Is Road House actually good?

Road House sits in the 70.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 70.5% of them.

How does Road House compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Road House lands in the 67.2% 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 Road House's score based on?

320 calibrated reviewers stand behind Road House's score.

1989

global pct

70.5

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Road House

Name: Road House
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1989

Scored from 320 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

70.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

67.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

91.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

320 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Dalton, a renowned professional cooler with a philosophy degree, is hired to clean up the Double Deuce, a rowdy roadhouse in a small Missouri town. As he restores order with calm precision, he runs afoul of a ruthless local businessman who has the town under his thumb, and finds himself drawn to a local doctor while bracing for an escalating fight.

Released in 1989, Road House is an action and thriller film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 320 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 327 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.