Is The 39 Steps actually good?

The 39 Steps sits in the 38.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 38.3% of them.

How does The 39 Steps compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The 39 Steps lands in the 28.0% 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 The 39 Steps's score based on?

40 calibrated reviewers stand behind The 39 Steps's score.

1959

global pct

38.3

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

The 39 Steps

Name: The 39 Steps
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1959

Scored from 40 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

38.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

28.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

32.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

40 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The 39 Steps is a 1959 comedy, crime and drama film.

Only 40 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 40 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 560 1950s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is The 39 Steps (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 40
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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