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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 · directed by Frank Oz · 110 min
22,892 feet · Prominence
1,469th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw56

Lifetime worldwide gross $42m, re-releases included; about $117m in 2026 money.

Rank2,631 of 11,051In 198830 of 173

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Cult comedy, remade twice.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.4 from 85kWikipedia18k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 1,766 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 56 praise 80 legacy 40averages 59, placing it at22,892 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Steve Martin19,950 ftMichael Caine19,926 ftGlenne Headly18,993 ftFrank Oz18,226 ftBarbara Harris18,003 ftIan McDiarmid17,862 ftFrances Conroy17,633 ft