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Farewell, My Lovely

1975 · directed by Dick Richards · 95 min
22,555 feet · Prominence
1,896th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $12m in 2026 money.

Rank6,720 of 11,051In 197536 of 43

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 baseAwards13 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy46

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb7 from 10kWikipedia7k views a monthAge51 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 39 praise 75 legacy 46averages 53, placing it at22,555 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

▲ Robert Mitchum▲ Sylvia Miles

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Mitchum19,696 ftCharlotte Rampling18,498 ftSylvia Miles18,124 ftHarry Dean Stanton17,963 ftSylvester Stallone17,641 ft