Is Blow Out actually good?

Blow Out sits in the 74.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 74.1% of them.

How does Blow Out compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Blow Out lands in the 71.3% 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 Blow Out's score based on?

249 calibrated reviewers stand behind Blow Out's score.

1981

global pct

74.1

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Blow Out

Name: Blow Out
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1981

Scored from 249 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

74.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

71.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

93.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

249 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A Philadelphia movie sound technician recording night ambience accidentally captures audio of a car accident that killed a presidential candidate. As he investigates, he becomes convinced the crash was an assassination disguised as an accident, and he races to piece together the evidence while protecting a young woman who survived the wreck.

Released in 1981, Blow Out is a crime, drama and mystery film.

The calibrated figure is built from 249 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 250 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 770 of whom clear the calibration test.