Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
Blow-Up
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Blow-Up in English?
Blow-Up: 83.8% A1–A2 vocabulary; 6.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 465.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 13.0% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 6.8% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Try a short scene and check your comprehension; the vocabulary offers a relatively accessible starting point.
- For B2 learners: 4.5% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Try a short scene and check your comprehension; the vocabulary offers a relatively accessible starting point.
3.2% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
96.0% A1–A2 vocabulary; 1.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 1.0% Unclassified.
This counts repeated eligible words. Phrases are excluded from this calculation to avoid counting their component words twice.
Recurring words and phrases to preview
- bloody (B2): 3 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: Covered in blood; also an informal intensifier in British English.
Subtitle example:
Reg, take down the address of that bloody junk shop, would you?
- expect (B1): 3 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: To think something will happen or that someone will do something.
Subtitle example:
I expect I remember him.
- go ahead (B1): 3 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Blue 439. Over. -Blue 439, go ahead, please. Over.
- propeller (rare): 3 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
The propeller.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Enemy: 6.2% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.6 percentage points less than Blow-Up).
- Mulholland Drive: 7.7% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.9 percentage points more than Blow-Up).
- Red Road: 7.9% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (1.1 percentage points more than Blow-Up).
These percentages describe vocabulary, not the proportion of dialogue you will understand. CEFR labels are estimates, not official film ratings. Accent, speed, songs, context, and your own vocabulary also affect comprehension. Repeated occurrences may include repeated dialogue or lyrics.
How we estimate vocabulary difficulty · Evidence generated: