Is The Lion in Winter actually good?

The Lion in Winter sits in the 90.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 90.7% of them.

How does The Lion in Winter compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, The Lion in Winter lands in the 87.1% 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 Lion in Winter's score based on?

166 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Lion in Winter's score.

1968

global pct

90.7

Film · 1968 · Films · 1960s

The Lion in Winter

Name: The Lion in Winter
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 1968

Scored from 166 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

90.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

87.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

98.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

166 calibrated reviewers

Summary

At Christmas court in 1183, the aging King Henry II of England summons his estranged queen Eleanor of Aquitaine from prison and their three sons to determine which heir will inherit the throne. Amid scheming, shifting alliances, and bitter family confrontations, Henry, Eleanor, and the young King Philip of France maneuver for power, love, and legacy.

The Lion in Winter (1968) is a film IMDb files under the biography, drama and history genres.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 1,928 1960s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 166 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 174 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Lion in Winter (1968) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 166
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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