Is Fires on the Plain actually good?

Fires on the Plain sits in the 98.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 98.4% of them.

How does Fires on the Plain compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, Fires on the Plain lands in the 98.4% 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 Fires on the Plain's score based on?

31 calibrated reviewers stand behind Fires on the Plain's score.

1959

global pct

98.4

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

Fires on the Plain

Name: Fires on the Plain
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1959

Scored from 31 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

98.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

98.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

96.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

31 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1959, Fires on the Plain is a drama and war film.

Only 31 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 31 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 98 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them.

Is Fires on the Plain (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 31
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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