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The Lion in Winter

1968 · 134 min · Director: Anthony Harvey ★ IMDb 7.8 · 37,352 ratings

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Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.

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The Lion in Winter (1968) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anger 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Anger
15%Love
  1. Anger25%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anger, Love. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anger and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Tension
Empathy
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 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Love38 %15 %35 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension44 %18 %40 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Humor50 %24 %44 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Humor55 %31 %49 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Tension60 %38 %56 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Tension63 %44 %59 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Sadness64 %53 %56 %54 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Sadness68 %50 %59 %55 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension69 %43 %57 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Sadness66 %43 %53 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Tension66 %40 %59 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 77′Tension73 %53 %65 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Sadness73 %66 %58 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Sadness65 %61 %48 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 97′Sadness70 %61 %55 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 104′Tension75 %63 %64 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Sadness73 %55 %64 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 117′Tension79 %50 %75 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 124′Tension85 %60 %74 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 131′Sadness83 %73 %53 %67 %
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

Peter O'Toole

Henry II

NT
Nigel Terry

John

Timothy Dalton

Philip II

JM
Jane Merrow

NS
Nigel Stock

NS
Nigel Stock

William Marshall

OW
O.Z. Whitehead

KI
Kenneth Ives

KG
Kenneth Griffith

Strolling Player

HW
Henry Woolf

Strolling Player

KH
Karol Hagar

Strolling Player

DG
David Griffith

Strolling Player

FS
Fran Stafford

Lady in Waiting

EM
Ella More

Lady in Waiting

Details

Directed by
Anthony Harvey
Written by
James Goldman
Type
Movies
Released
1968
Runtime
134 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 37,352 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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