Is UHF actually good?

UHF sits in the 85.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 85.6% of them.

How does UHF compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, UHF lands in the 83.9% 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 UHF's score based on?

180 calibrated reviewers stand behind UHF's score.

1989

global pct

85.6

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

UHF

Name: UHF
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Released: 1989

Scored from 180 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

85.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

83.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

180 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A daydreaming slacker (Weird Al Yankovic) is given the chance to run a failing UHF television station, Channel 62. With the help of an eccentric staff, including a hyperactive janitor turned kids' show host, he fills the airwaves with bizarre programming that turns the station into a surprise hit, drawing the wrath of a ruthless network rival who tries to shut him down.

Released in 1989, UHF is a comedy and science-fiction film. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 180 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 190 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,320 of whom clear the calibration test.