Is Cape Fear actually good?

Cape Fear sits in the 95.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 95.9% of them.

How does Cape Fear compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Cape Fear lands in the 95.0% 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 Cape Fear's score based on?

172 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cape Fear's score.

1962

global pct

95.9

Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s

Cape Fear

Name: Cape Fear
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1962

Scored from 172 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

95.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

95.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

99.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

172 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After serving an eight-year prison sentence, ex-convict Max Cady tracks down Sam Bowden, the lawyer whose testimony helped put him away. Cady begins a campaign of menace against Bowden's wife and young daughter, staying just within the limits of the law so police cannot intervene. Desperate to protect his family, Bowden is forced to take matters into his own hands.

Released in 1962, Cape Fear is a drama and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 172 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 173 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1960s films — 1,929 of them.