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...And Justice for All

1979 · directed by Norman Jewison · 119 min
23,098 feet · Prominence
1,353rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $33m, re-releases included; about $151m in 2026 money.

Rank2,158 of 11,051In 197925 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 baseAwards37 signal → +6 lift

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: You're out of order; quoted and sampled.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.4 from 44kWikipedia19k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 1,414 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 58 praise 74 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at23,098 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.

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