Is The Circle actually good?

The Circle sits in the 11.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 11.1% of them.

How does The Circle compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, The Circle lands in the 14.2% 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 Circle's score based on?

497 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Circle's score.

2017

global pct

11.1

Film · 2017 · Films · 2010s

The Circle

Name: The Circle
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Released: 2017

Scored from 497 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

11.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

14.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

1.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

497 calibrated reviewers

Summary

When Mae Holland lands a coveted job at the Circle, a powerful Silicon Valley tech company, she rises quickly under the spell of its charismatic founder and his vision of radical transparency. As she embraces going fully 'transparent' by livestreaming her life, Mae begins to see the darker consequences of the company's relentless push to erase privacy.

Released in 2017, The Circle is a drama, mystery and science-fiction film.

The calibrated figure is built from 497 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 514 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 13,058 2010s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 715 of whom clear the calibration test.