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Room at the Top

1958 · 115 min · Director: Jack Clayton ★ IMDb 7.5 · 8,392 ratings

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An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

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Room at the Top (1958) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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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 Melancholy, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Sympathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Sadness
Sympathy
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 rises around 63 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessSympathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension25 %5 %11 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness28 %10 %16 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension32 %11 %21 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sympathy37 %15 %28 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Love39 %18 %28 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Love39 %14 %22 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Tension41 %20 %27 %32 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Sympathy48 %24 %34 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Love57 %18 %34 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Love61 %24 %38 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Tension55 %33 %40 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Love50 %26 %36 %42 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Love57 %22 %39 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Love70 %34 %48 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension70 %42 %47 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Tension64 %37 %41 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Tension69 %48 %54 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Sadness80 %70 %71 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Sadness85 %79 %74 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Sadness88 %83 %74 %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

HS
Heather Sears

BV
Beatrice Varley

AC
Allan Cuthbertson

AC
Allan Cuthbertson

George Aisgill

JW
John Westbrook

JW
John Westbrook

Jack Wales

AP
Ambrosine Phillpotts

Mrs. Brown

RP
Richard Pasco

Teddy

DK
Delena Kidd

Eva

Ian Hendry

Cyril

AO
April Olrich

Mavis

MP
Mary Peach

June Samson

AN
Anthony Newlands

Bernard

AE
Avril Elgar

Miss Gilchrist

TR
Thelma Ruby

Miss Breith

PW
Paul Whitsun-Jones

Laughing Man at Bar

Details

Directed by
Jack Clayton
Written by
Mordecai Richler, Neil Paterson, John Braine
Type
Movies
Released
1958
Runtime
115 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 8,392 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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