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After Hours

1985 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 97 min
23,241 feet · Prominence
1,261st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $11m, re-releases included; about $33m in 2026 money.

Rank5,097 of 11,051In 198576 of 123

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 baseAwards17 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Actress
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.

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 · 1,578 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 45 praise 90 legacy 42averages 59, placing it at23,241 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

▲ Rosanna Arquette▲ Griffin Dunne

In these careers — elevation for this film

Griffin Dunne19,558 ftRosanna Arquette18,694 ftTeri Garr18,346 ftLinda Fiorentino18,281 ftJohn Heard18,156 ftCheech Marin18,053 ftVerna Bloom18,016 ftCatherine O'Hara17,644 ftWill Patton17,639 ft