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The Mission

1986 · directed by Roland Joffé · 125 min
22,642 feet · Prominence
1,454th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

$17m worldwide in 1986 — $52m in today's money.

As released$17mIn 2026 money$52mRank3,733 of 8,589In 198651 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Critics 59, awards 65. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.

Critics59 → 30Awards65 → 32

Oscars1 won Cinematography6 nominated Picture, Director, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score
BAFTAs2 won 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Morricone's oboe outlives the film.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.4 from 70kWikipedia26k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 1,182 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 49 praise 72 legacy 42averages 54, which places it at22,642 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

Robert De Niro22,197 ft