How to read an IMDb score

RFG shows the score next to the title and lets you set a floor: 1+ through 9+, or Any. 7+ means the catalog score is at least 7.0. It does not mean the film is in the top slice of a year, and it does not mean people who share your taste liked it.

What the floors do to the draw

• Any includes titles with a low score and some with no usable score yet.
• 6+ and 7+ are the practical floors for a normal evening. The pool stays wide.
• 8+ starts to prefer titles a lot of people have already rated highly. You will recognise more of them.
• 9+ is a short list. Combined with a narrow year or two genres, it often returns nothing. That is the math of the filter, not a failure to search.

Why a 6.8 can still be the right film

Comedies, horror, and new releases are punished by averages. A film from this year may have a thin vote count. A cult title can sit in the sixes for decades and still be the one your room wants. If you care about a specific taste, loosen the floor and tighten the genre instead.

TV is not graded like a film

A show score often reflects a whole run, or the early seasons people remember. RFG does not pick an episode. If you draw a show at 8+, you may get a series that was excellent and then was not. Read the plot on the card and check the year before you commit to season one.

Sorting after the fact

The rating floor decides what is allowed in. The sort control on the results decides the order: high to low, low to high, newest, or oldest. Sorting low to high inside 7+ is a reasonable way to avoid the same five famous titles without dropping below the floor you chose.