Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Citizen Kane one of a kind?

Yes, very. More singular than 93% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Citizen Kane end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Citizen Kane violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Citizen Kane scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Citizen Kane easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Citizen Kane

Name: Citizen Kane
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 1941
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris

Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.

Directed by Orson Welles

Produced by Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

1941119 min8.0 / 10

A formally innovative psychological portrait of a powerful man's moral and spiritual decline, traced through fragmented memory and competing interpretations of a life shaped by early loss.

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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Questions people ask

Is Citizen Kane sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is Citizen Kane one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 93% of films.
Does Citizen Kane end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.
Is Citizen Kane violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Citizen Kane scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Citizen Kane easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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