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Forrest Gump

1994 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min
27,740 feet · Prominence
28th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw84

$677m worldwide in 1994 — $1.51bn in today's money.

As released$677mIn 2026 money$1.51bnRank64 of 8,589In 19942 of 155

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

Critics 78, awards 97. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics78 → 39Awards97 → 48

Oscars6 won Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Visual Effects7 nominated Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes2 won Director, Actor
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.

Legacy86

Judged directly: Enormously quoted, but its standing has slipped.

Verdict86 of 100IMDb8.8 from 2.5mWikipedia122k views a monthAge32 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 52 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 84 praise 89 legacy 86averages 86, which places it at27,740 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

Tom HanksGary Sinise

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tom Hanks23,925 ftGary Sinise21,983 ftKurt Russell21,590 ft