Is The Professional actually good?

The Professional sits in the 87.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 87.5% of them.

How does The Professional compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Professional lands in the 86.5% 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 Professional's score based on?

51 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Professional's score.

1981

global pct

87.5

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

The Professional

Name: The Professional
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1981

Scored from 51 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

87.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

86.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

93.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

51 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Professional is a 1981 action, crime and drama film.

Only 51 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 53 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is The Professional (1981) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 51
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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