Is Billy Budd actually good?

Billy Budd sits in the 94.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.8% of them.

How does Billy Budd compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Billy Budd lands in the 93.9% 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 Billy Budd's score based on?

58 calibrated reviewers stand behind Billy Budd's score.

1962

global pct

94.8

Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s

Billy Budd

Name: Billy Budd
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Released: 1962

Scored from 58 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

94.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

93.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

97.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

58 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1962, Billy Budd is an adventure, drama and war film.

Only 58 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 59 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. 1,928 other films from the 1960s form the cohort it is ranked inside.