Monday, May 27, 2002, 22:41 GMT
I've completed an analysis of 40 movies in English from a variety of genres, to see which words appear in the most movies (NOT which words appear the most times...)
186 Words appeared in every movie:
a, about, after, again, all, always, am, an, and, any, are, as, at, away, back, be, because, been, before, being, believe, better, but, by, came, can, come, could, day, did, didn't, do, does, doesn't, don't, done, down, even, ever, every, face, first, for, from, get, give, go, going, good, got, great, had, hand, has, have, he, he's, head, help, her, here, him, his, hope, how, i, i'd, i'll, i'm, i've, if, in, into, is, it, it's, just, keep, know, leave, left, let, like, little, long, look, looking, looks, love, made, make, matter, may, me, more, much, must, my, myself, need, never, new, night, no, not, now, of, off, old, on, one, only, or, other, our, out, over, people, please, put, right, said, same, say, see, she, should, show, sit, so, some, something, sorry, still, stop, take, takes, tell, than, thank, that, that's, the, them, then, there, there's, they, thing, think, this, those, thought, through, time, to, too, two, under, understand, up, us, very, waiting, want, was, way, we, well, were, what, what's, when, where, which, who, why, will, with, won't, would, years, yes, you, you're, your
147 Additional words in 90% or more of the movies
against, almost, alone, already, another, anyone, anything, around, ask, bad, beautiful, bed, between, big, both, bring, call, can't, care, coming, course, cut, dead, doing, door, each, else, end, enough, everyone, everything, eyes, far, father, feel, feet, find, fine, fire, found, free, friend, friends, front, gets, getting, girl, goes, gone, hands, happened, hard, hear, heard, himself, hold, home, inside, isn't, kind, knew, knows, last, let's, life, light, line, listen, lost, lot, makes, man, many, mean, meet, men, might, mind, moment, morning, most, mouth, move, name, next, nothing, oh, once, open, outside, own, place, ready, really, remember, rest, room, run, saw, says, second, seen, she's, someone, start, stay, straight, such, sure, taken, taking, talk, talking, their, these, they're, things, today, together, told, tonight, try, trying, turn, until, use, wait, walk, watch, we'll, we're, we've, while, who's, whole, without, woman, word, work, world, wouldn't, wrong, yet, you'd, you'll, you've, young
251 Additional words in 75% or more of the movies
across, afraid, ago, ahead, air, alive, along, also, answer, arm, asked, attention, behind, best, bit, black, body, boy, break, broken, brought, called, carrying, case, chance, change, child, city, clear, close, cold, comes, control, couldn't, couple, dark, days, death, deep, die, different, dog, easy, either, empty, enters, exactly, excuse, eye, fact, fall, falls, family, fast, feeling, few, figure, finally, five, floor, follow, food, forget, forward, four, full, gave, gives, glass, god, ground, hair, half, happens, happy, hate, haven't, having, he'll, heart, hell, hello, hey, high, hit, holding, hour, house, hundred, hurry, hurt, idea, important, its, job, kill, kiss, land, large, late, later, laugh, laughs, least, leaves, leaving, lie, live, lives, living, lose, making, maybe, means, met, middle, mine, minute, miss, money, mother, moving, mr, music, near, neck, nice, nobody, nose, number, onto, opens, order, others, paper, part, pass, past, pay, pick, picks, picture, piece, places, play, playing, point, poor, pretty, probably, problem, promise, pulls, puts, question, quick, quickly, quiet, quietly, quite, reach, read, real, reason, red, return, running, save, saying, seeing, seem, seems, sees, serious, set, shakes, shall, short, shot, shut, side, sign, silence, since, sir, six, sleep, slowly, small, son, soon, sound, sounds, speak, stand, standing, starts, step, stops, story, strange, suddenly, surprise, table, telling, ten, thanks, they'll, they've, thinking, thinks, though, three, throw, times, tomorrow, took, top, tries, trouble, true, trust, turned, turns, used, voice, walking, walks, wall, wanted, wants, wasn't, watching, water, wearing, welcome, whatever, white, wife, window, wish, within, women, words, working, works, worry, yeah, year, yours, yourself
660 Additional words in 50% or more of the movies
