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Dressed to Kill

1980 · directed by Brian De Palma · 105 min
23,634 feet · Prominence
1,061st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $128m in 2026 money.

Rank2,452 of 11,051In 198024 of 84

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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Criterion, De Palma landmark, much analyzed.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7 from 55kWikipedia18k views a monthAge46 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,172 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 57 praise 80 legacy 48averages 62, placing it at23,634 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

▲ Nancy Allen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Caine19,575 ftNancy Allen19,432 ftAngie Dickinson18,660 ftDennis Franz18,079 ftSamm-Art Williams17,725 ft