Is Black Orpheus actually good?

Black Orpheus sits in the 82.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 82.7% of them.

How does Black Orpheus compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, Black Orpheus lands in the 70.9% 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 Black Orpheus's score based on?

80 calibrated reviewers stand behind Black Orpheus's score.

1959

global pct

82.7

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

Black Orpheus

Name: Black Orpheus
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 1959

Scored from 80 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

82.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

70.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

93.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

80 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1959, Black Orpheus is a drama, musical and romance film.

Only 80 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 81 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 311 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 560 1950s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Black Orpheus (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 80
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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