Is The Manchurian Candidate actually good?

The Manchurian Candidate sits in the 94.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.3% of them.

How does The Manchurian Candidate compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, The Manchurian Candidate lands in the 92.8% 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 Manchurian Candidate's score based on?

300 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Manchurian Candidate's score.

1962

global pct

94.3

Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s

The Manchurian Candidate

Name: The Manchurian Candidate
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1962

Scored from 300 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

94.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

92.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

99.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

300 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A platoon of American soldiers is captured during the Korean War and brainwashed by Communist operatives. After returning home, one of them is hailed as a war hero, but his former sergeant is plagued by recurring nightmares that hint at a sinister conspiracy involving political assassination on U.S. soil.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is a film IMDb files under the drama and thriller genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 300 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 307 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1960s films — 1,929 of them.

Is The Manchurian Candidate (1962) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 300
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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