Ngokutsho kwedatha yedatha ye-movie, iChernobyl ikaliwe ngaphezulu kwamawaka angama-70 ababukeli kwaye inike ingqikelelo ye-9.6 amanqaku. Uchungechunge lwentloko eneempawu eziphezulu ezilishumi kunye nenqanaba eliphezulu:
"Chernobyl" (2019) - 9.6
"IPlanethi yoMhlaba 2" (2016) - 9.5
"Abazalwana Kwiingalo" (2001) - 9,4
"Iplanethi yoMhlaba" (2006) - 9,4
"Kuyo yonke ingcwaba" (2008) - 9,4
"Umdlalo weetrone" (2011) - 9,4
"Inkunkuma" (2002) - 9.3
"Iplanethi yethu" (2019) - 9.3
"I-Cosmos: Odysey ngendawo kunye nexesha" (2014) - 9.2
"Iplanethi yeBlue 2" (2017) - 9.2
Abanye abasebenzisi bakugqala ukusasazwa okungekho sikweni, kuba ezinye iimiboniso zeTV kwakufuneka zigcine umgangatho osemgangathweni kumaxesha aliqela, ngelixa iChernobyl yayineziqendu ezintlanu kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, umboniso otsha we-HBO mkhulu ngokudlula kwimpelaveki yokubukela uthotho olunomdla.
Icebo lixela ngokuqhushumba okwenzeka kwiChernobyl NPP nge-26 ka-1986. I-Stellan i-storsgard, eJared Harris, eMily Watson nabanye. URohan Renk uxanduva lokuvelisa.