Is Matewan actually good?

Matewan sits in the 92.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 92.1% of them.

How does Matewan compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Matewan lands in the 91.9% 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 Matewan's score based on?

49 calibrated reviewers stand behind Matewan's score.

1987

global pct

92.1

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Matewan

Name: Matewan
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1987

Scored from 49 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

92.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

91.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

95.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

49 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Matewan is a 1987 drama and history film.

Only 49 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 50 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.