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Are the Knives Out Movies Woke?

Every scored film in TMDB's Knives Out collection, assessed by the Consciousness Algorithm.

3
Films scored
38
Series average
17–68
Score range
−51
First film → latest

Every Knives Out film

Shown in release order. Sort by score to rank them.

Did the Knives Out movies get woker?

No, the reverse: down 51 points from Knives Out (68) to Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (17).

020406080100202020222024Knives Out (2019): 6868Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022): 2828Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025): 1717
Ultra Based <20Based 20–39Woke-Adjacent 40–59Woke 60–79Peak Woke 80+Series average (38)

Highs and lows

Markers that moved most

Knives Out (2019) against Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025). The grey bar is the first film, the red bar the latest.

The verdict

No. The average Knives Out film scores 38 (Based). Wokest: Knives Out (68); least woke: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (17). Representation Casting is the most common active marker (3 of 3 films).

Scores follow the site methodology. Read the methodology.