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You watch a film.

In the film, there is a little girl lost his parents and now she becomes an orphan.

Is it correct to say

I was so moved/emotional/ etc that I burst out crying when watching that film?

What is the correct adjective to express that you feel sympathy for people in a movie that you burst out crying?

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    moved and emotional are fine. Also you can rephrase slightly to use different forms of descriptive text: The the movie was so poignant / touching / emotional / emotive / moving [that it brought tears to my eyes], for example.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 12:19
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    ...such movies are called tearjerkers or weepies.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 12:23
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    (It's her parents, by the way.) You can also say that the film reduced you to tears.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 12:37
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    You can also say the film is heart-tugging, or that it tugs at your heartstrings (which means it stirs your emotions).
    – Enguroo
    Commented Oct 16, 2021 at 3:39

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I was moved to tears.

I was so moved that I burst into tears.

It was so moving that I started crying.

It made me very emotional.

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