Is Major League actually good?

Major League sits in the 91.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 91.8% of them.

How does Major League compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Major League lands in the 91.6% 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 Major League's score based on?

118 calibrated reviewers stand behind Major League's score.

1989

global pct

91.8

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Major League

Name: Major League
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Released: 1989

Scored from 118 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

91.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

91.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

98.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

118 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The new owner of the Cleveland Indians assembles a roster of misfits and washed-up players, hoping the team will finish last so she can move the franchise to Miami. Led by an aging catcher, a wild-armed pitcher fresh out of prison, and a flashy speedster, the ragtag club begins to suspect her plan and bands together to defy expectations in a run at the pennant.

Released in 1989, Major League is a comedy and sport film. Inside comedy it is classed as Dramedy.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,246 of whom clear the calibration test. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 118 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 122 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.