Is West Beirut actually good?

West Beirut sits in the 56.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 56.7% of them.

How does West Beirut compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, West Beirut lands in the 55.3% 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 West Beirut's score based on?

27 calibrated reviewers stand behind West Beirut's score.

1998

global pct

56.7

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

West Beirut

Name: West Beirut
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1998

Scored from 27 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

56.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

55.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

59.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

27 calibrated reviewers

Summary

West Beirut is a 1998 comedy, drama and romance film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. Only 27 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 32 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 58 of whom clear the calibration test.