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The Big Red One

1980 · directed by Samuel Fuller · 113 min
22,832 feet · Prominence
1,513rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $7m, re-releases included; about $29m in 2026 money.

Rank5,314 of 11,051In 198061 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.

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Fuller war film, restored, cult respect.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.1 from 22kWikipedia10k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 1,617 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 45 praise 83 legacy 42averages 57, placing it at22,832 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

Lee Marvin19,812 ftRobert Carradine18,734 ftMark Hamill18,626 ftStéphane Audran17,840 ftGiovanna Galletti17,650 ft