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.

Yes. More frightening than 87% 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 THX 1138 easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% 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 THX 1138 end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% 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.

THX 1138

Name: THX 1138
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1971
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe

The Future is here.

Directed by George Lucas

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, American Zoetrope

197186 min6.4 / 10

A bleak, cerebral dystopian thriller about individuality and awakening in a totalitarian surveillance state, where human connection becomes an act of rebellion.

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

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Questions people ask

Is THX 1138 sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is THX 1138 scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is THX 1138 easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does THX 1138 end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is THX 1138 violent? 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.