Is Rush Hour actually good?

Rush Hour sits in the 65.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 65.7% of them.

How does Rush Hour compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Rush Hour lands in the 65.5% 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 Rush Hour's score based on?

314 calibrated reviewers stand behind Rush Hour's score.

1998

global pct

65.7

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

Rush Hour

Name: Rush Hour
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1998

Scored from 314 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

65.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

65.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

87.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

314 calibrated reviewers

Summary

When the daughter of a Chinese consul is kidnapped in Los Angeles, the FBI reluctantly brings in Hong Kong detective Lee to assist, but sidelines him with brash LAPD detective James Carter. The mismatched pair clash constantly as they chase leads through Chinatown and confront a dangerous crime lord, learning to trust each other along the way.

Rush Hour is a 1998 action, comedy and crime film. Inside comedy it is classed as Action Comedy.

The calibrated figure is built from 314 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 328 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.