Is Castle in the Sky actually good?

Castle in the Sky sits in the 94.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.6% of them.

How does Castle in the Sky compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Castle in the Sky lands in the 94.5% 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 Castle in the Sky's score based on?

227 calibrated reviewers stand behind Castle in the Sky's score.

1986

global pct

94.6

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

Castle in the Sky

Name: Castle in the Sky
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 1986

Scored from 227 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

94.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

94.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

99.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

227 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A young orphan girl named Sheeta, who possesses a mysterious crystal pendant, falls from an airship and is rescued by a kindhearted boy miner named Pazu. Together they flee government agents and a band of sky pirates, all racing to find Laputa, a legendary floating castle in the clouds that holds an ancient and powerful secret.

Released in 1986, Castle in the Sky is an adventure, animation and family film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,898 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 227 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 245 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Castle in the Sky (1986) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 227
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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