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Little Big Man

1970 · directed by Arthur Penn · 139 min
23,628 feet · Prominence
1,063rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $268m in 2026 money.

Rank1,285 of 11,051In 19707 of 38

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.

Critics77 baseAwards29 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting Actor
BAFTAs2 nominated Actor, Original Music
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: Registry revisionist western, quietly respected.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 39kWikipedia11k views a monthAge56 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,360 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 64 praise 80 legacy 45averages 63, placing it at23,628 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

Dustin Hoffman20,197 ftChief Dan George19,183 ftFaye Dunaway18,308 ftMartin Balsam18,015 ftWilliam Hickey17,633 ft