Is The Mission actually good?

The Mission sits in the 88.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 88.0% of them.

How does The Mission compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Mission 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 Mission's score based on?

171 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Mission's score.

1986

global pct

88.0

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

The Mission

Name: The Mission
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1986

Scored from 171 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

88.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

87.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

98.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

171 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 18th-century South America, a Spanish Jesuit priest, Father Gabriel, ventures into the jungle to build a mission and convert the Guarani people. He is joined by Rodrigo Mendoza, a former slave hunter seeking redemption for killing his brother. When Spain cedes the territory to Portugal, which permits slavery, the two men must choose between pacifism and armed resistance to defend the mission and its people.

The Mission is a 1986 adventure, drama and history film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 131 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 171 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 182 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.