Raw emotion, catty bigotry, unjustified death or loss, and melancholy lyrics paired with soulful instrumentals get me every time.

• "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes.
• "Run" by Snow Patrol.
• "Busted Heart" by Bishop Allen.
• "Right Moves" by Josh Ritter.
• "Sleep" by Azure Ray.
• "Sweetness" by Yes.
• "3 Rounds And A Sound" by Blind Pilot.
• "Things I Cannot Recall" by Blind Pilot.
• Alice's initial reaction to Dana's death, on The L Word.
• The Montréal part in Away We Go, when Munch is dancing on the stage to The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nothin'".
• The beginning of Miracle At St. Anna, when the woman on the radio is talking to the Buffalo Soldiers.
• The beginning of Star Trek (2009).
• The beginning of Up.
• The end of Milk, when they show the crowd marching with candles.
• The end of the movie adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, when Max leaves the island.
• The entire movie Precious.
• The flashback sequences in V For Vendetta, when Evey reads the note.
• The montage at the beginning of Watchmen, in conjunction with Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
• Thinking about my long lost puppy, Prada.
• When Roslin dies at the end of Battlestar Galactica. (This was so depressing, I couldn't stare at the stars for weeks.)