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North by Northwest (1959) poster
1959
global pct
95.6

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

North by Northwest

Scored from 623 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

95.6%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
92.7%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
99.9%
AI-adjusted percentile
623 calibrated reviewers

Summary

New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a government spy by a foreign espionage ring and must flee across the country to prove his innocence. Pursued by both the spy ring and authorities, he becomes entangled with a mysterious woman while trying to uncover the truth behind his case of mistaken identity.

Released in 1959, North by Northwest is a thriller, mystery and suspense film. It runs 2h 16m. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason head the billed cast. Alfred Hitchcock directed it.

The calibrated figure is built from 623 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 641 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 5,016 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 560 1950s films, not against the whole corpus.

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Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers
623

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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