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Battle Beyond the Stars

1980 · 103 min · Director: Jimmy T. Murakami ★ IMDb 5.5 · 11,787 ratings

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A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Inspiration 25%, Awe 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Excitement
25%Inspiration
15%Awe
  1. Excitement35%
  2. Inspiration25%
  3. Awe15%
  4. Tension15%
  5. Relief10%

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Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

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, Inspiration, Awe. Genres: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Excitement
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Excitement
Hope
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 18 %, then dips around 38 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionExcitementHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension60 %60 %18 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension64 %64 %26 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension57 %56 %29 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor48 %44 %19 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Hope50 %44 %23 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Excitement55 %44 %35 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Hope51 %35 %31 %44 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Hope48 %26 %20 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Sadness50 %21 %18 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Hope55 %29 %31 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Hope59 %36 %36 %45 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor59 %35 %29 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Excitement61 %49 %40 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension70 %66 %51 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Sadness76 %69 %39 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Sadness79 %71 %30 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension80 %76 %45 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension81 %79 %63 %28 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension81 %64 %59 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Hope78 %35 %43 %53 %
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

RT
Richard Thomas

Robert Vaughn

JS
John Saxon

John Saxon

Sador

GP
George Peppard

DF
Darlanne Fluegel

DF
Darlanne Fluegel

Nanelia

SD
Sybil Danning

SD
Sybil Danning

St. Exmin

SJ
Sam Jaffe

Jeff Corey

MW
Morgan Woodward

MK
Marta Kristen

MK
Marta Kristen

Lux

JD
Julia Duffy

Mol

Earl Boen

Nestor 1

JG
John Gowans

Nestor 2

LC
Lynn Carlin

Nell

LC
Lara Cody

Kelvin

LS
Lawrence Steven Meyers

Kelvin

EM
Eric Morris

Fen

KG
Kathy Griffin

Alien Extra (uncredited)

SD
Steve Davis

Quepeg

Details

Directed by
Jimmy T. Murakami
Written by
John Sayles, Anne Dyer
Type
Movies
Released
1980
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 11,787 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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