Is Serial actually good?

Serial sits in the 77.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.3% of them.

How does Serial compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Serial lands in the 74.9% 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 Serial's score based on?

23 calibrated reviewers stand behind Serial's score.

1980

global pct

77.3

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Serial

Name: Serial
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980

Scored from 23 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

77.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

74.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

79.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

23 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Serial is a 1980 comedy film.

Only 23 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 24 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 28 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.