Is Backdraft actually good?

Backdraft sits in the 62.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 62.0% of them.

How does Backdraft compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Backdraft lands in the 61.0% 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 Backdraft's score based on?

156 calibrated reviewers stand behind Backdraft's score.

1991

global pct

62.0

Film · 1991 · Films · 1990s

Backdraft

Name: Backdraft
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1991

Scored from 156 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

62.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

61.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

80.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

156 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Two estranged brothers from a Chicago firefighting family work the same firehouse while struggling with the legacy of their late father, a heroic fireman killed on the job. As they confront old wounds and professional rivalries, an arson investigator pulls them into a hunt for a serial arsonist setting deadly, eerily precise fires across the city.

Released in 1991, Backdraft is an action, drama and mystery film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 156 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 158 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,641 of whom clear the calibration test.