Is Pale Rider actually good?

Pale Rider sits in the 69.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 69.2% of them.

How does Pale Rider compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Pale Rider lands in the 66.1% 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 Pale Rider's score based on?

177 calibrated reviewers stand behind Pale Rider's score.

1985

global pct

69.2

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

Pale Rider

Name: Pale Rider
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: 1985

Scored from 177 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

69.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

66.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

89.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

177 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1880s California, a small community of struggling gold prospectors is terrorized by a ruthless mining baron determined to drive them off their claims. A mysterious preacher arrives in town and takes up their cause, revealing himself as a formidable gunfighter with a hidden past. As the conflict escalates, the stranger must confront the hired guns sent to crush the miners.

Pale Rider (1985) is a film IMDb files under the drama and western genres.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 177 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 181 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 983 of whom clear the calibration test.