Is Cry Freedom actually good?

Cry Freedom sits in the 76.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 76.5% of them.

How does Cry Freedom compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Cry Freedom lands in the 73.9% 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 Cry Freedom's score based on?

47 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cry Freedom's score.

1987

global pct

76.5

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Cry Freedom

Name: Cry Freedom
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 1987

Scored from 47 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

76.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

73.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

86.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

47 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Cry Freedom is a 1987 biography, drama and history film.

Only 47 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 51 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 347 of whom clear the calibration test.