Movie Scenes used by scientists to elicit emotions
Here are 12 movies that scientists use to elicit emotion during studies on humans, based on a 1995 paper by Gross and Levinson. What other movie clips would you test?
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- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.For soliciting Fear.
Scene: Boy playing in the hallway.
Hit Rate: 71% - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.For soliciting Fear.
Scene: Basement chase scene
Hit Rate: 60% - DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsJon VoightFaye DunawayRicky SchroderBilly Flynn is an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of his young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.For soliciting Sadness
Scene: Boy cries at his father's death
Hit Rate: 94% - DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.For soliciting Sadness
Scene: Mother deer dies\
Hit Rate: 76% - DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Emotion: Amusement
Scene: Discussion of Orgasm in cafe
Hit Rate: 93% - DirectorBruce GowersStarsRobin WilliamsIn this hilarious stand up comedy, Robin Williams is energetic, witty and again hilarious. It's the number one stand up comedy of all time.Emotion: Amusement
Scene: Comedy Routine
Hit Rate: 84% - DirectorTony BillStarsChris MakepeaceAdam BaldwinMatt DillonWhen a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.Emotion: Anger
Scene: Bully scene
Hit Rate: 41% - DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsDenzel WashingtonKevin KlineJosette SimonSouth African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.Emotion: Anger
Scene: Police abuse protesters
Hit Rate: 22% - DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineDavid LocharyMary Vivian PearceNotorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".Emotion: Disgust
Scene: Person eats dog feces
Hit Rate: 85% - DirectorBob WillemsEmotion: Disgust
Scene: Stock footage of an amputation
Hit Rate: 80% - DirectorPeter HyamsStarsElliott GouldJames BrolinBrenda VaccaroWhen the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.Emotion: Surprise
Scene: Agents burst through door
Hit Rate: 74.6 - DirectorHarold BeckerStarsAl PacinoEllen BarkinJohn GoodmanA detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.Emotion: Surprise
Scene: Person startled by pigeons
Hit Rate: 66.7%