Is Nightmare Alley actually good?

Nightmare Alley sits in the 53.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 53.9% of them.

How does Nightmare Alley compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2020s, Nightmare Alley lands in the 63.2% 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 Nightmare Alley's score based on?

838 calibrated reviewers stand behind Nightmare Alley's score.

2021

global pct

53.9

Film · 2021 · Films · 2020s

Nightmare Alley

Name: Nightmare Alley
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2021
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, David Strathairn

Scored from 838 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2020s (7,930 peers).

53.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

63.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles

65.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

838 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A drifter enters a traveling carnival and learns the arts of manipulation and con games. When he meets a psychologist, he sees an opportunity for an even bigger con targeting a wealthy industrialist.

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 drama, thriller and crime film starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Its certificate is R. Guillermo del Toro directed it. It runs 2h 30m. Its country of origin is listed as the United States.

The calibrated figure is built from 838 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 851 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 812 of whom clear the calibration test. 7,929 other films from the 2020s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

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Is Nightmare Alley (2021) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 838
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2020s

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