Is The American Friend actually good?

The American Friend sits in the 60.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 60.4% of them.

How does The American Friend compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The American Friend lands in the 51.4% 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 American Friend's score based on?

75 calibrated reviewers stand behind The American Friend's score.

1977

global pct

60.4

Film · 1977 · Films · 1970s

The American Friend

Name: The American Friend
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1977

Scored from 75 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

60.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

51.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

73.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

75 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1977, The American Friend is a crime, drama and mystery film.

Only 75 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 78 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is The American Friend (1977) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 75
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

What else scores like The American Friend?