Is The Ballad of Narayama actually good?

The Ballad of Narayama sits in the 92.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 92.5% of them.

How does The Ballad of Narayama compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The Ballad of Narayama lands in the 86.4% 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 Ballad of Narayama's score based on?

20 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Ballad of Narayama's score.

1958

global pct

92.5

Film · 1958 · Films · 1950s

The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958

Scored from 20 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

92.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

86.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

88.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

20 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1958 drama film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 560 1950s films, not against the whole corpus. Only 20 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 20 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Ballad of Narayama (1958) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 20
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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