Is 48 Hrs. actually good?

48 Hrs. sits in the 73.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 73.8% of them.

How does 48 Hrs. compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, 48 Hrs. lands in the 70.9% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is 48 Hrs.'s score based on?

162 calibrated reviewers stand behind 48 Hrs.'s score.

1982

global pct

73.8

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

48 Hrs.

Name: 48 Hrs.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1982

Scored from 162 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

73.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

70.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

92.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

162 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A hard-nosed San Francisco cop springs a wisecracking convict from prison for 48 hours to help him track down a vicious cop-killer who was once the convict's partner. The mismatched pair clash constantly as they work the streets, bars, and underworld haunts in a race against the clock.

Released in 1982, 48 Hrs. is an action, comedy and crime film. Inside comedy it is classed as Action Comedy.

The calibrated figure is built from 162 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 165 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,088 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.