Mood

Grim, heavy or morally murky tone throughout.

Genuinely makes you laugh, whatever the genre.

High stakes, relentless pressure, hard to look away.

Hits hard emotionally; likely to make you cry.

Leaves you happier than when you started.

Built on tension and not knowing what happens next.

Leaves you thinking about big ideas afterwards.

Playful, magical, fanciful charm.

Deeply uncomfortable content that stays with you.

Hopeless or nihilistic; no happy ending.

Strange, offbeat or bizarre in a way that defines the movie.

Tender moments of love, kindness or connection.

Frantic, unpredictable, everything going wrong at once.

Love story is central and swoon-worthy, even outside the Romance genre.

Unsettling, eerie, gets under your skin without necessarily being scary.

Inspiring; people overcome, hope wins.

Evokes longing for a past era or childhood.

Melancholy or tragic; leaves you down.

Actually frightening.

Innocent and good-natured; nothing cynical or crude.