Is Starman actually good?

Starman sits in the 85.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 85.6% of them.

How does Starman compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Starman lands in the 84.1% 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 Starman's score based on?

176 calibrated reviewers stand behind Starman's score.

1984

global pct

85.6

Film · 1984 · Films · 1980s

Starman

Name: Starman
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Released: 1984

Scored from 176 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

85.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

84.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

176 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An alien being arrives on Earth in response to Voyager 2's invitation, taking the form of a young widow's recently deceased husband by cloning his body. With government agents in pursuit, he compels her to drive him across the country to a rendezvous point in Arizona, where his ship will retrieve him before he dies in Earth's atmosphere. Along the way, the two form an unexpected bond.

Released in 1984, Starman is a romance and science-fiction film.

The calibrated figure is built from 176 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 180 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1 of whom clear the calibration test.