Is Point Break actually good?

Point Break sits in the 74.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 74.6% of them.

How does Point Break compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Point Break lands in the 74.5% 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 Point Break's score based on?

352 calibrated reviewers stand behind Point Break's score.

1991

global pct

74.6

Film · 1991 · Films · 1990s

Point Break

Name: Point Break
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1991

Scored from 352 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

74.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

74.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

94.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

352 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Young FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover in the Southern California surfing scene to investigate a string of bank robberies committed by a crew known as the Ex-Presidents. As he infiltrates the tight-knit group led by the charismatic adrenaline junkie Bodhi, Utah is drawn into their world of surfing, skydiving, and risk, blurring the line between cop and convert.

Released in 1991, Point Break is an action, crime and thriller film.

4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 4,517 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 352 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 371 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.