Is Down by Law actually good?

Down by Law sits in the 77.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.7% of them.

How does Down by Law compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Down by Law lands in the 75.3% 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 Down by Law's score based on?

103 calibrated reviewers stand behind Down by Law's score.

1986

global pct

77.7

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

Down by Law

Name: Down by Law
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1986

Scored from 103 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

77.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

75.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

92.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

103 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1986, Down by Law is a comedy, crime and drama film. Its comedy subtype is Dark Comedy.

A second review pool sits behind it as well: 1,123 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. 103 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 108 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.