Is Fear City actually good?

Fear City sits in the 22.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 22.4% of them.

How does Fear City compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Fear City lands in the 20.8% 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 City's score based on?

45 calibrated reviewers stand behind Fear City's score.

1984

global pct

22.4

Film · 1984 · Films · 1980s

Fear City

Name: Fear City
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1984

Scored from 45 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

22.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

20.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

15.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

45 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1984, Fear City is a crime, drama and mystery film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 45 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 46 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 48 of whom clear the calibration test.