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Star Trek: First Contact

1996 · directed by Jonathan Frakes · 111 min · PG-13
23,742 feet · Prominence
1,005th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $146m, re-releases included; about $307m in 2026 money.

Rank1,125 of 11,051In 199620 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Makeup and Hairstyling
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: Best TNG film, Borg Queen icon.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.6 from 137kWikipedia23k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,352 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 65 praise 82 legacy 45averages 64, placing it at23,742 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

▲ Patrick Stewart

In these careers — elevation for this film

Patrick Stewart19,306 ftJonathan Frakes18,631 ftJames Cromwell18,366 ftBrent Spiner18,307 ftAlfre Woodard17,655 ftAdam Scott17,653 ftAlice Krige17,640 ft