Is The Ballad of Narayama actually good?

The Ballad of Narayama sits in the 76.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 76.5% of them.

How does The Ballad of Narayama compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Ballad of Narayama lands in the 74.0% 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 Ballad of Narayama's score based on?

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

1983

global pct

76.5

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Released: 1983

Scored from 32 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

76.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

74.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

82.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

32 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Ballad of Narayama (1983) is a film IMDb files under the drama, family and mystery genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 32 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 34 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 92 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Ballad of Narayama (1983) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 32
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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