Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
Intermission
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Intermission in English?
Intermission: 62.1% A1–A2 vocabulary; 18.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 1,278.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 28.3% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Expect substantial preparation; start with short scenes and English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 18.5% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 13.2% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
9.6% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
90.0% A1–A2 vocabulary; 3.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 4.1% 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
- youse (rare): 16 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Come on, youse humpy cunts.
- ben (B1): 14 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
That's not what we want, Ben. It's indigestible. It's too hard.
- fella (rare): 13 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Find some fella who helps the homeless in his spare time.
- sauce (B1): 9 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
How're you, Seamus? Two brown sauce sambos.
- hell (C1): 7 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: A place of suffering in some religious beliefs; also used informally to express anger or surprise.
Subtitle example:
Yeah, well, time comes, you have to leave behind the old hell-raising.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Where d You Go Bernadette: 18.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.0 percentage points more than Intermission).
- Dom Hemingway: 18.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.1 percentage points less than Intermission).
- Murder on the Orient Express: 18.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.1 percentage points less than Intermission).
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: