Is Excalibur actually good?

Excalibur sits in the 78.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 78.5% of them.

How does Excalibur compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Excalibur lands in the 76.0% 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 Excalibur's score based on?

324 calibrated reviewers stand behind Excalibur's score.

1981

global pct

78.5

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Excalibur

Name: Excalibur
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1981

Scored from 324 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

78.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

76.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

96.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

324 calibrated reviewers

Summary

John Boorman's operatic retelling of the Arthurian legend follows Arthur from his birth through Merlin's machinations, his drawing of the sword Excalibur from the stone, and his rise as king of Britain. As he gathers the Knights of the Round Table and pursues the Holy Grail, his kingdom is threatened by Morgana's sorcery and the doomed love between Lancelot and Guinevere.

Excalibur is a 1981 adventure, drama and fantasy film.

The calibrated figure is built from 324 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 340 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,617 of whom clear the calibration test.