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Urban Cowboy

1980 · directed by James Bridges · 132 min
23,195 feet · Prominence
1,290th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $53m, re-releases included; about $213m in 2026 money.

Rank1,628 of 11,051In 198014 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.

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics66 baseAwards17 signal → +3 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Sparked mechanical-bull country craze.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.5 from 18kWikipedia19k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 1,209 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 61 praise 69 legacy 48averages 59, placing it at23,195 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

John Travolta20,050 ftDebra Winger19,764 ftScott Glenn18,646 ftMadolyn Smith Osborne18,114 ftJames Gammon17,796 ft