Is Heat and Dust actually good?

Heat and Dust sits in the 56.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 56.7% of them.

How does Heat and Dust compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Heat and Dust lands in the 53.9% 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 Heat and Dust's score based on?

18 calibrated reviewers stand behind Heat and Dust's score.

1983

global pct

56.7

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

Heat and Dust

Name: Heat and Dust
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1983

Scored from 18 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

56.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

53.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

57.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

18 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1983, Heat and Dust is a drama and romance film.

Only 18 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 19 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 25 of whom clear the calibration test. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.