sobfest

noun2

1. •
   (informal) An episode of intense crying.

   • During the menopause, one wrong word or even just a look from Tom could send her slamming doors throughout the house and taking refuge in her greenhouse for a private sobfest. — 2010
2. •
   (informal) Something sad or moving, especially a film.

   • But the most star-crossed pair of them all was Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in the cinematic sobfest The Way We Were. — 2000