Analyzing 7,072 movies with 25,000+ votes | Data: January 12, 2026
Voters strongly favor 7s and 8s, with over 462 million votes combined. The distribution is heavily right-skewed—people are more likely to rate movies they enjoy. 1-star votes (20.5M) outpace 2-star (10.8M), suggesting protest voting is common.
IMDb publishes a "weighted mean" that differs from the raw arithmetic mean. Large gaps reveal suspected vote brigading. Positive gaps (green) = inflated by fake 10s. Negative gaps (red) = targeted by 1-star campaigns.
% of votes that are either 1-star or 10-star. These films provoke extreme reactions with almost no middle ground.
COVID-19's impact visible: 2020 had only 140 qualifying films (lowest since 1999), down 34% from 2019.
Older films appear higher-rated because only the classics accumulate 25,000+ votes. Recent films include everything that briefly trended. The "golden age" effect is largely an artifact of what survives in cultural memory.
| Movie | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | 9.3 |
| The Godfather | 1972 | 9.2 |
| The Dark Knight | 2008 | 9.1 |
| The Godfather Part II | 1974 | 9.0 |
| 12 Angry Men | 1957 | 9.0 |
| Schindler's List | 1993 | 9.0 |
| LOTR: Return of the King | 2003 | 9.0 |
| Pulp Fiction | 1994 | 8.8 |
| LOTR: Fellowship | 2001 | 8.9 |
| Fight Club | 1999 | 8.8 |
| Movie | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Radhe | 2021 | 1.8 |
| Snow White | 2025 | 2.2 |
| Epic Movie | 2007 | 2.5 |
| Adipurush | 2023 | 2.6 |
| Meet the Spartans | 2008 | 2.8 |
| 365 Days | 2020 | 3.3 |
| Catwoman | 2004 | 3.5 |
| Batman & Robin | 1997 | 3.8 |
| The Last Airbender | 2010 | 3.9 |
| Madame Web | 2024 | 4.1 |
| Movie | Published Rating | Raw Average | Adjustment | Likely Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin (2024) | 2.2 | 8.4 | -6.2 | Fake 10-star campaign |
| Life Is a Dream | 4.0 | 10.0 | -6.0 | Fake 10-star campaign |
| The Prototype | 2.3 | 8.2 | -5.9 | Fake 10-star campaign |
| Marighella | 7.1 | 3.6 | +3.5 | 1-star review bombing |
| The Little Mermaid (2023) | 7.2 | 5.1 | +2.1 | 1-star review bombing |
| Ghostbusters (2016) | 6.8 | 5.2 | +1.6 | 1-star review bombing |