able, above, absolutely, act, actually, afternoon, age, ah, ain't, among, angry, anybody, anymore, anyway, anywhere, apart, appear, appears, approach, approaches, approaching, area, aren't, arms, arrive, arrived, arrives, aside, asking, asleep, attack, baby, background, ball, bank, bar, barely, battle, beat, become, becomes, bedroom, begin, beginning, begins, bell, below, beside, bet, beyond, block, blood, bloody, blow, blows, blue, boat, book, books, born, bottom, box, boys, breaking, breaks, breath, bright, brilliant, brings, brother, building, bursts, business, busy, button, buy, calling, calls, calm, camera, cannot, car, careful, carefully, carries, carry, cat, catch, catches, caught, cause, ceiling, center, certain, certainly, chair, changes, charge, check, checking, checks, cheek, chest, children, choice, clean, climb, climbing, climbs, closed, closer, closes, closing, clothes, coat, coffee, company, complete, completely, concerned, continue, continues, conversation, copy, corner, corridor, count, country, cover, covered, covers, crazy, cross, crosses, crowd, cry, crying, cup, cutting, damn, dance, danger, dangerous, daughter, deal, dear, desk, desperate, dies, dinner, direction, disappears, distance, doctor, doors, doorway, double, dream, dress, dressed, drink, drinks, drive, drives, drop, drops, drunk, during, ear, early, ears, earth, eat, eating, edge, eight, em, emerges, ends, english, enter, entire, entrance, evening, everybody, everywhere, except, exchange, excited, exit, exits, expect, experience, explain, expression, ext, faces, fade, falling, fat, father's, fault, fear, feels, felt, field, fifteen, fifty, fight, fighting, fill, filled, final, finds, finger, fingers, finished, fist, fit, flashes, flies, fly, flying, followed, following, follows, fool, foot, force, forever, forgive, forgot, form, fun, funny, further, future, game, gate, gentlemen, gently, giant, gift, girls, given, giving, glad, glances, glasses, gold, gonna, goodbye, grab, grabs, green, group, guard, guess, guns, guy, guys, hall, handle, hang, hanging, hangs, happen, happening, hardly, hasn't, hat, he'd, heading, heads, hearing, hears, heavy, here's, herself, hi, hide, hits, holds, hole, horse, hot, hours, how's, however, huge, huh, human, hurries, husband, ice, immediately, impossible, including, instead, int, interest, interested, interesting, it'll, itself, jacket, john, join, jump, jumps, keeps, kept, key, kicks, kid, kidding, kids, killed, killing, king, kisses, kitchen, knees, knock, knocking, knocks, known, ladies, lady, lands, laughing, law, lay, lead, leading, leads, leans, leaps, learn, legs, less, lets, lies, lift, lifts, lights, lines, lips, listening, lit, lock, locked, longer, looked, loud, loved, lovely, low, lower, luck, lucky, lunch, lying, machine, mad, main, man's, married, master, meant, mess, message, miles, million, minutes, missing, mistake, months, moon, moved, moves, mrs, nearby, needs, neither, nervous, news, nine, nods, noise, none, note, notice, notices, offers, office, officer, okay, ones, opening, orders, page, pain, pair, panic, papers, party, passed, passes, passing, path, pause, pauses, peace, perfect, perfectly, perhaps, person, personal, phone, picked, picking, pictures, pieces, plan, plate, pleasure, pocket, pointing, points, position, possible, pours, power, powerful, presence, present, private, proud, public, pull, pulled, pulling, push, pushes, putting, questions, radio, rain, raise, raised, raises, rather, reaches, reaching, reading, reads, realize, realizes, relax, remain, removes, report, returns, revealing, rich, ring, rings, rise, rises, rising, river, road, rocks, roll, rolling, rolls, roof, round, runs, rush, rushes, s, sad, safe, saved, scared, scene, scream, screaming, screams, screen, sea, search, searching, seat, seated, secret, send, sending, sense, sent, serve, service, sets, setting, seven, several, shake, shaking, shirt, shock, shocked, shoes, shoot, shoulder, shoulders, shower, showing, shows, shrugs, sick, sight, silent, silver, simple, single, sits, sitting, situation, size, sky, slams, slides, slightly, slips, slow, smell, smile, smiles, smiling, snaps, somebody, sometimes, somewhere, song, sort, soul, space, speaking, speaks, special, speed, spins, spot, spots, square, stairs, stands, stare, stares, staring, started, starting, state, station, steps, stick, sticks, stone, stopped, stopping, storm, street, strong, struggling, stuck, stuff, stunned, stupid, suit, sun, suppose, supposed, surprised, surrounded, swear, sweet, swing, swings, talks, tall, taps, taught, teach, tears, teeth, terrible, themselves, thick, third, thousand, throat, thrown, throws, tight, till, tiny, tired, totally, touch, touches, toward, towards, town, tray, tree, trees, tried, truth, turning, twelve, twenty, twice, uh, unless, upon, upstairs, using, various, view, waits, wake, walls, war, warm, watches, waves, we'd, weapons, wear, week, weeks, went, wet, where's, whose, wide, wild, wildly, wind, windows, wine, wonder, wonderful, worried, worse, worth, write, written
