Is Twister actually good?

Twister sits in the 45.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 45.2% of them.

How does Twister compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Twister lands in the 42.9% 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 Twister's score based on?

442 calibrated reviewers stand behind Twister's score.

1996

global pct

45.2

Film · 1996 · Films · 1990s

Twister

Name: Twister
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1996

Scored from 442 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

45.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

42.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

34.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

442 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A team of storm chasers in Oklahoma races to deploy an experimental tornado-research device named Dorothy into the heart of a twister, hoping the data will improve early-warning systems. Estranged spouses Bill and Jo reunite on the chase as a record outbreak culminates in an F5, while a rival corporate-funded team tries to beat them to the same goal.

Twister is a 1996 action, adventure and thriller film.

442 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 459 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside.