Is Norma Rae actually good?

Norma Rae sits in the 89.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 89.9% of them.

How does Norma Rae compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Norma Rae lands in the 87.9% 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 Norma Rae's score based on?

57 calibrated reviewers stand behind Norma Rae's score.

1979

global pct

89.9

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

Norma Rae

Name: Norma Rae
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979

Scored from 57 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

89.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

87.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

95.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

57 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Norma Rae is a 1979 drama film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them. Only 57 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 59 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 211 of whom clear the calibration test.