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Do the Right Thing (1989) poster
1989
global pct
73.8

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Do the Right Thing

Scored from 466 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

73.8%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
70.9%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
94.3%
AI-adjusted percentile
466 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Set on the hottest day of summer in a Brooklyn neighborhood, racial tensions escalate when a local Italian-American pizzeria becomes the flashpoint for conflict between the store's owner and the predominantly Black community surrounding it.

Released in 1989, Do the Right Thing is a drama and comedy film. It runs 2h. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. Spike Lee, Danny Aiello and Samuel L. Jackson head the billed cast. Spike Lee directed it. Its certificate is R.

The calibrated figure is built from 466 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 479 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,023 of whom clear the calibration test. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

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Cohort
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers
466

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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