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Repo Man

1984 · directed by Alex Cox · 92 min
23,636 feet · Prominence
1,057th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,427 of 11,051In 1984100 of 112

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Punk cult classic; 'plate of shrimp' endures.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.8 from 43kWikipedia20k views a monthAge42 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 960 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 36 praise 88 legacy 52averages 59, placing it at23,636 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

Harry Dean Stanton19,375 ftEmilio Estevez19,319 ft