Is The Defiant Ones actually good?

The Defiant Ones sits in the 86.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 86.6% of them.

How does The Defiant Ones compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The Defiant Ones lands in the 75.9% 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 Defiant Ones's score based on?

97 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Defiant Ones's score.

1958

global pct

86.6

Film · 1958 · Films · 1950s

The Defiant Ones

Name: The Defiant Ones
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1958

Scored from 97 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

86.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

75.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

96.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

97 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Defiant Ones (1958) is a film IMDb files under the crime and drama genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them. Only 97 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 98 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Defiant Ones (1958) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 97
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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