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Local Hero

1983 · directed by Bill Forsyth · 111 min
24,016 feet · Prominence
797th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

$6m worldwide in 1983 — $20m in today's money.

As released$6mIn 2026 money$20mRank5,200 of 8,589In 198363 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 92, awards 28. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics92 → 46Awards28 → 14

BAFTAs1 won Direction1 nominated Original Music
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Criterion, beloved British gem, Knopfler score.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.3 from 29kWikipedia18k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 751 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 42 praise 93 legacy 52averages 62, which places it at24,016 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: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay.