Is Superman actually good?

Superman sits in the 87.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 87.1% of them.

How does Superman compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Superman lands in the 83.7% 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 Superman's score based on?

606 calibrated reviewers stand behind Superman's score.

1978

global pct

87.1

Film · 1978 · Films · 1970s

Superman

Name: Superman
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 1978

Scored from 606 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

87.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

83.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

98.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

606 calibrated reviewers

Summary

As the planet Krypton faces destruction, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth, where he is raised by the Kents as Clark. Growing up to discover his extraordinary powers, Clark moves to Metropolis and becomes mild-mannered reporter at the Daily Planet, falling for colleague Lois Lane while moonlighting as the superhero Superman. He soon must thwart the megalomaniacal schemes of criminal mastermind Lex Luthor.

Released in 1978, Superman is an action, adventure and science-fiction film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 606 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 623 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.