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Blood Simple

1985 · directed by Joel Coen · 97 min · R
24,057 feet · Prominence
850th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,636 of 11,051In 198598 of 123

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Coen debut; neo-noir template widely imitated.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 108kWikipedia24k views a monthAge41 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 817 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 39 praise 89 legacy 55averages 61, placing it at24,057 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

▲ Dan Hedaya

In these careers — elevation for this film

Frances McDormand19,066 ftDan Hedaya18,851 ftJohn Getz18,507 ftSamm-Art Williams17,768 ftHolly Hunter17,650 ft