Is Cat People actually good?

Cat People sits in the 44.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 44.3% of them.

How does Cat People compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Cat People lands in the 42.3% 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 Cat People's score based on?

130 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cat People's score.

1982

global pct

44.3

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

Cat People

Name: Cat People
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1982

Scored from 130 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

44.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

42.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

35.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

130 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A young woman reunites with her long-lost brother, a charismatic preacher, and discovers their family carries an ancient curse: they transform into deadly black leopards when sexually aroused and can only return to human form by killing. As she falls for a zoo curator, she must confront her brother's predatory designs and the violent nature of her own awakening desire.

Cat People is a 1982 fantasy, horror and thriller film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 130 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 132 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.