Is City of Fear actually good?

City of Fear sits in the 47.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 47.4% of them.

How does City of Fear compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, City of Fear lands in the 35.7% 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 City of Fear's score based on?

45 calibrated reviewers stand behind City of Fear's score.

1959

global pct

47.4

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

City of Fear

Name: City of Fear
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1959

Scored from 45 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

47.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

35.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

45.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

45 calibrated reviewers

Summary

City of Fear (1959) is a film IMDb files under the crime, drama and thriller genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them. Only 45 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 45 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is City of Fear (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 45
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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