Is Near Dark actually good?

Near Dark sits in the 71.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.5% of them.

How does Near Dark compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Near Dark lands in the 68.4% 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 Near Dark's score based on?

238 calibrated reviewers stand behind Near Dark's score.

1987

global pct

71.5

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Near Dark

Name: Near Dark
Genre: Horror
Released: 1987

Scored from 238 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

71.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

68.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

91.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

238 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A young Oklahoma farm boy is seduced by a mysterious drifter and finds himself drawn into her nomadic family of vampires roaming the American Southwest. As he struggles to survive their brutal nightly rampages without taking a human life, his own family searches desperately to bring him home.

Near Dark is a 1987 horror film.

The calibrated figure is built from 238 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 244 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.