Explore Movie Vocabulary
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Don t Look Up
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Don t Look Up in English?
Don t Look Up: 55.2% A1–A2 vocabulary; 18.6% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 2,134.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 33.5% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Expect substantial preparation; start with short scenes and English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 18.6% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 12.8% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
11.3% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
89.5% A1–A2 vocabulary; 3.6% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 3.3% 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
- planet (B1): 24 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
and that will give us the distance between the comet and planet Earth.
- mission (B2): 23 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Shouldn't this mission be accomplished using remote technology?
- datum (B2): 10 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
…share this data immediately with Cambridge, Caltech and IAU.
- launch (B1): 10 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
to launch a preemptive strike,
- hell (C1): 9 occurrences in available subtitles.
English meaning: A place of suffering in some religious beliefs; also used informally to express anger or surprise.
Subtitle example:
Isn't that illegal? - Hell yeah, we're going to leak it.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Brian and Charles: 19.6% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (1.0 percentage points more than Don t Look Up).
- The Man in the White Suit: 16.0% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (2.6 percentage points less than Don t Look Up).
- Slaughterhouse-Five: 14.1% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (4.5 percentage points less than Don t Look 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: