Is Thief actually good?

Thief sits in the 86.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 86.7% of them.

How does Thief compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Thief lands in the 85.3% 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 Thief's score based on?

176 calibrated reviewers stand behind Thief's score.

1981

global pct

86.7

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Thief

Name: Thief
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1981

Scored from 176 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

86.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

85.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

176 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Frank, a skilled professional safecracker in Chicago, has built a disciplined life around his independence after years in prison. Hoping to fast-track the family and future he has always wanted, he reluctantly takes a high-stakes diamond score for a powerful mob fence, only to discover that accepting the job has cost him the very autonomy he prized.

Released in 1981, Thief is an action, crime and drama film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 176 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 180 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.