The Player

1992 · directed by Robert Altman · 124 min

23,864 feet · Prominence

944th of 24,106 films scored

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How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $22m, re-releases included; about $51m in 2026 money.

Rank4,214 of 11,051In 199263 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards84 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing

Golden Globes2 won Best Picture, Actor1 nominated Screenplay

BAFTAs2 won Direction, Screenplay3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Craft and other

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion Hollywood satire, cinephile standing.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 71kWikipedia19k views a monthAge34 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 1,340 of 4,039 films judged

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45Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

45The Player (1992)

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 49 praise 95 legacy 45averages 63, placing it at23,864 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

▲ Greta Scacchi

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tim Robbins19,967 ft Greta Scacchi18,638 ft Whoopi Goldberg18,351 ft Fred Ward18,345 ft Peter Gallagher18,292 ft Vincent D'Onofrio18,167 ft Burt Reynolds17,656 ft Jeff Goldblum17,656 ft John Cusack17,656 ft Susan Sarandon17,656 ft Anjelica Huston17,655 ft Elliott Gould17,654 ft Jack Lemmon17,654 ft Nick Nolte17,654 ft James Coburn17,653 ft Malcolm McDowell17,653 ft Rod Steiger17,653 ft Cher17,652 ft Julia Roberts17,650 ft Richard E. Grant17,650 ft Gary Busey17,649 ft Karen Black17,649 ft Andie MacDowell17,648 ft Sydney Pollack17,648 ft Bruce Willis17,647 ft Robert Carradine17,647 ft Scott Glenn17,647 ft Teri Garr17,647 ft Peter Falk17,645 ft Louise Fletcher17,644 ft Patrick Swayze17,644 ft Lily Tomlin17,643 ft Brad Davis17,638 ft Mimi Rogers17,638 ft Marlee Matlin17,637 ft Dean Stockwell17,636 ft Sally Kellerman17,636 ft Dennis Franz17,634 ft René Auberjonois17,631 ft Joel Grey17,629 ft Brian Tochi17,628 ft Ray Walston17,628 ft Sally Kirkland17,625 ft Jill St. John17,624 ft