Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
Bigger Stronger Faster
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Bigger Stronger Faster in English?
Bigger Stronger Faster: 54.3% A1–A2 vocabulary; 19.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 2,202.
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: 19.3% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 13.0% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
12.2% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
89.1% A1–A2 vocabulary; 4.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 2.5% 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
- steroid (rare): 188 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
And that's when I first got accused of using steroids.
- athlete (B1): 23 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
REAGAN: And like our Olympic athletes
- cheat (B1): 20 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
evil twin brother to cheat the Hulkster out of his title.
- anabolic (rare): 18 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Smitty told me the story about how anabolic steroids
- hero (B1): 18 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
If my heroes didn't need steroids then neither did I.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Meru: 19.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.6 percentage points more than Bigger Stronger Faster).
- Hoop Dreams: 16.5% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (2.7 percentage points less than Bigger Stronger Faster).
- Tyson: 16.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (3.0 percentage points less than Bigger Stronger Faster).
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: