Is Fargo actually good?

Fargo sits in the 81.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 81.9% of them.

How does Fargo compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Fargo lands in the 82.5% 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 Fargo's score based on?

889 calibrated reviewers stand behind Fargo's score.

1996

global pct

81.9

Film · 1996 · Films · 1990s

Fargo

Name: Fargo
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1996
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell

Scored from 889 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

81.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

82.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

97.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

889 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A desperate car salesman arranges the kidnapping of his wife to solve his financial troubles, but the scheme spirals into violence and murder. When his accomplices botch the job, a pregnant Brainerd police chief investigates the crime and uncovers the dark truth behind the seemingly simple kidnapping.

Fargo is a 1996 crime, thriller and drama film starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 1h 38m and carries an R certificate. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen directed it.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 889 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 933 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

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Is Fargo (1996) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 889
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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