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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 112 min
23,712 feet · Prominence
1,019th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $141m in 2026 money.

Rank2,286 of 11,051In 197418 of 47

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards89 signal → +7 lift

Oscars1 won Actress2 nominated Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
BAFTAs4 won Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay2 nominated Directing, Supporting acting
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: Criterion Scorsese, spawned a sitcom.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.3 from 29kWikipedia0k views a monthAge52 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,551 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 57 praise 92 legacy 42averages 64, placing it at23,712 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

▲ Ellen Burstyn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ellen Burstyn20,080 ftKris Kristofferson18,868 ftDiane Ladd18,620 ftAlfred Lutter18,511 ftHarvey Keitel18,332 ftJodie Foster18,054 ftLaura Dern17,654 ft