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After Hours

1985 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 97 min
23,353 feet · Prominence
1,096th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw45

$11m worldwide in 1985 — $33m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$33mRank4,478 of 8,589In 198568 of 109

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

Critics 90, awards 7. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics90 → 45Awards7 → 3

BAFTAs1 nominated Actress
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Minor Scorsese, small cult following.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.6 from 96kWikipedia43k views a monthAge41 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,160 of 3,430 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 45 praise 90 legacy 42averages 59, which places it at23,353 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong.