Is Frantic actually good?

Frantic sits in the 55.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 55.9% of them.

How does Frantic compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Frantic lands in the 53.0% 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 Frantic's score based on?

153 calibrated reviewers stand behind Frantic's score.

1988

global pct

55.9

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Frantic

Name: Frantic
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1988

Scored from 153 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

55.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

53.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

68.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

153 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An American doctor arrives in Paris with his wife for a medical conference, only to have her vanish from their hotel room without a trace. As the local police and embassy prove unhelpful, he plunges into the city's underworld to find her, uncovering a smuggling plot tied to a mix-up of suitcases at the airport.

Frantic is a 1988 crime, drama and mystery film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 153 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 154 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.