The Matrix
“Believe the unbelievable.”
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
How The Matrix compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Matrix, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 3
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 55%
- Share of the series audience
The Matrix (1999) is the highest-rated of the 3 rated films in The Matrix series, at 8.3/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.4/10.
It is the film that started the series, 5 years before the most recent entry, The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
Its 28,776 TMDB ratings are 55% of the 52,242 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Matrix, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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