Is Lean on Me actually good?

Lean on Me sits in the 78.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 78.1% of them.

How does Lean on Me compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Lean on Me lands in the 75.6% 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 Lean on Me's score based on?

76 calibrated reviewers stand behind Lean on Me's score.

1989

global pct

78.1

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Lean on Me

Name: Lean on Me
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 1989

Scored from 76 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

78.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

75.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

91.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

76 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Lean on Me is a 1989 biography and drama film.

Only 76 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 77 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,018 of whom clear the calibration test.