This repository contains all the data I used for the article Whose ratings should you trust? IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, or Fandango?.
movie_ratings_16_17.csv contains movie ratings data for 214 of the most popular movies (with a significant number of votes) released in 2016 and 2017. As of March 22, 2017, the ratings were up to date. Significant changes should be expected mostly for movies released in 2017.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| movie | the name of the movie |
| year | the release year of the movie |
| metascore | the Metacritic rating of the movie (the "metascore" - critic score) |
| imdb | the IMDB rating of the movie (user score) |
| tmeter | the Rotten Tomatoes rating of the movie (the "tomatometer" - critic score) |
| audience | the Rotten Tomatoes rating of the movie (user score) |
| fandango | the Fandango rating of the movie (user score) |
| n_metascore | the metascore normalized to a 0-5 scale |
| n_imdb | the IMDB rating normalized to a 0-5 scale |
| n_tmeter | the tomatometer normalized to a 0-5 scale |
| n_audience | the Rotten Tomatoes user score normalized to a 0-5 scale |
| nr_metascore | the metascore normalized to a 0-5 scale and rounded to the nearest 0.5 |
| nr_imdb | the IMDB rating normalized to a 0-5 scale and rounded to the nearest 0.5 |
| nr_tmeter | the tomatometer normalized to a 0-5 scale and rounded to the nearest 0.5 |
| nr_audience | the Rotten Tomatoes user score normalized to a 0-5 scale and rounded to the nearest 0.5 |