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The Lost Bus

2025 · 130 min · Director: Paul Greengrass ★ IMDb 6.8 · 58,270 ratings

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A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

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The Lost Bus (2025) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
Fear
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy48 %27 %42 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sadness60 %35 %46 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Tension64 %53 %38 %32 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Tension70 %70 %36 %54 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Tension81 %81 %46 %71 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Tension80 %79 %53 %66 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Empathy70 %68 %56 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 49′Tension66 %65 %58 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Tension71 %71 %56 %54 %
47.5 %≈ 62′Tension79 %77 %59 %64 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Tension85 %83 %68 %73 %
57.5 %≈ 75′Tension89 %88 %71 %81 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Tension89 %89 %70 %84 %
67.5 %≈ 88′Tension89 %88 %72 %84 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Fear90 %84 %79 %79 %
77.5 %≈ 101′Empathy91 %82 %83 %74 %
82.5 %≈ 107′Tension94 %70 %83 %63 %
87.5 %≈ 114′Relief81 %32 %69 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 120′Relief55 %5 %45 %2 %
97.5 %≈ 127′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

Yul Vazquez

Chief Martinez

AA
Ashlie Atkinson

AA
Ashlie Atkinson

Ruby Bishop

KF
Kimberli Flores

LM
Levi McConaughey

KM
Kay McConaughey

JM
John Messina

KW
Kate Wharton

SW
Spencer Watson

Elliot Hopkins

BB
Beth Bowersox

Beth Bowersox

NG
Nathan Gariety

Toby

OD
Olivia Darling Busby

Ava

ME
Mac Ericsson

Alex

AS
Alexander Shimoyama

Benjamin

JJ
Jet James Grant

Brandon

AM
Autumn Molina

Chloe

MJ
Marian Jones

Ella

ED
Emmery Davis

Gabriella

Details

Directed by
Paul Greengrass
Written by
Paul Greengrass, Brad Ingelsby, Lizzie Johnson
Type
Movies
Released
2025
Runtime
130 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 58,270 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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