RankquantRQ
Stand by Me (1986) poster
1986
global pct
93.2

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

Stand by Me

Scored from 582 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

93.2%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
93.2%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
99.7%
AI-adjusted percentile
582 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1959 Oregon, four boys set out on a weekend trek along the railroad tracks to find the body of a missing local kid, hoping the discovery will make them heroes. Along the way, they confront family troubles, their own fears, and a gang of older toughs who want the same prize. Narrated in retrospect by the grown writer Gordie, the journey becomes a meditation on friendship and the end of childhood.

Stand by Me is a 1986 adventure and drama film.

A second review pool sits behind it as well: 11,315 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. 582 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 625 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Stand by Me (1986) worth watching?

Cohort
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers
582

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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