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The Young Americans

1993 · 103 min · Director: Danny Cannon ★ IMDb 5.7 · 2,962 ratings

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The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader is an American who is an expert at turning young men into ruthless gangsters. American cop John Harris is asked to help the London police to break up the organization.

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The Young Americans (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Fear. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
Disturbing
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 3 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 57 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity27 %17 %3 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity34 %25 %10 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity40 %35 %16 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension50 %46 %21 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing60 %55 %29 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension56 %53 %26 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity45 %42 %18 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension46 %43 %19 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Disturbing55 %48 %29 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Sadness51 %43 %36 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Sadness46 %35 %38 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Sadness50 %32 %40 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension65 %60 %37 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Disturbing66 %63 %30 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension66 %65 %28 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension68 %68 %29 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension78 %78 %32 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension78 %66 %45 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Sadness63 %33 %50 %30 %
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

Iain Glen

Edward Foster

John Wood

Richard Donnelly

TR
Terence Rigby

Sidney Callow

Keith Allen

Jack Doyle

CK
Craig Kelly

Christian O'Neill

Thandiwe Newton

Rachael Stevens

Viggo Mortensen

Carl Frazer

DD
Dave Duffy

Louis Carnegie

GM
Geoffrey McGivern

Brian Carver

NC
Nigel Clauzel

Lionel Stevens

HL
Huggy Leaver

Mark Byrne

DW
Dig Wayne

Gary Washington

CA
Christopher Adamson

Billy Cohen

JD
James Duggan

Dermot O'Neill

AK
Anna Keaveney

Katie Arnold

JF
John Forgeham

Detective Gray

CP
Clifford Predgen

Detective Clark

DD
David Doyle

Robert Dean

NR
Norman Roberts

Dwayne Henry

Details

Directed by
Danny Cannon
Written by
Danny Cannon, David Hilton
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom, France
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 2,962 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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