186 Words appeared in every movie:
a, about, after, again, all, always, am, an, and, any, are, as, at, away, back, be, because, been, before, being, believe, better, but, by, came, can, come, could, day, did, didn't, do, does, doesn't, don't, done, down, even, ever, every, face, first, for, from, get, give, go, going, good, got, great, had, hand, has, have, he, he's, head, help, her, here, him, his, hope, how, i, i'd, i'll, i'm, i've, if, in, into, is, it, it's, just, keep, know, leave, left, let, like, little, long, look, looking, looks, love, made, make, matter, may, me, more, much, must, my, myself, need, never, new, night, no, not, now, of, off, old, on, one, only, or, other, our, out, over, people, please, put, right, said, same, say, see, she, should, show, sit, so, some, something, sorry, still, stop, take, takes, tell, than, thank, that, that's, the, them, then, there, there's, they, thing, think, this, those, thought, through, time, to, too, two, under, understand, up, us, very, waiting, want, was, way, we, well, were, what, what's, when, where, which, who, why, will, with, won't, would, years, yes, you, you're, your
147 Additional words in 90% or more of the movies
against, almost, alone, already, another, anyone, anything, around, ask, bad, beautiful, bed, between, big, both, bring, call, can't, care, coming, course, cut, dead, doing, door, each, else, end, enough, everyone, everything, eyes, far, father, feel, feet, find, fine, fire, found, free, friend, friends, front, gets, getting, girl, goes, gone, hands, happened, hard, hear, heard, himself, hold, home, inside, isn't, kind, knew, knows, last, let's, life, light, line, listen, lost, lot, makes, man, many, mean, meet, men, might, mind, moment, morning, most, mouth, move, name, next, nothing, oh, once, open, outside, own, place, ready, really, remember, rest, room, run, saw, says, second, seen, she's, someone, start, stay, straight, such, sure, taken, taking, talk, talking, their, these, they're, things, today, together, told, tonight, try, trying, turn, until, use, wait, walk, watch, we'll, we're, we've, while, who's, whole, without, woman, word, work, world, wouldn't, wrong, yet, you'd, you'll, you've, young
251 Additional words in 75% or more of the movies
across, afraid, ago, ahead, air, alive, along, also, answer, arm, asked, attention, behind, best, bit, black, body, boy, break, broken, brought, called, carrying, case, chance, change, child, city, clear, close, cold, comes, control, couldn't, couple, dark, days, death, deep, die, different, dog, easy, either, empty, enters, exactly, excuse, eye, fact, fall, falls, family, fast, feeling, few, figure, finally, five, floor, follow, food, forget, forward, four, full, gave, gives, glass, god, ground, hair, half, happens, happy, hate, haven't, having, he'll, heart, hell, hello, hey, high, hit, holding, hour, house, hundred, hurry, hurt, idea, important, its, job, kill, kiss, land, large, late, later, laugh, laughs, least, leaves, leaving, lie, live, lives, living, lose, making, maybe, means, met, middle, mine, minute, miss, money, mother, moving, mr, music, near, neck, nice, nobody, nose, number, onto, opens, order, others, paper, part, pass, past, pay, pick, picks, picture, piece, places, play, playing, point, poor, pretty, probably, problem, promise, pulls, puts, question, quick, quickly, quiet, quietly, quite, reach, read, real, reason, red, return, running, save, saying, seeing, seem, seems, sees, serious, set, shakes, shall, short, shot, shut, side, sign, silence, since, sir, six, sleep, slowly, small, son, soon, sound, sounds, speak, stand, standing, starts, step, stops, story, strange, suddenly, surprise, table, telling, ten, thanks, they'll, they've, thinking, thinks, though, three, throw, times, tomorrow, took, top, tries, trouble, true, trust, turned, turns, used, voice, walking, walks, wall, wanted, wants, wasn't, watching, water, wearing, welcome, whatever, white, wife, window, wish, within, women, words, working, works, worry, yeah, year, yours, yourself
660 Additional words in 50% or more of the movies
