Is Arthur actually good?

Arthur sits in the 65.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 65.3% of them.

How does Arthur compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Arthur lands in the 62.5% 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 Arthur's score based on?

128 calibrated reviewers stand behind Arthur's score.

1981

global pct

65.3

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Arthur

Name: Arthur
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1981

Scored from 128 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

65.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

62.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

83.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

128 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A spoiled, perpetually drunk New York millionaire faces an ultimatum from his wealthy family: marry the proper heiress they have chosen or be cut off from his fortune. His plans unravel when he falls for a working-class waitress from Queens, forcing him to choose between love and money, with his sardonic butler Hobson as his guide.

Arthur is a 1981 comedy and romance film.

128 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 133 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.