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D.O.A.

1988 · 96 min · Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton ★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,870 ratings

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Dexter Cornell, an English Professor, becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his students, Sydney Fuller.

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D.O.A. (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Curiosity 25%, Surprise 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Curiosity, Surprise. Genres: Thriller, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Curiosity and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Curiosity
Tension
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 73 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity59 %57 %41 %14 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %38 %24 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness44 %32 %18 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sadness53 %39 %26 %46 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sadness57 %39 %30 %52 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Sadness52 %32 %25 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sadness60 %36 %36 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension77 %57 %64 %61 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension80 %68 %76 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension76 %66 %71 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity72 %67 %62 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity70 %62 %57 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Tension75 %55 %67 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension82 %55 %79 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension86 %41 %71 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Sympathy83 %38 %53 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Curiosity75 %58 %51 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Sympathy73 %65 %62 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Curiosity79 %69 %71 %54 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Meg Ryan

Sydney Fuller

Charlotte Rampling

Mrs. Fitzwaring

Daniel Stern

Hal Petersham

Jane Kaczmarek

Gail Cornell

CN
Christopher Neame

Bernard

RJ
Robin Johnson

Cookie Fitzwaring

Robert Knepper

Nicholas Lang

Jay Patterson

Graham Corey

Brion James

Detective Ulmer

Jack Kehoe

Detective Brockton

EA
Elizabeth Arlen

Elaine Wells

KR
Karen Radcliffe

Jane Corey

WF
William Forward

Chief Resident

LG
Lee Gideon

Mr. Fitzwaring

John Hawkes

Sloane

MS
Michael Stephen Costello

College President

BA
Brent Anderson

Metcalf

MP
Marco Perella

Cab Driver

GF
Gabriel Folse

Frat Jock

Details

Directed by
Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Written by
Charles Edward Pogue, Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,870 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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