Is Talk Radio actually good?

Talk Radio sits in the 86.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 86.3% of them.

How does Talk Radio compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Talk Radio lands in the 84.7% 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 Talk Radio's score based on?

78 calibrated reviewers stand behind Talk Radio's score.

1988

global pct

86.3

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Talk Radio

Name: Talk Radio
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1988

Scored from 78 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

86.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

84.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

95.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

78 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Talk Radio (1988) is a film IMDb files under the drama and thriller genres.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Only 78 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 81 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 368 of whom clear the calibration test.