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Quadrophenia

1979 · directed by Franc Roddam · 120 min
23,885 feet · Prominence
930th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw33

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $5m in 2026 money.

Rank7,911 of 11,051In 197959 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion mod subculture touchstone, enduring British.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 22kWikipedia16k views a monthAge47 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 830 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 33 praise 90 legacy 55averages 59, placing it at23,885 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Phil Daniels▲ Leslie Ash▲ Mark Wingett

In these careers — elevation for this film

Phil Daniels19,122 ftPhil Davis18,313 ftRay Winstone18,179 ftLeslie Ash18,002 ftMark Wingett17,867 ftTimothy Spall17,645 ft