Is The Right Stuff actually good?

The Right Stuff sits in the 89.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 89.7% of them.

How does The Right Stuff compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Right Stuff lands in the 89.6% 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 Right Stuff's score based on?

177 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Right Stuff's score.

1983

global pct

89.7

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

The Right Stuff

Name: The Right Stuff
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Released: 1983

Scored from 177 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

89.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

89.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

98.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

177 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Chronicles the early days of the U.S. space program, beginning with test pilot Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier and following the seven Mercury astronauts selected to ride America's first manned rockets. The film contrasts the quiet bravery of Yeager with the public spectacle surrounding the new astronaut heroes as they train, endure brutal selection tests, and push the boundaries of flight.

The Right Stuff (1983) is a film IMDb files under the adventure, biography and drama genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 177 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 180 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Right Stuff (1983) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 177
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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