Is Boat People actually good?

Boat People sits in the 90.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 90.3% of them.

How does Boat People compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Boat People lands in the 90.1% 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 Boat People's score based on?

8 calibrated reviewers stand behind Boat People's score.

1982

global pct

90.3

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

Boat People

Name: Boat People
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982

Scored from 8 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

90.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

90.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

73.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

8 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Boat People (1982) is a film IMDb files under the drama genre.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Only 8 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 8 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 11 of whom clear the calibration test.