Is The Iron Giant actually good?

The Iron Giant sits in the 95.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 95.7% of them.

How does The Iron Giant compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Iron Giant lands in the 97.3% 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 Iron Giant's score based on?

439 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Iron Giant's score.

1999

global pct

95.7

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

The Iron Giant

Name: The Iron Giant
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation
Released: 1999

Scored from 439 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

95.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

97.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

99.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

439 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1950s Maine, a young boy named Hogarth Hughes discovers a massive metal giant from outer space and befriends him, hiding him from a paranoid government agent determined to destroy anything he perceives as a threat. As Hogarth teaches the gentle giant about life and choice, the pair must contend with Cold War fears that could turn the misunderstood visitor into a target.

The Iron Giant (1999) is a film IMDb files under the action, adventure and animation genres.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 439 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 460 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Iron Giant (1999) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 439
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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