1. When Neerja breaks down while reading Jaideep's letter that he wrote to profess his love for her, in Neerja.
2. When Veera recollects being sexually abused by her uncle as a nine-year-old in Highway.
3. When Devi lets go of the unopened gift from her dead boyfriend in Masaan.
4. When Neelam tearfully eats cake alone in her room after seeing Kamal flirt with another woman on their anniversary in Dil Dhadakne Do.
5. When Farhan and Rancho rush a bloodied Raju to the hospital right after his suicide attempt in 3 Idiots.
6. When Aditya finds a desolate Geet in Manali, after Anshuman refuses to marry her in Jab We Met.
7. When Ishaan is dropped off at the boarding school in Taare Zameen Par.
8. When Zilgai speaks about being ill-treated as a former 9/11 detainee in New York.
9. When Falak, falsely accused of soliciting, heart-breakingly questions the law about consent in Pink.
10. When coach Kabir Khan breaks down after the Indian hockey team wins the World Cup in Chak De! India.
11. When Zaheer, on his death bed, begs for Munna to save him and then dies in his arms in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
12. When Tara helplessly tries to stop Ved from leaving in Tamasha.
13. When, in Dil Se, Amar embraces Meghna, knowing well that it means the end for the both of them.
14. When Meera finds Arjun brutally murdered under the railway bridge in NH10.
15. When Munni cries out "mama!" and runs towards Pawan in the final scene of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
16. When a dying Pakhi realises that Varun never wants her to lose hope after she finds a painted leaf on the wilting tree in Lootera.
17. When Sartaj finds Preet's lifeless body in her house in Udta Punjab.
18. And when Mr. Sahay tearfully reads the letter Michelle wrote to her sister Sarah in Black.
