Is Requiem for a Heavyweight actually good?

Requiem for a Heavyweight sits in the 98.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 98.0% of them.

How does Requiem for a Heavyweight compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Requiem for a Heavyweight lands in the 98.1% 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 Requiem for a Heavyweight's score based on?

56 calibrated reviewers stand behind Requiem for a Heavyweight's score.

1962

global pct

98.0

Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Name: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: 1962

Scored from 56 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

98.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

98.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

98.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

56 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) is a film IMDb files under the drama and sport genres.

1,928 other films from the 1960s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Only 56 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 59 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 56
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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