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1984

1956 · 90 min · Director: Michael Anderson ★ IMDb 6.9 · 5,003 ratings

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In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

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Emotional fingerprint

1984 (1956) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Sadness 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Sadness, Tension. Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Sadness and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Fear

Tension
Disturbing
Sadness
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension68 %67 %52 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension66 %65 %51 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension54 %49 %40 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness48 %38 %30 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension61 %53 %46 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing73 %60 %69 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing72 %54 %69 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Love70 %57 %54 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension67 %59 %35 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Love65 %51 %21 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Love66 %51 %24 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension66 %60 %35 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension69 %61 %43 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Love76 %63 %54 %39 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension86 %78 %71 %58 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Disturbing90 %88 %85 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing93 %88 %91 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Sadness95 %89 %93 %79 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Fear96 %80 %91 %83 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness96 %62 %88 %88 %
Icarus

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

JS
Jan Sterling

CW
Carol Wolveridge

RO
Ronan O'Casey

BM
Bartlett Mullins

Syme

Michael Ripper

Outer Party Orator

ES
Ewen Solon

Outer Party Orator

KG
Kenneth Griffith

Prisoner

Walter Gotell

Guard (uncredited)

Patrick Troughton

Man on Telescreen (uncredited)

John Vernon

Big Brother (uncredited)

BK
Barbara Keogh

Special Woman (uncredited)

BC
Barbara Cavan

Woman (voice) (uncredited)

AJ
Anthony Jacobs

Telescreen (voice) (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Anderson
Written by
George Orwell, William Templeton, Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Type
Movies
Released
1956
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 5,003 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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