able, above, absolutely, act, actually, afternoon, age, ah, ain't, among, angry, anybody, anymore, anyway, anywhere, apart, appear, appears, approach, approaches, approaching, area, aren't, arms, arrive, arrived, arrives, aside, asking, asleep, attack, baby, background, ball, bank, bar, barely, battle, beat, become, becomes, bedroom, begin, beginning, begins, bell, below, beside, bet, beyond, block, blood, bloody, blow, blows, blue, boat, book, books, born, bottom, box, boys, breaking, breaks, breath, bright, brilliant, brings, brother, building, bursts, business, busy, button, buy, calling, calls, calm, camera, cannot, car, careful, carefully, carries, carry, cat, catch, catches, caught, cause, ceiling, center, certain, certainly, chair, changes, charge, check, checking, checks, cheek, chest, children, choice, clean, climb, climbing, climbs, closed, closer, closes, closing, clothes, coat, coffee, company, complete, completely, concerned, continue, continues, conversation, copy, corner, corridor, count, country, cover, covered, covers, crazy, cross, crosses, crowd, cry, crying, cup, cutting, damn, dance, danger, dangerous, daughter, deal, dear, desk, desperate, dies, dinner, direction, disappears, distance, doctor, doors, doorway, double, dream, dress, dressed, drink, drinks, drive, drives, drop, drops, drunk, during, ear, early, ears, earth, eat, eating, edge, eight, em, emerges, ends, english, enter, entire, entrance, evening, everybody, everywhere, except, exchange, excited, exit, exits, expect, experience, explain, expression, ext, faces, fade, falling, fat, father's, fault, fear, feels, felt, field, fifteen, fifty, fight, fighting, fill, filled, final, finds, finger, fingers, finished, fist, fit, flashes, flies, fly, flying, followed, following, follows, fool, foot, force, forever, forgive, forgot, form, fun, funny, further, future, game, gate, gentlemen, gently, giant, gift, girls, given, giving, glad, glances, glasses, gold, gonna, goodbye, grab, grabs, green, group, guard, guess, guns, guy, guys, hall, handle, hang, hanging, hangs, happen, happening, hardly, hasn't, hat, he'd, heading, heads, hearing, hears, heavy, here's, herself, hi, hide, hits, holds, hole, horse, hot, hours, how's, however, huge, huh, human, hurries, husband, ice, immediately, impossible, including, instead, int, interest, interested, interesting, it'll, itself, jacket, john, join, jump, jumps, keeps, kept, key, kicks, kid, kidding, kids, killed, killing, king, kisses, kitchen, knees, knock, knocking, knocks, known, ladies, lady, lands, laughing, law, lay, lead, leading, leads, leans, leaps, learn, legs, less, lets, lies, lift, lifts, lights, lines, lips, listening, lit, lock, locked, longer, looked, loud, loved, lovely, low, lower, luck, lucky, lunch, lying, machine, mad, main, man's, married, master, meant, mess, message, miles, million, minutes, missing, mistake, months, moon, moved, moves, mrs, nearby, needs, neither, nervous, news, nine, nods, noise, none, note, notice, notices, offers, office, officer, okay, ones, opening, orders, page, pain, pair, panic, papers, party, passed, passes, passing, path, pause, pauses, peace, perfect, perfectly, perhaps, person, personal, phone, picked, picking, pictures, pieces, plan, plate, pleasure, pocket, pointing, points, position, possible, pours, power, powerful, presence, present, private, proud, public, pull, pulled, pulling, push, pushes, putting, questions, radio, rain, raise, raised, raises, rather, reaches, reaching, reading, reads, realize, realizes, relax, remain, removes, report, returns, revealing, rich, ring, rings, rise, rises, rising, river, road, rocks, roll, rolling, rolls, roof, round, runs, rush, rushes, s, sad, safe, saved, scared, scene, scream, screaming, screams, screen, sea, search, searching, seat, seated, secret, send, sending, sense, sent, serve, service, sets, setting, seven, several, shake, shaking, shirt, shock, shocked, shoes, shoot, shoulder, shoulders, shower, showing, shows, shrugs, sick, sight, silent, silver, simple, single, sits, sitting, situation, size, sky, slams, slides, slightly, slips, slow, smell, smile, smiles, smiling, snaps, somebody, sometimes, somewhere, song, sort, soul, space, speaking, speaks, special, speed, spins, spot, spots, square, stairs, stands, stare, stares, staring, started, starting, state, station, steps, stick, sticks, stone, stopped, stopping, storm, street, strong, struggling, stuck, stuff, stunned, stupid, suit, sun, suppose, supposed, surprised, surrounded, swear, sweet, swing, swings, talks, tall, taps, taught, teach, tears, teeth, terrible, themselves, thick, third, thousand, throat, thrown, throws, tight, till, tiny, tired, totally, touch, touches, toward, towards, town, tray, tree, trees, tried, truth, turning, twelve, twenty, twice, uh, unless, upon, upstairs, using, various, view, waits, wake, walls, war, warm, watches, waves, we'd, weapons, wear, week, weeks, went, wet, where's, whose, wide, wild, wildly, wind, windows, wine, wonder, wonderful, worried, worse, worth, write, written