Is A City of Sadness actually good?

A City of Sadness sits in the 94.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.6% of them.

How does A City of Sadness compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, A City of Sadness lands in the 94.5% 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 A City of Sadness's score based on?

12 calibrated reviewers stand behind A City of Sadness's score.

1989

global pct

94.6

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

A City of Sadness

Name: A City of Sadness
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1989

Scored from 12 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

94.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

94.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

83.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

12 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A City of Sadness (1989) is a film IMDb files under the drama and history genres.

Only 12 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 14 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is A City of Sadness (1989) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 12
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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