Is Showgirls actually good?

Showgirls sits in the 18.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 18.8% of them.

How does Showgirls compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Showgirls lands in the 17.2% 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 Showgirls's score based on?

400 calibrated reviewers stand behind Showgirls's score.

1995

global pct

18.8

Film · 1995 · Films · 1990s

Showgirls

Name: Showgirls
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995

Scored from 400 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

18.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

17.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

3.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

400 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Nomi Malone, a drifter with a mysterious past, arrives in Las Vegas determined to become a star. She works her way up from stripping at a seedy club to the chorus line of a glitzy casino revue, where she sets her sights on toppling the show's reigning headliner. Her ruthless climb forces her to confront just how much she is willing to sacrifice for fame.

Showgirls is a 1995 drama film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,704 of whom clear the calibration test. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 400 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 410 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.