Rating Methodology — Pulse of Cinema

The Pulse Score (0–100) you see on every film page is Pulse of Cinema's own signature rating. It reflects not a single source's raw average, but a confidence-weighted calculation.

Bayesian weighted rating (IMDb weighted-rating logic) WR = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C

v — number of votes the film received
R — the film's raw average score
m — confidence threshold (500 votes)
C — catalogue-wide mean (~7.3)

The result is scaled to a 0–100 range.

Why this way? So that a film with only a handful of votes can't be inflated by a few high scores into an unfair "9 out of 10". As the vote count grows, the score approaches the film's true average; when votes are few, it's pulled toward the catalogue mean. This produces a fair, manipulation-resistant ranking — surfacing films that are genuinely proven rather than a single blockbuster.

Community Score. Separately from the Pulse Score, we also show the average of 1–10 votes cast by our members. To guard against fraud and spam, only signed-in users can vote; this is a fully user-based, independent signal.

TMDB is secondary. For transparency we also show TMDB's raw score and vote count as a reference. But the site's primary signature rating is the Pulse Score; our editorial review scores (our writers' marks out of 10) are separate and based on human judgement.

Rating Methodology — Pulse Score