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The Long Good Friday

1980 · directed by John Mackenzie · 114 min · R
22,932 feet · Prominence
1,447th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw29

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $2m in 2026 money.

Rank8,766 of 11,051In 198082 of 84

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: British gangster landmark, Hoskins star turn.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 27kWikipedia18k views a monthAge46 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,432 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 29 praise 90 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,932 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

Bob Hoskins19,503 ftHelen Mirren18,835 ftPaul Freeman17,938 ftEddie Constantine17,843 ftPierce Brosnan17,644 ft