Is Contact actually good?

Contact sits in the 82.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 82.9% of them.

How does Contact compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Contact lands in the 83.8% 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 Contact's score based on?

567 calibrated reviewers stand behind Contact's score.

1997

global pct

82.9

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

Contact

Name: Contact
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, David Morse

Scored from 567 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

82.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

83.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

97.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

567 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Radio astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway detects the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial civilization. She leads an international effort to decipher the transmission and construct a machine to make contact with the alien intelligence.

Contact is a 1997 science fiction, drama and mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Skerritt head the billed cast. Its certificate is PG. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 2h 30m.

The calibrated figure is built from 567 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 595 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.

Science FictionDramaMystery

Is Contact (1997) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 567
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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