Is Elephant actually good?

Elephant sits in the 31.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 31.2% of them.

How does Elephant compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Elephant lands in the 34.6% 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 Elephant's score based on?

401 calibrated reviewers stand behind Elephant's score.

2003

global pct

31.2

Film · 2003 · Films · 2000s

Elephant

Name: Elephant
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2003

Scored from 401 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

31.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

34.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

12.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

401 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Gus Van Sant's quiet, observational drama follows several students through an ordinary day at a suburban American high school, drifting between their overlapping hallways and routines, before two classmates arrive armed and methodically carry out a shooting. Loosely inspired by Columbine, the film uses long tracking shots and non-professional actors to refuse easy explanation for the violence.

Elephant is a 2003 crime, drama and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 401 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 418 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,722 of whom clear the calibration test.