Why movie clichés are GOOD, actually
I ran the numbers on over 72,000 films to find the most reused lines in cinema, revealing how movie clichés are born, spread, and die.
No one says "Follow that car!" anymore... and there's a reason why.
I ran the numbers on over 72,000 films to find the most reused lines in cinema, revealing how movie clichés are born, spread, and die.
Chapters
00:00 - Movie clichés are good, actually
00:50 - The way you speak sucks
03:40 - Movies are talking to each other
04:57 - Bored yet?
08:09 - Word Salad
11:39 - Deja View
Further Reading
If you want to explore the research behind this episode in more detail:
What are the most commonly used movie clichés? I ranked the most reused lines in mainstream cinema, with breakdowns by genre, decade and frequency.
Has the way movies use dialogue changed? I looked at how line length, dialogue density and pacing have shifted over the decades, and what that tells us about how modern films deliver story through speech.
Which genres dominate when movies blend styles? My study of how genres sound different from each other, including which films talk the most, which leave the longest silences, and how dialogue patterns travel when films mix genres.
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Simply amazing content. So well researched and amazing production values to bring all those clips in. Would love to know how you automated this!