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A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 · 122 min · Director: Elia Kazan ★ IMDb 7.9 · 120,008 ratings

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A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

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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 rises around 57 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Sympathy37 %26 %27 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness45 %35 %35 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Sympathy44 %33 %38 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Tension45 %30 %41 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Sympathy45 %34 %38 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Hope47 %35 %40 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Tension59 %42 %52 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing62 %43 %54 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Tension57 %40 %48 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Sympathy53 %43 %38 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Hope50 %45 %29 %37 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Sympathy61 %55 %35 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Sadness72 %63 %50 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Tension69 %58 %59 %52 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Sympathy67 %57 %62 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sadness72 %61 %65 %59 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Sadness72 %58 %65 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Tension70 %54 %65 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Tension76 %62 %73 %47 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Sympathy82 %72 %76 %59 %
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

VL
Vivien Leigh

RB
Rudy Bond

RB
Rudy Bond

Steve

ND
Nick Dennis

ND
Nick Dennis

Pablo Gonzales

PH
Peg Hillias

WK
Wright King

WK
Wright King

A Collector

AD
Ann Dere

ET
Edna Thomas

The Mexican Woman

MK
Mickey Kuhn

A Sailor

MA
Mel Archer

Foreman (uncredited)

WB
Walter Bacon

Club Patron (uncredited)

DB
Dahn Ben Amotz

Minor Role (uncredited)

MC
Marietta Canty

Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)

John George

Passerby (uncredited)

JG
John Gonetos

Vendor (uncredited)

CJ
Chester Jones

Street Vendor (uncredited)

LL
Lyle Latell

Policeman (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Elia Kazan
Written by
Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul
Type
Movies
Released
1951
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 120,008 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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