Is The Hunt for Red October actually good?

The Hunt for Red October sits in the 88.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 88.5% of them.

How does The Hunt for Red October compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Hunt for Red October lands in the 90.1% 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 Hunt for Red October's score based on?

317 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Hunt for Red October's score.

1990

global pct

88.5

Film · 1990 · Films · 1990s

The Hunt for Red October

Name: The Hunt for Red October
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1990

Scored from 317 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

88.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

90.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

98.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

317 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A Soviet submarine captain commanding a new stealth-capable nuclear sub sets off on what appears to be a rogue mission, prompting both superpowers to hunt him down. A young CIA analyst races to convince U.S. Navy brass that the captain's true intent is to defect, and tries to make contact before the situation spirals into war.

The Hunt for Red October (1990) is a film IMDb files under the action, adventure and thriller genres.

4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 317 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 334 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Hunt for Red October (1990) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 317
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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