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The Green Mile

1999 · 189 min · Director: Frank Darabont ★ IMDb 8.6 · 1,593,115 ratings

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Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.

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The Green Mile (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Guilt 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

15%Guilt
  1. Guilt15%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Guilt. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 8.6/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Empathy
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 5′Tension52 %33 %32 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 14′Tension54 %36 %39 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 24′Sadness57 %40 %40 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 33′Tension57 %35 %35 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 43′Sadness64 %46 %48 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 52′Sadness71 %49 %54 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 61′Tension66 %28 %41 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 71′Empathy55 %20 %35 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 80′Tension56 %28 %39 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 90′Relief69 %46 %54 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 99′Sadness82 %69 %70 %60 %
57.5 %≈ 109′Disturbing82 %68 %70 %60 %
62.5 %≈ 118′Empathy70 %41 %54 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 128′Tension71 %27 %46 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 137′Tension80 %36 %53 %42 %
77.5 %≈ 146′Tension81 %48 %54 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 156′Sadness82 %65 %65 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 165′Sadness89 %84 %81 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 175′Sadness92 %89 %81 %32 %
97.5 %≈ 184′Sadness89 %87 %77 %23 %
Icarus

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

Bonnie Hunt

Jan Edgecomb

James Cromwell

Warden Hal Moores

Michael Jeter

Eduard Delacroix

Graham Greene

Arlen Bitterbuck

Doug Hutchison

Percy Wetmore

Sam Rockwell

'Wild Bill' Wharton

Barry Pepper

Dean Stanton

Jeffrey DeMunn

Harry Terwilliger

Patricia Clarkson

Melinda Moores

Dabbs Greer

Old Paul Edgecomb

EB
Eve Brent

Elaine Connelly

William Sadler

Klaus Detterick

MM
Mack Miles

Orderly Hector

RT
Rai Tasco

Man in Nursing Home

EW
Edrie Warner

Lady in Nursing Home

Paula Malcomson

Marjorie Detterick

Details

Directed by
Frank Darabont
Type
Movies
Released
1999
Runtime
189 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.6 · 1,593,115 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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