Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
The Blob
1988
· Movie
· 95 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3278
- IMDb #2974
- Rotten Tomatoes #2772
- Metacritic #3309
- Letterboxd #1724
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2715
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3388
- Metacritic Audience #4124
- Criticker #2642
- Kinopoisk #3480
- AlloCiné #2994
- Trakt #2760
Every rating
39–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 39, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A small town is thrown into panic when a meteorite crashes nearby, releasing a gelatinous creature that consumes and dissolves any living thing it touches. Growing larger and more intelligent with every victim, the amorphous entity becomes nearly unstoppable. A group of teenagers, disbelieved by authorities, must find a way to alert the town and discover the monster's weakness before it consumes the entire community.
Details
- Director
- Chuck Russell
- Writers
- Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont
- Based on
- The Blob
- Released
- 5 August 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $8.2M
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (47) →
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
30 September 2026
The most popular film genres? What the ratings actually show
Drama leads the total, but volume, a typical film’s attention and average score tell different stories.
29 September 2026
Films rated 4.7 on Google: a 59-film archive
A historical selection, with a closer look at spectacle, sequels and what a high audience average leaves out.
29 September 2026
Films rated 4.9 on Google: a 56-film archive
Saved star ratings, useful comparisons and a few places to begin. This is an archive, not a live Google ranking.
27 September 2026
David Fincher films ranked: the argument behind the scores
Twelve released features, from Alien³ to The Killer, and why the rating order leaves plenty to dispute.
16 September 2026
The r/TrueFilm canon's top twenty, from the 2018 poll
A historical community ranking, with new viewing notes and a closer look at the taste it records.
16 September 2026
14 acclaimed films with unusually close rating scores
A closer look at the films, the scenes that sustain them and the limits of apparent consensus.
