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Midnight Express

1978 · directed by Alan Parker · 121 min
24,112 feet · Prominence
765th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$35m worldwide in 1978 — $177m in today's money.

As released$35mIn 2026 money$177mRank1,811 of 8,589In 197817 of 59

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 75, awards 90. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics75 → 37Awards90 → 45

Oscars2 won Adapted Screenplay, Original Score4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Film Editing
Golden Globes3 won Motion Picture, Supporting Actor, Screenplay
BAFTAs3 won Direction, Actor, Editing
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Once notorious, now largely faded.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 94kWikipedia30k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 968 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 60 praise 86 legacy 45averages 64, which places it at24,112 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: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli.