Is Defiance actually good?

Defiance sits in the 51.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 51.0% of them.

How does Defiance compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Defiance lands in the 48.9% 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 Defiance's score based on?

19 calibrated reviewers stand behind Defiance's score.

1980

global pct

51.0

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Defiance

Name: Defiance
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1980

Scored from 19 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

51.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

51.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

19 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1980, Defiance is an action, crime and drama film.

Only 19 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 19 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.