Is Le Samouraï actually good?

Le Samouraï sits in the 89.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 89.6% of them.

How does Le Samouraï compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Le Samouraï lands in the 86.0% 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 Le Samouraï's score based on?

172 calibrated reviewers stand behind Le Samouraï's score.

1967

global pct

89.6

Film · 1967 · Films · 1960s

Le Samouraï

Name: Le Samouraï
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1967

Scored from 172 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

89.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

86.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

98.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

172 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Jef Costello, a meticulous and solitary Parisian hitman, carries out a contract killing at a nightclub but is spotted by witnesses. As the police close in and his employers turn on him, Costello navigates a tightening web of suspicion, relying on his rigid code and carefully constructed alibis to survive.

Le Samouraï is a 1967 crime, drama and thriller film.

172 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 177 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 1,928 1960s films, not against the whole corpus.