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Mystery Train

1989 · directed by Jim Jarmusch · 106 min
23,041 feet · Prominence
1,386th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw33

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $4m in 2026 money.

Rank8,095 of 11,051In 1989128 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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 Jarmusch, modest lasting footprint.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.5 from 32kWikipedia8k views a monthAge37 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,220 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 33 praise 85 legacy 48averages 55, placing it at23,041 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.

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