Is The Dead Zone actually good?

The Dead Zone sits in the 83.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 83.2% of them.

How does The Dead Zone compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Dead Zone lands in the 81.6% 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 Dead Zone's score based on?

252 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Dead Zone's score.

1983

global pct

83.2

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

The Dead Zone

Name: The Dead Zone
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Released: 1983

Scored from 252 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

83.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

81.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

252 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After a car accident leaves him in a coma for five years, schoolteacher Johnny Smith awakens to discover he has psychic powers triggered by touch, allowing him to glimpse a person's past or future. As he struggles to rebuild his life and use his unwanted gift to help others, a chance handshake with a rising politician reveals a terrifying vision that forces him into an impossible moral choice.

Released in 1983, The Dead Zone is a drama, fantasy and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 252 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 253 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

Is The Dead Zone (1983) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 252
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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