Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
Darkness
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Darkness in English?
Darkness: 79.0% A1–A2 vocabulary; 7.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 708.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 14.0% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 7.3% 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: 4.8% 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.
7.0% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
95.4% A1–A2 vocabulary; 1.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 1.8% 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
- liar (B2): 5 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
"The great liar."
- trust (B1): 5 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: To believe someone is honest or that something is reliable.
Subtitle example:
Trust me.
- drawing (B1): 4 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
These are kind of wierd drawings. - They're not wierd.
- hell (C1): 4 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: A place of suffering in some religious beliefs; also used informally to express anger or surprise.
Subtitle example:
The hell with that, there's something here that doesn't work.
- pill (B2): 4 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Here are the goddamn pills.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- The Loved Ones: 7.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.0 percentage points more than Darkness).
- The Woman in Black: 7.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.0 percentage points more than Darkness).
- Chained: 7.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.2 percentage points more than Darkness).
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: