Yes. More sad than 88% 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 Hud end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% 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 Hud 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.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Hud

Name: Hud
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: 1963
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell

The man with the barbed-wire soul.

Directed by Martin Ritt

Produced by Paramount Pictures

1963112 min7.3 / 10

A morally unflinching portrait of a charming sociopath whose corruption poisons his family and community, anchored in the clash between ruthless ambition and principled tradition.

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

Clusters

Corrupted by Ambition Trapped by Fate, Undone by History Rural Countryside Setting Alcohol and Drinking Sports and Competitions

Genres

Drama Western

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book Rodeo Texas Ranch Alcoholism Rebellious Youth Housekeeper Neo-western Hero Worship

Where to watch

FreeHoopla, Kanopy
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Questions people ask

Is Hud sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Hud end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Hud easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Hud violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Hud scary? 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.

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