I think a go-to doesn't need to be The Perfect Clip encompassing everything one likes about crying. It just needs to be something you go 'imma go watch that clip, damn that was good' or whatever.

Oh, so many.  But here's a few (okay, a lot):
Billy Crudup, Rudderless and Waking the Dead.
Walton Goggins, The Shield, Episode 6.5
Michael Fassbender, The Counselor and Shame
James Frain, The Tudors, Episode 3.8
David Lyons, Revolution, Episode 1.10 and E.R., Episode 15.8
Hugh Jackman, The Fountain
James McAvoy, Filth
Ewan McGregor, I Love You Philip Morris and The Impossible
Clive Owen, Bent, The Boys are Back, Close My Eyes, Trust
Sam Rockwell, Box of Moonlight and Snow Angels
John Simm, Crime and Punishment, Exile (Episode 3), Life on Mars (Episodes 1.1 and 2.8)
David Tennant, Recovery
 

PhoebeOnThePhone wrote:

the  'Blood Money' episode table read. Aaron Paul, conjuring tears during a table read. I'm not sure it was even in the script.

I doubt it was because if you watch the actual episode he plays the scene alot different.  No crying at all. And in my opinion the non crying version makes more sense as far as the character's emotional state at the time (ie: kind of numb) it's almost as if right before he went to the table read he'd been reading up on acting/crying techniques and was eager to try them out lol.

Don't get me wrong though,  I'm very glad he did it at least for the table read cause it's pretty amazing.

Also the scene where they find the cigarette in the roomba and his confession tape

caircair wrote:

In that case, the clip from Season Six of "Desperate Romantics" where (SPOILER ALERT) Rossetti finds his wife dead ​is a good one for me. It captures the quick turnaround of emotion from upbeat to frantic to despair - and Aiden Turner is an excellent crier!

Oh yeah, I saw that scene (and posted it somewhere in "Crying Videos," I think).  As a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, I found it heartrending.

You can hear a couple of sobs right at the end, but it's hard to make out with the music.