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Pulls Emily Ratajkowski, for starters, in emotional movie (4-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tear-jerker

'emotional movie' is the definition.
(film which might make you cry)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for tear-jerker that I've seen before include "Extravagantly sentimental book, play, etc" , "Sad sentimental story" , "Highly sentimental story, film etc" , "tale that's emotional" , "Tragedy perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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