Is Footloose actually good?

Footloose sits in the 53.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 53.5% of them.

How does Footloose compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Footloose lands in the 50.8% 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 Footloose's score based on?

146 calibrated reviewers stand behind Footloose's score.

1984

global pct

53.5

Film · 1984 · Films · 1980s

Footloose

Name: Footloose
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 1984

Scored from 146 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

53.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

50.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

61.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

146 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A city teenager moves to a small Midwestern town where rock music and dancing have been banned by the local council, led by a stern minister still grieving a past tragedy. As he befriends the minister's rebellious daughter and rallies his classmates, he sets out to overturn the ban and convince the town to let the senior class hold a prom.

Footloose (1984) is a film IMDb files under the drama, music and romance genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 146 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 153 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.