Is The China Syndrome actually good?

The China Syndrome sits in the 87.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 87.5% of them.

How does The China Syndrome compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The China Syndrome lands in the 84.4% 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 China Syndrome's score based on?

127 calibrated reviewers stand behind The China Syndrome's score.

1979

global pct

87.5

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

The China Syndrome

Name: The China Syndrome
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1979

Scored from 127 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

87.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

84.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

97.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

127 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A television reporter and her cameraman witness a near-catastrophic accident during a routine visit to a California nuclear power plant. When the utility tries to cover up the incident, a conscience-stricken shift supervisor risks his career and life to expose the safety violations that nearly caused a meltdown.

The China Syndrome (1979) is a film IMDb files under the drama and thriller genres.

127 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 130 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them.

Is The China Syndrome (1979) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 127
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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