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Back to the Future

1985 · 116 min · Director: Robert Zemeckis ★ IMDb 8.5 · 1,483,390 ratings

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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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Back to the Future (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Humor 25%, Anticipation 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Anticipation. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 8.5/10 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
  • Humor
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
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 8 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %18 %25 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor39 %24 %25 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor46 %30 %24 %3 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity63 %40 %24 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity74 %60 %30 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Tension70 %64 %34 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity56 %40 %38 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Humor54 %25 %49 %9 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity58 %28 %53 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity60 %32 %54 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Humor63 %39 %57 %6 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Humor60 %46 %49 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Tension61 %55 %34 %5 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Tension71 %68 %25 %11 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Tension75 %63 %29 %34 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Relief74 %51 %33 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Tension79 %68 %20 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension83 %66 %16 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Relief80 %39 %30 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Curiosity75 %30 %38 %45 %
Cinderella

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

CW
Claudia Wells

James Tolkan

Mr. Strickland

JC
J.J. Cohen

Skinhead

Billy Zane

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HW
Harry Waters, Jr.

Marvin Berry

DF
Donald Fullilove

Goldie Wilson

LF
Lisa Freeman

Babs

CK
Cristen Kauffman

Betty

ER
Elsa Raven

Clocktower Lady

WH
Will Hare

Pa Peabody

Details

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.5 · 1,483,390 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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