Is Fear actually good?

Fear sits in the 47.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 47.9% of them.

How does Fear compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Fear lands in the 46.0% 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 Fear's score based on?

161 calibrated reviewers stand behind Fear's score.

1996

global pct

47.9

Film · 1996 · Films · 1990s

Fear

Name: Fear
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1996

Scored from 161 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

47.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

46.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

43.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

161 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A sheltered teenage girl from an affluent Seattle family falls for a charming older boy she meets at a club, much to her protective father's unease. What begins as a passionate first romance turns menacing as the boyfriend's jealousy, possessiveness, and violent streak surface, forcing the family to confront the danger he poses.

Fear (1996) is a film IMDb files under the drama and thriller genres.

161 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 165 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.