Is Home Alone actually good?

Home Alone sits in the 87.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 87.7% of them.

How does Home Alone compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Home Alone lands in the 89.1% 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 Home Alone's score based on?

578 calibrated reviewers stand behind Home Alone's score.

1990

global pct

87.7

Film · 1990 · Films · 1990s

Home Alone

Name: Home Alone
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Released: 1990
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catharine O'Hara

Scored from 578 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

87.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

89.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

98.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

578 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An 8-year-old boy is accidentally left behind when his family departs for a Christmas vacation. Forced to fend for himself, he discovers that two burglars are targeting homes in his neighborhood. Kevin decides to defend his house with the help of an elderly neighbor and homemade traps.

Home Alone is a 1990 comedy, family and adventure film directed by Chris Columbus. Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern head the billed cast. Its certificate is PG. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 1h 43m.

The calibrated figure is built from 578 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 618 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them.

ComedyFamilyAdventure

Is Home Alone (1990) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 578
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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