Is Over the Top actually good?

Over the Top sits in the 41.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 41.5% of them.

How does Over the Top compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Over the Top lands in the 39.0% 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 Over the Top's score based on?

165 calibrated reviewers stand behind Over the Top's score.

1987

global pct

41.5

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Over the Top

Name: Over the Top
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Released: 1987

Scored from 165 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

41.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

39.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

28.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

165 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A struggling long-haul trucker and arm-wrestling competitor tries to reconnect with his estranged young son during a cross-country trip, while heading toward a high-stakes arm-wrestling tournament in Las Vegas. Along the way, he must contend with his wealthy, hostile father-in-law who wants to keep the boy away from him.

Over the Top is a 1987 action, drama and sport film.

165 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 173 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.