Is Anna and the King actually good?

Anna and the King sits in the 57.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 57.1% of them.

How does Anna and the King compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Anna and the King lands in the 55.6% 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 Anna and the King's score based on?

121 calibrated reviewers stand behind Anna and the King's score.

1999

global pct

57.1

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

Anna and the King

Name: Anna and the King
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1999

Scored from 121 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

57.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

55.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

70.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

121 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1860s Siam, British widow Anna Leonowens arrives with her young son to tutor the many children and wives of King Mongkut. As she navigates the rigid customs of the royal court, she and the proud, intellectually curious king develop a guarded mutual respect that deepens into something more, even as political turmoil threatens the kingdom.

Anna and the King is a 1999 drama, history and romance film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,392 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 121 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 127 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Anna and the King (1999) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 121
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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