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Jungle Fever

1991 · directed by Spike Lee · 132 min · R
22,550 feet · Prominence
1,908th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $79m in 2026 money.

Rank3,372 of 11,051In 199146 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Spike Lee; its title entered everyday language.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.6 from 20kWikipedia18k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 1,460 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 52 praise 68 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,550 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

▲ Ossie Davis

In these careers — elevation for this film

Wesley Snipes19,856 ftSamuel L. Jackson19,294 ftAnnabella Sciorra19,243 ftSpike Lee18,828 ftJohn Turturro18,659 ftOssie Davis18,166 ftRuby Dee17,998 ftTim Robbins17,655 ftHalle Berry17,653 ftQueen Latifah17,652 ftAnthony Quinn17,648 ftBrad Dourif17,648 ftGiancarlo Esposito17,642 ftTheresa Randle17,631 ftDoug E. Doug17,630 ftMichael Imperioli17,626 ftFrank Vincent17,623 ft