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City of God (2002) poster
2002
global pct
93.9

Film · 2002 · Films · 2000s

City of God

Scored from 781 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

93.9%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
96.5%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
99.8%
AI-adjusted percentile
781 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Set in a favela of Rio de Janeiro, the film chronicles the rise of a brutal drug lord known as Li'l Zé and the gang wars that reshape the community over several decades. Narrated by a young photographer named Rocket, the story interweaves multiple characters' perspectives as they navigate poverty, crime, and violence in the slums.

City of God is a 2002 drama, crime and thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Its certificate is R. Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora and Phellipe Haagensen head the billed cast. It plays in Portuguese. Its country of origin is listed as Brazil. It runs 2h 10m.

The calibrated figure is built from 781 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 880 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 7,846 other films from the 2000s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 12,931 of whom clear the calibration test.

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Cohort
Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers
781

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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