They Live by Night
1949 · 96 min · Director: Nicholas Ray
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Emotional fingerprint
They Live by Night (1949) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Love 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Love25%
- Melancholy20%
- Anxiety15%
- Hope10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Love, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Tension
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Tension | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 53 % | 3 % | 53 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 50 % | 6 % | 50 % | 11 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 55 % | 10 % | 48 % | 23 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Empathy | 59 % | 13 % | 44 % | 28 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Tension | 61 % | 8 % | 54 % | 18 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Tension | 69 % | 9 % | 69 % | 13 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 68 % | 29 % | 64 % | 18 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Love | 61 % | 50 % | 46 % | 19 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Love | 65 % | 63 % | 30 % | 14 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Love | 70 % | 69 % | 23 % | 13 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Love | 68 % | 66 % | 35 % | 24 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Love | 66 % | 61 % | 55 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Love | 69 % | 55 % | 65 % | 44 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Tension | 69 % | 48 % | 68 % | 43 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 70 % | 55 % | 53 % | 30 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Love | 75 % | 65 % | 39 % | 23 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Tension | 79 % | 61 % | 57 % | 40 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Tension | 83 % | 61 % | 77 % | 64 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Sadness | 88 % | 71 % | 79 % | 80 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Sadness | 92 % | 82 % | 77 % | 90 % |
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
Jeweler
Schreiber
Comm. Hubbell
Alvin
Plumber
Details
- Directed by
- Nicholas Ray
- Written by
- Edward Anderson, Charles Schnee
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1949
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Country
- United States of America
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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