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Fight Club

1999 · 139 min · Director: David Fincher ★ IMDb 8.8 · 2,675,558 ratings

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A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power.

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Fight Club (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Excitement 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Excitement, Disturbing. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Excitement and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 8.8/10 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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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Disturbing
Curiosity
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 8 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity55 %35 %23 %48 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sadness53 %26 %23 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Sadness53 %30 %32 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Disturbing56 %35 %48 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 31′Humor55 %30 %44 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 38′Humor56 %36 %36 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 45′Tension59 %45 %41 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 52′Humor54 %41 %43 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity56 %45 %48 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing69 %60 %61 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 73′Tension76 %70 %69 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 80′Disturbing75 %68 %69 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 87′Disturbing70 %59 %65 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 94′Disturbing70 %61 %63 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 101′Tension76 %70 %63 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 108′Sadness81 %70 %63 %65 %
82.5 %≈ 115′Curiosity83 %71 %64 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 122′Tension85 %81 %69 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 129′Tension89 %88 %75 %54 %
97.5 %≈ 136′Tension90 %87 %78 %55 %
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

Helena Bonham Carter

Marla Singer

Jared Leto

Angel Face

Zach Grenier

Richard Chesler (Regional Manager)

Holt McCallany

The Mechanic

EB
Eion Bailey

Ricky

RA
Richmond Arquette

Intern at Hospital

David Andrews

Thomas at Remaining Men Together

GM
George Maguire

Group Leader at Remaining Men Together

EB
Eugenie Bondurant

Weeping Woman - Onward and Upward

CC
Christina Cabot

Group Leader - Partners in Positivity

S'
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston

Speaker - Free and Clear

RS
Rachel Singer

Chloe

CC
Christie Cronenweth

Airline Check-In Attendant

Tim DeZarn

Federated Motor Co. - Inspector Bird

Ezra Buzzington

Federated Motor Co. - Inspector Dent

DD
Dierdre Downing-Jackson

Business Woman on Plane

Bob Stephenson

Airport Security Officer

Details

Directed by
David Fincher
Written by
Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
Type
Movies
Released
1999
Runtime
139 min
Country
Germany, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.8 · 2,675,558 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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