Is Cruising actually good?

Cruising sits in the 47.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 47.7% of them.

How does Cruising compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Cruising lands in the 45.7% 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 Cruising's score based on?

152 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cruising's score.

1980

global pct

47.7

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Cruising

Name: Cruising
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1980

Scored from 152 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

47.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

45.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

43.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

152 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An NYPD officer goes undercover in New York City's gay leather and S&M subculture to track a serial killer targeting men at the bars and clubs. As he immerses himself in the underground scene to draw out the murderer, the assignment begins to unsettle his sense of identity and his relationship with his girlfriend.

Cruising is a 1980 crime, drama and mystery film.

The calibrated figure is built from 152 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 154 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 399 of whom clear the calibration test.