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Gran Torino

2008 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 116 min
25,733 feet · Prominence
292nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $270m, re-releases included; about $414m in 2026 money.

Rank792 of 11,051In 200819 of 300

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards2 signal → +0 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Iconic Eastwood, endlessly quoted growl.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8.1 from 854kWikipedia0k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 257 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 68 praise 77 legacy 72averages 72, placing it at25,733 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

▲ Bee Vang▲ Brian Howe▲ Christopher Carley▲ Ahney Her

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood20,529 ftBee Vang18,387 ftAhney Her18,022 ftChristopher Carley17,919 ftBrian Howe17,772 ftJohn Carroll Lynch17,646 ft