · Susannah Grant / Ayelet Waldman / Michael Chabon
  32. Unorthodox Limited series · 2020 · Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski
  33. Midnight Mass Limited series · 2021 · Mike Flanagan
  34. Love on the Spectrum TV · 2022 · Karina Holden, Cian O'Clery
  35. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV · 2019
  36. Dead to Me TV · 2019
  37. When the Camellia Blooms TV · 2019
  38. Queer Eye TV · 2018 · David Collins
  39. Misaeng: Incomplete Life TV · 2014
  40. The Untamed TV · 2019
  41. Signal TV · 2016
  42. D.P. TV · 2021
  43. Mr. Sunshine TV · 2018
  44. One Hundred Years of Solitude TV · 2024
  45. Boy Swallows Universe Limited series · 2024
  46. Little Women Limited series · 2022
  47. Heartstopper TV · 2022 · Alice Oseman
  48. Feel Good TV · 2020 · Mae Martin

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