Explore Movie Vocabulary
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American Me
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is American Me in English?
American Me: 69.2% A1–A2 vocabulary; 14.6% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 1,060.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 22.1% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Expect substantial preparation; start with short scenes and English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 14.6% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 11.6% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
8.7% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
90.0% A1–A2 vocabulary; 4.9% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 3.2% 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
- holme (rare): 36 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Don't forget the spark plug, holmes.
- montoya (rare): 25 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
[Montoya] Until now, I would've thought it
- carnal (rare): 17 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
It's getting hot all over America, carnal.
- tweet (B1): 17 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
♪ Tweetily tweetily tweet, tweetily tweetily tweet ♪
- neto (rare): 12 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Neto!
Compare with titles in similar genres
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- Spotlight: 14.6% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.0 percentage points more than American Me).
- Gold: 14.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.1 percentage points less than American Me).
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: