Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

These Three Together... IN A LOVE ONLY TWO CAN SHARE!

Directed by Otto Preminger

Produced by 20th Century Fox

194799 min6.6 / 10

A mid-century romantic drama exploring the moral and emotional complications of a woman caught between two men, navigating desire, duty, and self-discovery.

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

Questions people ask

  • Is Daisy Kenyon scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Daisy Kenyon violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Daisy Kenyon sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Daisy Kenyon easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Does Daisy Kenyon end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

49/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity35

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise64

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Daisy Kenyon

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Daisy Kenyon

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Daisy Kenyon, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Daisy Kenyon, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Daisy Kenyon, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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