Is Hamnet actually good?

Hamnet sits in the 77.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.3% of them.

How does Hamnet compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2020s, Hamnet lands in the 82.8% 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 Hamnet's score based on?

580 calibrated reviewers stand behind Hamnet's score.

2025

global pct

77.3

Film · 2025 · Films · 2020s

Hamnet

Name: Hamnet
Genre: Drama, Historical
Released: 2025

Scored from 580 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2020s (7,930 peers).

77.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

82.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles

96.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

580 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A dramatization of the life and death of Hamnet, the young son of William Shakespeare. The story explores how the boy's tragic death at age 11 profoundly affected the playwright and his work.

Hamnet is a 2025 drama and historical film directed by Thea Sharrock. Its country of origin is listed as the United Kingdom.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 650 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 580 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 607 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 7,929 other films from the 2020s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

DramaHistorical

Is Hamnet (2025) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 580
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2020s

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