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Fail Safe (1964) holds an 8.1 on IMDb from 28.5K votes

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Fail Safe rating

Fail Safe (1964) holds an 8.1 on IMDb from 28.5K votes, 3rd among 1964 films.

IMDb

8.1

28.5K votes

Rank in 1964

3rd

of 15 films with 25K+ votes

Metascore

75

as of January 5, 2026

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

critics

Sidney Lumet's films by IMDb rating

12 Angry Men19579.0
Fail Safe (this film)19648.1
Dog Day Afternoon19758.0
Network19768.0
The Hill19657.8
Serpico19737.7
The Verdict19827.7
Running on Empty19887.6
The Pawnbroker19647.6
Long Day's Journey Into Night19627.5
Prince of the City19817.4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead20077.3

IMDb rating and votes; the year rank counts 1964 films with 25,000+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is IMDb's listed runtime.

Sources: IMDb ratings and credits (as of 2026-10-11), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-11).

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