Is Ip Man actually good?

Ip Man sits in the 94.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.3% of them.

How does Ip Man compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Ip Man lands in the 96.7% 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 Ip Man's score based on?

207 calibrated reviewers stand behind Ip Man's score.

2008

global pct

94.3

Film · 2008 · Films · 2000s

Ip Man

Name: Ip Man
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Released: 2008

Scored from 207 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

94.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

96.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

99.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

207 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Set in 1930s Foshan, China, a wealthy and respected Wing Chun master lives quietly with his family, declining to teach while sparring privately with local challengers. When the Japanese invade and occupy the city, he is forced into poverty and labor, eventually standing up to the occupiers to defend his countrymen's dignity through martial arts.

Released in 2008, Ip Man is an action, biography and drama film.

The calibrated figure is built from 207 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 218 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.