Is Koyaanisqatsi actually good?

Koyaanisqatsi sits in the 89.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 89.1% of them.

How does Koyaanisqatsi compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Koyaanisqatsi lands in the 88.8% 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 Koyaanisqatsi's score based on?

170 calibrated reviewers stand behind Koyaanisqatsi's score.

1982

global pct

89.1

Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s

Koyaanisqatsi

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1982

Scored from 170 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

89.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

88.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

98.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

170 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A wordless, non-narrative documentary that contrasts the natural world with the accelerating rhythms of modern industrial life. Through time-lapse and slow-motion cinematography set to a Philip Glass score, it juxtaposes landscapes, cities, technology, and crowds to evoke the Hopi concept of 'koyaanisqatsi,' meaning life out of balance.

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) is a film IMDb files under the documentary and music genres.

170 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 173 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Koyaanisqatsi (1982) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 170
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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