Is Glory actually good?

Glory sits in the 95.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 95.5% of them.

How does Glory compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Glory lands in the 95.4% 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 Glory's score based on?

312 calibrated reviewers stand behind Glory's score.

1989

global pct

95.5

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Glory

Name: Glory
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 1989

Scored from 312 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

95.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

95.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

99.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

312 calibrated reviewers

Summary

During the American Civil War, young Union officer Robert Gould Shaw is given command of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Black regiments. He struggles to secure training, supplies, and respect for his soldiers while forging them into a disciplined unit, as the men themselves push to prove their worth in combat and ultimately volunteer to lead a dangerous assault on Fort Wagner.

Glory (1989) is a film IMDb files under the biography, drama and history genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 312 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 324 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 4 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.