Is Sholay actually good?

Sholay sits in the 91.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 91.1% of them.

How does Sholay compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Sholay lands in the 89.1% 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 Sholay's score based on?

132 calibrated reviewers stand behind Sholay's score.

1975

global pct

91.1

Film · 1975 · Films · 1970s

Sholay

Name: Sholay
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1975

Scored from 132 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

91.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

89.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

98.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

132 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A retired police officer hires two small-time crooks he once arrested to capture Gabbar Singh, a ruthless bandit who terrorizes his village and harbors a personal vendetta against him. As the duo settles into village life, friendships and romances bloom, but the inevitable confrontation with Gabbar looms over them all.

Released in 1975, Sholay is an action, adventure and comedy film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 477 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 132 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 142 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus.