Is Cape Fear actually good?

Cape Fear sits in the 54.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 54.1% of them.

How does Cape Fear compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Cape Fear lands in the 52.3% 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 Cape Fear's score based on?

395 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cape Fear's score.

1991

global pct

54.1

Film · 1991 · Films · 1990s

Cape Fear

Name: Cape Fear
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1991

Scored from 395 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

54.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

52.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

65.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

395 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After serving 14 years in prison, Max Cady tracks down Sam Bowden, the attorney he blames for his conviction, and begins systematically terrorizing Bowden's wife and teenage daughter. As Cady exploits legal loopholes to stay just out of reach, Bowden's increasingly desperate attempts to protect his family push him outside the law and toward a violent confrontation.

Cape Fear is a 1991 crime, drama and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 395 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 402 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.