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Thief

1981 · directed by Michael Mann · 123 min · R
24,245 feet · Prominence
708th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw47

$11m worldwide in 1981 — $42m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$42mRank4,096 of 8,589In 198146 of 76

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Critics 79, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics79 → 40Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Mann debut, hugely influential crime aesthetic.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.4 from 42kWikipedia30k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 457 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 47 praise 79 legacy 62averages 63, which places it at24,245 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: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson.