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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 · 201 min · Director: Peter Jackson ★ IMDb 9 · 2,202,648 ratings

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The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth. Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the One Ring, while Aragorn leads the forces of good against Sauron's evil army at the stone city of Minas Tirith.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Awe 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe25%
  2. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Awe, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Awe and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 9.0/10 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
  • Sadness
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Sadness
Relief
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 peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessRelief
2.5 %≈ 5′Sadness63 %52 %43 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 15′Tension66 %59 %29 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 25′Tension71 %68 %31 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 35′Tension74 %70 %33 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 45′Hope77 %74 %19 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 55′Tension81 %74 %31 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 65′Sadness80 %65 %61 %1 %
37.5 %≈ 75′Sadness76 %63 %59 %1 %
42.5 %≈ 85′Tension78 %72 %41 %5 %
47.5 %≈ 95′Tension86 %83 %43 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 106′Tension90 %86 %55 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 116′Sadness90 %85 %63 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 126′Tension88 %80 %63 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 136′Sadness85 %73 %63 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 146′Tension85 %76 %55 %33 %
77.5 %≈ 156′Tension90 %85 %56 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 166′Relief91 %66 %59 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 176′Relief88 %26 %54 %64 %
92.5 %≈ 186′Sadness84 %8 %65 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 196′Sadness79 %7 %72 %45 %
Man in a hole

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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Directed by
Peter Jackson
Written by
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens
Type
Movies
Released
2003
Runtime
201 min
Country
New Zealand, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 9 · 2,202,648 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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