The Clouded Yellow

The Clouded Yellow

Tense, exciting, unusual !

Directed by Ralph Thomas

Produced by Carillon Films, General Film Distributors

195095 min6.3 / 10

A British noir thriller about a former spy drawn into a murder mystery and fugitive romance, balancing suspense with emotional entanglement.

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Clouded Yellow scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does The Clouded Yellow end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Clouded Yellow sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Clouded Yellow violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Clouded Yellow easy watching? 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.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

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Rarity43

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise37

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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