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Sophie's Choice

1982 · 151 min · Director: Alan J. Pakula ★ IMDb 7.5 · 56,607 ratings

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Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

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Sophie's Choice (1982) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Sadness
25%Empathy
20%Melancholy
  1. Sadness35%
  2. Empathy25%
  3. Melancholy20%
  4. Love10%
  5. Guilt10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Empathy
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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 dips around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension47 %22 %28 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Joy48 %18 %31 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 19′Joy46 %15 %35 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 26′Empathy46 %14 %40 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 34′Joy48 %10 %35 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 42′Joy51 %20 %32 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 49′Sadness63 %38 %42 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 57′Tension70 %30 %39 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 64′Joy70 %21 %31 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 72′Tension68 %34 %36 %48 %
52.5 %≈ 79′Sadness65 %48 %45 %55 %
57.5 %≈ 87′Sadness73 %57 %57 %64 %
62.5 %≈ 94′Disturbing80 %59 %64 %74 %
67.5 %≈ 102′Disturbing81 %60 %65 %74 %
72.5 %≈ 109′Sadness81 %70 %70 %64 %
77.5 %≈ 117′Sadness79 %63 %65 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 125′Tension75 %43 %55 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 132′Empathy75 %49 %63 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 140′Sadness85 %76 %78 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 147′Sadness92 %90 %80 %65 %
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

Meryl Streep

Kevin Kline

PM
Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

RK
Rita Karin

JM
Josh Mostel

SD
Stephen D. Newman

Larry

RB
Robin Bartlett

GT
Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

EL
Eugene Lipinski

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

JR
John Rothman

MR
Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

JL
Joseph Leon

MR
Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

DW
David Wohl

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

John Rothman

Librarian

David Wohl

English Teacher

NP
Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

AS
Alexander Sirotin

Man #1 in English Class

AD
Armand Dahan

Man #2 in English Class

CN
Cortez Nance Jr.

Bellboy

GM
Günther Maria Halmer

Rudolf Höss

KH
Karlheinz Hackl

SS Doctor

Details

Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
Written by
Alan J. Pakula, William Styron
Type
Movies
Released
1982
Runtime
151 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 56,607 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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