Is Yojimbo actually good?

Yojimbo sits in the 93.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 93.9% of them.

How does Yojimbo compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Yojimbo lands in the 92.1% 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 Yojimbo's score based on?

231 calibrated reviewers stand behind Yojimbo's score.

1961

global pct

93.9

Film · 1961 · Films · 1960s

Yojimbo

Name: Yojimbo
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1961

Scored from 231 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

93.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

92.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

99.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

231 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A masterless samurai wanders into a small town torn apart by two rival criminal gangs vying for control. Calculating and cunning, he offers his services to both sides, playing them against each other to free the town from their grip.

Released in 1961, Yojimbo is an action, drama and thriller film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,101 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 231 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 236 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 1,928 other films from the 1960s form the cohort it is ranked inside.