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The Long Good Friday

1980
22,735 feet · Prominence
1,392nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw29

$1m worldwide in 1980 — $2m in today's money.

As released$1mIn 2026 money$2mRank7,138 of 8,589In 198074 of 75

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

Critics 90, awards 11. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics90 → 45Awards11 → 5

BAFTAs1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 · 1,055 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 29 praise 90 legacy 45averages 55, which places it at22,735 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.