Is Airplane! actually good?

Airplane! sits in the 93.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 93.1% of them.

How does Airplane! compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Airplane! lands in the 93.0% 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 Airplane!'s score based on?

532 calibrated reviewers stand behind Airplane!'s score.

1980

global pct

93.1

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Airplane!

Name: Airplane!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges

Scored from 532 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

93.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

93.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

99.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

532 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An ex-fighter pilot with a fear of flying must help land a commercial airliner after the flight crew becomes incapacitated by food poisoning. This over-the-top spoof of 1970s disaster films depicts the absurd chaos and comedic mishaps aboard the stricken aircraft.

Airplane! is a 1980 comedy film starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Leslie Nielsen. Jim Abrahams and David Zucker directed it. Its certificate is PG. It runs 1h 28m. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy. Its country of origin is listed as the United States.

The calibrated figure is built from 532 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 552 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 11,300 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

Comedy

Is Airplane! (1980) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 532
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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