Is Clue actually good?

Clue sits in the 77.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.3% of them.

How does Clue compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Clue lands in the 74.9% 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 Clue's score based on?

365 calibrated reviewers stand behind Clue's score.

1985

global pct

77.3

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

Clue

Name: Clue
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1985

Scored from 365 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

77.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

74.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

95.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

365 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Six strangers given pseudonyms are summoned to a remote New England mansion in 1954, where their mysterious host reveals he has been blackmailing them all. When the lights go out and bodies start dropping, the guests and the butler must figure out who among them is the killer before the police arrive.

Clue (1985) is a film IMDb files under the comedy, crime and mystery genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The calibrated figure is built from 365 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 380 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 5,411 of whom clear the calibration test.