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The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · 129 min · Director: John Ford ★ IMDb 8.1 · 107,847 ratings

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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Hope. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Joy

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
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 57 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy30 %23 %15 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension45 %36 %30 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Sadness64 %55 %49 %51 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Empathy65 %58 %44 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Hope60 %54 %34 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Empathy66 %61 %50 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Sadness75 %69 %68 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Sadness71 %64 %60 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Empathy65 %57 %50 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Sadness70 %65 %56 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Empathy79 %73 %63 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Tension81 %68 %56 %69 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Tension74 %61 %46 %69 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Empathy73 %65 %53 %64 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Tension75 %64 %55 %69 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Tension65 %48 %31 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Hope61 %38 %13 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Joy69 %48 %24 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Empathy75 %66 %49 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 126′Hope78 %75 %58 %27 %
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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Cast

JD
Jane Darwell

Ma Joad

DB
Dorris Bowdon

OW
O.Z. Whitehead

John Qualen

Muley Graves

ZT
Zeffie Tilbury

FS
Frank Sully

Noah

FD
Frank Darien

Uncle John

DH
Darryl Hickman

Winfield

SM
Shirley Mills

Ruth Joad

RI
Roger Imhof

Thomas

GM
Grant Mitchell

Caretaker

CD
Charles D. Brown

Wilkie

JA
John Arledge

Davis

Ward Bond

Policeman

HT
Harry Tyler

Bert

Details

Directed by
John Ford
Type
Movies
Released
1940
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 107,847 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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