Is High and Low actually good?

High and Low sits in the 97.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 97.7% of them.

How does High and Low compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, High and Low lands in the 97.5% 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 High and Low's score based on?

186 calibrated reviewers stand behind High and Low's score.

1963

global pct

97.7

Film · 1963 · Films · 1960s

High and Low

Name: High and Low
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1963

Scored from 186 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

97.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

97.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

99.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

186 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A wealthy Yokohama shoe executive is poised to leverage his fortune on a decisive corporate takeover when a kidnapper seizes his chauffeur's son by mistake and still demands the ransom. Forced to choose between financial ruin and a stranger's child, he wrestles with his conscience while a meticulous police investigation closes in on the culprit across the high city and its sweltering lower depths.

Released in 1963, High and Low is a crime, drama and mystery film.

The calibrated figure is built from 186 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 190 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 1,928 1960s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 541 of whom clear the calibration test.