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IMDB Movie-Rating Decoder Ring

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Be safe, be smart, be informed: Know, before you go to the show.

Don't waste your time and money! Before you see a movie, make sure it is worth seeing. How? Rank it against the Internet Movie Database's catalog of movies.

With the Decoder Ring, it's easy. Find the column that most closely matches your movie's rating on IMDB. When that column intersects the "All genres" row, the number you find is the movie's percentile score: the percentage of movies that your movie is better than, loosely speaking. If the movie is a genre film, say an action movie, also see how it compares with other movies in the genre by finding the corresponding entry in the genre's row.

For example, at the time I wrote this snippet, Fantastic Four (2005) had a user rating of 6.0 on IMDB. Looking down the 6.00 column, we find 46 in the "All genres" row. So, the movie is better than about 46 percent of movies in the database, which isn't impressive. FF is an action film, however, and from the Action row we see that it ranks higher than 61 percent – more than half – of films in the genre. If we're in the mood for an action flick, then, FF would probably be a tolerable choice.

Now let's look up a particularly good film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. On IMDB it has a rating of 9.0, which on the decoder ring corresponds to an All-genres score of 99 percent – better than virtually all other movies. Indeed, the film currently holds a top spot in the "IMDB Top 250" list.

Now that you know how the decoder ring works, here it is. Print or bookmark it now. Don't face your next movie-viewing decision without it!

Updated 25 April 2008 from IMDb data on recent movies (released after 2004).

< GRAND UNIFIED DECODER RING FOR INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE USER RATINGS >

Movie's Movie's User Rating on Internet Movie Database Genre ---------------------------------------------------------- 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. -- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -- 00 00 25 50 75 00 25 50 75 00 25 50 75 00 25 50 75 00 ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------

All genres 11 22 24 30 33 40 44 51 56 64 70 77 81 87 89 93 95 98

Action 18 32 35 42 45 51 55 61 66 73 75 79 82 85 87 90 91 96 Adult 0 0 0 25 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Adventure 12 24 26 32 35 40 43 50 56 65 69 75 80 85 88 91 92 96 Animation 5 14 16 21 25 31 34 40 44 54 60 67 75 83 89 95 97 ++ Biography 4 10 10 13 13 15 20 25 33 42 60 68 76 89 94 97 98 99 Comedy 11 22 26 33 38 46 52 61 67 75 79 86 90 93 94 96 97 99 Crime 8 17 19 26 31 40 44 54 61 70 76 83 89 94 95 97 98 99 Documentary 3 7 8 10 10 14 16 20 24 38 47 58 66 79 85 91 95 99 Drama 5 12 15 20 24 31 36 47 54 66 73 83 89 94 96 98 98 99 Family 15 28 34 42 47 56 61 69 74 81 84 87 92 95 97 98 99 99 Fantasy 12 27 29 34 37 44 47 55 60 71 76 81 84 86 89 93 94 96 Game Show 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 50 50 50 50 60 60 70 History 1 2 4 6 6 13 15 25 33 46 52 63 70 85 90 95 96 97 Horror 34 59 63 69 73 79 81 86 88 92 94 95 96 97 97 98 98 99 Music 8 15 15 17 22 26 30 35 40 51 60 69 74 83 85 89 90 96 Musical 15 23 30 35 40 44 47 55 65 74 79 81 92 94 95 97 97 99 Mystery 9 20 25 32 38 49 52 60 68 77 81 85 89 92 92 94 95 96 News 50 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Reality TV 17 29 40 49 49 54 57 57 60 63 66 71 74 77 83 91 91 94 Romance 6 14 18 25 31 39 45 56 64 74 79 86 91 94 96 98 98 ++ Sci-Fi 26 41 43 49 50 53 56 60 64 70 75 81 84 87 90 92 92 96 Short 3 5 7 8 10 14 15 18 21 32 36 55 66 80 87 92 96 99 Sport 10 18 22 27 29 41 50 59 64 72 76 83 85 90 92 97 98 98 Talk Show 25 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 75 75 75 ++ ++ ++ ++ Thriller 14 31 35 42 47 56 61 69 75 81 85 89 92 95 96 97 98 99 War 5 9 12 16 17 22 28 36 42 53 57 63 71 82 86 91 91 96 Western 20 30 33 37 53 57 57 57 57 67 73 80 83 97 97 97 97 ++

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What's the thinking behind the decoder ring? For an explanation of how I made the decoder ring, see Mining gold from the Internet Movie Database.

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