Is The Game actually good?

The Game sits in the 67.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 67.8% of them.

How does The Game compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Game lands in the 67.5% 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 Game's score based on?

670 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Game's score.

1997

global pct

67.8

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

The Game

Name: The Game
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1997

Scored from 670 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

67.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

67.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

90.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

670 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Nicholas Van Orton, a wealthy and emotionally detached San Francisco investment banker, receives an unusual birthday gift from his younger brother: an invitation to participate in a mysterious live-action game run by a company called Consumer Recreation Services. As the game begins to invade every corner of his carefully controlled life, Nicholas can no longer tell where reality ends and the game begins.

The Game (1997) is a film IMDb files under the drama, mystery and thriller genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 670 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 689 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them.