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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991 · directed by Nicholas Meyer · 110 min
22,896 feet · Prominence
1,462nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $97m, re-releases included; about $235m in 2026 money.

Rank1,488 of 11,051In 199117 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.

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards10 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Dignified original-crew finale, fan favorite.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.2 from 84kWikipedia18k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 1,764 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 62 praise 76 legacy 40averages 59, placing it at22,896 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

Leonard Nimoy18,883 ftWilliam Shatner18,806 ftDeForest Kelley18,064 ftGeorge Takei17,904 ftJames Doohan17,828 ftChristian Slater17,657 ftChristopher Plummer17,655 ftDavid Warner17,650 ftKim Cattrall17,647 ftKurtwood Smith17,636 ftRosanna DeSoto17,635 ftRené Auberjonois17,633 ft