Is First Blood actually good?

First Blood sits in the 88.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 88.2% of them.

How does First Blood compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, First Blood lands in the 87.3% 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 First Blood's score based on?

508 calibrated reviewers stand behind First Blood's score.

1982

global pct

88.2

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

First Blood

Name: First Blood
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, David Caruso, Jack Starrett

Scored from 508 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

88.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

87.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

99.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

508 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Vietnam War veteran John Rambo arrives in a small Washington town and is harassed by the local police sheriff. When he escapes into the wilderness, the sheriff launches a manhunt that escalates into a larger military operation as Rambo evades capture in the forest.

Ted Kotcheff directed First Blood, an action, thriller and drama film from 1982. It runs 1h 33m. It is rated R. It was made in the United States. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy and Richard Crenna.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 508 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 520 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

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Is First Blood (1982) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 508
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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