RankquantRQ
On the Beach (1959) poster
1959
global pct
69.0

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

On the Beach

Scored from 164 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

69.0%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
58.2%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
88.7%
AI-adjusted percentile
164 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In the aftermath of a global nuclear war, a U.S. submarine commander arrives in Australia, one of the last habitable regions, as a deadly radioactive cloud drifts south. He and the submarine's crew investigate a mysterious signal from America while the people of Melbourne face the certainty that the fallout will soon reach them, prompting reflection on love, duty, and how to spend their final months.

Released in 1959, On the Beach is a drama, romance and science-fiction film.

164 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 168 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them.

Is On the Beach (1959) worth watching?

Cohort
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers
164

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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